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“There was a lot of talking, but we accomplished little or nothing.” Have you ever left a board meeting feeling that way? Or, perhaps, you left a board meeting that was completely out of control, where a few board members dominated the discussions, and others left the meeting feeling frustrated that they didn’t get a chance to participate. These are the very reasons that Robert’s Rules of Order were created.
Boards generally have a lot of business to address within a relatively short period of time. When board members come to meetings unprepared and the board chair allows members to speak without being recognized, it wastes a lot of valuable meeting time.
In the best-case scenario, board members can count on having a clear agenda, having the appropriate materials before the meeting, and having assurance that all board members will arrive at the meeting having done their due diligence in preparing for the meeting.
Robert’s Rules of Order is a form of parliamentary procedure that facilitates fair and respectful participation by all members, which promotes meeting efficiency — one thing at a time, one person at a time.
Sample Order of Business or Sample Agenda
According to Robert’s Rules of Order, all meetings should begin with a well-planned agenda. The board chair or the board secretary typically plans the agenda with input from all board members. It’s important to understand that the agenda is owned by the members, not the board chair. The agenda provides a roadmap, which is essentially the structure of how the meeting should run.
- Call to Order
- Roll Call of Members (determine if meets requirements for quorum)
- Read minutes of last meeting
- Officer reports
- Committee reports
- New business
- Unfinished business
- Announcements
- Adjournment
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The State of Ohio is Still Seeking Applications for
the Bar and Restaurant Assistance Fund
Eligible Liquor Permit Holders Receive Financial Support
In case you missed the news, all active on-premises liquor permit holders are eligible to receive $2,500 from Ohio’s Bar & Restaurant Fund. In total, Gov. Mike DeWine set aside $38.7 million in federal CARES Act funding to support businesses with an active on-premises permit as of Oct. 23, 2020.
Bars, restaurants, casinos and private clubs qualify for the funding – approximately 30 permit types in all. Permit holders must apply at businesshelp.ohio.gov before Dec. 30, 2020. Applicants will need to provide their liquor permit number, location address and Federal EIN or SSN. An application must be submitted for each unique physical location.
While we know the funding isn’t competitive, permit holders are encouraged to act quickly as not to miss the deadline.
Many permit holders may also be eligible for a Small Business Relief Grant. More information on this funding opportunity can also be found at businesshelp.ohio.gov.
For additional information, please click here.
OMEGA's mission is to provide a pathway to enhance community and economic growth in our region. OMEGA serves 10 counties in Eastern Ohio: Belmont; Carroll; Columbiana; Coshocton; Guernsey; Harrison; Holmes; Jefferson; Muskingum; and Tuscarawas.
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Business Start-Up Web Chat LIVE
Part 1 - Mon., December 14, 2020, 5-6 p.m.
Part 2 - Wed., December 16, 2020, 5-6 p.m.
Have you ever considered starting your own business? Or are you in the early stages of starting a business? If so, join the Ohio Small Business Development Center's Start-Up web chats LIVE with Sue Gaiser, SBDC Advisor and business owner.
The Business Start-Up web chats are an overview of issues related to starting and operating a business. Part one will include how to develop a business idea, preparing for business ownership, considering advantages and disadvantages, writing a business plan and funding. Part two will include outlined steps to file registration documents, permits and licensing, types of business structures and record keeping. Each session will last one hour and there is no charge.
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Scam Alert: Targeting Those Receiving Pandemic Unemployment Assistance |
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The Chamber has received information from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services about about a new stimulus check scam. If you are currently utilizing Pandemic Unemployment assistance, you could be targeted.
The scam sends messages falsely using the ODJFS logo and informing recipients that they are approved for a stimulus check. Recipients are asked to click a link and submit their personal information to accept the payment. ODJFS does not send these types of messages and warns people to beware of scams like these that ask for private information.
If you received this notification or one like it, you are asked to report it to the Ohio Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-282-0515.
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Chamber's Holiday
Ornament Sale Is Back
The Chamber is excited to announce the return of their popular Christmas ornament sale. This important fundraiser kicks off today and ornaments may be purchased at the Chamber offices or via phone at 740.282.6226. The price is just $10 per ornament for those picked up and $12 if you would like them shipped. A personal holiday message is included, free of charge, for all shipped orders.
The design features all of the cities and villages in Jefferson County on a clear, acrylic ornament and a bright red ribbon for hanging. Manufactured locally by Nelson's Fine Arts, they make a great gift and show your support of the local community and the Chamber.
Beginning next week, the ornament will be available on the chamber's new, "Ohio Valley Shop Where I Live" shopping site.
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Member Morsels
Member Morsels are free and an easy, fast way to reach hundreds each week. It reaches the entire Chamber database each Friday - that's over 850 local business owners, managers, and employees.
Remember to visit individual member websites by clicking on the business name or logo. Submit your Member Morsel by clicking the button below.
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Holiday Inn Of Weirton Offers Extended Black Friday Special!
Book By December 31st!
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Take advantage of special pricing at the Holiday Inn of Weirton through the remainder of 2020 and 2021! Their special Black Friday offer has been extended to offer you great discounts for business or leisure travel with 30% off rates for ANY DATES in 2020 or 2021. Book online at the Holiday Inn Weirton Website or Download the IHG App. Enter Corporate ID: 100279334.
