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Downtown Divas - Ladies Nite Meeting Minutes
DCG/ Ladies Nite Committee Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Monday December 7th 2009 @ 8:30 am
Happy Memories
Attending: Lt. Mike Stone, Elizabeth Dixon, Gail Carter, Karen Eckford, Mei Bremmer, Carroll Jellenik, Amy Schofield, and Jamie Bennett Bane
The next meeting will be held on December 14, 2009 @ Happy Memories
Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Concept of Idea
III. Execution of ideas
IV. Advertising and Marketing
V. Security
VI. Next meeting schedule
VII. Meeting Adjourned
Jamie started the meeting at 8:30 by thanking the group for taking the time out to come. She made a brief statement about the purpose of the meeting and then the conversation began.
Concept:
We decided to let our event be the kick off to “women’s heart health month” which is the month of February.
We want this event to be fun, educational, and relaxing. This will be something special for the women of Camden because it will be all about them.
Execution of ideas:
Karen Eckford came up with the name Downtown Divas celebrates women heart health
Our first business to spotlight will be Happy Memories. Each event that we do, we will spotlight a business owned by a woman.
The adventure will begin at Happy Memories where there will be a video shown on heart health. Each person watching the video will receive a “passport.” They will then go around to participating businesses and answer the question, in that location. After their passports have been stamped and all the answers are correct, their passports will be entered into our drawing.
The event will take place on January 29, 2010 from 5-7pm. We would like the women to wear something red. Hearts will be available for a donation.
Also we will serve wine and cheese at the locations that will be participating.
Advertising and Marketing:
Karen will talk to Midlands Printing about donating the flyers and passports.
Gail will talk to American Heart Association for pamphlets and she will check on the printing for the press releases.
Jamie will talk to Betsy about running it in the paper, Edward about putting it on the local station, and Brittany about the radio.
Mei will talk to the Health Resource Center to gather information about heart health and she will be out recruiting to the businesses about donations for the prizes.
Amy will also talk to businesses about donations and will going out with Jamie soliciting for participation.
Carroll will contact the businesses along with Mei asking for donations
Elizabeth will be in contact with a cardiologist to get the video and questionnaire.
Jamie will talk to Traders to see if they would be willing to donate the wine and ask Walmart or Piggly Wiggly to see if they would donate the cheese.
Security:
Lt. Stone suggested that we have designated parking for security reasons. Any overflow parking would go into the bank’s lot and farmers market. He said that he would have extra officers working the area during the hours of 5-7. He will reserve the parking lot behind 1011 around 4:00.
We will have specifics as we get closer to the event.
Meeting Schedule:
We will meet on Monday December 14th at 8:30 at Happy Memories
Meeting was adjourned at 9:00
Meeting Minutes
Monday December 7th 2009 @ 8:30 am
Happy Memories
Attending: Lt. Mike Stone, Elizabeth Dixon, Gail Carter, Karen Eckford, Mei Bremmer, Carroll Jellenik, Amy Schofield, and Jamie Bennett Bane
The next meeting will be held on December 14, 2009 @ Happy Memories
Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Concept of Idea
III. Execution of ideas
IV. Advertising and Marketing
V. Security
VI. Next meeting schedule
VII. Meeting Adjourned
Jamie started the meeting at 8:30 by thanking the group for taking the time out to come. She made a brief statement about the purpose of the meeting and then the conversation began.
Concept:
We decided to let our event be the kick off to “women’s heart health month” which is the month of February.
We want this event to be fun, educational, and relaxing. This will be something special for the women of Camden because it will be all about them.
Execution of ideas:
Karen Eckford came up with the name Downtown Divas celebrates women heart health
Our first business to spotlight will be Happy Memories. Each event that we do, we will spotlight a business owned by a woman.
The adventure will begin at Happy Memories where there will be a video shown on heart health. Each person watching the video will receive a “passport.” They will then go around to participating businesses and answer the question, in that location. After their passports have been stamped and all the answers are correct, their passports will be entered into our drawing.
The event will take place on January 29, 2010 from 5-7pm. We would like the women to wear something red. Hearts will be available for a donation.
