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11. Staff Update A. Sign sales There have been very few leads in regard to new advertisers, I am hoping that it will pick up as we get closer to the skating season. I did manage to get Ramsey Bicycle to do a trade of advertising for merchandise. Ramsey Bicycle agreed to take out a rink panel worth $600.00 in trade for merchandise. They will bill the Arena for merchandise we purchase which will be used for door prizes for the dances and could be used for other promotional purposes. We will then bill them for the advertising; this will keep our records accurate. I believe some of this kind of trade is good for both parties, especially when we have advertising space available. I am also starting an advertising program in the bathrooms. You might have seen this kind of advertising in local establishments. Since these spaces will be less expensive it will give businesses with a smaller advertising budget a chance to advertise in the Arena. North Memorial has not gotten back to me on if they will be keeping their advertising on the Zamboni. The V.F.W. looks like they will be expanding their advertising in the Arena but to what extent is not yet known. B. Summer Projects New matting is being installed in the main walkway and two of the locker rooms in the Barn. The center grove in the Barn is just about completed. We ended up moving two sections of the boards on the Olympic rink. These two sections were at the south end of the rink and should make the public access gate much easier to open and close. We were looking at moving a gate down to the north end to take the nets on and off the rink; however, it was determine that the gated section we were going to move would not fit in this area. We may look at purchasing a section of boards with a gate in it that would fit this area. New plywood was installed in the floor of the player's boxes in the Barn along with matting that was in the player's hallway of the Barn. The roof over the old Zamboni room was replaced. Next year we will be replacing the roof over the Barn's ice plant. The light fixtures over the Barn's rink will be replaced this month. We did not want to start the project while we had dry floor activities scheduled. This will finish the third and last phase of this project. Parts of the Arena received new paint: the Olympic players hallway, the lobby, and two of the locker rooms in the Olympic rink.