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Around the State. Around the Country.
Up-to-Date Information from the Ohio and United States Chamber of Commerce
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Legislature Continues to Contemplate the Future of HB 6
On Tuesday, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce provided interested testimony to the Senate Energy and Public Utilities on Senate Bill 346.
This legislation, sponsored by Senators Stephanie Kunze and Sean O’Brien, was introduced in response to the arrest of former Speaker Householder on federal bribery allegations surrounding the enactment of House Bill 6.
To provide some background, HB 6 is the controversial bill that was passed in July of last year to save Ohio’s nuclear power plants, but is also at the heart of what has been called the largest corruption scandal in Ohio’s history. Much of the first half of 2019 was spent by the legislature fashioning and passing HB 6, and during the second half of the year, we all witnessed an ugly battle to put – or stop from putting – a referendum on the ballot to repeal the bill.
Then, following the arrest of former Speaker Larry Householder and four associates this past July, much of the second half of this year has been consumed by speculation about whether the legislature will repeal or let HB 6 stand.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking here.
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While the COVID-19 Vaccine is Within Reach, Logistical Challenges and Funding Remain Roadblocks in Distribution
In recent weeks we have seen impressive progress on the development of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies like Pfizer and Moderna have made great strides in advancing vaccines through clinical trials and are getting closer to obtaining Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. With other companies like Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca not far behind, there is reason to believe that we may finally be approaching the beginning of the end of this terrible health and economic crisis.
Logistical Challenges
Pharmaceutical innovators and the Administration’s Operation Warp Speed began making plans in the Spring to vaccinate every American beginning in January 2021. To accomplish this requires an unprecedented level of coordination between the Federal, State and local governments and collective resources.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking here.
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The Library Link
Great Books About Business With Just A Click
Please Note: The Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County is open for curbside service. Visit www.steubenvillelibrary.org to order books, then call your library branch to schedule an appointment to pick up your library items. Library branch contact information and operating hours are available by clicking here on this link from the website.
Your link to success begins at the library. With each week of "In The Know,"
you to a business book or magazine that will inspire, teach, inform, or elevate you, professionally and personally. This week:
Good Company
by Arthur Blank
The Home Depot co-founder and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons relates his experiences with revitalizing troubled organizations and outlines a practical approach to a values-based business that utilizes the cooperative potential of purpose and profit.
View this resource by clicking here.
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Today in History
Psychiatrist reports on the
phenomenon of shell shock
- December 4, 1917 -
From History.com: Well-known psychiatrist W.H. Rivers presents his report The Repression of War Experience, based on his work at the Craiglockhart War Hospital for Neurasthenic Officers, to the Royal School of Medicine, on this day in 1917. Craiglockhart, near Edinburgh, was one of the most famous hospitals used to treat soldiers who suffered from psychological traumas as a result of their service on the battlefield.
By the end of World War I, the army had been forced to deal with 80,000 cases of “shell shock,” a term first used in 1917 by a medical officer named Charles Myers to describe the physical damage done to soldiers on the front lines during exposure to heavy bombardment.
It soon became clear, however, that the various symptoms of shell shock, including debilitating anxiety, persistent nightmares, and physical afflictions ranging from diarrhea to loss of sight were appearing even in soldiers who had never been directly under bombardment, and the meaning of the term was broadened to include not only the physical but the psychological effects produced by the experience of combat.
The most important duty of doctors like Rivers, as prescribed by the British army, was to get the men fit and ready to return to battle.
Nevertheless, only one-fifth of the men treated in hospitals for shell shock ever resumed military duty.
Rivers’s patients included the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, who later wrote of his fellow inmates of Craiglockhart: These are men whose minds the Dead have ravished/Memory fingers in their hair of murders/Multitudinous murders they once witnessed.
For more events that took place on
December 4th, please click here.
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Did You Know?
A Charlie Brown Christmas contributed to the decline of aluminum trees in the mid-60s.
According to MeTV, "Introduced in the late 1950s, aluminum trees hit peak popularity in the mid '60s around the time A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted. However, viewers took to heart Charlie Brown's message about the true meaning of Christmas, and artificial trees sales saw rapid declines in the latter half of the decade."
A Charlie Brown Christmas is available on Apple+ starting today and can be seen for free by non-subscribers from December 11th to December 13th and on PBS on Sunday, December 13th.
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Questions about Oil & Gas?
These non-profit organizations are here to help you stay up-to-date on the oil and gas industry in Jefferson County:
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Get The Information You Need - The Chamber Staff Is Here To Help |
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Hannah Ward
Administrative Assistant
Contact Hannah with changes to your membership information, questions regarding events or programs, or assistance with scheduling an Eblast or Member Morsel.
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Tricia Maple-Damewood
President
Contact Tricia with suggestions, input or feedback on member programming, how to get involved on a committee or special project or with questions related to Chamber membership.
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Craig Cribbs, Reso, Inc.
Billing Support
740-275-4940
Contact Craig with invoice or billing questions and to make a dues, event or sponsorship payment.
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Contact Us
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
630 Market Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Phone: 740.282.6226
Fax: 740.282.6285
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