Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
March 12, 2008
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko V. President Allstate Insurance
Denise Brewster Treasurer Bloomingdale Chiropractic
Beverly White Valley National Bank
Karen Austin Valley National Bank
John Lorencovitz Family Home Funding
Gail Mulvihill New York Life
Dave Warfield Trustee
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Howard Ball Trustee WGHT
Charles Cimaglia DAB Surveying
Bill Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Debbie Maynard Butler Public Library
John Napoitano Pry Automotive
Dave Warfield Trustee
Cheryl Griffin CG Services
Lucille Brule Blue Realty
Cynthia Templeton Push to Walk
Gerri Wilson Coldwell Banker
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order at 12:15 with a salute to the flag. Three officers and all trustees were present.
A motion to accept the minutes from the February 13th was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Cheryl Griffin.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Checking Account - $975.73
Money Market - $4,470.94
A motion was made by Lucille Brule to accept the treasurer’s report and seconded by Dave Warfield.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
FUNDRAISING
Golf Outing- Chairman Jim Murasko reminded everyone about the golf outing on June 10 at Newton Country Club. Flyers were distributed with information regarding the outing and an application form. The price for the day was kept at $150.00.
In addition to golfers the chamber will need volunteers (non-golfers) to help out that day.
This is a major fundraiser, and the bulk of our money comes from hole sponsors, golf cart sponsors, beverage cart sponsors, etc. Members are asked to find sponsors so we can meet our goals.
Howard Ball informed the members that Assemblyman Alex DeCroce will be our guest speaker at the next chamber meeting on April 9. Howard suggested we have members and guests pre-register for this meeting since it will most likely generate a great deal of interest. The chamber will put an announcement in the Trends.
Howard Ball has arranged for a speaker from the Riverdale National Guard to talk about family issues when a soldier is deployed at our May meeting.
At the June meeting, we will be presenting our scholarship money to high school students.
In September we will have our meeting at Cedar Crest in the Independent Living area. All arrangements will be coordinated through Diane Pezzuti.
OLD BUSINESS
After announcing that we are in need of a secretary, Karen Austin of Valley National Bank volunteered for the position. Howard Ball made a motion to cast a unanimous ballot to elect Karen as secretary for the balance of this year. It was seconded by Lucille Brule.
Members were reminded about the PTA fundraiser.
NEW BUSINESS
We discussed adding a feedback page to our website. This will give members an opportunity to make suggestions that will help improve the function of the chamber.
The chamber received a check from Lynn Hazelman for a percentage of her Mary Kay sales to the chamber members in December.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:15 pm was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Lucille Brule.
GUEST SPEAKER
Cynthia Tempelton of Push to Walk www.pushtowalk.org spoke about the specialized facility on Main Street in Bloomingdale, to help people with spinal chord injuries. She discussed the exercise program and the remarkable results they have been getting as a result of the therapies used.
There are about 11,000 spinal injuries every year. Push to Walk has received over 80 inquiries about their program. They are looking to raise funds to keep the facility running, and hopefully expand it in the future. |