Mike Geddings Panther heating & cooling 2020 regional board chair

We appreciate you serving as a virtual event host today

as we wrap up what has probably been has probably

has been probably the strangest year in our existence.

My name is Mike Gettings, and I'm the owner of

Panther Heating and Cooling, and I've had the pleasure of

serving as chairman of the regional chamber board in 2020.

Every outgoing chamber chair says it's been a busy year,

but 2020 tops them all.

We have been busy this year in a very different

way, and I'm so proud of how we've worked together

to support the business community.

2020 was a true test of our hey by the

resource to our members in the early days of covert.

Like many of you, we dealt with staff reductions and

budget cuts and quickly began thinking rethinking goals that we're

no longer relevant.

We shifted our goals from an ambitious strategic plan and

fundraising effort to, um or charitable approach.

Meeting the basic needs of local businesses.

We immediately suspended program fees and collections of our other

receivables and began reaching out with personal phone calls to

our small businesses.

We quickly created an online resource guide, sorted through the

details of fast moving legislation that related to employers and

posted daily updates from the C, D.

C D Hack, the Manufacturers Association and the Small Business

Administration. We partnered with other local and state organizations to

provide virtual updates on stimulus funds, loans and other available

financial support.

In an effort to help small businesses adapt, we teamed

up with several of our members to offer online professional

support and Coaching Way organized virtual networking events as an

opportunity for members to share their challenges, solutions and successes.

By the end of the year, we had hosted and

participated in 70 different programs and events, with several offered,

both in person and online to both to best meet

the needs of our membership.

We learned what works and what doesn't in the world

of virtual programming, and we continue to search for solutions

that best fit our chamber and community.

Like the rest of the world, we're using the terms

pivot and reinvent and a whole new way.

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the young Van Helsing I was part of it.

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crowd e hashtag hashtag But you can see me like

getting into things that like my mark g o our

e o Other items of note year were wide ranging

with potential impact on businesses of all sizes and from

all areas of our county.

Following our merger with the Greater York Chamber in the

latter part of 2019, we stay started 2020 with the

very first day of community event in York throughout the

year. We continue to work towards learning how we can

best serve the unique needs of businesses and our newest

service area.

We also set out to achieve 50% representation of female

membership on the chamber boards and committees.

I'm proud to say that we met this goal and

in fact, all but one of our boards and committees

are led by women in 2021 along Okay, we supported

legislation to standardize business business license fee, business license fees,

procedures, way supported legislation to standardize business license fees.

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I wanna make it wrong.

I'm trying to make it wrong.

Well, I think what happened is you miss the in

the area of advocacy.

Uh, in the in the area of advocacy, we supported

legislation to standardize business license feet procedures across our state.

This legislation is signed was signed by the governor and

became effective in October, making South Carolina more business friendly

state and, as a result, supporting our local businesses who

served multiple communities across the region related to kind of

a 19 needs.

Back in the spring, the chamber urged Governor McMaster to

balance the interests of business and the public health and

his demand determination of essential workers and phased reopening.

We also supported virus related federal liability protections for employers.

While this was ultimately dropped from the proposed congressional bill,

we understand this issue is still in play.

We need to change that section.

Well, he did.

Oh, he did.

Yeah. This is his rewrite.

Um, we understand this issue is still in play.

He wanted to make it less.

Yeah, because it's, um e don't want to say we

understand it still in play because we know it is

now. So what?

What did it?

Oh, i'll grab his.

You know, I mean, mhm e uh, maybe it's something

simple. Like, take that.

We understand this issue is still in play.

We continue to monitor and support this legislation in 20

in the new earn.

Just that, you know, we understand the issues don't play.

Just put, we'll continue to monitor and support this legislation.

Ugo e a other thoughts for Mike E.

Okay, so Nancy start smoking, and then it will be

like that.

And that will be like, Well, he's on phone screen.

I'll switch it to the next one, and we're all

to thank.

As a group, the council board chairs who's also served

on the regional board.

Those individuals were recognized at the December board meeting and

have received or will soon receive, a plaque expressing our

appreciation. Uh, all right.

Okay. Alright.

Didn't do that.

Right. But I will.

What is it?

Well, I switched it.

Oh, switch your full screen, and then he's gonna hopefully

say something's off script, and then it's bored.

I just was a little lagging behind.

