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Happy New Year and Welcome to a Productive 2010 for the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
JOIN US JANUARY 13 FOR OUR KICK OFF MEETING!
Wednesday, January 13 2010 will be our kick off meeting for the year. The meeting will be held at Lina's Restaurant starting at 12pm. We hope to see all of our members there.
Interested in joining the Tri-Boro Area Chamber and want to see what its all about?
Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch?
Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
At Lina’s Restaurant
November 11, 2009
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko V. President Allstate Insurance
Karen Austin Secretary Valley National Bank
Denise Brewster Treasurer Brewster Chiropractic
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Dave Warfield Trustee Retired
Julie Abels Weichert Realtors
James Affinito Climate Plus LLC
Joan Antonelli Antonelli Jewelry
Deb Arena State Farm Insurance
Blythe Bedell Treps
Lisa Bendel Lia Sophia Jewelry
Lucille Brule Blue Realty
Brandon Ciercieli Suburban Trends
Scott Clause Fred’s Town Garage
Helyne Czajkowski The Health Center at Bloomingdale
Fred Garcia Fred’s Town Garage
Kenneth Ginefra GCS Consultants and Computer Repair Center
Michael Hauck Air Expo LLC
Elaine Gordon Griswold Special Care
Donna Monfelt Space Stor Self Storage
Steven Monfelt Space Stor Self Storage
Ed Morba Family Home Funding
Janis Nelson Growing Kids/Renewal
Krissy Nelson Growing Kids/Renewal
Bernice C. Oberndorf The Health Center at Bloomingdale
Lindsey Sass The Healing Center
Mark Rostek Retire in Comfort
Sandra Rostek Retire in Comfort
K. C. Smith Suburban Trends
Linda Lee Sokerka Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Kristen Totaro N2 Publishing
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data Business Products Inc
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order by Jerry Vinci at 12:20 with a salute to the flag. A moment of silence was observed in tribute to our veterans. Four officers and two trustees were present.
A motion to accept the minutes from the October 14, 2009 meeting was made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Jim Affinito.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
Three new membership applications were submitted for approval.
N2 Publishing – Kristen Totaro - Kinnelon
Fred’s Town Garage – Fred Garcia – Bloomingdale
Retiring in Comfort Workshop – Sandra Rostek – Hazlet, NJ
A motion was made by Lucille Brule to accept the new members and seconded by
Karen Austin.
TREASURER’S REPORT
The Treasurer’s Report was read by Denise Brewster.
A motion was made by Vivian Vinci to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by Mike Hauck.
BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Bills to be approved for payment were as follows:
1. Web site design and maintenance for 2009 $750.00
2. Fire Fighter Phil – Ad in Fire Prevention Books $199.00
A motion to pay the bills was made by Elaine Gordon and seconded by Mike Hauck.
B. Communications
1. Blythe Bedell introduced the TREPS program which is to take place this Spring in the Butler School system. It is a program which teaches students the basics of business ownership.
2. The Riverdale Art Center (RAC) grand opening was observed on 11/07/09.
C. Committee Reports
Nominating Committee – Based on interest expressed by the incumbent Trustees, Howard Ball and Bill Stanton, Lina Pagliarulo indicated both would like to serve an additional term. Michael Hauck is to serve as a no vote alternative to the Trustees. Lina Pagliarulo placed a motion to accept the Trustees. Lucille Brule moved to second the motion. The Trustee term is set to expire December 31, 2011.
OLD BUSINESS
Jerry Vinci reminded attendees to take advantage of the member to member discounts available on our website www.triborochamber.org.
NEW BUSINESS
The drawing for the annual raffle to benefit our Scholarship fund was held at 1:00PM
Winners were as follows:
Walter Bott $125.00
Linsday Sass $125.00
Lucille Brule $250.00
David Austin $500.00
The election of Four officers, President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer was held. K.C. Smith moved that the Secretary nominate all incumbent officers to serve additional one year terms. Karen Austin seconded the motion.
