[wmm] Reminder: WMM Oct Nov 3, 2010 8am at Mo's
Vetter, George
georgevetter at gmail.com
Tue Nov 2 22:09:19 CDT 2010
Reminder: Tomorrow is Wednesday and the WMM at Mo's at 8am. Halloween was
fun for me at Village Centre. I sat in the doorway of my gallery and
photographed the trick-or-treaters who came for candy. See my slideshow at
www.cannon-beach.net/events/halloween/halloween2010. Put your cursor over
the first image and click the arrow at the bottom to start the slideshow.
Sit back and enjoy. .. George
Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 10/27/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 30
Present: WendyH, MichaelM, JeffJ, DebbieN, BobV, GeorgeV, BrianO, PatF,
ArnieJ, KeithC, BobNer, AngelaF, AnnMarieR, AnnR, TracyA, KenH, LindseyH,
RobinR, KarenM, LesleP, StephanieA, KarrieP, CarolH, KimB, JeneeP, DianaP,
LindaD, LeeAnnN, JeffT, AprilW,
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New at Today's Meeting
2. Jay Stewart - House of the Potter
3. Paper or Plastic
4. Business After Hours at Lodges Nov 10
5. 23rd Stormy Weather Arts Festival Nov 5-7
6. Quick Draw selling out
7. VIA Magazine: Cannon Beach, Picture Perfect
8. Women's Only Weekend Nov 12-14
9. Open Mic at Lush Wine Bar tonight (Wed)
10. Ocean Lodge gets review
11. Stop Domestic Violence Vigil
12. Stats from Cannon-Beach Net
13. Mark's Morning (Daily) Surf Report
14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - November 3, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's
is now closed for breakfast for the season. Bring your own coffee cup. The
coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. April Wolf, actress, administrator, looking for work. Just moved here
from Seattle. Living with friends. aprilpoland at hotmail.com. Michael
Manzulli, attorney in Manzanita. Advocate of the Surf Rider Foundation
promoting "Rising Above Plastics" (www.riseaboveplastics.org)
manzulli at gmail.com. (see #3)
2. Kim: Jay's fight with cancer is weighing heavy on the family's finances.
You can help by purchasing from his gallery/store - House of the Potter, or
by contributing to a fund in his name at US Bank. Read Jay's journal at
www.caringbridge.org/visit/jaystewart1.
3. Michael Manzulli: Oregon is considering outlawing plastic bags. China
already has. The City of Portland has said that even if Oregon doesn't, they
will. Fred Meyer has already stop using plastic bags in Portland. Why? One
million seabirds die each year because of them. Add to that 100,000 marine
mammals. Petroleum based plastics are not biodegradable. They are here
forever. They do break down into smaller and smaller pieces, but they offer
nothing to support life except to hold groceries or other items from the
store to home. Look for alternatives like paper or cloth which are
biodegradable. Biodegradable plastics are available. Look for them. Plastic
alternatives available at www.foodbizsupply.com, www.trellisearth.com,
www.earth-centric.com, www.bdfs.net, www.aardvarkstraws.com. More info at
www.riseaboveplastics.org.
4. Jeff: November's Business After Hours will be November 10 at 5pm at
Lodges at Cannon Beach.
5. Carol Hungerford: For SWAF, Saturday's Spotlight Event is set for 730pm
at the Coaster Theatre. It will be an Evening With Songwriters - Bruce Smith
and Jin Koonce. Plus the Seaside HS Jazz Band and selections from the cast
of Coaster Theatre's My Fair Lady. Cost is $10. Tickets at the Chamber.
503-436-2623. The Ocean Lodge will feature 3 artists Saturday from
3pm-530pm. Debbie at Basketcase has a reception scheduled for 3 artists on
Saturday from 4pm-6pm. EVOO will have a Saturday 11am Recipe class with
Carol Hungerford sharing gluten-free baking mix. Class is $29. Live music at
noon. Found will feature artist Jim Hannen on Saturday with a 6pm-8pm
reception. Lush Wine Bar will have a Saturday wine tasting and a 6pm-8pm
reception for photographer Sarah McAllister -
http://www.sarahmcallisterphotography.com.
