Minutes of the regular meeting of the West Liberty Business Association Board held on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at the Liberty Gathering Place.

Present were Kathy Lowry, Steve Mast, Ann Morrow, Cindy Oelker & Bob Rabenstein. Also present was Julie McIntosh representing the Promotion Committee.

The minutes of the February 8, 2007, meeting were reviewed and unanimously approved.

The Treasurer’s Report was given by Bob Rabenstein and is attached to and made a part of these minutes. He noted that about one-half of the dues have been paid. Discussion followed that if any of us knew about a new business in town we should make sure that they are introduced to the Business Association and invited to join.

Julie McIntosh reviewed several items from the March 6, 2007, meeting of the Promotion Committee, some of which were:

1. Becky Small is currently working on creating note cards and letterhead paper for the Business Association.

2. Want to encourage co-operation with Indian Lake Area Chamber of Commerce with promotion of events, etc.

3. Discussed ads in the County Register, on radio (KISS Country) and television & ONN (Ohio News Network). ONN is in the $3,000.00-$9,000.00 range which is probably a little beyond our budget.

The annual meeting will be held on April 10, 2007, at The Liberty Gathering Place. The meal will begin at 6:30 PM and the meeting will start at 7:00 PM. Kathy Lowry will send invitations & the RSVPs will go to her. Kathy Lowry agreed to contact Candace Watson from the Logan County Chamber of Commerce to be the speaker at the semi-annual meeting .

Cindy Oelker moved that the February 8, 2007, minutes be amended to show that the annual dues will be increased to $50.00 this year. Bob seconded the motion and all present voted in favor.

Kathy reported that our website is still not what we want, but we continue to make progress.

Julie McIntosh reported that Mr. Haney, the Industrial Arts teacher at West Liberty Salem, has agreed to have his students refinish the benches if the Business Association furnishes the supplies. Everybody agreed that would be very satisfactory.

It was mentioned that one of the benches had met its demise during the snow removal and should be replaced. Kathy agreed to research the cost of new benches with the thought of perhaps adding more.

After some discussion Steve Mast moved that Julie McIntosh be authorized to purchase 3 new trash containers for the location around the Ice Cream Shoppe. She is to see that they match as closely as possible the other trash containers placed around downtown and that they are purchased as soon as possible. Kathy seconded the motion and all present voted in favor.

A new supply of brochures was discussed. The prices were $849.70 for 4,500 and $1,084.00 for 6,000. After some discussion Kathy moved that we purchase 4,500 in anticipation of updating the brochures in the fall. Ann seconded the motion and all voted in favor.

The meeting adjourned at 9:10 AM with the next meeting to be on Thursday, April 5, 2007, at the same time and location.

Respectfully,

Stephen H. Mast, Secretary