[wmm] Notes: WMM Sept 1, 2010 8am at Mo's
Vetter, George
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Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 9/1/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 22
Present: TracyA, KerrieP, KenH, JohnC, WendyH, JeffJ, KristineG, JohnB,
GaryH, CarolHun, BrianO, KathyK, StephenM, LeeAnnN, LindaD, MargoD,
StephanieA, KarenM, RickD, BobNer, KeithC, GeorgeV
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New Faces at Today's Meeting.
2. Farmer's Market
3. Stormy Weather Arts Festival Nov 5-7
4. Cottage Tour Sept 11
5. Glass Sand Dollar/Cast bronze
6. Savor Cannon Beach Mar 10-13
7. Water color artist at Ocean Lodge
8. Leadership Roundtable
9. Baga's Room at Lush Wine Bar 1st Wednesdays
10. Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, etc)
11. Chamber Breakfast coming
12. Bob Neroni/EVOO representing Oregon in Germany
13. Women Only Weekend (WOW)
14 Knowing What's Here
15. "Rumors" at Coaster closes this weekend.
16. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - September 8, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's
will be closed for breakfast after Labor Day. Bring your own coffee cup. The
coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. New at today's meeting: John Jr Cozzi / Tailored Logistics, Inc. John
says "We tailor to your transportation needs" His company is very
competitive at 70 lbs and above with UPS and Fed Ex. on domestic and
international shipping. They will take any size or weight. They do not own
planes or trucks, but coordinate shipping through carriers they work with.
The company started in January but already has 386 agents domestically and
nearly half that internationally. Stephanie commented how she had used their
services recently and was advised every step of the way of the progress of
her shipment. Contact John at johnjr at tailored-logistics.com.
www.tailored-logistics.com. 16511 NE 12th St. Vancouver, WA 98684.
360-718-9168 fax866-532-1752
2. Carol Hungerford: Farmer's Market was curtailed yesterday by the wind
and rain, but 250 visitors carried away armloads of food from those brave
enough to weather the elements.
3. Carol Hungerford: Stormy Weather Arts Festival is planning more music
around town this year with each group playing twice. Those interested in
having music at their place are to let Carol know. Also as mentioned last
week, table tents for Stormy Weather Arts Festival are being planned and
Carol is looking for other Fall events that could be included.
carol at countrymedia.net. George is looking for photographers who would like
to submit pieces to be included in a silent auction at the Quick Draw event
(at Surfsand Ballroom this year). Approx 6 pieces total will be included.
george at cannon-beach.net. Gary says this is the last week to get Stormy
Weather Arts Festival info to him to be included in Coast Explorer Magazine.
gary at coastexplorermagazine.com.
4. Jeff: The Cottage Tour is Sept 11. Tickets are available now at the
History Center or on the day of the event at Tolovana Wayside. All 8
featured cottages are in Tolovana. www.cbhistory.org.
5. Kristine Gottsch brought a glass sand dollar from Jim Hannen and
Stephanie brought some small cast bronze sea creatures as possible treasure
hunt items as a means to draw people to Cannon Beach. .
6. Gary: Savor Cannon Beach is set for Thursday thru Sunday, March 10-13,
2011. Send inquiries to savorcb at coastexplorermagazine.com
7. Wendy Higgins: The Ocean Lodge has a water color artist workshop the end
of this month. "HAVE BRUSH-WILL TRAVEL" Watercolor Painting En Plein Air"
with artist Mary Marquiss September 26 - 30. www.theoceanlodge.com.
8. Wendy Higgins: "Be The One" Leadership Roundtable. Third Tuesday of
month starting Sept 21 for 9 months. At North Coast Family Fellowship.
Seaside. Free. RSVP wendy at theoceanlodge.com.
9. Tracy Abel:. Lush Wine bar will be featuring "Baga's Front Room" First
Wednesdays - live music by our own Paul Dueber, Peter Dueber, Bill Steidel
and friends. More info at www.Cannon-Beach.net/events/BagasFrontRoom2.htm.
Remember it will be Wednesdays, not Tuesdays.
10. Gary Hayes: After getting a good showing of hands of those interested
in meeting to discuss and learn how to use and benefit from social media
sites like Twitter and Facebook, Gary said he will look into a time and
place to do it. Stay tuned.
11. Tracy: The Chamber is looking at the end of September or beginning of
October for a Tues or Thursday breakfast gathering.
12. Bob Neroni/EVOO: Chefs Bob & Lenore have been invited to go to Germany
with OREGON BOUNTY (http://food.traveloregon.com/about
<http://food.traveloregon.com/about/> ) to help promote the bountiful Oregon
food and wine scene. They will be gone the first week in November. This was
facilitated through Travel Oregon.
13. WOW (Women Only Weekend) is set for Nov 12-14, the weekend after Stormy
Weather Arts Festival.
