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Paris Visitors & Convention Council <br />Board of Directors Meeting <br />March 19, 2018 at 4:00, pm <br />Members Present: Tony Corso, Bryan Hargis, Mark Pankaj, Neta Painter,, James Wyatt, John Godwin, Lisa Walker, <br />Brenda Wells, and Chadlee Johnston. <br />Staff Present: Gina Crawford and Becky Semple. <br />Lisa Walker called the meeting to order at 4:02 pm, <br />Minutes...... The board was given a few minutes to read the February minutes. A motion to approve was made by <br />Chadlee Johnston, seconded by Tony Corso, Motion passed unanimously. <br />Financials were presented by Chadlee Johnston, a motion to approve the financials was made by Neta Painter, <br />seconded by Brenda Wells. Motion passed unanimously. <br />Becky Semple presented a funding request for Dixie Youth Baseball North Division 1 AA. They asked for $2500.00. <br />A motion to approve $2500 was made by Chadlee Johnston, seconded by Bryan Hargis, Motion passed <br />unanimously. <br />Becky Semple presented a funding request for Dixie Youth Baseball North Division 2 AA. They asked for $2500.00. <br />A motion to approve $2500 was made by Chadlee Johnston, seconded by Bryan Hargis. Motion passed <br />unanimously <br />Becky Semple presented a funding request for ASA Western Regional Shootout on May 26-27, They asked for <br />$2500.00. Due to the funding guidelines a motion to approve $1750 was made by James Wyatt, seconded by <br />Brenda Wells, Motion passed unanimously. <br />Gina Crawford stated that Josh Bray and Curtis Fendley will be going in front of the City Council on March 26 to ask <br />for the Hotel Motel tax to be split evenly between the Love Civic Center and the Paris Visitors and Convention <br />Council, The Love Civic Center needs many updates and repairs. Currently, the VCC gets 4/7 and the LCC gets 3/'7. <br />A motion to approve was made by Chadlee Johnston, seconded by Neta Painter. Motion passed unanimously. <br />Becky Semple spoke regarding the new events committee. This committee of Becky Semple, Greg Wilson, Chance <br />Abbott, Brandon Bell and Julia Trigg Crawford. They plan to meet again soon. <br />We are continuing to market and promote Paris and Lamar County to attract meetings and events to be held in <br />Paris. We have been working extensively on our Website and updating our Social' Media to attract more viewers to <br />see all the great assets we have herein Paris and Lamar County. We plan toput a sign by the Eiffel Tower to <br />attract more social media photos. it was also discussed to start an Eclipse 2024 committee with Tony Corso and <br />Mark Pankaj. <br />Gina Crawford stated that Paul Allen will be the new Chamber President/CEO. <br />Motion to adjourn at 4:34 was made by Chadlee Johnston. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Becky Semple <br />