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Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting Minutes 01/09/2024

January 2024 Board Meeting Greater Delhi Area Chamber of Commerce

Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - 10:00am

Meeting called to order at 10:03am

Lisa Wisely, President, presiding

Board members present:  Matt Krzyston, Valerie Nichols, Jerry Pellegrino, James Arrufat, Matt Marchese, Julian Peploe, David Rama Sr.

  • Marketing Updates

    • Primary focus has been on the Farmer’s Market

      • 4 signs were ordered which will be placed in four strategic locations on Wednesdays to enhance the awareness of the market’s location during the winter months.  The frames arrived and Lisa will follow up on the statis of the inserts.

  • Events for 2024

    • Mixers

      • Committee formed - Jerry and Matt K.

    • Farmers' Market

      • Review of price structure to vendors, expenses associated, vendor growth, and how it is being facilitated.  All agreed no committee needed as current facilitator does a good job

      • Payment sent out to County Workforce for setting up tents

    • Bridge Run-June 2024

      • Committee formed - Christina, Julian Peploe and Matt M

    • Fair on the Square-July 2024

      • Although this is not a Chamber event, discussion was had on how we can help support the event.  Jerry volunteered to attend meetings

    • Harvest Festival-September 2024

      • Committee formed – Christina and Matt M

    • Holiday Parade-December 2024

      • Committee formed – Christina and Lisa

      • Discussion on ways to entice more participation

  • 1st Quarter Mixer 

    • Details still being finalized but slated to held at Quarter Moon Café in February

  • Star Awards 

    • Quarterly awards honoring outstanding community members in the following categories:  Community Volunteer Star, Community Business Star, Customer Service Star, and newly added Community Event Star

    • Awards to be presented at quarterly mixers

    • Nomination form to be added to our website

  • Budget Discussion

    • Tabled to next month’s meeting

  • Donation/Sponsorship Discussion 2024

    • Discussion on a budget and guidelines for donations

    • Donation request form to be added to our website

    • More details to come once budget discussion is had at next month’s meeting

  • DTC Voice Mail

    • This is no longer needed and will be removed

  • Committees

    • Marketing – Lisa and Julian

    • Events – broken out by event and members listed above

    • Fundraising - TBD

    • Membership – Jerry and Lisa but all will work on recruitment

      • Creation of a postcard and or rack card to be used during the recruitment process

      • Discussion on broadening membership beyond Delaware Academy School district

  • Meeting Minutes Process

      • Minutes will be posted on the chamber’s website

Meeting adjourned at 11am.  Next month’s board meeting will be on Tuesday, February 13th at 10am and membership meeting at 11am.

Announcing the New Chamber Membership Platform

We are beginning to use a new platform to manage Chamber Membership. This platform will allow us to track membership, accept membership payments and provide each member with a profile that you can edit at any time. You can add images, update business information, and add events. We will be switching over to the event calendar that is hosted through the same platform on January 1, 2024.  

If you have already signed up as a member we have a profile started for you. This means you can Request a Password on the website. If this isn’t the case, please email us at hello@visitdelhiny.org.

Below learn how to Sign-In to your account and how to Add New Events. If questions arise, please email us at hello@visitdelhiny.org.

SIGN-IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT 
-Go to visitdelhiny.com

-Click on OUR MEMBERS on the top navigation bar (If using a smartphone, find the navigation drop down menu on the top right) 

-Click on MEMBER LOG IN

-Notice a request for your email address and password. If you do not have a password set up, click REQUEST PASSWORD.

-Check your email and follow the steps for password setup.

-Return to the MEMBER LOG IN page and access your account. 

ADD AN EVENT
Members have the ability to add their own events to the Event Calendar. There are two ways to add new events. 

Option One: 

-First begin by signing into your account

-Once signed in, you will see your Membership Area with multiple gray tabs: “About,” “Profile,” “Additional,” and “Events.” Click on EVENTS.

-On this tab you will see a “Click here” option. That link will bring you to the Add New Event form. Fill out the form with as much detail as possible and add catchy, beautiful images to draw attention. There is not an option for recurring events. You will need to enter your event multiple times for recurring dates.

Option Two: 

-First begin by signing into your account

-Once signed in, click on the EVENTS tab at the top of the visitidelhiny.com website navigation. 

-Above the list of events you will click the gray “Add New Event” button.

-Fill out the form with as much detail as possible and add catchy, beautiful images to draw attention. There is not an option for recurring events. You will need to enter your event multiple times for recurring dates.

You will also start to receive automatic emails from the platform when membership is set to renew. You can choose to pay for one year and/or set up automatic renewal. 

We are excited to introduce this new platform in hopes of having the most up to date information about all the members and additional tools to promote the business community and area. 

If you have any questions, please contact hello@visitdelhiny.org.

How to Promote an Event

We wanted to take a minute to let our members know how to go about promoting an event that you are hosting. As board members and those active in the Chamber, we currently get phone calls, text messages, messages through Facebook, messages through Instagram, people stopping us on the street. We are not able to keep track of the volume of requests and information you are sharing so we’d love to tell you how we can best help you.

Follow these steps to get your event on our radar:


Option #1— Submit your event to our EVENTS calendar.

Our calendar can be updated by you directly. We are alerted when an event is submitted. This allows us to approve your event and then promote it through our social media and/or wherever appropriate.

Click here to find our EVENTS listing page and go to the upper right hand corner and click SUBMIT EVENT.

We suggest you also do the same for the County tourism site which can be found here.

Option #2— Tag us in your Instagram Post

If you are an Instagram user, the easiest way for us to share information about your event is for you to create an Instagram POST that we can easily share. Include us by using @visitdelhiNY or tag us #visitdelhiny. We search both often, we will find your post and we will share it if appropriate.

Option #3— Send an email

Provide all the details that we will need including an image or graphic to hello@visitdelhiny.org. Sending us just the name and the date of the event is not enough. Full details are required in order for us to promote properly.

Following these methods over text or messages on other platforms will allow us to do a better job promoting. As always, the more time you give us to promote the event, the better.

March Member Meeting Moved to Zoom

As we are anticipating a lot of snow on Tuesday, March 14th, we are going to move our Greater Delhi Area Chamber of Commerce Member meeting to Zoom and not meet in person

Please join us via Zoom at 11am. Details below.

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Time: Mar 14, 2023 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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GDAC Response to Village Parking Study

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The Greater Delhi Area Chamber of Commerce has taken a strong and clear position on the proposed paid or metered parking on village streets. Matt Krzyston, Board President, presented the chambers position, reading a letter from the Chamber at a public hearing on Dec. 1st.

“Matt Krzyston, Delhi Area Chamber of Commerce president and Delhi councilmember, recommended alternatives to paid parking. The chamber’s primary concerns, he said, include an unfair burden on local taxpayers due to proposed sale of parking passes. The study does not include the possible impact on local businesses and the chamber fears paid parking will increase issues with private parking lot congestion. Additionally, the appearance of meters will distract from the visual appeal of the business district, Kryzston said. Chamber members also question the projected revenue of approximately $200,000 annually.

The chamber is committed to solving the problem, he said, suggesting decreasing time restraints on parking spots from two hours to 30 minutes and increasing enforcement, establishing PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreements with non-taxed establishments, and requesting a share of the county’s local sales tax revenue. Krzyston noted Walton has a PILOT agreement with the county for its landfill and encouraged trustees to contact Walton officials regarding the contract. ”
— The Reporter December 7, 2022
Read Our Letter

Read the full article in The Reporter here.

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