14. Tracy Abel: Tracy says she has now accepted the fallacy in "Build it,
they will come". She'd like businesses/employees to be aware of what else is
available in town. Bob Neroni explained how EVOO has held/hosted dinners for
different lodging establishment's employees in an effort to educate them of
what EVOO has to offer. After 7 years he still does this. Kristine Gottsch
told of her first job out of college at Vail where Vail had half off night
so workers could afford to experience what was normally out of their price
range. George suggested that we use these WMM as a starting point to share
information with our staff. Wendy suggested we create a map and entice
employees to visit each location, maybe a fun treasure hunt.
15. "Rumors" closes this weekend at Coaster Theatre. Don't miss it. It's a
gas.
16. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - September 8, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's
will be closed for breakfast after Labor Day. Bring your own coffee cup. The
coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
Note: I do not catch everything at these meetings. If you say something at
the meeting that you want to be sure I don't miss in my notes, either put it
on paper and hand it to me at the meeting or e-mail me right after the
meeting. george at cannon-beach.net.
Upcoming Presenters (please limit to 10 minutes plus 5 minutes for
questions)
None currently scheduled
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Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 8/25/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 27
Present: StephanieA, ErinD, ShariP, CarolH, LeeAnnN, KenH, LesleP, LindaD,
MichaelB, BrianO, BobNer, KeithC, GaryH, JohnR, RussV, KerrieP, LoriC, JimK,
MelanieCh, JeffJ, KristineG, SusanT, BenK, KimB, RobinR, TimK, GeorgeV
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New Faces at Today's Meeting.
2. Fall/SWAF Table Tents
3. Seaside Update
4. Cannon Beach Run 5k/10k
5. Glass Sand Dollars
6. Coast Explorer Magazine
7. Savor Cannon Beach
8. Tourism & Arts Fund Applicants
9. Stormy Weather Arts Festival & CB Chorus
10. Helping Hand Volunteers
11. 7th Annual Cottage Tour Sept 11
12. Lodges at Cannon Beach
13. Sept Business After Hours
14 Annual Seconds Sale at Icefire
15. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - September 1, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's
will be open for breakfast. When you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at
the front counter and place your order immediately. Tear off the number in
the corner and place it at your seat. Leave the sheet on the counter. Bring
your own coffee cup. The coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. New at today's meeting: LeeAnn Neal, new reporter for Coast River
business Journal - www.crbizjournal.com. Russ Vandenberg w/Seaside Visitor
Bureau & Seaside Civic & Convention Center www.seasideconvention.com
<http://www.seasideconvention.com/> , who had been at a previous WMM,
brought with him and introduced John Rahl, recent hire as Director of
Tourism Marketing for the Seaside Visitor's Bureau. John can be reached at
JRahl at CityofSeaside.us, 503-738-3097, www.SeasideOR.com.
2. Carol Hungerford: Table tents for Stormy Weather Arts Festival are
being planned and Carol is looking for other Fall events that could be
included. carol at countrymedia.net.
3. Russ Vandenberg and John Rahl: This weekend is Hood to Coast
http://www.hoodtocoast.com - 1000 teams of 12 runners each. This event is
organized by a private group headed by Bob Foote. The city licenses it, but
is not involved in its organization. They do run/profit from the beer tent
though. Overall event attendance in Seaside for the year is down. Lodging is
reporting to be holding up pretty well but retail is not faring as well.
John says he is working on new creative materials/photography to promote
Seaside in the I-5 Corridor both north and south of Portland. They have not
used billboards in the past but in addition to print, will be looking at the
possibility now. They know they are expensive. His first priority has been
their website www.SeasideOR.com. They have contracted WorldWideMerchants to
create a site which they can maintain on their own. They had been spending
$10K per year to keep the site up and now expect $100 per month for hosting
and technical maintenance plus staff time to keep the site current. John
wants to add the capability of booking rooms on the site. When asked about
collaboration with Cannon Beach, they said that was part of why they were
here today. They are open to the idea of some joint promotion. Cannon Beach
and Seaside complement each other. George commented how during the 20 years
he had stores in both Seaside and Cannon Beach, he became aware of the large
number of people who visit both towns during their stays.
4. Ben King: October 3rd is the date for the Cannon Beach 5k/10k Run - a
benefit-fundraiser for the Children's Center - Register online at
www.cbchildren.org. Pick up posters and postcards downtown at Kamali +
Company or at the Children's Center.
5. Kristine Gottsch brought a couple glass sand dollars as a follow up
to Sue Meyers suggestion last week about using them is some kind of treasure
hunt promotion. George said that he had received an e-mail after last week's
notes went out from Sally Wies that local artist Jim Hannen 503.738.8354
makes glass sand dollars. Jim Kingwell of Icefire Glassworks said this would
not be in competition with Icefire as they do not use molds in their work.
Stephanie Ansley suggested that something could be made of ceramic/pottery
also.
6. Gary Hayes: www.CoastExplorerMagazine.com now has online forms for
submission of information (news, events, etc) to be included on the site.
The printed magazine is now a 3X per year piece.