Elected Officers for 2010 are as follows:
President: Jerry Vinci
Vice President Jim Murasko
Secretary Karen Austin
Treasurer Denise Brewster
Elected Trustees for 2 year terms expiring 12/31/11 are as follows:
Howard Ball
Bill Stanton
Jerry Vinci suggested a tribute to Howard Ball naming him as “Man of the Year”.
Dave Warfield moved to accept the motion. Lucille Brule seconded.
The “Toys for Tots” train was scheduled to stop at Butler on 12/13/09.
Contact Elaine Gordon for information on Free Alzheimer Screening.
See Ed Morba for information on the Kinnelon Optimist Club’s Beefsteak Dinner to be held on 01/30/10. Tickets are $45.00 each.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:30 PM was made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Dave Warfield.
February 2009
This month we present a Tribute to Howard Ball
JOIN US FEBRUARY 10 AS WE HONOR HOWARD BALL AS MAN OF THE YEAR!
We would like to thank Howard for his years of dedicated service and leadership to our Chamber of Commerce as well as the communities we serve.
Interested in joining the Tri-Boro Area Chamber and want to see what its all about?
Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch?
We would like to welcome Three New Members to the Chamber: - RJS CONSTRUCTION, INC. - KINNELON, NJ - view website
- B EUPHORIA SALON & SPA LLC - BUTLER, NJ - PIZZA KING - BUTLER, NJ
Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
At Lina’s Restaurant
January 13, 2010
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Jim Murasko V. President Allstate Insurance
Karen Austin Secretary Valley National Bank
Denise Brewster Treasurer Brewster Chiropractic
Howard Ball Trustee COFC
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Bill Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Dave Warfield Trustee Retired
David Busch Retiring in Comfort
George Brewster Brewster Chiropractic
Helyne Czajkowski The Health Center at Bloomingdale
Kenneth Ginefra GCS Consultants and Computer Repair Center
Michael Hauck Air Expo LLC
Jane Mc Carthy Boro of Bloomingdale
Ed Morba Family Home Funding
Janis Nelson Growing Kids/Renewal
Bernice S. Oberndorf The Health Center at Bloomingdale
Claire Panicci Growing Kids/Renewal
Mark Rostek Retiring in Comfort
Sandra Rostek Retiring in Comfort
Roberta Rovas Lakeland Bank
Linda Lee Sokerka Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Kristen Totaro N2 Publishing
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data Business Products Inc
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order by Jerry Vinci at 12:20 with a salute to the flag. Four officers and four trustees were present.
A motion to accept the minutes from the November 11, 2009 meeting was made by Dave Warfield and seconded by Howard Ball.
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
Five new membership applications were submitted for approval.
GCS Consultants – Ken Ginefra - Kinnelon
Home Energy Matters, Inc. – Gordon Stone – Kinnelon
RJS Construction, Inc. – Ron Scalice – Kinnelon
b Euphoria Salon & Day Spa LLC – Sylvia Mastrapole – Butler
Pizza King – Sal Pagliarulo - Butler
A motion was made by Howard Ball to accept the new members and seconded by
Mike Hauck.
TREASURER’S REPORT
The Treasurer’s Report was read by Denise Brewster.
A motion was made by Vivian Vinci to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by Bill Stanton.
BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Bills to be approved for payment were as follows:
1. Holiday Party Favors and Gifts (Paid by Debit Card) $114.05
2. Postage for December and January (Paid by Debit Card) $116.00
3. Annual Hosting Fee for Chamber Website $157.50
A motion to pay the bills was made by Ed Morba and seconded by Mike Hauck.
B. Communications
1. A request has been received from Elaine Gordon of Griswold Special Care to speak on home care at an upcoming meeting.
2. Donna Montfelt of Space Stor Self Storage has volunteered to serve on the Chamber Fundraising Committee.
C. Committee Reports 1. Jim Murasko spoke of the importance of the Fundraising Committee. Chamber members Linda Lee Sokerka and Kristen Totaro volunteered to join Jim Murasko and Donna Montfelt as committee members. Jim mentioned prior fundraising activities such as Golf Outings and “Mini” Golf Outings. Jim Murasko asked the membership to continue to focus on the importance of committee participation. In specific, he asked attendees to consider supporting the Fundraising, Website Development and Program and Publicity Committees.
