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Page IS KEITH ASHWORTH* I'd like t# throw this out for food for thought* Is it really that important as to who is contributing or are you contri- buting as much as I am? I think it should be looked at at the atti- tude the same way that we went out and sold the membership out of the gambling industry to increase their dues which we increased the ...dues here a year ago some 75$ to 80$. The dues structure of the Chamber of Commerce was increased. At FREEMAN* We didn't say, in order to say you?╟╓re not contributing and we are. We were doing it to try to get money. ip ASHWORTH* Here * s the way I think we should look at it. What i?· the value of the over-all picture of the Chamber of Commerce to each one of tt?║ as an individual? Is it worth what we're paying/? ipe paying too much? Or is it worth more than what we're paying job done? This is the attitude' " that ft think we should 4ook at collectively and individually. /ibv ?√ß ?√ß o Lli: FISHER* I think the frustrating part of it is that if we have enough money every year to provide*.....to do a first class job that Pi that extra that it takes for these people to perform the func- llpihl isn't there to permit them to do a creditable job. In other words we could take the machines, help and postage and all things that muert be dome and unfortuaately there just aren't enough ills monies to do that type of promotion cost-wise (I think.} HARVEY DIEDERICH:Well, gentlemen, a?½ finances are concerned I think t boils down to this* It was hoped that by updating the formula hat we would come up with a surplus this fiscal year. I think when we discussed this, we all recognized that that surplus would hawe to be saved and put with the surplus hopefully from following rs before we'd have enough money worth spending* ae County Fair & Recreation Board has Indicated we're a long way from $100,000 as all of us know, $100,000 Away. It just seems to me tlfflat we can solve nothing by discussing it here. Basically, it's a job for the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, One, to increase membership} 2, to increase Livewire contributors and 3, to discuss with the owners the possibility of updating the formula in include all new facilities, I don't think we can solve any of those problems discussing them here today. AL FREEMEN* You mean to go over our heads to the owners? HARVEY KAVELL* Well, that was the point, is it our recommendation that the owners...... j\b HARVEY DIED SUCH* The owners already accepted this updating. It's my understanding the owners already accepted it. Is that correct? AL FREEMAN* No.