Also we will serve wine and cheese at the locations that will be participating.
Advertising and Marketing:
Karen will talk to Midlands Printing about donating the flyers and passports.
Gail will talk to American Heart Association for pamphlets and she will check on the printing for the press releases.
Jamie will talk to Betsy about running it in the paper, Edward about putting it on the local station, and Brittany about the radio.
Mei will talk to the Health Resource Center to gather information about heart health and she will be out recruiting to the businesses about donations for the prizes.
Amy will also talk to businesses about donations and will going out with Jamie soliciting for participation.
Carroll will contact the businesses along with Mei asking for donations
Elizabeth will be in contact with a cardiologist to get the video and questionnaire.
Jamie will talk to Traders to see if they would be willing to donate the wine and ask Walmart or Piggly Wiggly to see if they would donate the cheese.
Security:
Lt. Stone suggested that we have designated parking for security reasons. Any overflow parking would go into the bank’s lot and farmers market. He said that he would have extra officers working the area during the hours of 5-7. He will reserve the parking lot behind 1011 around 4:00.
We will have specifics as we get closer to the event.
Meeting Schedule:
We will meet on Monday December 14th at 8:30 at Happy Memories
Meeting was adjourned at 9:00
President's Message
December 7, 2009
Season’s Greetings,
It is hard to believe that 2009 is almost over and a New Year is right around the corner. We hope that your business is experiencing positive momentum as we finish out this challenging year and that it will only increase in 2010. With that in mind, the Downtown Camden Guild (DCG) would like to share with you our Mission, Vision and overall Goals so that we can partner with you and your business to help ensure you success and prosperity in the coming year.
Our Mission
A commerce association whose mission is to represent local business interests and maintain a sense of civic pride in the City of Camden's historic business district.
Our Vision
To organize an entity that will engage the downtown business community in activities that will promote the future growth, prosperity, and economic well being of its members through advocacy, community outreach, beautification, and events programming.
Our Goals
1. Be an advocate for members on commercial, municipal, and regional issues.
2. Engage the public through community outreach to garner public support.
3. Enhance the physical environs through beautification projects and the pursuit of grant funding.
4. Plan events to increase exposure, foot traffic, and a sense of civic pride in the historic business district.
In the short time span that the DCG has been functioning, we have already seen tangible results. Namely the highly successful Broad Street Trick-or-Treat which over 2,000 parents and children attended and the “Experience the Camden Lights” at Monument Square after Thanksgiving and the City Hall Lighting on December 4th.
None of these events could not have been accomplished without the support and volunteers of downtown Camden business owners and employees. But here is our “Ask”:
· We need your support (time, ideas, input, constructive criticism), but want to make sure that you are plugged in an area that you can serve with passion and energy. So please reach out to us so that we can help you find your niche in our Guild. We have a lot of ideas that we believe will help make Downtown Camden into a more thriving, livable, and walkable arts, entertainment, and shopping district for residents and visitors to enjoy year round. But without the manpower most of them will not come to fruition.
· In two months, Wade Luther, Downtown Manager, will be submitting a budget request for next year. We can, as a unified group, request funds for future events, projects, etc. that will benefit Downtown Camden. For example, if you think $1,000 would be required to organize a Downtown BBQ Cook-Off held on the Farmers Market site, then we should submit that request.
As you can see, the time is short and we would like for you to help us make sure that we use this opportunity wisely. So please attend one of our many upcoming meetings, such as our At-Large Membership Meeting – December 15th, 2009; 8:30 am at 1011 Galleria Mezzanine Level. Please check your emails, if we have them, or reach out to us via the contact information listed below.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
Edwin Kohn
Interim President
Season’s Greetings,
It is hard to believe that 2009 is almost over and a New Year is right around the corner. We hope that your business is experiencing positive momentum as we finish out this challenging year and that it will only increase in 2010. With that in mind, the Downtown Camden Guild (DCG) would like to share with you our Mission, Vision and overall Goals so that we can partner with you and your business to help ensure you success and prosperity in the coming year.
