Join us for our last meeting before summer break June 8th at Lina's Restaurant in Bloomingdale, NJ.

This month we will be honoring our four $1,000 scholarship recipients:

• Kylie Rooney - Bloomingdale
• Amy Endres - Butler
• Michael Doremus - Kinnelon
• Christina Llacqua - Riverdale

The meeting will take place at:
Lina's Restaurant
49 Main Street
Bloomingdale, NJ 07403

Cost of attending the luncheon and meeting will be $15.00.

Thank you chamber members!

Last month our guest speaker was unable to attend the meeting. In her stead, three of our chamber members provided impromptu businesses presentations.

Special thanks to:

Ken Ginefra - GCS Consultants
IT Consultants, Computer Repairs, Managed Services & Software Support 
170 Kinnelon Road
Kinnelon, NJ 

Jim Murasko Allstate Insurance 
Property Insurance, Auto Insurance Experts 
36b Main Street
Bloomingdale, NJ

Donna Schwarz - Treasure Hunt Consignment Shop
Clothing, Housewares, Gifts & Furniture.
25 Main Street
Bloomingdale, NJ

Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
At Lina’s Restaurant
May 8, 2013
In Attendance

Jerry Vinci                                 President                      Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko                             Vice President               Allstate Insurance
Karen H. Austin                         Secretary                      Valley National Bank
Denise Brewster                       Treasurer                       Bloomingdale Chiropractic
Lucille Brule                              Trustee                         Coldwell Banker
Lina Pagliarulo                          Trustee                         Lina’s Restaurant
Bill Stanton                               Trustee                         Columbia Bank
Teresa Wilson                           Trustee                         Practice Synergy
Debbie Arena                                                                State Farm
David R Austin                                                              Guest
Diana Boyd                                                                   GST Unlimited Inc
James Certosino                                                           AAMCO Transmissions
Helyne Czajkowski                                                         The Health Center at Bloomingdale
Chris DeLeon                                                                Pipes & Drains LLC
Ken Ginefra                                                                   GCS Consultants
Tracy Kaushal                                                               Candy Shack, LLC
Bill Kivlon                                                                     Realty Executives
Donna Schwarz                                                             Treasure Hunt
Joyce Soltesz                                                               Stickle - Soltesz Funeral Home
Todd Soltesz                                                                Stickle - Soltesz Funeral Home
Beverly Sullivant                                                            Reformed Church Kinnelon
Vivian Vinci                                                                   Acu-Data Business Products Inc
David Warfield                                                              Retired Member

GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order by Jerry Vinci at 12:30 PM with a salute to the flag.  Four officers and four trustees were present.  

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
An application was received from Bill Kivlon of Realty Executives in Pompton Plains.   A motion to approve was made by Dave Warfield and seconded by Heleyne Czajkowski. 

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE May 8, 2013 MEETING
A motion to approve the minutes was made by Teresa Wilson and seconded by Diana Boyd. 

TREASURER’S REPORT

Treasurer’s report was read by Denise Brewster.
Checking account balance $6,662.85.
A motion was made by Vivian Vinci to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by
Dave Warfield. 

BILLS TO BE PAID

1.  Website Domain Name – 1 Year Fee                                     $    28.50
2.  Legalized Games of Chance – Biennial Permit                    $   100.00
A motion to pay the bills was made by Bill Stanton and seconded by Beverly Sullivant.

COMMUNICATIONS
 
Attendees were informed of possible upcoming local events (circus and car show).  No plans for Chamber involvement were made at this time.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Chamber President, Jerry Vinci, extended thanks to outgoing Trustee, Bill Stanton, who is relocating to Columbia Bank’s Oakland branch. Bill has devoted years of service to the Chamber as a member of the Executive Board and Scholarship Committee Membership Chair.

OLD BUSINESS

1. Jerry Vinci reminded attendees to take advantage of the member to member discounts available on our website www.triborochamber.org. 

2.  He also reminded everyone to bring promotional materials for networking to meetings to display on the table containing the name badges.

NEW BUSINESS
     The location of the June Scholarship Awards Meeting has been confirmed.  It will be the Outback, Route 23, Butler on Wednesday, June 12th.  Cost will be $20 per person.

Jerry Vinci provided a recap of the Business Card Exchange event held on Wednesday, April 17th at Applebee’s in Butler.  There were 50 attendees. Those present included members of the Pompton Lakes and West Milford Chambers.