7. Gary: Savor Cannon Beach is set for Thursday thru Sunday, March 10-13,
2011. Send inquiries to savorcb at coastexplorermagazine.com.
8. Jeff Jewel: Grace Saad (History Center) and Jeff (Chamber Exec Dir) put
together a calendar of events gathered from applicants looking to
collaborate in their asks for Tourism & Arts Funds. Also on the calendar are
things to consider such as Coaster Theatre dark days, Holidays and possible
conflicting events. Immediately following this meeting is a meeting of those
groups interested in collaboration. Jeff's observation was that a joint
events coordinator could work. Also being considered is joint PR and joint
Advertising.
9. Tim/Carol: The CB Chorus is seeking a partner chorus or ensemble for a
Saturday venue during Stormy Weather Arts Festival. This would be in lieu of
an out-of-town headliner. drtkrupa at pacifier.com.
10. Kim Barnett: Volunteers are needed for a work party at the Jay and
Laura Stewart home. A sheet was passed around. After Jay was hit with cancer
last year, $1200 was donated and used to put in a culvert and high speed
internet at their home. kim at bronzecoastgallery.com
11. Jeff Jewel: The 7th Annual Cottage Tour is set for September 11.
Tickets are at the History Center. The History Center Board is looking for
ideas for the 2011 event. www.cbhistory.org.
12. Ben King: Lodges at Cannon Beach is selling up on the fractional on
their pet friendly unit - $100K gets you 4 weeks per year (one week in each
season - rotating annually). The Lodges are also affiliated with and rated
"Top Tier" with RCI, a network of condo rentals. Financing is available.
Contact Ben King 503-440-6310 ben at lodgesatcannonbeach.com
<mailto:ben at escapelodging.com> . www.lodgesatcannonbeach.com.
13. Jeff Jewel: After taking the summer off, Business After Hours will be
back in September with Lenore and Bob at EVOO hosting. Stay tuned for
details.
14. Jim Kingwell: Icefire's Annual Seconds Sale is Saturday September 4th
at 830am and continuing on during the following week. Contact Jim or Suzanne
at
15. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - September 1, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's
will be open for breakfast. When you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at
the front counter and place your order immediately. Tear off the number in
the corner and place it at your seat. Leave the sheet on the counter. Bring
your own coffee cup. The coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
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Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 8/18/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 33
Present: KenH, LoriC, KerrieP, JeffJ, KristineG, SusanT, WendyH, LenoreE,
KimB, GaryH, JeanF, LindaD, NalaC, StephanieA, ShariP, RobinR, SueM,
MichaelB, ValerieR, KathyK, MargoD, RichM, BrianO, TimK, LesleP, SusanL,
GeorgeV, KarenM, GraceS, TracyA, BobV, NancyMc, PrudenceF.
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New Faces at Today's Meeting.
2. Local Live Music at Lush Wine Bar
3. HRAP report from Nala
4. City Council Candidates
5. Chamber Marketing Report
6. Glass Sand Dollars
7. The Rest
8. Hiway 26 Construction
9. Chamber Survey Results
10. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 25, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's will
be open for breakfast. When you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the
front counter and place your order immediately. Tear off the number in the
corner and place it at your seat. Leave the sheet on the counter. Bring your
own coffee cup. The coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. New at today's meeting: Prudence Farrell / Cannon Beach Arts
Association. www.cannonbeacharts.org <http://www.cannonbeacharts.org/> .
2. Tonight at 7pm at Lush Wine Bar: Local Live Music by Paul Dueber,
Bill Steidel, Stan Timperley & Peter Dueber.
3. Nala: HRAP is seeing between 120 and 250 people per hour at Haystack
Rock during low tides. Nala shared photos of the one oyster catcher couple
and their chick(s). More oyster catchers are nesting on nearby rocks, but
only this one at Haystack.
4. George: Three positions are open on the City Council. Incumbents
Nancy Giasson, Sam Steidel and Mayor Mike Morgan are currently the only
applicants for these positions. The deadline is Aug 24th. 50 signatures must
be gathered and verified as voters in order to have one's name on the
ballot. See Nancy McCarthy's article at
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2
<http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=72631>
&ArticleID=72631. Pick up a form at City Hall.
5. Kristine Gottsch / Chamber Marketing Committee Chair: DVA Advertising
and Public Relations, recently contracted by the Chamber, has completed the
logo, tagline ("Come for the Ocean, Stay for the Rest"), stationery and
member decals. Those were shared at the meeting along with explanations.
Also shared were 4 campaign concept options - each with a different
approach. #1 Souvenir (the least favorite of all) #2 Watercolor (11 votes)
#3 Paradise (13 votes) #4 Dichotomy (12 votes). DVA is recommending media
buys in the Seattle area of 10'x22' billboards (called posters by the
industry), Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, Sunset Magazine, Sunset.com,
Journey Magazine (WA AAA) & Journey Magazine e-newsletter. The extent of the
campaign will depend on the TAC funds received from the City. DVA's ideas
for non-traditional efforts included 1. Signage in dog parks at dog level
such as "Wouldn't you rather be off leash at Cannon Beach?". 2. Associate
Cannon Beach with Portland's Sand in the City sandcastle event through
sponsorship or reciprocal agreement with Impact Northwest. 3. Create a
Dungeness crab race at Pike Place Market. 4. Form a currency for Cannon
Beach - Sand Dollars. 5. Cannon Beach Balls- Distribute at concert venues in
Seattle and Portland. 6. Etc. Stop by the Chamber for more info. E-mail
chamber at cbor.us with ideas, suggestions, feedback.
