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OCTOBER 2005 NEWSLETTER
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BUSINESS CARD
EXCHANGE
Wednesday
October 12th, 5-8pm
New Windsor State Bank, Twin
Arch Center, Mt Airy
OCTOBER
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Our monthly
meeting will be held on Thursday October 6th at 8am – at the Mt
Airy Fire Hall (corner of Watersville Rd and Main St, park at the
rear/lower level and enter through the back doors).
Several agenda
items will be raised from last month’s planning meeting – including
proposed membership dues amounts for both 2006 and 2007.
NOMINATIONS
We will be
presenting our slate of officers for the Chamber for 2006 at our October 6th morning meeting. We will be voting on the slate of officers at our
November morning meeting. We encourage all our members to come to our
meetings and get involved.
As of this
newsletter’s publication, we are still seeking a nominee for the position
of Corresponding Secretary.
If you would
like to know more about the nominations process, how to nominate or be
nominated, please contact Audrey Stapf, Membership Secretary, at
301-831-7339.
2006 PLANNING
MEETING
The Chamber’s
annual planning meeting was held last month at Lorien Assisted Living.
Existing ideas were further developed and new ideas brought forward.
Committee budgets for 2006 were also discussed.
Action items
and budgets from this meeting will be put to the membership over the
course of coming months, at the monthly Thursday morning meetings.
Many thanks to
Paula Wilhelm for hosting the meeting and providing a delicious lunch!
NWSB CARD
EXCHANGE
Our next
Business Card Exchange will be held on Wednesday October 12th,
5 – 8 pm at the New Windsor State Bank, Twin Arch Center. Manager
Denny Ahalt and his staff look forward to seeing you there.
GALA DINNER
DANCE
The Social
Committee is pleased to announce the first annual Greater Mount Airy
Chamber of Commerce Gala Dinner Dance, scheduled to take place on
Saturday, January 14, 2006 from 7:00 – 11:00 p.m. This "black tie
optional" event will be held at the Gold Star American Legion Post 191 and
promises to be a very special occasion.
We are excited
about celebrating the tremendous growth and numerous accomplishments of
the Chamber with a catered dinner and dancing.
Tickets prices
have been set at $35 per person – due 12/01/05.
For more
information please contact Paula Wilhelm at 301-829-6050, ext. 112
2006 BUSINESS
FAIR
Chamber members
who took part in the 2005 Business Fair will soon be receiving information
on early-bird sign ups for the 2006 event – scheduled to be held 29th April, 2006.
For more
information, please contact Archie Rogers of Rogers Engraving at
(301) 663-4311.
We are looking
for volunteers to help with setting up and running the 2006 Business Fair.
It’s a great way to get involved and meet other Chamber members!
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Our 3rd Annual Chamber Membership Drive event is scheduled to be held Thursday 17th November at Century Ford, on Century Drive.
As usual, we
will be offering discounted membership dues for the following year. We’ll
also have prizes, great eats and lots of folks to meet and network with.
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
The first
workshop for the Mt. Airy professional development series, "Business Uses
of Power Point," is scheduled to be held Tuesday, February 7, 2006, from
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, at Carroll Community College, Room T321, with
instructor Alissa Harrington.
The series of
free seminars is being organized by Marlene Titus of Carroll Community
College, chair of our Professional Development Committee. For more
information, or to help sponsor a seminar, contact Marlene at
1-888-221-9748 or mtitus@carrollcc.edu
NEW MEMBERS
We are very
happy to announce the following new members for the month of September:
Ben Gue Antiques
and Collectibles -
301-829-2112. Ben
Gue, Ricky Lawson.
Allstate - Prevost
Insurance Agency, Inc.
410-489-0511 -
April Prevost.
MAMSA WEBPAGES
Our Chamber
website www.mtairybusiness.com – is now hosting a series of webpages for
the Mount Airy Main Street Association (MAMSA).
All members are
encouraged to check out these new pages – and to make sure your profiles
on the Chamber members page are up to date. The MAMSA pages, along with
the Economic Development Commission (EDC) pages, bring in a steady stream
of visitors to our site!
MOUNT AIRY PHONE
BOOK
If you would
like extra copies of the Phone Book for your office, we do have some
available. You can pick them up at any Chamber meeting or event, at the Mt
Airy Library, Town Hall or call Keir Knight, Plain English Writing &
Design at (301) 829-1982.
Extra copies
have also been set aside, and will be delivered to new residents moving
into the area.
AMBASSADOR’S
PACKETS
Ellie Bonde of Blossom & Basket Boutique, chair of the Ambassador’s Committee, has
more packets of marketing materials ready for new members. Ellie and her
committee will be distributing those over coming weeks.
To have
materials from your business put in future packets, keep an eye on the
e-mail list or check in with Ellie at (301) 829-8300.
E-MAIL LIST
All Chamber
members are added to the Yahoo Groups list – mtairybusiness – but anyone
wishing to receive just special announcements can contact Keir Knight of Plain English Writing & Design at (301) 829-1982 or klknight @pipeline.com
Use of the
Yahoo list is open to all Chamber members. We ask that messages follow the
Chamber’s mission "to promote and support local businesses" – general
announcements, events and advertising opportunities are all legitimate
uses. Direct advertising of an individual business is not.
HURRICANE
KATRINA DONATIONS
At the September
monthly meeting the membership voted to donate $500 now and $500 later to
help relief causes.
The first amount
was split between the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. The membership
voted that the second amount be used to support a business-related cause –
for example, helping a local business group or Chamber get back on its
feet.
If you have an
idea or suggestion, please contact Finance Committee Chair Denny Ahalt of
NWSB, at 301-829-7355.
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