KEY PENINSULA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION

Minutes for Friday, Sept. 2, 2005

Place: Homeport Restaurant

Present: President Bek Ashby presiding. Barb Heard, Ruth Bramhall, Todd Rosenbach, Dennis Taylor, Claudia Loy, Joyce Tovey, Ben Thompson, Jeff Harris, Ed Taylor, Dick Taylor, Jerry Davis, Ross Bischoff, John Biggs, June Williams and Marty Marcus.

Meeting called to order at 7:35am

Guest Speakers: None

Secretary’s Report/Corres: It was MSC to approve the minutes from August 5th.  Treasurer’s Report: Balance on hand is $5002.08. It was MSC to accept the treasurer’s report and approve the following bills: $1846.73 for North Woods Graphics, $26.00 for post office box renewal and $256.70 for website & domain name renewal. Bek explained the final amount of the North Woods Graphics bill which included the amount received from the enhanced ads ($over $1000) and the extra brochures printed totaling 4000 each.

Communications: None

Old Business/Committees:

  1. Marketing Committee- Jeff said the GH Chamber and Gateway were impressed with our brochure.  Bek said the brochure met both goals of attracting visitors and promoting the businesses.  Jeff discussed brochure distribution and will get the details of a distribution company.  He also suggested using North Woods Graphics for printing individual business inserts for the brochures.  Bek said she will now focus on having the website look similar to the brochure.
  2. KP Fair – Ruth reported that the final report was not available yet and asked that any vendor questionnaires be turned in.  There was much discussion regarding the time of the final distribution, quality of the fair, group participation, fair date, etc.  Bek said that an upcoming retreat on Oct. 8th will address these questions and concerns and that the fair board members will return to their respective organizations and give a report after the retreat.
  3. KP Comprehensive Plan Committee – Jeff did not attend the last meeting.  Ed brought up the subject of a new luncheon meeting place due to the low attendance of the last speaker meeting in July.
  4. KP Community Council – Jeff reported on a KP Candidates Forum scheduled for Sept. 6th at the KPCC.  He also explained how to register to vote for the community council candidates.  Dennis needs volunteers for the vote count on Sept. 17th at 3:30pm.
  5. Business/Economic Development Committee –No report
  6. Meeting Programs/Speaker List – Dennis would like to update the speaker list. Give any ideas for topics or speakers to Dennis.
  7. Fund Raising Ideas and Comments – There was a discussion on how much money to raise and a wine tasting grand opening. Discussion to be continued later.
  8. St. Anthony’s Hospital – June led a discussion on the traffic issues with Gig Harbor.  The hospital is asking for support. It was MSC to send a letter of support for the hospital to the mayor of Gig Harbor.

New Business: None

Individual Reports:

Jeff made a motion to donate $100 to the Red Cross for the Hurricane Katrina victims.  Motion did not pass.  An amendment to the motion was MSC to contribute individually to the KPBA, with the KPBA then writing a check to the Red Cross for the total donated amount.

Meetings/Events/Activities:

Breakfast                                Homeport Restaurant                Friday, Oct. 7                      7:30am

Lunch                                      Blondie’s Restaurant                 Friday, Sept. 16                              12:00pm

NEXT GUEST SPEAKER – Mike Kruger – KP Community Planning Board

Meeting Adjourned: Approximately 9:00am

Respectfully Submitted: Barbara Heard