MINUTES OF THE GOACC
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
FEBRUARY 1, 2006

CALL TO ORDER: 5:30PM

ATTENDEES: Steve Sousa, Ron Plante, Bill Grover, Henry Anderson, Jen Martel, Lee Spencer, & Joe Costello. Special Guest was Cider Berry of Eastern Propane.

SECRETARY'S
REPORT: Unanimously approved

TREASURER'S
REPORT: Unanimously approved

EXECUTIVE DIR.
REPORT: Jen thanked Eastern Propane for a wonderful AfterHours. There were 40 guests in attendance. 50/50 raised $58.50 for General Fund.
Next After Hours will be at Mt. Madness on Feb.21st. Nancy Carlson donated Yankee Smokehouse gift certificates to be used for the next several after hours. A thank you note was sent.
Scholarship letters to NH Charitable Foundation have gone out to release funds to various schools. Grade reports were excellent for recipients.
A review of the meeting held at Brewster Academy on 1/10/06 was conducted by Jen. Hosted by Wolfeboro Chamber and conducted by NHDTTD.
Kim Sperry of the Lakes Region Association is requesting us to place an ad in the upcoming Where To Guide. Funds are budgeted…answer, Yes for $400.00. She also is okaying us to place 200 Area Guide Books at her location. Jen to drop off.
There is a SnoCross event being held in Salem, NH on 2/4&5 by RMR…can anyone attend?

NEW BUSINESS: Ossipee Beautification Project is requesting funds. Jen to hear from Elizabeth Guillette or Jean Hansen re: formal request.
Lee spoke about various topics. Next round of guide books we should revise cover change name to be smaller and wants to see Ossipee area or Lakes Region somewhere in title. Also, change coloring of front page to stand out on racks. Lee will provide us the name of his distributor he uses to get our book out. His name is Will Burnstein of United Brochure Distributors..contact info coming. White Mountain RV is interested in membership, Jen to follow up. Lee wants to see a Long Range Planning Committee be established. He will chair the committee until such time as we grow and someone else can move into that role. This committee would focus on goals and objectives for the chamber in the next 5-15 years. Also, would create a master plan for going forward. Some ideas Lee would like to see worked on and become reality are as follows: Business shuttle svc,college system in area, community bldg events, beautification projects, bike paths and a museum. He would like to have a general membership meeting to review ideas in early spring. Get invitations out and set up location, date and time of meeting. A motion was made to establish a Long Range Planning Committee with Lee as Chairperson….Motion approved. We will get together with Lee in the Spring when he returns to further discuss.
Cider Berry discussed the Golf Tournament idea for 2006. Need corporate sponsor (i.e $1200 to include 4some), avg $8-10K net to be made if done right. Need Hole in One sponsor if you get we will give 4 par 3's,there were on avg 100-120 people at opera house tourney, corporate sponsor for golf carts, a meal sponsor, Green fees are covered by sponsors. Would need 4-6 committee members who are extremely active in getting tourney off ground and running successfully. A motion was made to table discussion until Cider gets back to us on available dates.
Dana Crocker wants to be on agenda for March's BOD meeting.

OLD BUSINESS: Nothing at this time to report.

ADJOURN: 7:45PM