6. Sue: John Cook, glass blower in Seaside, has created glass sand dollars
that could be used in a promotion.
7. Valerie/Kathy: In the new tagline, "Come for the Ocean, Stay for the
Rest", what is the rest and how can we be promoting it? A campaign should
bring out what makes Cannon Beach different/special - eg. no national chain
stores, no parking meters, no stop lights, friendly people, lush
landscaping, quaint cottages and storefronts, etc.
8. Kathy: Traffic delays on Highway 26 are being caused by more than just
the draw of summer events. In Kathy's recent trip to Portland and back she
encountered construction delay at the tunnel and other places. Rich said he
would look into it.
9. Sue: Results of the survey designed by DVA and distributed by the Chamber
last month are available at the Chamber.
10. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 25, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's will be
open for breakfast. When you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the
front counter and place your order immediately. Tear off the number in the
corner and place it at your seat. Leave the sheet on the counter. Bring your
own coffee cup. The coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
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Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 8/11/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 21
Present: SusanL, LoriC, KerrieP, CarolHun, KristineG, JeffJ, DebbieN,
SusanT, KathyK, RobinR, WendyH, MichaelB, StephanieA, ShariP, ErinD,
GeorgeV, KenH, PatF, TimK, BrianO, SueM
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. Susan Lanker, D.C. / Pacific Way Wellness Center.
2. Carpel Tunnel
3. Tourism and Arts Work Session
4. Tourism and Arts Collaboration
5. WOW (Women Only Weekend)
6. VOCA Day at Bruce's Candy Kitchen
7. The Selling of Cannon Beach
8. Coast River Business Journal's "Venue Edition" Deadline
9. Snyder House Fire
10. Stormy Weather Arts Festival
11. Travel Writers
12. LA Times Article
13. Don't Feed the Animals
14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 18, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Show &
Tell by the Chamber Marketing Committee. Mo's will be open for breakfast.
When you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the front counter and place
your order immediately. Tear off the number in the corner and place it at
your seat. Leave the sheet on the counter. Bring your own coffee cup. The
coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. Show & Tell by Susan Lanker, D.C. / Pacific Way Wellness Center.
Activator Chiropractic, Sacral Cranial Therapy. 1289 Pacific Way, Gearhart.
www.DrLanker.com 503-738-9796. Alignment is key to keeping the body in good
working condition. The brain spends 70% of the time on organs and 30% on
pain. Pain is not always the best indicator of problems. Correct posture can
make a big difference. Think of the body as three balls - the hips, the
torso and the head. The balls need to be balanced nicely on top of each
other. Roll the hips forward. Roll the torso back . Roll the head up
slightly. If standing for a long period, find something to put one foot up
on. When asked, Tim suggested for posture, to think of the body hanging from
a hook connected at the sternum without doing anything special with the
shoulders. When working at a desk or computer, stop every 40 minutes and
stretch the opposing muscle groups - lean back and stretch the torso, arms
and hands back. To relieve carpel tunnel pain, press the elbow against the
wall, palm down, and push against the fingers.
2. George: About 10 years ago carpel tunnel pain developed in George's
right arm. It started off with pain when using the mouse, but progressed
into constant pain that encompassed the entire arm and more. SAIF offered a
workshop on Repetitive Motion Syndrome which taught George how to overcome
his carpel tunnel pain. Even before the workshop, he had switched to using
the mouse with his left hand. The workshop instructed him to 1. Keep his
feet flat on the floor with the upper leg parallel to the ground. 2. Have
the keyboard and mouse at a height and position so as to allow the arms to
be parallel to the ground. 3. Keep his wrists from resting on anything,
especially something hard or sharp. Pressure aggravates the situation. 4.
Position the center of the monitor at eye level. Using these techniques,
George's pain went away and has not come back.
3. George: Monday's Tourism and Arts Work Session, led by Rich Mays and
Stephanie McGuire, was attended by 21 people representing 7 groups. Rich and
Stephanie emphasized their willingness to answer questions and assist in the
completion of the application forms. The projected $210K (less a 10%
reserve) will be distributed in increments by quarter with approx 40% coming
from the quarter ending Sept 30 (to be distributed mid November). Funding
will be by project, not by group. The application deadline, originally set
for Sept 1, was extended to Sept 10 by Rich in response to requests from
those attending who pointed out the burden of doing this during peak season.
Rich stressed the importance of getting applications in as early as possible
so that he and/or Stephanie could review them and point out shortcomings.
4. Kristine: With the goal of Tourism and Arts Fund applicants working
together collaboratively, a meeting of all the groups should be held. It
would be a chance for groups to see where they could help each other.