6. Jeff: Two dozen ticket remain for SWAF's Friday Quick Draw Event at the
Surfsand Ballroom. Get yours at the Chamber 503-436-2623. .
7. Jeff: AAA's VIA Magazine has a feature - Cannon Beach, Picture Perfect.
www.viamagazine.com/2010/novemberdecember.
8. Wendy: For info on Womens Only Weekend visit
www.womensonlyweekend.net/Events.html. If you want to be included, contact
wendy at theoceanlodge.com.
9. Tracy: Open mic at Lush Wine Bar tonight (Wednesday).
10. Wendy: Good things result from good customer service
http://kingstongirlie.blogspot.com/2010/10/ocean-lodge-review.html.
11. Jenee: "Stop Domestic Violence in Cannon Beach" October 28th
8:30am-9:00am Vigil at the Chamber. Blessing: Pastor Dave
Robinson, Presbyterian Church
Featured Speaker: Cannon Beach Chief Gene Halliburton
Closing Speaker: Clatsop Commissioner Robert L. Mushen MD
8:00am-6:00pm - Silent Witnesses On display: Chamber of Commerce, 207 N
Spruce St., Cannon Beach.
12. George: Cannon-Beach Net's September report has September requests for
the Lodging Page up 11% compared to last year. From 22,200 to 24600. This is
the first increase in several months. Requests for the Weather page were up
23%, from 4800 to 5900. Even though requests for the combined pages of
Cannon-Beach Net <http://www.cannon-beach.net/> were up, requests for the
Home page were down from 18,900 to 15,000. Cannon-Beach Net
<http://www.cannon-beach.net/> 's billing year (now in its 12th) ended
September 30. Invoices will go out soon.
13. George: Thanks to Mark Mekenes of Cannon Beach Surf. He is religious
about getting a daily (morning) surf report out complete with photos. The
report is e-mailed to Mark's list and is posted at www.cannonbeachsurf.com.
A single photo, Mark's report and a link to Cannon Beach Surf can be found
on Cannon-Beach Net's Surf Page.
14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - November 3, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's is
closed for breakfast for the season. 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
Note - Reply to this message to request to be added to this list.
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Notice: "Stop Domestic Violence in Cannon Beach"
October 28th 8:30am-9:00am Vigil at the Chamber.
Blessing: Pastor Dave Robinson, Presbyterian Church
Featured Speaker: Cannon Beach Chief Gene Halliburton
Closing Speaker: Clatsop Commissioner Robert L. Mushen MD
8:00am-6:00pm - Silent Witnesses On display: Chamber of Commerce, 207 N
Spruce St., Cannon Beach
Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 10/20/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 24
Present: WendyH, KarrieP, AnnR, JeffJ, ErinD, StephanieA, DianaP, JohnB,
CarolHun, LindaD, ArnieJ, KenH, BobV, LesleP, MichaelB, GenevieveJ, DanM.
PatrickN, TimK, GeorgeV, MargoD, JeanieMc, SharonA, MelanieCh
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. Stormy Weather Arts Festival Nov 5-7
2. Galleries prepare for SWAF
3. Valerie Ryan
4. Tourism and Arts Commission
5. Culinary Arts in Cannon Beach
6. Women's Only Weekend Nov 12-14
7. Oregon Tourism Assn (OTA)
8. Chamber Marketing Report
9. Group of 25 from Delta Airlines
10. Customer Service
11. October Feedback
7. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - October 20, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's
is now closed for breakfast for the season. Bring your own coffee cup. The
coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. Carol/Diana/Jeff: SWAF is just two weeks away. Friday night's Quick Draw
event will be at the Surfsand Ballroom. Only 50 of the 175 tickets still
remain. Following Saturday night's concert at the Coaster Theatre will be
"Open Mic" at the new Sea Ranch pavilion. See
http://www.cannonbeach.org/chamber/events/stormy/stormy-weather.html for
more info. Jeff says that Diana has worked hard on lining up music for the
weekend. As a result, there will be more than ever.
