June Lake Loop Chamber of Commerce

Executive Meeting

August 21, 2018

Call to Order at 10:09am

In Attendance: Ralph Lockhart, Jessalyn McCoy, Janet Hunt, Abigail Ross, Sarah Walsh, Bill Hunt & Over the Phone: Jamie Schectman

Approval of Minutes: Tabled. Minutes were not created for the Chamber Mixer held on October 17 at the T-Bar Social Club. Minutes from the September meeting we’re not readily available and therefore were not approved. Minutes to approve at the December meeting will need to be from September and November. Both are available at JuneLakeLoop.org with your member login.

Financial Report: Tabled.

Membership: Whispering Pines and one other membership dues came in. Dan to bill all those that came to the chamber that were new or had lapsed their membership. Confirmation of paid members that voted for the new board of directors at the October mixer is being looked in to. New board members, Joseph and Mitch have been, in fact, billed.

Election Results: The nomination committee will contact those that have been nominated for the board of directors to see whom would like to sit as officers and whom as directors. The committee will then present the slate of nominees and their preferred positions to the general membership for comments and approval. New term starts January 1, 2019.

Events: CEMF (Community Event Marketing Fund) Grant information for the 18-19 has come through. The Mono County Economic Development, Tourism and Film Commission, will be taking submissions until January 11, 2019. All are welcome to attend their November meeting on Tuesday, November 27, on the 3rd floor of the Sierra Center mall in the Board of Supervisors meeting room, to help further an understanding of the funding available and points structure set up to help determine which events will receive funding. Additional information can be found at https://www.monocounty.ca.gov/tourismcommission

Discussion was had on events in June Lake that would qualify for an application to the grant. Creating events during the shoulder season will favor best for grant funding.  Janet and Jamie will take it another step further to create event ideas with the Marketing Committee and possibly present them at the next meeting.

Advertising: Mitch and Joe are working on a revised ad for the Mono County visitor’s guide. Proof of the ad will be coming from the Mono County’s graphic designer soon. Janet asked if we had approved, and paid for, ad the Inyo County visitors guide. Renewal for the Inyo Visitors Guide ad was made in May 2018 and payment was made and approved for at the July 2018 meeting.

Items from the Floor:

CalTrans Letter of Support- We received a letter from Kelly Karl at Mono County requesting a letter of support for the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant (due Friday, November 30th) to fund a community-based planning process to develop recommendations for and establish community consensus on desired bicycle and multi-modal features on the June Lake Loop (SR 158). Motion made by Janet to provide a letter of support, Ralph seconded, motion passed unanimously. Abigail will contact Kelly to show our support of this grant.

Fish Commission- There are two items/ideas within the fish commission will more than likely request support from the chamber in the future. One specifically on helping the Brown Trout population, the other on overall fish stocking. Discussion was had on having someone, or multiple members of, the fish commission attend future meetings to help the chamber better understand what’s happening and where they need support. It was reported that the last fish stocking in the loop was over Labor Day. Fish stocking did not continue for the rest of the season due to a sickness in the fish at the hatchery.  This item is to be added to the next agenda.

Donations to the Chamber- Ralph brought up seeking additional funding and donations through larger companies like Alterra, SCE, Suddenlink, etc. It would benefit us in the future to look into and create a comprehensive fundraising outreach plan. This item is to be added to the next agenda.  

Transition of Officers and Board Members- This item is to be added to the next agenda. For example, Janet mentioned that with the transition of the Treasurer it would be important to have paperwork for our nonprofit status request, where it currently lies, and what else needs to be done, if needed.

Next Meeting is Scheduled for Wednesday, December 19 at 11am

Respectfully submitted by Abigail Ross