Attendees: Greg Zakrzewski, Julie Maedl, Ann Fisher-Bale, Wendy Beals, Keith Bond, Vonda Westcott

The meeting was called to order at 8:12 AM by Greg Zakrzewski.

Treasurer’s report – Balance – $2,793.32

New Business:

Discussion was held on the future of the organization. The last two scheduled functions (Evening Mixer in November 2017 and Annual Meeting/Dinner in February 2018) received no responses and were cancelled. Monthly attendance at meetings has remained low and consisted of the same 3 or 4 members.

A motion was made by Greg Z, and seconded by Ann F-B to dissolve the organization.

A discussion was held to determine which organizations would benefit from our remaining funds. It was decided to distribute $600 to each of the following:

• Middleport Area Tourism and Beautification Committee
• Gasport Beautification Committee
• Royalton-Hartland Community Library
• 4th of July Committee

In addition, a donation of $190 each will be made to the Middleport and Gasport Food Pantries. The remainder will be kept to cover anticipated bank fees.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:40 AM.

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The meeting was called to order at 8:10 AM by President Greg Zakrzewski. He introduced our new member Mike Carrier from the Niagara Orleans Country Club.

Treasurers Report: Current balance – $2,808.32. Payments since last meeting include newspaper ad for Music In The Park, paper supplies for tickets and flyers.

Old Business:

Music In The Park

Ann Busch reported that the wineries did well at the event, as well as Baker Farms.

Julie reported that the Bicentennial had a basket raffle at their event at the ravine and made $700. She suggested we do this type of raffle with more basket offerings instead of the three prizes we have done in the past as people seem to love the offering of 50 or more baskets that they can buy chances for. She noted that the baskets would not have to be elaborate. We could have smaller baskets with just a few items, a gift certificate, or perhaps one item of more value. We would need more member participation to seek out donations from many businesses and improve our promotion of the event.

Other suggestions include
1. Include more information on larger signs to list bands that will be playing
2. Include more information on signs and/or flyers that list vendors participating
3. Be more clear on cost for the event
4. Communicate that this event is to raise money for the RHBPA Scholarship
5. Include a map for location of event (on signs or flyers)
6. More participation from members on selling tickets
7. More breweries (we should have two)
8. Contact some new wineries (soon, so that we can book them)
9. Make programs to distribute to those attending listing names and phone numbers of all participants
10. Suggestion made to lower the price of Goat Chip Bingo chances to get more participation
11. Spend more time on the mic at the event to encourage people to stop and see what the vendors have to offer

Fall Evening Mixer
Greg is finalizing details for this. He will contact Vonda when he has all details to send out notice.

UPDATE: Fall Evening Mixer – Wednesday, November 1st – Masonic Hall, Main Street, Middleport

6:00 PM Cocktails and Hors d’Oeuvres, Meeting at 6:30 PM

RHBPA Newsletter

Ann Fisher-Bale suggested we create a quarterly newsletter to feature businesses and promote our group and the benefits of being a member. This will be discussed at a future meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 AM. The next meeting will be Wednesday October 11th at Darrell’s.

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Attendees: Greg Zakrzewski, Ann Fisher-Bale, Janet Lyndaker, Ann Busch, Don Powell, Vonda Westcott

The meeting was called to order at 8:11 AM by President Greg Z.

Treasurer’s Report $4,208.58. (minus payment of $72 for Post Office box rental)

Old Business
Scholarship – Greg will get information for this to Colleen Albee at the Guidance Office.

Music In The Park – July 17th – Ann continues to work on this but would like a few volunteers. She will put together a list of tasks so that members can choose one to help with. Ann F-B will make a template listing the tasks to make available to members. Ann F-B has volunteered to help with wineries. Meadworks should be contacted to see if they would like to participate. Ann B also has the name of a Beer Works facility that we can contact.

Treasury – Suggestions to Put Money to Good Use – Please continue to think of ideas of how to use our money for the good of the organization and the Royalton-Hartland area.

Town of Royalton Bi-Centennial Year – This will be next year. We should start thinking of ways to participate.

New Business
Evening Mixer Meeting – It was suggested we have an evening meeting so that members who are unable to be at the morning meetings can attend this meeting. It will be scheduled for Wednesday, May 11th beginning at 6:30 PM with cocktails and appetizers. The meeting will be called to order at 7:00 PM. Greg will see if the Masonic Hall is available. He also has a speaker in mind that he will contact. All members are encouraged to bring a guest who might be interested in joining the RHBPA. Greg suggested we have two evening meetings a year to be scheduled in April and October.

List of Area Businesses – Ann F-B has compiled a list of 130 area businesses. We discussed sending e-vites to them for the May 11th evening meeting.

Newsletter – It was suggested we produce an RHBPA Newsletter. Greg suggested publishing this quarterly, listing community events coming up. It could include a business related article of interest to members. We could also feature a member’s business with details about its operations and offerings to their customers.

Goals for next meeting – come up with ideas for our newsletter.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:36 AM.

The next meeting will be Wednesday, April 13th at 8:00 AM at Darrell’s.
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Attendees: Julie Maedl, Ann Fisher-Bale, Janet Lyndaker, Vonda Westcott

The meeting was called to order at 8:17 AM by Julie Maedl

Treasurer’s Report $4,428. Julie contacted Mahar’s regarding the bill for the port-a-potty we rented for the Wine Event. Mrs. Mahar passed away and she did all the billing so they are trying to go through the paperwork. They will send us a bill.

Old Business
Tree Lighting: Approximately 90 people attended the tree lighting outside in Village Commons and about 75-80 went in the Methodist Church for hot cocoa and cookies afterward. The Middleport Community Choir led everyone in Christmas carols. A good time was had by all!

Annual Dinner Meeting: This is to be held on Wednesday, January 20th at Mr. Bond’s Diner. Hors d’oeuvres and wine (provided by Julie and Greg) at 5:30 PM and dinner will be served at 6:00 PM. Ann F-B will prepare the flyer and send to Julie to email to all members. Menu includes Chicken Parmesan, Garlic Rosemary Pork, Meatballs, Penne with sauce, Glazed Carrots, Chef Salad and Ice Cream Bar for dessert. Cost is $10 for members and $20 for guests.

New Business
We have a good sum in our treasury and Julie suggested that we all try to come up with ideas of how we can use our money for the good of the organization. Please start thinking of suggestions to put our money to good use and bring them to the Annual Dinner meeting on January 20th.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 AM.

The next meeting is our Annual Dinner meeting on January 20th at 5:30 at Mr. Bond’s Diner.

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