5. Wendy: November 12-14, 2010 will be this year's Women Only Weekend.
6. Susan: Bruce's Candy Kitchen will be donating proceeds from sale of
taffy next Wednesday (August 18 ) to VOCA (Victory Over Child Abuse).
7. Michael: Sue Meyers and Jeff Jewel will be guests on Michael KMUN radio
program Friday at 930 am. The program will focus on "The Selling of Cannon
Beach"
8. Ken: Coast River Business Journal is putting together a stand-alone,
5"x12" guide to Meeting and Event Space in the area. Free listings are
available. Deadline is Aug 13. To be included - 503-325-2999
admin at crbizjournal.com.
9. Debbie: Stephanie and Ryan Snyder's home burned over the weekend. The
family escaped without harm but lost much of their belongings to fire and
smoke. They and house guests were awakened at 2am by heat and smoke alarms.
The fire is suspected to have been started by a golf cart charging in the
garage.
10. Jeff: Michael Orwick is producing the art for the SWAF poster. SWAF is
set for Nov 5-7.
11. Jeff: Jeff has been hosting travel writers from around the world. Next
week two are coming from Virgin Atlantic (parent of Virgin Records, etc)
12. Jeff: Jeff was interviewed twice for the LA Times article which
included Cannon Beach and featured photography by George Vetter.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-stroll-20100808,1,6667171.story.
13. Wendy: The Public Works Department has called attention to problems
created by people feeding wild animals. These animals become dependent on
these handouts and are not able to survive without it. In lieu of an
ordinance (and fine) to stop this, the City is opting to educate people
about the problems created by this practice.
14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 18, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Show & Tell
by the Chamber Marketing Committee. Mo's will be open for breakfast. When
you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the front counter and place your
order immediately. Tear off the number in the corner and place it at your
seat. Leave the sheet on the counter. Bring your own coffee cup. The coffee
is still courtesy of Mo's..
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Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 8/04/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 22
Present: DebbieN, KristineG, PatF, BrianO, TimK, GeorgeV, LoriC, KarrieP,
JimK, KathyK, DiannaP, StephanieA, CarolH, StephenM, MichaelB, RobinR,
JenniferW, MargoD, LindaD, TracyA, CarmenS, KenH.
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New faces at today's meeting
2. Lush Wine Bar / Tracy
3. Seconds Sale at Icefire
4. Culinary Arts Association
5. County Planning Commission Appointment
6. Farmer's Market
7. Choral Conductors Workshop and Concert
8. PSU Haystack Program in the Arts
9. Chamber Priority - Membership Relations
10. Tourism and Art Commission Workshop Monday 2pm City Hall
11. Music for Stormy Weather Arts Festival
12. Reprinted/Updated Maps are out
13. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 11, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's will
be open for breakfast. When you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the
front counter and place your order immediately by giving it to Bob or a
server. Tear off the number in the corner and place it at your seat. Bring
your own coffee cup. The coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. Three new faces today. Lori Courtwright / Bank of Astoria CB Branch
Mgr lcourtwright at bankofastoriacom <mailto:lcourtwright at bankofastoria.com> .
Karrie Purdom / Bank of Astoria CB Teller kpurdom at bankofastoria.com. Ken
Heman / Coast River Business Journal ken at crbizjournal.com.
2. Tracy Abel: Lush Wine bar in Midtown offers an "Open Forum" for
music. They also have pet friendly outdoor seating.
3, Jim Kingwell: Icefire Glassworks is having their annual Seconds Sale
on September 4.
4. Stephen Malkowski: The Culinary Arts Association will be announcing
an open organizational meeting soon. All restaurants, chefs and interested
parties are encouraged to come.
5. Stephen Malkowski (Arch Cape) has been appointed to the Clatsop
County Planning Commission. Congrats!
6. Jennifer Williamson: Yesterday's Farmer's Market saw 2207 visitors.
The summer fruit is peaking. The peaches and cherries got rave reviews.
Don't miss out next Tuesday. 2-6pm. Midtown parking lot.
7. Tim Krupa: Rod Eichenberger, who has taught choral conducting throughout
the world as a member of three universities and as a guest artist at
workshops and seminars, is headlining a workshop of 135 people coordinated
by George Fox University this week at the Elementary School Auditorium. The
week culminates with a concert Friday Night.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3549774.htm.
8. George Vetter: In communication with the PSU Music Department earlier
this year, George was told that a new director was taking over and there was
not time to coordinate/organize a Summer Music program in Cannon Beach this
year but that it was being looked at for 2011. Margo Dueber and others
brought up the challenges PSU had in the past with finding housing for their
students..
9. Tim Krupa: A new committee at the Chamber headed by Tracy Abel -
"Membership Relations" has been formed to work on improving chamber member
relations. Being considered is a monthly breakfast meeting where a hardy
breakfast is made available and members (and friends) have a WMM style
sit-down. Tracy suggested that this replace the WMM once per month. George
supported the idea of Chamber breakfast gathering, but in addition to the
regular WMM rather than in place of it. He pointed out that the idea of
moving the meeting around had been discussed previously and that the group
consensus was to keep it consistently in one location to avoid confusion. He
felt that the Chamber could use the WMM as it is to accomplish the goal of
improving Member Relations. Dianna Pappas expressed concern that having it
become a Chamber Meeting once a month could undermine the momentum and
energy that the WMM has going. Kathy Kleczek felt it important to keep the
WMM and the Chamber separate. Others agreed and encouraged the Chamber to
have this monthly breakfast on a morning other than Wednesday. Tim took a
poll of preferred days.
