Fontana Chamber of Commerce

Our Mission Statement

Our mission, as a working organization of the Fontana Chamber of Commerce, is to bring business owners, executives, independent contractors and representatives of business related organizations, who are Chamber members or prospective members of the Chamber, together to develop cooperative business relationships.  In these relationships, members:

Meeting guidelines

The BCN meets every Tuesday morning.  Sign in begins at 6:45 am and the meeting begins promptly at 7:00 am.  We ask that you respect the start time and arrive early for extra networking time.

The BCN is open to all Chamber Members and their guests.  Members are to pay $5.00 each week.  You may pay for multiple weeks in advance. 

Guests are encouraged and welcome to attend at no charge for two meetings.  Then they must join the Chamber in order to continue to come.  A board member will contact all guests within the week of their attendance to set an appointment to meet with them to discuss membership benefits.  Guests are not to hand out brochures or flyers to promote their business while visiting. This is a privilege for chamber members.

Meeting Outline

7:00 – Pledge of Allegiance

7:05 - Guest Introductions

7:10 – Member Introductions

7:15 – Topic of the week

7:45 – Announcements and Acknowledgements

8:00 – Meeting adjourned. 

 Introductions

Your introduction should include your name, the company that you represent, a brief description of what you do and the type of referral that you are looking for through the BCN.  Introductions should last approx. 30 seconds.

Speakers / Topics

Our meetings will give members an opportunity to give a 10 minute presentation showcasing their business and provide in depth, interactive networking.  These two core meetings will alternate weekly.  In order to have the opportunity to showcases your business, you must meet the following criteria; 1. Be a member of the Chamber. 2. Have attended a minimum of 3 BCN meetings in the 60 days prior to your presentation.  3.  Speakers must arrive no later than 6:45am to ensure proper time to set up.  If you do not arrive by 6:45am, you will give up your opportunity to present that day.

Quarterly we will invite a panel of Chamber Board of Directors to come and give updates on what is happening and be able to answer any questions that you may have.  We will also have a separate meeting that will be an educational seminar on a topic geared towards helping you grow your business with additional resources from SCORE.

Announcements

A member of the FUN-tana committee will be present at each BCN and they will be in charge of any announcements to be made.  As a chamber member, you will have the opportunity to give the committee member your announcements prior to the start of the meeting.  This will help to keep our time schedule.

Additional Information

Be sure to invite new guests weekly.  We will have referral cards that chamber members can hand out during the week to invite new people. 

The BCN committee meets every other month and works via email weekly.  If you are interested in joining the committee or attending a committee meeting, please contact Amanda Sparacello by clicking here.