2. Stephanie says her Primary Arts Gallery will feature 12 artists for
SWAF. George says that besides his photography, George Vetter FotoArt will
feature the framers of Cannon Beach - Haystack Gallery, Steidel's Art and
Heritage Gallery. Each will showcase an image demonstrating their matting
and framing skills. See SWAF page on Cannon Beach Gallery Group site at
http://www.cbgallerygroup.com/mainstormy.html.
3. Michael Burkett says Valerie is finally bouncing back. She has been
participating in TAC meeting by phone.
4. After receiving applications from 10 organizations with requests for 3
times more money than what is available, the Tourism and Arts Commission
asked each group to prioritize their asks within their application. Each
group was scheduled for an interview which took place yesterday and today.
5. Diana of JP's reported that the newly formed Culinary Arts group has 9
members and is soliciting participation of all Cannon Beach food venues.
Cynthia Malkowski is the president of the group and Diana is VP. The group
is working with the Chamber to become part of the Chamber.
6. WOW (Womens Only Weekend) is set for Nov 12-14. If you have not already
done so and want to participate, contact Wendy at theoceanlodge.com. For event
info see www.womensonlyweekend.net/Events.html. Carol Hungerford says she
will at at EVOO with her omelette recipes on that Saturday morning at 10am.
7. Wendy attended a seminar of the Oregon Tourism Assn (OTA) recently. The
focus was on Spanish speaking travelers and their growing numbers.
8. Jeff: The Chamber's off-season promotion is underway with ads running in
the Seattle Post Intelligencer (online), Journey Magazine (Washington's AAA
- Nov/Dec issue - 1/6 page color ad. Circulation of 583,000 in Washington
and Northern Idaho) and Seattle Met magazine (October and November issues -
Two 1/3 page ads (black & white with color logo) This upscale lifestyle
magazine has a paid circulation of approximately 58,930 in the Seattle
market, with an estimated readership of 179,737. Delivered to subscribers
10/25/10). As of October 5, the Seattle PI ad had 414,682 impressions
(different times that it has appeared for someone) and 74,000 click
throughs.
9. Wendy: A group of 25 Delta Employees will be in town at the Ocean Lodge
on the night of Dec 10 by arrangement of the Port of Portland. As time gets
closer, Wendy will know what their schedule will be.
10. Margo: Too often when she greets people as they come into her store she
hears "You're the first person that has made us feel welcome". Money spent
promoting Cannon Beach may get them here, but good customer service is what
will bring them back. Poor customer service, on the other hand, will work
against whatever positive message we put out in our advertising campaigns.
Patrick spoke (again) of Travel Oregon's Quality Service Initiative
(online). He offered Escape Lodging's financial support to get a program
going in Cannon Beach. Michael mentioned a community he knows that sent out
secret shoppers to evaluate customer service.
11. Bob of Mo's reported great business for October. Patrick says their
lodging is at 91% occupancy which is very good for October. Retail seems
improved from Sept, but galleries, for the most part, are still being left
out by consumers.
7. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - October 27, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's is
closed for breakfast for the season. Bring your own coffee cup. The coffee
is still courtesy of Mo's.
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Special thanks to Carol Hungerford and Patrick Nofield for taking notes in
my absence. See their notes below.
Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
welcome)
Date: 10/13/2010 8am
Location: Mo's
Number in attendance: 27
Present: JohnB, BrianO, LindaD, KenH, KerrieP, GenevieveJ, DanM, BobVan,
JolieB, MargoD, Shannon, BobNer, KimB, JohnS, ShawnaS, LindseyH, LeslieP,
GeorgeV, StephanieA, KarrieP JimK, JeffJ, MarkT, LarryG, ArnoldJ, KarenM,
SharonA
Absent: Everybody else
Notes by George Vetter
Discussion Items:
1. New Faces at Today's Meeting.
2. Clatsop Community College
3. Small Business Development Ctr
4. Epic Security & Maintenance
5. The Wine Bar @ Sweet Basils
6. Haystack Holidays
7. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - October 20, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's
is now closed for breakfast for the season. Bring your own coffee cup. The
coffee is still courtesy of Mo's.
1. New at today's meeting: Lindsey Holmes - new manager at The Wine Bar
(next to Sweet Basils). Light bites, tapas & more. 503-436-1539.
thewinebar.lh at gmail.com. www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com. Shawna Sykes -
Oregon Employment Department Shawna.L.Sykes at state.or.us. 503-396-7355.
Arnold Jacobsen - Epic Security & Maintenance. homes at epicsmllc.com.
503-828-9889. www.EpicSMLLC.com. Dr Larry Galizio - new President of Clatsop
Community College. 503-338-2425. www.clatsopcc.edu. Mark Thompson -
Director of Small Business Development Center of CEDR (Clatsop Economic
Develepment Resources) mthompson at clatsoped.com. 503-738-7521.
www.clatsoped.com.
2. CCC President Dr Larry Gazilio announced the Public Rededication of
Towler Hall this Saturday from 1-3pm. Towler Hall was just remodeled. Larry
became the 7 President of CCC in July of this year. He came from Los Angeles
with his wife Janice and son Giovanni. He acknowledged that these are trying
times economically for the college and for every entity. He encouraged folks
to come by the college for a tour. Clatsop Community College is the oldest
community college in the state - 1958. 34% of the $9.5M budget is supported
by tuition and fees. CCC is going through an Identity Redesign. A new
website will be rolled out soon. The newest program to be added to the
curriculum is Historic Preservation and Restoration. The school just got a
$20k grant to buy a van to carry students and equipment for the new program.
Larry wants to do a better job serving the south county. He asked for ideas
and suggestions of how CCC could do that. Suggestions were programs in
Hospitality, Customer Service & Marketing. Larry encourage people to contact
him at 503-338-2425. www.clatsopcc.edu.
3. Mark Thompson talked about the No-Cost Business Counseling available
through the Small Business Development Center. Mark is the Director of the
Small Business Development Center which is part of CEDR (Clatsop County
Development Resources) Classes for business development are offered at very
low cost. QuickBooks classes are ongoing. Get info at www.clatsoped.com.
4. Arnold Jacobson introduced his business Epic Security & Maintenance.
Arnie (who grew up in Nahalem) and his wife Malia (who grew up in Kona HI)
live in Tolovana and own the business. They serve the area from Cannon Beach
to Gearhart with plans to expand to Astoria. Their motto - Our Eyes When
You're Away. homes at epicsmllc.com. 503-828-9889. www.EpicSMLLC.com.
5. John Sowa introduced new Wine Bar manager Lindsey Holmes. The Wine Bar
hours are Thursday thru Sunday from 4-10pm. Wine Tasting always - four
pours for $5. Besides wine, wine cocktails, beer & soda the menu includes
tapas, light bites & light meals with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free
options. The Wine Bar seats 22 people and has outdoor seating for 20 more.
Parking lot is behind, off Spruce Street. Contact Lindsey at 406-599-5622.
Thewinebar.lh at gmail.com. www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com.
6. Margo Dueber: Plans are coming together for this year's Haystack
Holidays. There will be a benefit concert Saturday evening Dec 4th following
Lamplighting. Contact mdueber at opusnet.com.
7. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - October 20, 2010, Mo's, 8am. Mo's is
closed for breakfast for the season. Bring your own coffee cup. The coffee
is still courtesy of Mo's.