Our Mission
A commerce association whose mission is to represent local business interests and maintain a sense of civic pride in the City of Camden's historic business district.
Our Vision
To organize an entity that will engage the downtown business community in activities that will promote the future growth, prosperity, and economic well being of its members through advocacy, community outreach, beautification, and events programming.
Our Goals
1. Be an advocate for members on commercial, municipal, and regional issues.
2. Engage the public through community outreach to garner public support.
3. Enhance the physical environs through beautification projects and the pursuit of grant funding.
4. Plan events to increase exposure, foot traffic, and a sense of civic pride in the historic business district.
In the short time span that the DCG has been functioning, we have already seen tangible results. Namely the highly successful Broad Street Trick-or-Treat which over 2,000 parents and children attended and the “Experience the Camden Lights” at Monument Square after Thanksgiving and the City Hall Lighting on December 4th.
None of these events could not have been accomplished without the support and volunteers of downtown Camden business owners and employees. But here is our “Ask”:
· We need your support (time, ideas, input, constructive criticism), but want to make sure that you are plugged in an area that you can serve with passion and energy. So please reach out to us so that we can help you find your niche in our Guild. We have a lot of ideas that we believe will help make Downtown Camden into a more thriving, livable, and walkable arts, entertainment, and shopping district for residents and visitors to enjoy year round. But without the manpower most of them will not come to fruition.
· In two months, Wade Luther, Downtown Manager, will be submitting a budget request for next year. We can, as a unified group, request funds for future events, projects, etc. that will benefit Downtown Camden. For example, if you think $1,000 would be required to organize a Downtown BBQ Cook-Off held on the Farmers Market site, then we should submit that request.
As you can see, the time is short and we would like for you to help us make sure that we use this opportunity wisely. So please attend one of our many upcoming meetings, such as our At-Large Membership Meeting – December 15th, 2009; 8:30 am at 1011 Galleria Mezzanine Level. Please check your emails, if we have them, or reach out to us via the contact information listed below.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,
Edwin Kohn
Interim President
December Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
DCG/ Executive Committee
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday: December 2, 2009 @ 8:30 a.m.
1011 Galleria, 3rd Floor
In Attendance: Edward Kohn, Edwin Hinson, Carol Jellenik, Gail Carter, Jamie Bennett-Bane and Dot Godwin
Agenda:
1. Call to Order/ Roll Call
2. Approval of the Minutes
3. Committee Reports
a. Programming-Jamie Bennett-Bane
b. Policy-Wade Luther
4. Officer Reports
5. Director Reports
a. Arts
b. Retail
c. Dining
d. Services
6. Old Business
7. New Business
8. Adjournment
The meeting was called to order by residing President Edwin Kohn. The minutes were reviewed and approved by the board. Dot Goodwin motioned that the minutes be accepted and Carol Jellenik second the motion.
Committee Reports:
Programming report was given by Jamie Bennett-Bane. There was a brief recap of events: Christmas Tree Lighting on November 29th had a great turn out. The next event is the December 4th at City Hall, Edward Hinson will donate hot chocolate.
December 12 is the Christmas Parade. Wade is working on getting Santa in front of City Hall for pictures.
Jamie is working on putting a sub -committee together for “Ladies Nite” committee.
Edwin and Edward are working on silk screens for the Cup. All details are still being worked on.
Brittany Stewart will be working on “Little Black Dress Party” she will coordinate with the Fine Arts Center.
Lemons Event at the Motorsports Park in May
Policy report was given by Wade Luther. Wade said that he will research the steps that we will have to take to become a “Charter”. Also, we discussed how the bylaws and that we will adopt Five Points bylaws and tweak them to our needs, Wade is working on a simplified version of our bylaws.
Our board will consist of 9 members and we will no longer have Ex-Officio officers, they will be called Affiliates and we will have one voting member
The Policy Committee will meet again on January 27
Officers Report:
Edward Kohn gave the officers report. He will be putting out a “Presidential Message” to the local businesses to encourage them to attend the next meeting as well as to inform them that the budget request are being accepted and if they want to be heard this is the time to attend.