10. George: City Manager Rich Mays and City Employee Stephanie McGuire will
be conducting a workshop at City Hall on Monday at 2pm to assist Tourism and
Arts Commission Fund applicants with their applications.
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2
<http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=72327>
&ArticleID=72327
11. Dianna Pappas: The Stormy Weather Arts Festival (SWAF) committee is
needing to know who would like to host musicians during the 2010 SWAF.
Indoor venues are being sought. The musicians will be paid by the SWAF
(Chamber) Committee. E-mail Dianna jpsatcannonbeach at yahoo.com.
12. Tracy Abel: The City has updated and reprinted the Visitor Maps. Pick
them up at the Chamber. See the map online at
http://wwwcoastexplorermagazine.com/vm_cbmap/current
<http://www.coastexplorermagazine.com/vm_cbmap/current>
13. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 11, 2010, Mo's, 8am Mo's will be
open for breakfast. When you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the
front counter and place your order immediately by giving it to Bob or a
server. Tear off the number in the corner and place it at your seat. Bring
your own coffee cup. The coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
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Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 7/28/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 17
Present: StephanieA, LesleP, ErinD, ShariP, WendyH, KathyK, BrianO, TimK,
JeanieMc, LindaD, MichaelB, StephenM, PatF, CleveR, KeithC, SueM, GeorgeV
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New faces at today's meeting
2. Chamber Committees
3. Initial Chamber Survey Report (from Chm Members and Friends)
4. Chamber Priorities
5. CBBA
6. Tourism and Arts Commission TAC
7. Culinary Art Association (Attn Restaurants)
8. Zipcars
9. RV's Downtown
10. Shuttle
11. 2011 Tunnel Closure
12. Fire Department needs volunteers
13. County Planners in Arch Cape
14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 4, 2010, Mo's, 8am -Show &
Tell by ? (see upcoming list below). Mo's will be open for breakfast. When
you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the front counter and place your
order immediately by giving it to Bob or a server. Tear off the number in
the corner and place it at your seat. Bring your own coffee cup. The coffee
is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. One new face today. Cleve Rooper / Fire Chief / Cannon Beach
Volunteer Fire Dept. http://cbfire.com <http://cbfire.com/> . 503-436-2949 -
Fax 503-436-9639
2. Tim Krupa: As Chamber president, Tim is charged with (upon Board
approval) committee appointments. He has been working on this. The Marketing
Committee will be headed by Kristine Gottsch with Scott Kruickshank and Jim
McDonald as members. Tim will continue with the Website for the time being.
Kelli Truax Taylor will head the Events Committee (Oversight committee for
all events) with Brian Olson on that committee so far. As Treasurer, Scott
will head the Finance Committee. Membership so far is Tracy Abel and Sue
Meyers.
3, Tim Krupa: 72 surveys were returned to the Chamber. The first item on
the survey was to list the top three strengths. 90% chose Natural
Environment and the Beach. 60% chose the Arts. For weaknesses, 41% chose
parking and 30-some% chose weather. 52% felt that the best new event would
be a music festival. DVA Advertising and Public Relations is using all the
survey input to formulate a marketing plan. A tag line being considered is
"Come for the Ocean, Stay for the Rest"
4. Tim Krupa: Tim's list of top Chamber priorities are 1. Finances. 2.
Website. 3. Marketing. 4. Member Relations 5. Events.
5. George Vetter: George read the e-mail/news release sent out by CBBA
announcing that they will continue their work till Sept 30th and will then
dissolve their 501(c)6 organization. George also read his reply thanking
CBBA for their work, which benefited all of Cannon Beach, In his reply,
George went on to say "I look forward to working with you at the Chamber and
hope you feel comfortable putting your positive energy, ideas and resources
behind the Chamber effort".
6. Shari: At yesterday's meeting of the Tourism and Arts Commission (TAC),
application guidelines were approved and are to be made public Aug 1. An
August 9th, 2pm workshop will be held to aid applicants. Applications will
be due September 1. A September 13th meeting (130pm) was set to review
applications. Application approval is planned for October with the first $
becoming available in November. City Attorney, Tammy Herdener, addressed the
commission about conflict of interest stating that if a decision will have a
monetary effect (either positive or negative) on an individual (extended to
their family and partners), then that person has a conflict of interest and
should step down from discussion and voting on that matter. Even if there
will be no monetary impact, a person should step down if they feel their
decision would be influenced by their relationships or position. A volunteer
board member who is not paid does not necessarily have a conflict of
interest, although Tammy did recommend that the Chair of a Board should step
down. At the TAC meeting George brought up the unique nature of this
particular commission in that they would be working with a fixed amount of
money and that any vote to fund one applicant would take funds away from
another applicant. The only conflict of interest identified at the TOC
meeting was that of John Grosshuesch who chairs the Coaster Theatre board.
