Cincinnatus Business Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 299 - Cincinnatus, NY 13040
Cincinnatus Business Association, Inc.
General Membership Meeting Minutes
September 10, 2007
Present: Bill Cobb, Mike Natoli, George Pryor, Sandy Rausa, Kevin Sharp, Myrla Stith, Brad Totman, Joe Waffner, Marcia Waffner, Brad Totman, Phil Totman
Guest: Michael Bidwell
President Brad Totman called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m.
Treasurer’s Report:
Recap of 2007 Car Show:
Brad wanted to take this time to thank everyone who assisted in the 2007 Car Show. We had 90 cars. Our goal is 150 cars. Joe said we need to get advertising in early. Michael suggests January but we weren’t sure what was going on this past January so we were hesitant to advertise the event that far in advance. Next year we will start in January.
Upcoming Events:
Saturday, December 1, 2007, will be the Children’s Christmas. This event continues to grow each year. Last year there were approximately 70 children in attendance. Brad is working with the library and PTO in trying to coordinate that event. Brad will also talk with Dale Bates about the event. He has touched base with the Library and Heritage Hall. PTO President Heidi Newton will be invited to the November meeting to discuss the event. Is there anything we want to add to the program? General feeling is that we have an action-packed day with enough to do. One of the biggest concerns with this event is getting the children across Route 26. We will need people to help with this task.
Monday, December 3, 2007, 6:30 p.m., Annual Meeting and
New Initiatives:
Brad has talked to Gary VanGorder from the Chamber of Commerce regarding the tiered membership to the Chamber for business association members. He would like to launch that program in 2008. Members would be able to participate in many of the savings offered to chamber members.
Brad has connected with the Town Supervisors along the Route 26 corridor regarding setting up a meeting for this fall. This is a meeting to talk about business development, housing development, etc. Brad will notify the board of directors as to when this meeting is scheduled so that all can attend. Hopefully this meeting will take place in October.
The next board meeting is October 2, 2007. All meetings are open to members and the public. The meeting time has been changed from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and it will be a membership drive meeting. Each board member will be asked to contact five members as possible prospects and bring those names to that meeting.
Brad Totman was interviewed by the Cortland Standard regarding the business association. They had seen our incorporation in the public records. Wanted to know about existing programs and future endeavors. The article nicely done.
Guest Speaker (Michael Bidwell):
Michael Bidwell from Checkmate Private Investigations, located in
From The Table:
It was agreed upon by the members present, that a three-year plan should be purchased for the web hosting and development of the website. Kevin will follow through with this and get the website back up and running.
The Cornfest Committee is looking for people to staff the welcome booth at the school grounds. All interested people should see Phil Totman.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin L. Sharp
Secretary/Treasurer
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Cincinnatus Business Association, Inc.
Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes
July 17, 2007
Present: Bill Cobb, Augie Frink, Roger Rice, Kevin Sharp, Mike Natoli, Brad Totman
President Brad Totman called the meeting to order at 9:15 a.m.
Car Show Recap:
Brad was happy to report that all-in-all, this was a great event with lots of people to help on the day of the event. As we think about next year’s car show, we need to figure out what we did well and we need to improve upon. A very special thank you to Mike Natoli for pulling everything together. This year’s event grew by about ten cars. Growth rate we are going at is very good. Last year’s weather was bad so we may have had as many last year. The first concern is that the street should have been marked the day before. Sheriff did post road for parade and car show but fire dept. pulled up stakes after the parade so fair goers could park on the street. Mike said one of the reasons we did not have more cars was because we committed late. Mike feels that we could bring 200 cars in next year. The question then becomes is where do we put them? Mike says we still had lots of room. Bill suggested that we stay within 100 cars so we could manage everything. Not many car shows are held on the street – this is unique and is a draw. Most people were not interested in trophies. Most were there because of the street show, the bands, etc. Having Magros open was a plus and it worked out well for the car show. Mike can almost guarantee that we will see 80-90% of the same people next year. Bill thought length of time was good. Augie reported that clean-up was not that difficult. Roger apologized for not picking up cones. Mike asked the board what we need if we had 150-200 cars. We would need three or four other people to help. Roger said we could go to the Marathon Business Association for additional help. Augie stated that parking for the event needs to be kept under control. Mike suggested angling the cars a little more. Bill stated that maybe we should advertise that the first 100 cars will be on the street. Roger requested that if we are going to have a 50/50 raffle, we need to know ahead of time. This year no one knew until a couple of hours after the show began. Mike stated that that goes to the manpower problem. If we had more people, we could have started that right away. Roger volunteers to sell the tickets next year. Mike said advertising was lean and clean. The Fire Department shut us out of all their advertising which should be addressed at the time the check is presented. The Cruise In sponsored by the Fire Department is a conflict with the car show. Cruise In should be eliminated. Mike makes motion that we donate proceeds of the car show registration ($780.00) to the Fire Department. Bill seconded. All were in favor. Check to be presented at one of the fire dept. meetings. A question was raised about about sending proceeds of 50/50 raffle to the Willet Fire Department. Roger made a motion to donate $130.00 to Willet F.D. Mike seconded. All in favor.
Brad Totman met with Gary VanGorder of the Cortland County Chamber of Commerce to discuss members of the Cincinnatus Business Association joining the Chamber on a tiered membership program. Brad is in hopes of pulling some information together and to discuss at the next Board of Directors Meeting.
Meeting with Town Supervisors:
The Board of Directors is in hopes of meeting with the town supervisors to discuss ways to promote the area. Bill suggested contacting two or three supervisors to set it up and that we should meet on their schedule hopefully in September. We will need to have an agenda and a place to hold the meeting.
A Children’s Christmas:
It is time to begin thinking about the Children’s Christmas Program. Do we want to enhance the program this year or keep it the same?
All board members are asked to think about possible new members for the business association. Our next board of director’s meeting will concentrate on the membership drive for 2008.
Future Projects:
Be thinking of future projects that the board would like to consider: Community-oriented; development, etc.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin L. Sharp
Secretary/Treasurer
