Minutes for meeting held Wednesday February 8

Information and Tourism: Andrea informed us that there will be a ribbon cutting at the Health Hut on Friday February 10th at noon. All chamber members are invited to attend.Future ribbon cuttings will include: Lentz Construction,Theisen Trails,Campbellsport Medical Center and Hometown Bank.

Joel informed us that it is a slow time right now. Not much happening on the web site. He is working on a new idea to promote Campbellsport. We were asked to write down things and events that occur in town. He would like to combine them and make a list of 50 things that may attract customers and future residents. Please e-mail your ideas to Joel.He is working on sponsorship for July 4th projects and the Rock,Scissor, Paper competition. In order to get world recognition we would need a sponsor who would donate $1,000 for the project.Two other entertainers have been secured for the picnic.

Chris Adams will be the new Easter Bunny.Jackie has also hired a new act for the Halloween Caper for the Children's tent.There will be 2 performances. The Chamber was asked if they would like to participate with the Campbellsport Fire Dept. in donating money to go towards smoke alarms and batteries. It was suggested that this be on the agenda for the upcoming annual dinner meeting.The Christmas Walk has the go ahead from Dan Olson at the High School. Julie told us everything looks good at this point and committees will be taking over the problems that need to be worked out. If anyone would like to be a part of this committee please contact Julie or any board member.

Memberships are coming in slowly which isn't unusual. Most of the expenses at this point are for the picnic. Chamber Bucks were discussed and Julie informed us that she will write checks out once a month. This is easier than writing out so many checks. The finacial statement is good.It was decided that Free memberships would be given to The Village of Campbellsport,The Campbellsport School District and the Campbellsport Fire Dept.These are all non-profit organizations and we rely on them for their help through the year.

Lois informed us that aproximately 122 invitations were sent out for the annual meeting.There were 2 phone calls and there were no welcome baskets delivered.Also business cards are being printed which will enable Chamber members to use them as a means of comunication and advertising.

Planters were dicussed and money has been set aside for this project.We will need a committee roster and ballots for the upcoming meeting.

New signs were discussed for the Hwy V corridor. It would benefit Campbellsport if we had signs north and south of the village.These signs are costly and it was reccomended that money be budgeted for these projects.The Cab project will continue in the village. Rails to Trails will be coming our way this year. Everyone was excited that this venture will run through our village. It will be a great opportunity for the village to showcase itself to the people who utilize the trail.There are new businesses interested in the Campbellsport area and Brenda is working with these individuals to try and make this happen.