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October 2006
Newsletter
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SPONSOR
MOUNT GARAGE DOORS
Residential &
Commercial
Sales & Service
(410) 549-2668
www.mountgaragedoors.com
SPONSOR
SHERMAN EMERSON INSURANCE
Auto • Home •
Business • Life
Dennis Emerson
(301) 831-5885
www.shermanagency.com
OCTOBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Our monthly
membership meeting will be held on Thursday October 5th 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).
We will have our
usual hour of introductions, committee reports and discussions of new and
old business.
The nominating
committee will be taking final nominations for officer positions for 2007
(elections to be held in November).
Remember that
minutes of all our monthly meetings can be found on the Chamber website at
www.mtairybusiness.com
Every month
members also get to see all the advertising, newspaper coverage and
correspondence for the past month.
If you haven’t
attended a membership meeting before - come along, get involved and see
what the Chamber is up to!
BUSINESS CARD
EXCHANGE
The business card
exchange for October is on the 5th from 5pm-8pm. It is being hosted by The New Windsor State Bank – manager Denny Ahalt and his staff.
The bank is
located in the Twin Arch Shopping Center on Twin Arch Road.
Feel free to bring
a door prize and remember, if you know of a business who is thinking of
joining the Chamber this is a great event to invite them to.
PLANNING MEETING
REPORT
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 2007 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!
BUSINESS CARD
EXCHANGE REPORT
Thank you to The Main Event for hosting our September Business Card Exchange.
We had more than
40 people in attendance, including 14 visitors, so there were a lot of new
faces and a whole lot of networking going on!
Door prizes won
included: Champagne Glasses from The Main Event – won by visitor Rita
Alexander. Windsock from The Main Event – won by Jeanne LeRoux, Mt.
Airy Dent Repair. Corkscrew by Costco – won by Howard LeRoux, Mt. Airy
Dent Repair.
The good fortune
of the LeRoux family was purely coincidental and was witnessed by a large
group of people!
Thank you to our
hosts, Carol and Tim Cahall and their staff, and to Dalia Schulman of
Knittin’ Chicks for catering.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT
The following five
businesses joined in September:
Clearwater Custom
Services, Daniel Clearwater, 301-831-0711.
Pest Control Club,
Inc., Jimy Loayza, 410-549-2002 (2007 membership).
Spirit Designs,
Kitty McNaughton, 301-831-5990 (2007).
Cell It, Inc., (My
Cell), Manny Dureja, 301-829-3380 (2007).
The Fox Team,
Denise Fox, 301-367-8118 (2007).
Membership is 309
(plus four new members signed up for 2007)
[Membership
Committee Chair Dennis Emerson, Sherman Emerson Insurance.]
2007 MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE
Our 4th Annual Chamber Membership Drive event will be held Thursday 16th November from 4pm to 7pm at Century Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep on Century
Drive.
As usual, we will
be offering discounted membership dues for the following year – attendees
will be able to sign up for $85, a savings of $10.
Be sure to bring
your check books also for opportunities to sign up for the 2007 Mount Airy
Phone Book, the Gala and next year’s Community Expo!
Continuing our
annual tradition, the grand door prize will be a snowblower from the Tractor Supply Co, and catering will be provided courtesy of Frank
Illiano and New York J & P Pizza.
DROP-IN NETWORKING
LUNCHES
This new program
from the Ambassadors Committee is an informal meeting of Chamber members
and guests - meeting at Noon every second Tuesday at the Greene Turtle.
It’s a "dutch
lunch" where you pay for your own food and drinks – but there’s a great
coupon on the website at www.mtairybusiness.com/dropinlunches
The next two dates
are Tuesday October 10th and Tuesday November 14th.
NOMINATIONS
We will be
presenting our slate of officers for the Chamber for 2007 at our October 5th morning meeting. We will be voting on the slate of officers at our
November morning meeting.
If you would like
to know more about the nominations process, how to nominate or be
nominated, please contact Bob Cage, Brahma Technologies at
301-831-3146.