Jerry Vinci introduced Mike Hauck as the new chairperson of the Website Development Committee. Jerry Vinci discussed looking into the possibility of offering website advertising space to Chamber members for a fee.
George Brewster suggested offering links to legislators.
Bill Stanton will, again, chair the Scholarship Committee. A request was made for Chamber members from each of the four towns we serve to assist him in this important work.
Howard Ball will remain the chairperson of the Program and Publicity Committee. Karen Austin and Lina Pagliarulo have offered to assist him.
The Membership Committee will be chaired by Karen Austin.
OLD BUSINESS
Jerry Vinci reminded attendees to take advantage of the member to member discounts available on our website www.triborochamber.org. In addition, he mentioned the website feature which permits members to update their information on the site.
NEW BUSINESS
A. The Chamber Member Spotlight was reinstated. The purpose of the Spotlight is to provide a Chamber member with an opportunity to give a two minute commercial to the group.
1. The guidelines for the Spotlight were are as follows.
a. A drawing will be held at the meeting to determine the speaker for the following month.
b. A member must be in attendance in order participate.
c. Each business represented at a meeting may place the business card of only one representative in the drawing.
d. The speaker for the current meeting will draw the card to determine the speaker for the next.
e. Each business/individual member may only be “Spotlighted” once per calendar year.
The speaker in the Spotlight for January was Lina Pagliarulo of Lina’s Restaurant.
Lina selected the business card of Vivian Vinci from Acu-Data Business Products. Vivian will appear in February’s Spotlight.
Committee appointments
Fundraising Committee
Chairperson: Jim Murasko
Members
Donna Montfelt
Linda Lee Sokerka
Kristen Totaro
Website Development – Chairperson: Mike Hauck
Scholarship – Chairperson: Bill Stanton
Program and Publicity –
Chairperson: Howard Ball
Members
Karen Austin
Lina Pagliarulo
5. Membership – Chairperson: Karen Austin
Ed Morba reminded attendees of the upcoming Beefsteak Dinner hosted by the Kinnelon-Butler Optimist Club. The event will be held at Our Lady of the Magnificat Church from 7PM-12AM on January 30th. Tickets are $45.00 each.
Please contact Ed for tickets. He can be reached at 973-283-8111.
CHAMBER MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Lina Pagliarulo of Lina’s Restaurant provided a “sample” Spotlight presentation. She mentioned a Chamber member discount offered at her restaurant. Chamber members are able to purchase gift certificates for half price from Lina.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:30 PM was made by Howard Ball and seconded by Dave Warfield.
March 2009
April 2009
JOIN US APRIL 14th FOR OUR MONTHLY MEETING
Thank you to all for your continued support and participation in the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce. We invite you to join us April 14 at Lina's Restuarant for our monthly meeting. We would like to welcome Adam Wolf of CellCon Consulting, Inc. as our Guest Speaker for April. He will be doing a very informative 30 minute presentation about the social-networking powerhouse called "Facebook."
PUSH TO WALK FUNDRAISER
March 27th, Push to Walk will be hosting a Casino Night fund raiser. It will feature a Texas Hold 'Em theme. Please help support a good cause hosted by a fellow chamber member.
Interested in joining the Tri-Boro Area Chamber and want to see what its all about?
Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch?
We would like to welcome Three New Members to the Chamber: - TRI-BRUSHWORKS - POMPTON PLAINS, NJ - LEE NOLAN / MASS MUTUAL - LITTLE FALLS, NJ - view website - RESIDENTIAL HOME FUNDING CORP. - BLOOMINGDALE, NJ - view website
Thank you to our March Guest Speaker
Elaine Gordon
Griswold Special Care
Griswold Special Care has been in existence since 1982, with over 100 offices nationwide. Griswold
provides non-medical home care. Caregivers provide companionship, personal care and homemaking
services. Daytime, overnight and live-in care are available at affordable rates.
Griswold prides itself on the extensive seventeen step screening process of it’s caregivers. Caregivers are also monitored after they are placed. Case managers maintain regular contact with clients to make sure that the relationship between them and the caregiver is satisfactory.
