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<br />10/04/2007 12:00 9037842503 <br /> <br />PAGE 02 <br /> <br />\_,1 <br /> <br />Paris Visitors and Convention Council Minutes <br />June 25, 2007 <br /> <br />Chairman Richard Manning called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />Cuests attending today's meeting was MailJ Street Director Beth Golden, and Jamie <br />Fussell with The Paris News. <br /> <br />Mindy Moree gave the Financial Report, and Bobby Walters made a motion to <br />approve the Financial Report as given, and Roy Gwinn seconded the motion. <br /> <br />Miody Moree presented the 2007~2008 budgets for The Visitors and Convention <br />Council and The Love Civic Center. <br /> <br />-.......,"" <br /> <br />A separate line item was added in the V & CC budget to spend $40;000.00 on <br />installation, painting, and priming of the bridge on the grounds of the Love Civic <br />Center that will be used for the ASA Archery Events, and by residents and guests <br />enjoyin~ Trail de Paris all year lon~. <br />- . <br /> <br />A motion was made by Mike Patterson to approve this additional expenditure, and <br />it was seconded by Bobby Walters. <br />The Paris Arts Alliance budget was increased by $5,000.00 bringing their annual <br />funding back up to $10,000.00 as in the past. <br />Also, there was funding of $15,000.00 to be used for marketing in increasing <br />Tourism in our area. <br />Bobby Walters made a motiOIJ that the Visitor and Convention Council 2007-2008 <br />budget be approved, and Roy Gwinn seconded the motion. <br />Bobby Walters made a motion that the Love Civic Center budget be approved, and <br />Roy Gwinn made the second motion. <br /> <br />Minutes were presented from last Council meeting, and Derald Bulls made a motion <br />that they be approved as read; and Bobby Walters made tbe second. <br /> <br />Funding requests were made by the Lion's Club of $500.00 to help with expenses for <br />their annual meeting in Paris in April of 2008. <br />Funding request was made by Beth Golden -Main Street Director, for $2500.00 to <br />help with expenses for the annual "Festival of Pumpkins" in October of 2007 <br />Funding request was made by Lisa Wright for the FLY-IN at Cox Field on <br />September, 15,2007 for $2500.00. <br />The motion was made by Bobby Walters to approve these three requests, and Mary <br />Lou Coe made the second motion. <br /> <br />Tbere was discussion On changing the Events Funding Criteria. <br />$l~OOO or below request will not go through Events FlJndin~ Application process. <br />The decision to do any changes to the existing Scoring Criteria was tabled for <br />discussion at our next meeting. <br /> <br />r' T .. <br />