Sorry. I call it this part here.

All right.

I just right here.

And I was like, Oh, no, I'm behind already, but

he's gonna be Oh, he's gonna be saying things there.

E no What?

I know what happened.

Let's go back, Thio.

Mike's on the full screen and I'll say I'll just

blah, blah blah.

Okay, blah, blah.

OK, Mike ends his other thoughts.

Now we're about to do board recognition.

Mm hmm.

And then we get there E wanna I wanna think

as a group the council board chairs.

He also served on the regional board.

Those individuals were recognized at the December board meeting, and

I've received or will soon receive a plaque expressing our

appreciation. Also rotating off the regional board was Mark Howie

of York Electric Co Op, who was immediate past chair

in 2019 as my predecessor.

Mark left big shoes to fill but was very helpful

to me in my role of board chair.

Moving on to 2021.

We're pleased to present an outstanding slate of individuals to

serve as this year's officers and board of directors.

According to our bylaws, this announcement serves as the official

installation installation.

Yep, of our 2021 directors and officers, a big thank

you to all who served the chamber in any capacity

over the past year and regardless of whether or not

you had to be talked into serving than full screen

of mine.

Rob recognition.

Speaking of people who have served our business community, one

of the biggest changes our organization saw in 2020 was

the retirement announcement of our longtime president, Rob Young Blood

Rob Glaser Pictures.

After 18 years in this role, Rob has left an

undeniable mark on this organization in our community.

Like many of you, I had the privilege of working

side by side with Rob, and we should all count

ourselves lucky to have had this capable leader as the

head of this great chamber.

Thanks to co, we have delayed in official gathering in

his honor, but we will be planning this for Spring

of 2021.

In the meantime, while it's impossible to thank him for

all that he has done for our chamber for his

hometown of Rockville and for our county and region, we'd

like to give it a shot.

Here's a video for your enjoyment.

Okay, when we insert, we're finding out their award.

So at this point for Mike's recording, little Paul's for

15 2030 seconds, Whatever.

And then that's where it will become part two.

So I'll cut that and all that.

And then after video, you'll be switched light to full

screen of light in closing.

I can honestly say that it has been a pleasure

serving the chamber.

Sorry. Hold on.

So where?

Well, he announced todo mike doesn't wanna.

He said, hey, just wants Thio now the video Because

he had rewrites on this that he was going to

say. So he's gonna explain everything in the video.

Okay, so then when we come back from the video,

I should have this on the probably in my lifetime

business achievement awards screen like this.

What is that screen?

Yeah, when we come back from the video, we can

This could be the first screen, and then he can

move on.

Yeah, because nothing else needs to be said about it.

Right? Right.

Yeah, that makes sense.

No. Okay, wait.

Okay. Oh, mhm.

Yeah. Okay.

All right.

You know, I just thought it's your laptop that's gonna

be picking up the microphone to, is it?

This isn't it.

This microphone, though, is that a microphone to it should

be. Yeah, it is whether or not that's what's connected.

E I just thought about that.

If you're over there, it might be.

That's good.

Let further sound E So all right.

Yep. In closing, I can honestly say that it has

been a pleasure serving the chair chamber and all of

our members as your 2020 regional board chair.

As I transition into the favorite status of immediate past

chair, I know that the chamber is in very good

hands with Chair Amy Faulcon very other volunteer leaders and

are able staff Amy.

I'll pass the gavel to you virtually.

And then I wrote to look forward to but on

my notes from yesterday, but I didn't know what what

we said.

I hope that he would feel that.

Okay, uh, like Phil, and he probably won't say a

lot more at this point, But maybe he's thinking about

and then we need to grab that gavel from my

office, OK?

And now we'll continue with the presentation of a few

more of our awards.

Thank you.

And then.

All right, so this is really the only tricky part,

right? Yeah.

Uh huh.

So it comes back from the video, will have the

award slide up last.

Let's ask Mike to pause before he starts talking in

on part two E guess you will anyway.

Yeah, We're not gonna Yeah, okay.

Great. Mhm.

Okay. E think that you might want to move the

stool over just a bit more weight adjustment?

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Tell me more.

Okay, Got that?

So now me E c.

One spacing error on this slide, and I don't want

I wonder if you think you real quick George making

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Mike Geddings Panther heating & cooling 2020 regional board chair

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