Cooperstown
Chamber of Commerce
Executive
Committee
January 5, 2010
Present: Becky D., Mike O., Andy M.,
and Susan O.
- 60
day priorities
- Membership
renewals
- 53
outstanding (7 are advertisers)
- Have been contacted, no response
- About $18,000 revenue impact
- 56
on payment plans
- $35,900 in revenue (coming in on scheduled payments)
- Phone
calls from board were effective
- 50% of board made calls
- Planning to implement again
- Calls will be made in September as a renewal
reminder and Annual Meeting invite
- Area
Guild sales
- $93,000
budgeted- at $80,000- expect to be in range of $80,000 to $90,000
- Looking at cutback in Guide
- Contacting
prospects
- Turning Stone requested rate info
- Staffing
- Angela
promoted to office manager
- Managing staff and visitor services
- Merchants
Meeting
- Setting
Retail and Dining Meeting for 1/19
- To
discuss issues merchants see
- Make
into working meeting to identify issues and propose solutions
- Other
Business
- New
calendar listing system will launch this week
- Ghost
Conference coming up Jan 8-10 at Otesaga and The Farmers’ Museum: http://www.ghostofcooperstown.com/index.html
- Board
meeting next Thursday the 14th at Howard Johnson