See Nancy McCarthy's account of the meeting at
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2
<http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=72192>
&ArticleID=72192.
7. Stephen Malkowski: A new local group is forming. The Cannon Beach
Culinary Arts Association is coordinating with the Chamber in the "branding"
of Cannon Beach. We have the visual arts, the performing arts and also the
culinary arts. For info contact westhighlandproperties at yahoo.com.
8. Wendy: Zipcar is the world's largest car sharing and car club service.
It is an alternative to traditional car rental and car ownership. Share
Zipcars in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, London, New York,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto,
Vancouver and Washington DC. Cannon Beach has a designated/reserved Zipcar
parking space on Spruce St. next to the Chamber. George says he drives or
walks past that space nearly daily and just last week, for the first time he
saw a car parked there - a Zipcar. Always looking for the unusual, he
photographed it. It was just an ordinary car, but it was there, in that
parking space that has sat vacant for months. With George's recent report of
how he has witnessed a parking space on Hemlock turn over 8 times in a day,
he questioned the benefit in tying up such a valuable space for so seldom a
use.
9. Stephen: After recently witnessing a large RV pulling a car through
downtown, Stephen compared it to a Cruise ship pulling into a harbor with
small boats. He suggested we look for ways to route RV's away from Downtown.
George said he was recently approached by a downtown merchant who suggested
that parking for RV's be developed off the Midtown exit and that the shuttle
be used.
10. Kathy: People are not using the Shuttle in the way they could or should
because the schedule is not posted or distributed properly. As a community,
we need to do a better job of promoting our Shuttle. And we need to do a
better job of promoting the bus service to and from Portland and the airport
there. (see links on www.cannon-beach.net <http://www.cannon-beach.net/> )
Schedules and be printed or you can pick them up at City Hall or from the
Shuttle.
11. Kathy: ODOT has begun it's PR about the 2011 tunnel closure. They were
at our Farmer's Market yesterday with a booth answering question and handing
out info. Kathy is concerned that their efforts may be focused too much on
people on this side of the tunnel.
http://dennisedwardstunnel.org/?p=project-information.
12. Cleve Rooper, Fire Chief. Cannon Beach Fire and Rescue is a volunteer
organization (other than the Chief and the Marshall). Volunteers are
dwindling - down 30%. Please spread the word of the need. Volunteers must be
18 years of age and capable of passing a physical test to accomplishing
tasks typical of fire fighters. There is no upper age limit. Volunteers must
be able to leave whatever they are doing when called upon and must be
available for Wednesday evening meetings and training. There are 300-400
calls per year. Beside the satisfaction of helping those in time of need,
volunteers have the benefit of a workout facility at the Fire Hall.
13. Stephen: The County Planners will be in Arch Cape at the Fire House for
a public meeting Friday at 6pm regarding Short Term Rentals.
14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - Aug 4, 2010, Mo's, 8am - Show & Tell
by ? (see upcoming list below). Mo's will be open for breakfast. When you
come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the front counter and place your
order immediately by giving it to Bob or a server. Tear off the number in
the corner and place it at your seat. Bring your own coffee cup. The coffee
is still courtesy of Mo's.
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Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 7/21/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 29
Present: StephanieA, LindaD, KathyK, ScottK, RisleyW, RobinR, BrianO,
KeithC, KariP, RedC, SusanL, LesleP, SueM, JimK, JeffJ, JimMc, GaryH, SueT,
MargoD, ElaineN, AnnR, KristineG, TimK, WendyH, GeorgeV, RichM, CarolH,
JeanieMc, TracyA
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New people at today's meeting
2. DVA Advertising and Public Relations
3. State of the Chamber Finances
4. Chamber Board/Officers
5. Farmer's Market Report
6. Providence Hospital Outreach
7. Tourism and Arts Commission
8. Cannon Beach Chorus
9. Dr Nancy Carritte / Industrial Psychologist
10. "Ordinary Greatness"
11. HRAP Potluck
12. Updated Maps at Printer
13. Sandcastle History
14. Tourism & Arts Commission Fund Applicants
15. Travel Oregon Grants
16. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - July 28, 2010, Mo's, 8am -Show &
Tell by ? (see upcoming list below). Mo's will be open for breakfast. When
you come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the front counter and place your
order immediately by giving it to Bob or a server. Tear off the number in
the corner and place it at your seat. Bring your own coffee cup. The coffee
is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. Two new faces today. Risley Wilkinson / Oregon Gallery
www.oregongallery.com. risley at live.com. Susan Lanker, D.C. / Pacific Way
Wellness Center. Activator Chiropractic, Sacral Cranial Therapy. 1289
Pacific Way, Gearhart. www.DrLanker.com 503-738-9796.
