Minutes:

Room Minutes from the Monthly Membership Meeting of the
Doylestown Business & Community Alliance
Held May March 9, 2010 8:00 a.m.
Borough Hall Conference

ATTENDEES:  CHECK NAMES Ellen Mager/Booktenders, Joan Doyle/Borough Council, Molly Lowell/Mercer Museum, Jim Wessier/Prestige Home Mortgage, Jim Sanders/County Movie Theater, Matt Caffrey/President/Chambers Restaurant, Tony Mauriello/Fastsigns, Lynne Ann Donchez/LAD & Co., Steve Rock/Community Conservatory, Ron Martin/Martin Kueny Insurance Solutions, Bill James/3rd Federal, Rich Slabinski/QNB, Dave Pearson/D-Town, Colette Hearn/Minuteman Press/Sign.A.Roma

PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Matt Caffrey

• The membership mailing has gone out which was a huge undertaking.  Many thanks to Joan Doyle and the membership committee.  We also have Paypal up and running , memberships can now be paid for on-line.
• We have decided to join the borough in purchasing a bench in memory of Don Stevens. 
• No news to report about the 501(c)(3).  More financial information was sent in on Friday.  This has been a two-year process and we have done everything in our power to get this approved. 
• An article came out in the Intellegencer to explain the situation with the non-working lights on the holiday decorations.  The DBCA is working with the borough to get this resolved.
• All of the paperwork is complete for the Senior Project.  This project will help organize volunteers for all of our events.

TREASURER’S REPORT – Bill James presented the report. Our ending balance for February 2010 was $7,195.17.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Arts Festival – In an effort to go green, post cards were sent out instead of letters with instructions to go to our new website www.doylestownartsfestival.com and download a applications/instruction.

Holiday Decorations – no update.

Hanging Baskets  - Matt Caffrey

The dates for planting the flower baskets are as follows:

April 13 & 15 from 5-7 p.m.

April 17, 2009 2010 from 9 a.m. - until they are done 

Volunteers will meet at Sunlit Farms, 3091 Street Road Warrington, PA

Preparing the flower baskets for planting is a messy job, please wear clothing and shoes that you don't mind getting wet and dirty.  Directions: From Doylestown take Court Street, which becomes Lower State (be sure to bear left to stay on Lower State at the bridge), left onto Street Road to first property on left.  Enter greenhouses thru barn.  Call Patty at 215-896-4114 with questions.

Shop Local – Ellen Mager

• Read Across America went well and the jars are currently being collected.  The money raised will go to the Pajama Program.  Pajamas and books will be purchased for the shelter.

Memorial Parade Committee – No update

Membership  - Joan Doyle

• Thank you to Cathy Hoot, Margie  & Samantha Adamsky, and Jim Sanders for their help getting out the membership mailing.  There was a total of 2,744 pieces that went out for this mailing.  Downtown businesses will have their letters hand delivered.
• We will now have rolling membership dates.  If you have paid for your membership after September you will be grand fathered in for the year and will not have to pay until 2011.
• We are in need of volunteers to help handout the membership letters down town. 
• We are all ambassadors of the DBCA.  Please take some extra applications with you and hand them out to friends and businesses.
• We are looking for a business that would like to step up to help contribute to the cost of the postage for the membership mailing.  We are waiting to hear back from a business that may be helping out with this

5K – Margie Adamsky

• The Doylestown 5K is scheduled for Saturday, May 29, 2010 and we will partner again with OLMC.
• This year we will be doing a sports bag and hand towel. 
• It has been a challenge getting sponsors this year.  We are actively looking for sponsors; if interested please contact Margie Adamsky at 215-340-9988 for more information.

Council/DRB Liaison – no update.

New Business 

Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce

Women in business Committee presents

Gourmet Getaway

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Keenan Motors

4311 Swamp Road

Doylestown, PA  18902 (2nd Fl. Showroom)

5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

An evening of sampling gourmet food from the area’s finest restaurants.  Top Breweries and wineries will serve drinks to complement the medley of dishes.

www.GourmetGetaway.org

Doylestown Hospital will have an open house March 27 from 10-4 and March 28 from 11-4.  Please come out to learn about the new emergency room, which will be open for business on April 6th.

Old Business – None

Meeting adjourned at 8:45

Old Business – None

Meeting adjourned at 8:45 a.m.