March Rise & Shine Agenda

The Greater Blairstown Business Association
Unity in Business & Community
www.shopGBBA.org

Agenda for 3/30/2019 GBBA General Meeting
Today’s Message: “You don’t have to be great to start, but you need to start to be great.”

Networking from 8:30 to 8:45 am

• Please bring your business cards, brochures, flyers and samples to share!
• Please make sure you sign in. If you would like to speak during public participation, please sign up to do so.

Opening Remarks at 8:45 pm:

• Thank you to all for attending and to Re/Max Ridge for hosting.
• Self­-introduction of members and guests.

​Formal Business at approximately 9:00 pm:

• Board Reports/Board Meeting Summary - 10 minutes
  
  • Looking for those to host upcoming meetings at 6:30 pm
    
    • April 17 -- Speaker Blairstown CARE, need location
      
    • May 15 -- Speaker NAMI, need location
      
    • June 19
      
    • July 17 -- Blairstown Ambulance Corps, 108 NJ-94, Blairstown
      
  • Notable local events
    
    • May 17th & 18th -- BEC Community Clean-up Event
      
  • Please make sure you pay your membership dues
    
• Board Openings - 5 minutes
  
  • Two Member-at-Large openings - Publicity Committee Chair, Events Committee Chair.
    
  • Committee openings - Publicity, Events, Membership, Scholarship
    
• Old Business - 5 minutes
  
  • GBBA discount card -- needs volunteer to coordinate
    
  • At this time we must assume we will not be hosting Sip & Shop as we have had no volunteers to the Events Committee
    
• New Business -- 10 minutes
  
  • Open discussion of GBBA goals
    
  • What topics you’d like to see covered at meetings
    
• Motivation Moment with Dave -- 10 minutes
  
  • Today’s Topic: Values Based Leadership
    

Public Participation at approximately 9:45 am:

• Please sign up to present your activities, news, events, etc. Please, no direct solicitation. Everyone will be given 3 to ­5 minutes to share.

Closing Remarks at approximately 10:00 am:

• Thank you all for attending.

Keep the conversation going!

• Follow the GBBA Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/shopgbba/
• Join GBBA Members Group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/GBBAmembers/