Meetings

This page will contain the minutes of the BIA's last executive comittee meeting, along with the agenda of the upcoming meeting a few days prior to said meeting. Meetings are held every first Thursday of the month.

The minutes of previous meetings will be available in the Archives section of the site.
 

December 6 th, 2001 - The BIA executive's monthly meeting took place on December 6th, 2001. Here are the minutes from said meeting. 

Minutes : Ordinary Meeting - December 6th, 2001
 

Present: Roger Tremblay, President Mike Wilson, Vice-President Lorraine Charlebois Estelle Mignault Louis Corbeil, Secretary

Absent: Daniel Larochelle Francine Lecours Gérald Gaudreau Rosanne Gratton Claude Brochu, Council Rep.

Subjects discussed :
 

1		Opening. - As there is no quorum, members present discuss subjects without taking any decisions.
2		Pecuniary interests. - None.
3		Report on November 22nd, 2001 meeting. - Approval is deferred to next meeting.
4		Evaluation of Santa Claus Express, Midnight Madness and Special Booklet in Le Nord. - These activities all went well in spite of some unexpected circumstances. 400 youths cramed themselves in Santa Claus Express to make the trip. - Midnight Madness weekend also went well. Merchants report sales comparable to last year. There was a good participation to the $500 draws downtown. However, it was deplorable that streets were not plowed prior, as there was a lot of people downtown. - The Special Booket in Le Nord was of good quality. However, there were two ads in the booklet coming from businesses outside the downtown limits.
5		Revise Work in Progress. - Discussion deferred to next meeting.
6		Priority 2002. - Discussion deferred to next meeting.
7		Advertisement in English in Le Nord. - An ad in Le Nord, coming from Timmins, inviting people to shop outside town, was printed only in English. The Board believed that Le Nord published only French ads. Most of the local merchants accept this policy. A letter will be sent to Le Nord asking to clarify their policy concerning ad language in their newspaper.
8		Travel Package Lacrois Bus Tour. - This subject was not discussed.
9		Christmas Gifts . - The President presented a gift to every member of the Board, testimony of his appreciation for volunteer work they accomplish for the Hearst Downtown.
10		Other Subjects - Web Site. - Some members deplore the fact that the web site is not kept up to date regularly. After discussion, the Board asks the Secretary to prepare an offer for keeping the site up to date and also add a news page, where the correspondence could be posted, and all other current information. This page would serve to better inform the members, merchants and entrepreneurs of Hearst. - The Secretary indicates that the web site was already up to date and that the minutes of the current meeting would be posted on it. The Secretary stresses that they could save up to $50 per month for hosting and domain name by changing servers. The Secretary will present the Board with an offer at the next meeting.