We need to get budget requests into Wade between December and January.
Wins: The city approved the Vendor Permits
Directors Report
Arts report was given by Dot Goodwin. Dot informed the group of the activities planned at 1011 Galleria.
January 21st there will be an arts auction.
Retail report: N/A
Dining report: N/A
Service report: Gail Carter was present but no report at this time.
Old Business:
Waiting on final draft of the vendor permit
New Business:
Officers Election in February
After Hours will be held at Old Armory Steak and Seafood in January. Wade is working on date and time
Next At-Large Meeting will be December 15th at 8:30
Meeting was adjourned
Meeting Minutes
Tuesday: December 2, 2009 @ 8:30 a.m.
1011 Galleria, 3rd Floor
In Attendance: Edward Kohn, Edwin Hinson, Carol Jellenik, Gail Carter, Jamie Bennett-Bane and Dot Godwin
Agenda:
1. Call to Order/ Roll Call
2. Approval of the Minutes
3. Committee Reports
a. Programming-Jamie Bennett-Bane
b. Policy-Wade Luther
4. Officer Reports
5. Director Reports
a. Arts
b. Retail
c. Dining
d. Services
6. Old Business
7. New Business
8. Adjournment
The meeting was called to order by residing President Edwin Kohn. The minutes were reviewed and approved by the board. Dot Goodwin motioned that the minutes be accepted and Carol Jellenik second the motion.
Committee Reports:
Programming report was given by Jamie Bennett-Bane. There was a brief recap of events: Christmas Tree Lighting on November 29th had a great turn out. The next event is the December 4th at City Hall, Edward Hinson will donate hot chocolate.
December 12 is the Christmas Parade. Wade is working on getting Santa in front of City Hall for pictures.
Jamie is working on putting a sub -committee together for “Ladies Nite” committee.
Edwin and Edward are working on silk screens for the Cup. All details are still being worked on.
Brittany Stewart will be working on “Little Black Dress Party” she will coordinate with the Fine Arts Center.
Lemons Event at the Motorsports Park in May
Policy report was given by Wade Luther. Wade said that he will research the steps that we will have to take to become a “Charter”. Also, we discussed how the bylaws and that we will adopt Five Points bylaws and tweak them to our needs, Wade is working on a simplified version of our bylaws.
Our board will consist of 9 members and we will no longer have Ex-Officio officers, they will be called Affiliates and we will have one voting member
The Policy Committee will meet again on January 27
Officers Report:
Edward Kohn gave the officers report. He will be putting out a “Presidential Message” to the local businesses to encourage them to attend the next meeting as well as to inform them that the budget request are being accepted and if they want to be heard this is the time to attend.
We need to get budget requests into Wade between December and January.
Wins: The city approved the Vendor Permits
Directors Report
Arts report was given by Dot Goodwin. Dot informed the group of the activities planned at 1011 Galleria.
January 21st there will be an arts auction.
Retail report: N/A
Dining report: N/A
Service report: Gail Carter was present but no report at this time.
Old Business:
Waiting on final draft of the vendor permit
New Business:
Officers Election in February
After Hours will be held at Old Armory Steak and Seafood in January. Wade is working on date and time
Next At-Large Meeting will be December 15th at 8:30
Meeting was adjourned
November Policy Committee Meeting Minutes
DCG / Policy Committee Meeting
Meeting Minutes
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at noon
Meeting held at Old Armory Steak and Seafood
In attendance: Wade Luther, Amy Schofield, Dennis Stuber, Karen Eckford, Kristen Cobb, Carol and Roger Jellenik, and Jamie Bennett-Bane
Agenda:
1. Welcome & Introduction
2. Steps of Planning Process
3. Mission, Vision & Goals
4. Vendor Permit
5. By Laws
6. Meeting Schedule – January 27, 2010
7. Other Items
8. Adjournment
Wade started the meeting by thanking everyone for coming. We had a working lunch and the next meeting will be a working lunch as well.