2. Jeff: After being contracted by the Chamber, DVA Advertising and
Public Relations representatives Shanrae Hawkins and Justin Yax were at the
Chamber last week for a Meet and Greet with the community. More than 40
people gathered to see their short presentation and to meet them. After
studying a survey of members of the Chamber and the Community, they are
working on a logo and tag line for Cannon Beach. www.dvaadv.com.
shanrae at dvaadv.com. justin at dvaadv.com
3, Tim passed out a Chamber Profit and Loss Budget vs Actual for July 2009
thru June 2010. As the Chamber Treasurer for the past year, Tim reported
that the Chamber ended the fiscal year $42K in the black, compared to nearly
$50K in the red a little over a year ago. Sponsorship and membership numbers
are both up substantially as was event income.
4. Jeff: New Board members Kristine Gottsch and Sue Meyers took their
seats at yesterday's Chamber Board meeting. Margo Dueber's resignation was
accepted and Carol Hungerford was appointed to fill the position. Officers
for the coming year are President Tim Krupa, VP George Vetter, Secretary
Carol Hungerford, Treasurer Scott Kruickshank. Committees are being
populated. Volunteers are needed. chamber at cbor.us reaches all Board Members
plus Jeff.
5. Carol: In spite of yesterday's cool weather, 1800 people visited the
Farmers Market's 18 vendors. Next weeks restaurant slot is open. Contact
cbfm.manager at gmail.com if interested. Volunteers are needed. Farmers Market
volunteers who volunteer to serve at EVOO's Wednesday Farmers Market dinner
get the meal free.
6. Rich: Providence Hospital in Seaside is coming to talk with Rich next
week about how they can better serve the community. Rich is seeking input
from the community prior to the meeting. mays at ci.cannon-beach.or.us.
7. Rich: The newly appointed Tourism and Arts Commission met Monday for the
first time. John G was elected chair and Tom Drumheller vice-chair. Robin
Risley, Valerie Ryan and Linda Beck-Sweeney complete the 5. Applications
will be made available by the beginning of August and will be due in by
September 1st. The next meeting is Tues July 27 at 130pm at City Hall. See
Nancy McCarthy's article in the Astorian at
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2
<http://www.dailyastorian.com/Main.asp?SectionID=2&ArticleID=72041>
&ArticleID=72041
8. Tim: Cannon Beach Chorus has a Tribute planned for Monday July 26 at 7pm
at the Coaster Theatre to honor outgoing director Dorene Dunlap. All are
welcome.
9. Dr Nancy "Red" Carritte / 5 Things to Know about Managing Change. 1.
Change is constant: it will always be there. Expect it. Embrace it. 2.
Resisting and feeling defensive toward change are harmful to your health. 3.
Change can be exciting: it is the only way to grow. 4. Know how to manage
change. Practice the things that calm you to minimize the stress resulting
from change. Take four 5-minute breaks everyday with your hands folded, eyes
closed, visualizing a happy place. Put everything else out of your mind. 5.
Expect resistance to change. When causing change for others, always give
them the big picture. In business, if you don't change, you can expect a 2%
drop per year. Differentiate yourself from your competition. For consulting
or just to talk: www.DrNancy.com, DrNancy at DrNancy.com 503-440-5557.
10. Wendy recommends the book "Ordinary Greatness" by Pamela Bilbrey and
Brian Jones. Kristine said it is a very good read. She read it in one
sitting.
11. HRAP (Haystack Rock Awareness Program) will have a potluck followed by
a program and video debut Thursday July 22nd 6pm at the Chamber's Community
Hall.
12. Gary: The updated maps, financed by an add-on to the City business
license fee, are at the printer and will be out in a couple weeks.
13. George: Someone e-mailed this morning asking if there is a book about
the Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest. No one was aware of such a book. George
mentioned the Library of Congress Local Legacies page at
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/OR/200002927.html. Former Senator
Gordon Smith had submitted that info after consultation with Billie
Atherton. George says when he came to town in 1977 he was told by Margaret
Atherton and Miriam Crowell that they started the event. It was agreed that
Bill Steidel and Treva Haskell would likely know the history.
14. Kristine: Question: Is it too idealistic to think that all the groups
who will be applying for Tourism and Arts Commissio (TAC) funds could get
together to discuss what their goals are and how they can work together?
Robin, who is on the TAC, says collaboration is encouraged in the
guidelines.
16. Lesle: Deadline for submission of grant requests to Travel Oregon is
August 20. www.traveloregon.com
11. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - July 28, 2010, Mo's, 8am - Show & Tell
by ? (see upcoming list below). Mo's will be open for breakfast. When you
come in, pick up a Quick Order sheet at the front counter and place your
order immediately by giving it to Bob or a server. Tear off the number in
the corner and place it at your seat. Bring your own coffee cup. The coffee
is still courtesy of Mo's.
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Note: For notes to prior meetings go to www.cannon-beach.net/wmm.
If the link fails, type the address into your address bar.
George Vetter
Cannon-Beach Net <http://www.cannon-beach.net/>
231 N Hemlock, Box 164
Cannon Beach, OR 97110
503-436-1520 cell:739-1415
george at cannon-beach.net
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