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October 6, 2010 - WMM at 8am at Mo's
Notes by Carol Hungerford
Wendy: This is Domestic Violence Awareness month. People wearing purple
ribbons
are observing. Erin, Silent Witness, $5 donation for lightbulb at Chamber
and City
Hall, ribbons show support. Lst year 53 women got support as a result of
domestic
violence, 2 women were killed.
Seaport 7am and 7pm flights to pdx, open house Oct 13, 2-5pm at Warrenton
airport, wine/beer tasting. Leslie points out that we need to get more
useage or we
won't have service. Leslie and Stephanie said that we need to promote it for
guest
coming to our community, plus it is a great deal for locals flying anywhere
else is
cheeper to park free at Warrenton and fly to pdx to fly on.
Jeff: Business After Hours 4:30-6:30 at Land's End on Wed, Oct 13
SWAF, SPotlign (evening of songwriters) Bruce Smith, Jon from Portland, open
with My Fair Lady songs (upcoming Coast production) a nd music by Seaside
HighJazz Band. Open Mic at 8:30 at Sea Ranch, all musicians have been
invited to
attend that night. Munchies provided, small cover.
Michael promoted the SWAF tab that his publication is producing. He also
passed
around a journal for Val who is back in the hospital after a short time
home. No
word on when shell be released. Likely will go to a transitional stay.
Carol also promoted her tab.
Patrick introduced his wife Lisa, and shared that he has three daughters in
three
different Seaside District schools. He is supporting the new school levy
that will
be $.52 per 1,000 of assisted value. This replaces the existing levy which
expires.
4-152 is the measure number. This is an operational levy, but the district
has not
increased the amount of the levy. Lisa said that if I doesn't pass, class
sizes will be
dramatically increased as well as programs cuts including art, music and pe,
and
Cannon Beach Elementary will be closed fairly quickly. Many contributed that
a
good school system is the foundation of our community, offers a reason for
people
to locate (or relocated) to our community. Diana shared this quote, we teach
our
children to read and write so they know where they come from, we teach them
math
so they know how to survive, and we teach them the arts so they have a
reason to
live. Wendy said that healthy communities have healthy schools.
Homeless students are an increasing problem in our school district. For to
many of
these kids school is the only base they have, a place for stability, warmth,
dry and a
place to wash and eat.
Chad from SurfSand said that we can help in simple ways. Just attending a
football
game feeds money into the sports program. Also, we can find Pacifica
projects for
the seniors.
SurfSand dog show is looking for celebrity judges, and anybody in our group
is
invited to be a judge or help with the event. To be held on Oct 16 rain or
shine.
Shine will be on the beach, and Rain will be at Haystack Gardens.
Robin asked us to be careful with leaving pets outside as there are coyotes
trolling
for food in the evening. Recently five cats have gone missing as a result of
wildlife
dining.
Janea passed around the purple ribbons for the Domestic Violence Awareness,
and
fliers.
Tracy reminded us of tonight being first Wednesday of the month, so it is
Boggus
Front Room night at Lush Wine Bar. This is different from their open mic
event on
Wednesday nights. She was also very appreciative of all the support and
referrals
Lush has gotten from the business community.
Pat shared the quarterly real estate report. There have actually been some
sales in
Cannon Beach, showing an improving trend in real estate. Sadly the market
has a
larger inventory, so it could be possible to wait in excess of four years to
have your
house sell. Also, there are now some homes being foreclosed.
Janae also talked about a fundraiser for the Clatsop County Food Pantry at
the
SurfSand. A fine dining event, by invitation, for $150/plate. The goal is to
raise
money for mortage payment on the Food Pantry building.
Iron Chef fundraiser for United Way. See last week notes regarding
participating
chefs. November 2 at Seaside Convention Center.
Jeff attending (last night) the regional OVCA meeting. Cannon Beach hasn't
been
represented for ages, so Jeff's presence was hugely welcomed. Culinary
Tourism,
Slow Food, and InFarmation will be added to regional promotion ideas, along
with
the very popular ecotourism effort
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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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