Minutes:

Minutes from the Monthly Membership Meeting of the
Doylestown Business & Community Alliance
Held need April 12, 2010 8:10 a.m.
Borough Hall Conference Room

ATTENDEES:   Colette Hearn/Minuteman Press/Sign A Rama, Jack Mikula/Bucks County Alive.com, Ken Hackman/Happy Snacks, Ron Martin/Martin Kuerny Insurance Solutions, Steve Rock/Community Conservatory, Jay Deppler/Edison Court, Rich Slabinski/QNB Bank, Matt Caffrey/Chambers, MaryBeth Kohlhepp/Kohlhepp Investment Advisors, Joan Hufnagie/Kohlhepp Investment Advisors, Steve Schmidt/Family Office Group, Rich Paolino/Merrill Lynch, Nancy Taylor/Attorney, Ellen Mager/Booktenders’ Secret Garden, Joan Doyle/Borough Council/CB Hearthside

PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Matt Caffrey

Volunteer hosts are needed for the 35th Bucks Designer House.  The DBCA will pay the volunteer fee of $10 as in years past.

A holiday decorations meeting was held last week with John Davis and Rick Kempes regarding the 80% failure of lighted snowflake decorations.  The company finally responded back and will give us a credit.  A few snowflakes will be sent back to the company so an assessment can be made towards a credit. 

A new holiday decorations committee needs to be formed.  Cathy Hoot and Rich Slabinski are on board to decide on new decorations by the end of summer.  Joan Doyle stated that she would like to be part of this committee.      

TREASURER’S REPORT – Bill James presented the report. Our ending balance for March, 2010 was $8,775.07.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Memorial Day Parade – No update

Holiday - No update

Arts Festival – Matt Caffrey

• Spaces are 1/3 of the way filled for the show.
• New entertainment director, Michael Morpurgo from School of Rock.
• Thank you to Steve Rock from the Music Conservatory.  Steve was the entertainment director for and did an excellent job!

Shop Local – Ellen Mager

• The committee is on hold as we are losing downtown businesses left and right.
• By shopping on-line, Municipalities are not getting tax money that goes back into the community.  We need to employee our kids and support other local businesses.

Membership - Joan Doyle

• Membership cards are in and will be laminated and sent out along with a membership letter receipt.  We will now do rolling memberships with a reminder letter that will be sent out the month before that membership is due.
• The membership committee is meeting next Monday at 11:00 at Saxby’s to divide up the list of members who have not joined with a follow up phone call or visit.
• There are still many members who are still up on our website that have not paid membership dues this year.
• I encourage you to join with your business as well as personally.  This will help build our membership.
• Let us know what your business can provide other DBCA members through the Shop Local/Dine Local program.

5K – Margie Adamsky

• Many volunteers are needed to help with the race.  Please let Margie know if you are able to volunteer.
• The race will be held Saturday, May 29th.  The Doylestown 5K race is the largest in the Panera Bread 7 race series.
• The 5K is still actively looking for sponsors for the race.

DBCA Liaison – Joan Doyle

• Joan wrote a column in the Borough Newsletter pushing DBCA membership and announcing our new non-profit status.
• The court house is moving along with sketches on what it is going to look like.  Jurors are incurring fines parking on the streets around the court house.  Trying to get jurors, etc. to use parking garage and get off street parking. 

Flower Baskets – Matt Caffrey

• The flower baskets will be hung on Saturday, May 22 at 9:00 meeting at Starbucks.  A 6 ft. ladder and clippers to cut the plastic ties holding the chains are needed.

New Business - No update.

Old Business – No update.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00