Meeting was called to order by President, Randy Fry.

Those attending were, Randy Fry, Delores Miller, Gene Blakey, Paula Carter and guests, Dan Watson, Rick Hess, Becky Wright and Vicky Hutcheson, and David Vallely.

Approval of minutes:  Gene made the motion to accept the minutes as presented, Delores second the motion. Approved.

Treasurer's Report:  Delores reported that after all income and expenses; there was a balance of $6498.33 in the checking account.
There were some outstanding checks and that all the bills had not been submitted for the printing of the directories. Paula made motion to approve the report, Gene second, approved.

Old Business:  Randy reported the directory had gone to printing with a total of 16 pages in print.  They would be mailed to 2300-2400 residential households and approximately 600 would be available for the "newcomer's packets" or other inquiries.  Revenues from ads were $1500, expenses $2120.11, therefore still under our budget figures.

Photos with Santa would be Dec. 13th, 9-11 AM and a free pancake breakfast would be provided.

The 2009 slate of Board Members and Officers were presented for vote:
New board members for 3 yr terms: Keri Robinson, Vicky Hutcheson, Bryan Morris and Becky Wright.  New officers for 2009 were: President, Paula Carter; Secretary, Vicky Hutcheson; Treasurer, Becky Wright, Past President, Randy Fry.  It was decided to leave the President Elect position open until a later date.  All positions were voted and approved.

New Chamber members:  The discussion again centered around adopting a policy regarding members that join during the later part of the year with regard to their next year's membership dues. Policy was implemented that any new member joining from Oct. – thru Dec. 31, that their dues would apply toward their next year's membership.  In other words, Oct. 1 – Dec. 31st would constitute a "free enrollment period"
and they would not be billed on Jan. 1st for the annual dues.

Resignations:  The discussion of whether to accept the outstanding resignations was discussed, again, and voted to let the terms for Marlene and Brenna expire at the end of Dec. 2008.

New business:  Paula made a presentation and a recommendation that the Wilson's Creek Farmer's Market be organized as an "arm" of the Chamber. Discussion followed weighing the pros and cons of the proposal. Gene made a motion, Delores seconded, and it was voted to allow the Farmer's Market to organize under the Chamber's legal status.

2009 Budget:  Randy made the proposal of the 2009 budget for the board's approval.  Discussion followed, mainly focusing on line item charges for the directory.  The budget was approved with income of $8500, expenses of $5965, for an excess of $2535.  Projections include the increase of directory pages from 16 pages to 24 pages of print.
Paula made motion, Delores seconded, voted and approved as presented.

Miscellaneous:  Dan Watson from Exodus Technologies made a presentation to the Chamber to redesign our website and convert it to a possible revenue stream for the Chamber.  Each Board member is to review the proposal, visit a preview site, and we will have further discussion at next month's meeting.

Rick Hess, City Admin., gave an update on the economic developments that are occurring in and around Battlefield.

Meeting adjourned at 1:00 pm.