Great Sacandaga Lake Business Association
October 2007 Meeting Notes

In Attendance:
1. Elizabeth Emery, Emery Designs
2. Joe Antonucci, Fullers Store
3. Fred Ludwig Clear Image
4. Jeremy Kristel Kristel’s Lodge
5. James Johnson Jim’s Bait Shop
6. David Hugo D. Hugo and Associatees
7. Dave Dalfonso Sacandaga Publishing
8. Kevin Chaffe Mayfield Grille
9. David Huckans Hometown Mortgage
10. Janice Hawk Drilling
11. Dan Bowler Sacandaga Boat Tours
12. Walerte Shultz Walter Shultz Agency
13. Doug Sterling Edinburg News
14. Lou Stutzke Fuel and Food
15. John Inggro J & S Old Country Store
16. Carl Ward Captain Carl’s
17. Bob Campbell Edinburg Marine
18. Vic Marshall Vic’s Tavern

1. Treasurer - It was officially announced today that our Treasurer Bryan Moldt has resigned. A meeting was set for October 2nd at 5pm at captain carl’s to go over the checkbook, and resolve outstanding invoices.

2. New Member D. Hugo and Associates made a presentation on his business. You can look hi up online at www.dhugoandassoc.com . He offers many services, but can most certainly help you reduce employee turnover and other employee issues for a nominal cost.

3. Peter Byron from the GSLA had asked us to do a business impact study on how the Lake level effects our businesses. A committeewas formed to follow the suggestion of Nancy Nugent and come up with a questionnaire for our members to submit to Peter – and have on hand for our future records. The committee will consist of:

a. John Ingro,
b. Louie Stutzke,
c. Elizabeth

4. MOTION: Made by Bob Campbell to use Robert’s Rules to govern our meetings. This was seconded by Elizabeth Emery and unanimously ratified by all members present.

5. MOTION Made By Doug Sterling, Seconded by Justine Davidson – Amend the Bi-laws to start that the treasurer only signs checks, but each check is signed off on by all 4 officers. In addition all bills will be paid monthly at the end of each meeting. This was unanimously ratified.

6. MOTION Made by Joe Antonucci and seconded by John Ingro that all Dues will be billed by Calendar year and prorated for those who join after July 1st for a half a year. This was unanimously ratified.

7. Written Policy - From this day forward we will have a written policy stating that when we need a service it will be sent to bid by the members first. All services will require a minimum of three bids on file and will be sent to general bid when 3 members do not exist for a given service.

8. Meeting Time and Place - We are sending a general letter out to all members to find the opinion on meeting time and place. It was generally agreed that 2:00 was a tough time for most businesses in attendance today – so our next meeting will be held at 6pm at the Bradt Building in Northville – rather than at 2:00pm/

9. Lake Events 2008 – A Committee was formed to recommend to the membership which events we should do next year. The committee will be:

a. Dave Dalfonso Sacandaga Publishing
b. John Ingro J & S Old Country Store
c. Doug Sterling Edinburg Newsletter
d. Vic Marshal Vic’s Tavern
e. Kevin Chaffe Mayfield Grille

10. Contests 2008 – A Committee was formed to govern next years contests. A suggestion was made to this committee to have something to hand out with worm sales for the fishing contests. This committee will consist of
a. David Huckans Hometown Mortgage
b. James Johnson Jim’s Bait Shop
c. Lou Stutzke Fuel and Food

11. Membership 2008 – Carl Ward was nominated as the Membership committee chairman for the membership 2008 committee.

12. Our next Meeting will be Monday November 5th at the Bradt Building in Northville. We will meet at 6:00 PM.