November 21, 2022 at 4:00 PM - Board of Directors Meeting

I. Call to Order/Roll Call, establish quorum, and ensure public notice requirements have been met.

II. Introduction of any Guests

III. Community Reports
 

City of Lawton	Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority
Fort Sill	Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army
Cameron	County Commissioners
Great Plains Technology Center	Board of Realtors
Lawton Public Schools	Senator Inhofe’s Office
LEDC	Senator Lankford’s Office
FISTA/FIRES Chapter AUSA - Frontier Team	Congressman Cole’s Office

IV. Chamber Reports

IV.a. Chair's Discussion - Christy Clark

• Upcoming Events

IV.b.   ↵CEO/President's Report - Krista Ratliff

• Membership Report
• Holiday in the Park
• December Executive Meeting
• Holiday Open House

IV.c. Hotel-Motel Tax Representative/CVB Report - Carrie Paye

• STAR Report Review
• CVB Funding Recommendations Review

IV.d. Financial Report - Austin Rabon

• Financial Review

V. Consent Agenda

V.a. Consider acceptance of the October 24, 2022 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes.

V.b. Consider acceptance of the October 2022 Membership Report.

V.c. Consider acceptance of the September 2022 Financials Report.

V.d. d. 2023 Lawton Parkinson’s Rally Walk - The CVB Advisory Council has recommended to table this event, may be sponsorship through Chamber.

e. Society of Military Widows National Convention - The CVB Advisory Council has recommended to table this event, requesting a budget, itinerary, & previous room nights numbers for review.

f. USACi World Finals- The CVB Advisory Council has recommended to approve funding in the amount of $5,800 to be paid out of Coliseum with an additional $1,000 in Grow the 580 gift certificates. The event is expecting 250 local participants, 350 regional participants, and 220 out of state participants. The event is expecting 300 room nights. The funding formula showed a value of $5,800 for this event.  The USACi World Finals is scheduled for March 25-27, 2023.

VI. Business

1. 1. Consider approval of the Executive Committee receiving full authority to renegotiate the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce’s President & CEO contract.

ACTION: Motion to approve/amend/disapprove the request to give the Executive Committee full authority to renegotiate the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce’s President & CEO contract.
 

VII. New Business

VIII. Adjourn