RIVERSIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Regular Meeting Minutes
March 21^st, 2006

Chamber Board

David Moravecek	President
Rick Rovella	1st Vice President
Chris Canavera	2nd Vice President
Brian Brennan	3rd Vice President
Kevin Frontone	Secretary
Eric Sundstrom	Treasurer
Alex Gellegos	Director
Jerry Cervak	Immediate Past President

 

CALL TO ORDERMeeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by David Moravecek. 
Thank you to the Riverside Public Library for hosting the March Chamber meeting.           

ROLL CALLA quorum was present.

SECRETARYMeeting minutes will be posted on the Chamber web page:
www.riversidechamberofcommerce.com.  As of today’s date we have
received 25 active memberships and 6 associate memberships for 2006.              

TREASURER’S Cash on hand:  $14,937.73.  A payment of $2,500 was

REPORT issued to the Village of Riverside for the improvements in Centennial Park voted upon at the
February meeting.  $50 was spent on flowers for the funeral of former member Jack Simpson. 
$30 to pay our annual internet fees was paid.  Treasurer Eric Sundstrom was unable to attend
this month’s meeting.                                                      

OLD BUSINESS The Economic development Corporation held an event on March 19^th at the Riverside Golf Club
in which the Chamber of Commerce was a co-sponsor.  Members of the Chamber were not
informed of this fact until March 18^th.  Many members were never invited.  This information led
to a lengthy discussion about the topics discussed at the meeting and the fact that the Chamber
co-sponsored an event without knowing that members were invited.  Chamber President, David
Moravecek attended the meeting on the Chamber’s behalf despite the short notice.  A village
representative said that all members of the Chamber were invited, but this turned out to be
incorrect.  No action taken by the Chamber at this time.

Chalk Fest
The Chamber provided a deposit of $3500 toward sponsorship of this year’s inaugural Chalk
Fest.  David Moravecek has been in discussions with Katie Rush who is representing the village
for this event.  Further information will be provided at a later date.

Person of the Year Event:
A three person panel consisting of David Moravecek, Brian Brennan, and Dan from First
American Bank will be meeting this month to select the Chamber’s nominee for person of the
year.  The Riverside Township Lions Club, co-sponsors of the event, will also provide a
nominee.  An announcement will be made at a later date. 

NEW BUSINESSJanice Fisher of the Riverside Public Library asked for local businesses to sponsor bookmarks. 
The names or logos of sponsoring businesses will be placed on the bookmarks.  Cost is $75 per
business.

A discussion took place about the possibility of advertising in the Landmark newspaper as a
Chamber.  A decision was made to gather information about the cost involved and the content of
the ads.  Kevin Frontone volunteered to investigate this matter.  A report will be given and a vote
taken at the April meeting.

Rick Rovella proposed that the Chamber create and sponsor another annual event in April of
2007 due to the current gap between events.  The Chamber currently does not sponsor an event
in the early spring.  Suggestions were provided, but no action was taken at this time.

Future Chamber Meetings
April 18^th @ the Riverside Public Library
May 16^th @ Coveny Lane
Meetings are held at 6:00 pm.

ADJOURNMENTDavid Moravecek  adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.