Minutes -- June 6

Wimberley Merchants Association

Minutes June 6, 2016

Call to Order

Traci called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. Location – Cypress Creek Café

Guests Present

Darelle Jordan – Camp Good Sam

Sherri Cline – I Media Services

Members Present

Mary Van Ostrand Queen Bee

Jeanne Ann Cope Seniors Craft Shop

Robin McCullough Wimberley Café

Shari Miller Rancho Deluxe

Donna Morris 4 Sisters Shop

Kathy Cima River House

Tanya Kilgore Shop the Tree House

Kristi Broadway In Style Shoes

Tammy Steen Taste Buds Market

Maridel Martinez Under One Roof

Traci Ferguson On A Branch

Kathy Utts Ply Yarn

Melissa Kibby Sassy Scrappers

Guest Presentations

Darelle Jordan spoke about the Big Scoop Ice Cream Social to be held July 2 at the Wimberley Community Center. This is a fundraiser for Camp Good Sam that is a summer literacy camp for 1st – 5th grade at risk youth. Goal is to bring at risk youth to their correct school level.

Sherri Cline can help us with our tourist based advertising. She can do our website update and a quarterly newsletter. Merchants can send input for the quarterly newsletter such as any events or happenings they may want to advertise.

Shari Miller made a motion to hire Sherri at proposal rate to be billed quarterly beginning June 15. Maridel seconded the motion. It was a unanimous vote.

Minutes

Minutes from last meeting were read by Tammy.

Robin motioned to accept minutes and Maridel seconded.

Treasurer’s Report

Melissa presented Treasurer’s report.

Jeanne Ann motioned to accept Treasurer’s report and Maridel seconded.

Old Business

Mary will order more Shopper Guides so we will have them available before July 4th.

Third Thursday Wimberley – We have some advertising funds we can use. We will re-do rack cards. We will do a raffle for 2 - $30.00 Gift Certificates to be given away. The business that redeems the gift certificate(s) will be reimbursed the $30 from the Merchants Association. Traci will prepare sign up forms for customers to provide their name and email address. Merchants will bring their entries to On a Branch by Friday noon so they can draw for the winner. The gift certificates will have an expiration date of 3 months from issuance. If any shops want to have music, they will be asked to pay for their own. Lots of musicians will play for tips.

Melissa was going to see about making window stickers for the shops to advertise Third Thursday and also a window sticker to designate the business as a WMA member.

The Shuttle stops need to be added to the Shopper Guides. We also discussed tall flags or A-frame signs to be placed at shuttle stops. Melissa will check some prices.

Update on WMA flags – Traci made a motion to not have flags anymore. Melissa seconded.

Our next meeting will be on July 11th since July 4th is the next first Monday.

Adjournment –

Shari made a motion to adjourn and Robin seconded. We adjourned at 8:15.

Respectfully submitted,

Tammy Steen, Recording Secretary