Minutes-Chelmsford Dog Association Meeting
January 8, 2014 Wednesday, 7:00PM
Chelmsford Police Station Community Room 2 Olde North Rd. Chelmsford, Ma
Call to Order: 6:53 PM
Roll Call.
Present: Beth, Erik, Vivian, Donna, Danielle, Sarah, Mary, Bill C, Bill A
Not Present: Will, Sandra
Welcome to the new 2014 Board of Directors & Officers!
Motion to approve the minutes of November 13, 2013 as presented/amended: Erik Seconded: Bill
Vote: Unanimous
Reports of Committees:
Fundraising/Awareness Events-
Politically Incorrect show-December-fun, glad we participated
Future Events:
Potential Restaurants-
Brickhouse- Erik will get in touch with owner
Papa Gino’s- we can do any night Monday-Thursday 4-9. We have to advertise and we would receive 20% of pre-tax earnings-Thursday February 27th-once we get the flyer,
Bill A will help with advertising
Bertucci’s-tabled for now
Friendly’s-tabled for now
Applebee’s-tabled for now
Panera-tabled for now
Princeton Station-Erik will get in touch
99-tabled for now
Taste of Chelmsford with pizza-tabled for now
Flatbread-Beth will get in touch about a Tuesday fundraiser
*Erik will look into what it would take to organize a golf tournament
*Mary-Brunswick Lanes Bowling event-research-No one has got back to her yet, still waiting
*A suggestion was made about a gold party, we’ve had consultants offer to host home parties in the past-tabled for now
LHS did a clothing swap-tabled
*Volunteer Fair-March 15-Senior Center-10-noon. We will register for it. Beth, Ernie and Mary will be there, Vivian will try.
*Yard Sale-Vivan and Erik will get some type of storage and we’ll hold it on May 31st at Vivian and Erik’s house.
*Danielle had an idea to do a concert. Vivian knows of a woman how organized one and was told that by the time it was done, she’d never do it again.
The music would depend on what kind of crowd you’re looking to draw
Need a venue
We wouldn’t really even know where to begin
Vivian will talk to Laura Lee
Karaoke night
Talent show
*Mary and Erik had an idea to do a motorcycle ride-Erik will look into it
Finished Events:
Gingerbread House-went well, Mary and Sandra ended up winning it back
Margarita’s results-haven’t heard yet
Reports of Officers.
President-Vivian, IRS reinstated our nonprofit status
Treasurer-Sandra not here to report
Website news-Will not here to report
DPAC- Bill found a couple of links to put on the DPAC website, he will send them to Vivian
-2 interviews of design firms has happened so far, 1 more tomorrow
Old and Unfinished Business.
-Establishing an Internet/E-mail policy-Vivian is still working on this
New Business:
*Beth Logan is interested in doing another training class in July and August on the common, Bill would like to tape it
*Vivian will talk to Paul Cohen to make sure it’s ok to use the Common again
Bill and Donna did research on bulk mailings to either promote events/ send newsletters. We could have Mary’s brother print mailings for free
The book with dog owners addresses will cost us between $20-$75
Erik will talk to town clerk to see if we could get a copy of addresses that is formatted for us to use
Vivian to talk to John Sousa to see if it would be possible for us to solicit donations from tax refunds
Donna will design something before the next meeting
Donna had an idea to create CDA dog tags – Erik will bring some brochures with him next meeting
Bill A thinks a dog park/CDA update would be a good idea-Vivian will take some time to give it some thought and write a newsletter
Next Meeting Date: February 25th 7PM
Motion to adjourn: Bill at 8:38
