Minutes of LBMA Regular Meeting, 1/4/08
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of the Long Beach Merchants Association was held on Friday, January 4, 2008, at 8:00 am at Castaways Restaurant.
Present: President Mikel Burns, Vice President Steven Linhart, Secretary Keleigh Schwartz, Board Members Ruth Ann Hocking, Dian Barker Sayce and Jane Holeman, and Long Beach Councilman Jerry Phillips.
Absent: Treasurer Sherry Hash (excused), Board Member Jeff Herrold.
The meeting was called to order at 8:03 am.
There was considerable discussion with the intent to create annual goals. Topics focused on how to better connect merchants to the City and one another and resulted in two key projects which will be pursued for more information and brought to the regular LBMA meeting:
- An LBMA / City of Long Beach co-sponsored ‘After Hours’ event, in April, at the World Kite Museum.
- A ‘Business of the Month or Quarter’. This might include a ‘coffee & cookies’ open house, perhaps 4-6 pm, at the place of business being featured, as well as a Chinook Observer article.
No motions were made.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:04 am.