Griswold Passaic County Location:
Pompton Lakes, NJ
973-831-1010
Minutes of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce
At Lina’s Restaurant
March 10, 2010
In Attendance
Jerry Vinci President Acu-Data Business Products Inc
Vivian Vinci Acu-Data
Denise Brewster Treasurer Brewster Chiropractic
George Brewster Brewster Chiropractic
Lina Pagliarulo Trustee Lina’s Restaurant
Bill Stanton Trustee Columbia Bank
Dave Warfield Trustee Retired
David Busch Retiring in Comfort
*Michael Hauck Air Expo LLC
Janis Nelson Growing Kids/Renewal
Krissy Nelson Growing Kids/Renewal
Roberta Rovas Lakeland Bank
Linda Lee Sokerka Coldwell Banker Real Estate
Kristen Totaro N2 Publishing
Lucille Brule’ Coldwell Banker
Gordon Stone Home Energy Matters
Bruce Raiken Lee Nolan / Mass Mutual
Gregory T. Quinn The Healing Center
Lindsey Sass The Healing Center
Cynthia Templeton Push to Walk
Marc Demetriou Residential Home Funding
Deb Arena State Farm Insurance
Elaine & Russ Gordon Griswold Special Care
K.C. Smith NJ Media Group
Carolyn Cohn Computrol Communications
GENERAL MEETING
The general meeting of the Tri-Boro Area Chamber of Commerce was called to order by Jerry Vinci at 12:25 with a salute to the flag. Two officers and three trustees were present.
A motion to accept the minutes from the January 13, 2010 meeting was made by LIna Pagliarulo and seconded by Bill Stanton
APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP
Three new membership applications were submitted for approval.
Tri Brushworks LLC – Lim Lerming-Pompton Plains
Residential Home Funding Corp.-Marc Demetriou-Bloomingdale
Lee Nolan/Mass Mutual-Bruce Raiken-Littlle Falls
A motion was made by Bill Stanton to accept the new members and seconded by Lucille Brule’ TREASURER’S REPORT
The Treasurer’s Report was read by Denise Brewster.
A motion was made by Dave Warfield to accept the Treasurer’s report and seconded by Elaine Gordon.
BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Bills to be approved for payment were as follows:
1. Postage for February (Paid by Debit Card) $116.00
2. Invoice for Plaque $70.00
A motion to pay the bills was made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Vivian Vinci.
B. Communications
The Borough of Bloomingdale notified the chamber that Jane McCarthy was named the official liaison to the Tri-Boro Chamber of Commerce.
NEW BUSINESS
A fundraising committee has been formed . Anyone interested in this committee please contact Jim Murasko.
CHAMBER MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Jerry Vinci talked about his business Acu-Data which was started in 1978. Along with commercial printing, Acu-Data also carries an extensive line of promotional products.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 1:15 PM was made by Lucille Brule and seconded by Mike Hauck.
GUEST SPEAKER- ELAINE GORDON-GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE
Elaine Gordon talked about the benefits of Griswold Special Care which has been in existence since 1982 . A non-medical home care organization, Griswold provides companionship, personal care, and homemaking services.
Elaine described the extensive screening process of their caregivers and the monitoring of their assignments after they are placed. Day time care, night time care, overnight care and live-in care are available at affordable rates.
May 2009
JOIN US MAY 12th FOR A VERY SPECIAL MONTHLY MEETING
This month we have a very special guest speaker. Christina M. Genovese, Director of Business Affairs, Office of the Governor, State of New Jersey will be addressing our members at the meeting. Anyone who is able to attend should not miss this important presentation.
b-Euphoria Salon & Day Spa Celebrates Their Grand Opening
Congratulations to b-Euphoria Salon & Day Spa! Their grand opening was April 30th, 2010 and some of our chamber members were in attendence to celebrate the big event.
April 30, 2010 Grand Opening of
b-Euphoria Salon & Day Spa 1481 Rt 23 South
Butler, NJ 07405
973-492-1000
Owners: Sylvia and Sal Mastropole
Interested in joining the Tri-Boro Area Chamber and want to see what its all about?
Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch?
Thank you to our March Guest Speaker