2. We discussed the planning process and the steps to the process.
a. Formulate Mission, Vision, Goals: Wade revamped the mission, vision, and goals. Wade is encouraging us to blog about the new statement. Encourage our counterparts to comment and give their feed back as well.
b. Downtown Assessment
c. Inventory of Physical / Human Capital
d. SWOT Analysis
e. Generate Alternatives/Remedies/Potential Projects/ Strategies
f. Establish Evaluation Criteria
g. Evaluate Alternatives/ Remedies/ Potential Projects/Strategies
h. Present Final Alternatives
3. Mission, Vision & Goals: Orignial
Mission: With the coordinated efforts of local merchants, artists, businesses, neighborhoods, civic and community leaders the mission of the Downtown Camden Guild is to create and implement a unified vision for Downtown Camden that will align with the redevelopment goals of all stakeholders involved in seeing the City and its commercial core prosper.
Vision: The vision of the Downtown Camden Guild is to allow downtown business owners to take part in revitalizing Downtown Camden into a destination that is a thriving, livable, and walkable arts, entertainment, and shopping district for residents and visitors to enjoy year round.
Goals: Participation in the Downtown Camden Guild will give each business or property owner located in or around downtown a collective means by which to contribute to our goals of:
1. Economic redevelopment through business recruitment, business retention, and preservation of the heritage of the central business district;
2. Representation on all issues vital to the success of downtown;
3. Effective marketing strategies for the promotion and growth of downtown and its business community within the City and expanding to other markets; and
4. Coordination of programs and events to benefit the downtown core, greater Camden community, and regional area.
Homework: Comments and Feedback on Mission, Vision and Goals. Go to the blog and post your opinions. If you don’t want to blog please email. We need feedback to make this work!
Mission, Vision, Goals: REVISED
Our Mission
A commerce association whose mission is to represent local business interests and maintain a sense of civic pride in the City of Camden's historic business district.Our Vision
To organize an entity that will engage the downtown business community in activities that will promote the future growth, prosperity, and economic well being of its members through advocacy, community outreach, beautification, and events programming.Our Goals
1. Be an advocate for members on commercial, municipal, and regional issues.2. Engage the public through community outreach to garner public support.3. Enhance the physical environs through beautification projects and the pursuit of grant funding.4. Plan events to increase exposure, foot traffic, and a sense of civic pride in the historic business district.
4. Vendor Permits: The permit ordinance is now in the hands of the city attorney. Once he has combed through it, the permits will be presented to council for approval.
5 Bylaws: We dissected the 5pts bylaws and we came to the conclusion that it’s a great blueprint to model our organization after. The major thing that we need to do is change the name to Downtown Camden Guild.
The Executive Board will consist of 9 members; President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, two members and an affiliate.
Downtown Directors: Directors of Arts, Director of Retail, Director of Service, and Director of Dining
Ex-Officio Officers will no longer be referred to as that, we will refer to them as an affiliate member. We will have one voting member.
Equine Community Liaison
Fine Arts Center Liaison
Historic Camden Liaison
Carolina Motorsports Parks Liaison
City of Camden Liaison
Kershaw County Chamber Liaison
Kershaw County Economic Development Liaison
Kershaw County Library
Committees (Participation on at least one committee is recommended)
Programming
Policy
We combined the committees into just two.
Wade will work on simplifying the bylaws and have them ready by our next meeting on January 27, 2010.
Wade will ask Merritt McHaffie, the Executive Director of the Five Points Assoc., to come and speak at the next at-large meeting,
We will decide on dues- funds will be used for “in-house” expenses
6 Other Business: Edwin will be doing a “Presidential Letter” to encourage attendance and to explain that there is a purpose.
Christmas Tree Lighting on November 29 and Dec 4.
Next At-Large meeting December 15, 2009
Meeting was adjourned.
Meeting Minutes
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at noon
Meeting held at Old Armory Steak and Seafood
In attendance: Wade Luther, Amy Schofield, Dennis Stuber, Karen Eckford, Kristen Cobb, Carol and Roger Jellenik, and Jamie Bennett-Bane
Agenda:
1. Welcome & Introduction
2. Steps of Planning Process
3. Mission, Vision & Goals
4. Vendor Permit
5. By Laws
6. Meeting Schedule – January 27, 2010
7. Other Items
8. Adjournment
Wade started the meeting by thanking everyone for coming. We had a working lunch and the next meeting will be a working lunch as well.