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
We will be holding
two seminars this fall. On Tuesday October 17th the topic will
be Business Succession Planning. On Wednesday November 15th the
topic will be Business Financial Planning.
Both seminars will
be held at the Senior Center, 703 Ridgeville Avenue (above the Library)
from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
The workshops are
FREE to Chamber members and $10 to non-members.
To register,
please call (410) 386-8012 or email mtitus@carrollcc.edu.
[Professional
Development Committee chair, Marlene Titus, Carroll Community College]
2007 GALA
The date has been
set! Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Greater Mount Airy
Chamber of Commerce Gala Dinner Dance on Saturday, January 13, 2007. This
special evening will be held once again at the Mt. Airy American Legion
Gold Star Post 191.
For more
information, a list of sponsors, and details on how you can become a
sponsor of this event, please visit www.mtairybusiness.com/gala2007
For all questions
please e-mail pwilhelm@lorienhealth.com or call 301-829-6050, ext. 112
[Gala Committee
Chair Paula Wilhelm]
EMBROIDERED POLO
SHIRTS
At the October
membership meeting Second VP Aaron Kahn of Eclipse Security will
have new Chamber shirts available to be picked up for those who ordered
them at the September meeting.
For anyone who is
interested in buying shirts, there will be a few available for sale at the
cost of $24 in select color and sizes.
POTTERY TILES
READY!
For those of you
who attended the Business Card Exchange on August 28th, the tiles you
painted are finished. Please stop by the Firehouse Pottery Company to pick
up your masterpiece. We are located at 233 South Main Street. Jennifer
Shaffer,
301-829-1665
LIBRARY TELEVISION
Be sure to visit
the Mount Airy library and check out their brand new widescreen television
– donated by the Greater Mt Airy Chamber of Commerce!
The TV is tuned to
the news, with subtitles, to help keep everyone informed of ongoing
events.
Thank you to
Archie Rogers of Rogers Engraving for donating the Chamber plaque
that is posted next to the TV.
SECOND E-MAIL LIST
The new Chamber
e-mail group "mtairybusinessgeneral" is now live.
Unlike the main
group, this new group is not moderated and members
are free to post anything related to their own business or to the
local business community in general.
To view messages
posted to the group, or to join, please visit:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/mtairybusinessgeneral/
An edited digest of postings is submitted to the main e-mail group once a
week.
If you have any
questions, please feel free to contact Keir Knight at (301) 829-1982 or
klknight@pipeline.com
TOWN MEETING
AGENDAS
We are working
with the Town of Mount Airy to post meeting agendas and other information
to the second e-mail group "mtairybusinessgeneral".
CHAMBER FOLDERS
The Greater Mt
Airy Chamber of Commerce now has pocket folders available for all members
to use. The glossy folders include four interior sheets: committee
descriptions, Chamber events, leadership and an application form.
The folders are
available at all Chamber events and meetings – or by contacting
Ambassadors Committee Chair Ellie Bonde of the Blossom & Basket
Boutique at (301) 831-0010.
They are perfect
to use to introduce potential members to the Chamber.
NEWS &
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Susquehanna Bank of Mount Airy’s new Senior Customer Service Representative is Susan Moats.
Dana Wright of Browning Reagle Insurance recently earned her license as an insurance
agent.
The Secret Stork is now under new ownership. Erin Rochek is now running the Main Street
boutique for newborns and their families.
Monique Pirrung is
the new manager at Farmers and Mechanics Bank.
INFO TO SHARE?
If you have
information you would like to share with other Chamber members – either
through the monthly newsletter, the Chamber website, or Yahoo e-mail lists
– please contact Advertising & Marketing Committee Chair Keir Knight of Plain English Writing & Design at (301) 829-1982 or klknight@pipeline.com
See You All At
Mount Airy Fall
Fest
Downtown Mount
Airy
Saturday and
Sunday
October 7 & 8
Crafters,
Artisans, Live Music and Great Food.
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