2. We discussed the planning process and the steps to the process.
a. Formulate Mission, Vision, Goals: Wade revamped the mission, vision, and goals. Wade is encouraging us to blog about the new statement. Encourage our counterparts to comment and give their feed back as well.
b. Downtown Assessment
c. Inventory of Physical / Human Capital
d. SWOT Analysis
e. Generate Alternatives/Remedies/Potential Projects/ Strategies
f. Establish Evaluation Criteria
g. Evaluate Alternatives/ Remedies/ Potential Projects/Strategies
h. Present Final Alternatives
3. Mission, Vision & Goals: Orignial
Mission: With the coordinated efforts of local merchants, artists, businesses, neighborhoods, civic and community leaders the mission of the Downtown Camden Guild is to create and implement a unified vision for Downtown Camden that will align with the redevelopment goals of all stakeholders involved in seeing the City and its commercial core prosper.
Vision: The vision of the Downtown Camden Guild is to allow downtown business owners to take part in revitalizing Downtown Camden into a destination that is a thriving, livable, and walkable arts, entertainment, and shopping district for residents and visitors to enjoy year round.
Goals: Participation in the Downtown Camden Guild will give each business or property owner located in or around downtown a collective means by which to contribute to our goals of:
1. Economic redevelopment through business recruitment, business retention, and preservation of the heritage of the central business district;
2. Representation on all issues vital to the success of downtown;
3. Effective marketing strategies for the promotion and growth of downtown and its business community within the City and expanding to other markets; and
4. Coordination of programs and events to benefit the downtown core, greater Camden community, and regional area.
Homework: Comments and Feedback on Mission, Vision and Goals. Go to the blog and post your opinions. If you don’t want to blog please email. We need feedback to make this work!
Mission, Vision, Goals: REVISED
Our Mission
A commerce association whose mission is to represent local business interests and maintain a sense of civic pride in the City of Camden's historic business district.Our Vision
To organize an entity that will engage the downtown business community in activities that will promote the future growth, prosperity, and economic well being of its members through advocacy, community outreach, beautification, and events programming.Our Goals
1. Be an advocate for members on commercial, municipal, and regional issues.2. Engage the public through community outreach to garner public support.3. Enhance the physical environs through beautification projects and the pursuit of grant funding.4. Plan events to increase exposure, foot traffic, and a sense of civic pride in the historic business district.
4. Vendor Permits: The permit ordinance is now in the hands of the city attorney. Once he has combed through it, the permits will be presented to council for approval.
5 Bylaws: We dissected the 5pts bylaws and we came to the conclusion that it’s a great blueprint to model our organization after. The major thing that we need to do is change the name to Downtown Camden Guild.
The Executive Board will consist of 9 members; President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, two members and an affiliate.
Downtown Directors: Directors of Arts, Director of Retail, Director of Service, and Director of Dining
Ex-Officio Officers will no longer be referred to as that, we will refer to them as an affiliate member. We will have one voting member.
Equine Community Liaison
Fine Arts Center Liaison
Historic Camden Liaison
Carolina Motorsports Parks Liaison
City of Camden Liaison
Kershaw County Chamber Liaison
Kershaw County Economic Development Liaison
Kershaw County Library
Committees (Participation on at least one committee is recommended)
Programming
Policy
We combined the committees into just two.
Wade will work on simplifying the bylaws and have them ready by our next meeting on January 27, 2010.
Wade will ask Merritt McHaffie, the Executive Director of the Five Points Assoc., to come and speak at the next at-large meeting,
We will decide on dues- funds will be used for “in-house” expenses
6 Other Business: Edwin will be doing a “Presidential Letter” to encourage attendance and to explain that there is a purpose.
Christmas Tree Lighting on November 29 and Dec 4.
Next At-Large meeting December 15, 2009
Meeting was adjourned.
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