[wmm] Reminder: WMM April 13, 2011 8am at Mo's
Les McNary
lmcnary at theoregonshore.com
Tue Apr 12 20:39:48 CDT 2011
FYI GEORGE -
THE FIRST CRUISE SHIP IS THIS THURSDAY. CRYSTAL SYMPHONY ARRIVES AT 0800
AND SAILS AT 1700 HOURS. BUS SHOULD BE IN CANNON BEACH AROUND 9:45AM. YOU
CAN GET COPIES OF THE SCHEDULE BY GOING TO PORT OF ASTORIA. lrm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vetter, George" <georgevetter at gmail.com>
To: <wmm at cannonbeachbuzz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 5:19 PM
Subject: [wmm] Reminder: WMM April 13, 2011 8am at Mo's
> Reminder: Tomorrow is Wednesday and the WMM at 8am at Mo's. Bring your own
> coffee cup. Coffee is courtesy of Mo's.
>> Notes by George Vetter
>
> > 6. TAC Midterm Reports
> 7. Emergency Preparedness Public Mtg
> 8. Leadership Seminar May 6
> 9. Spring Unveiling
> 10. Bus Loss starts Friday
> 11. Clatsop Co Jaycees Restarting
> 12. Easter Egg Hunt at Sea Ranch
> 13. Earth Day Posters available
> 14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - April 6, 2011, 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: Tim Sugden and DC Rahe: About Face -
> Portland's
> Interview Magazine. Online at www.aboutfacemag.com. DC is the managing
> editor and Tim is the Staff Photographer. Copies of the premier issue (a
> quarterly, just out 3 weeks ago) were passed out. 10k were printed. 15K
> will
> be printed for the June quarterly. Advertising is being sought. The first
> part of the magazine is Interviews and the second is District
> News/Discover
> your Neighborhood. The cover and feature interview is with Pink Martini's
> China Forbes. Tim focused on selling ads in the second part. 2"x2" ads are
> $195 per qtr. Larger ads are $295. Two quarters must be purchased at a
> time
> - not consecutive quarters, but alternating. Call Tim's cell at
> 503-475-0632
>
> 2. In answer to Wendy's question: "How was Oregon Break?" BobV: Mo's was
> down - like the rest of 2011. DianaP: JP's was OK - better than the prior
> weeks. SusanB: From the Chamber she was pleased to see the city parking
> lot
> full. PatF: Real Estate Open Houses were slow. Robert and April: CB
> Treasure
> Co just opened but they were please to have sold two rum bottles to two
> differ people. FrankS: Waves Motel was down. Weather is a big factor.
> GeorgeV: Retail was down. People in town and in the shops was down.
> MelindaW: Pizza a Fetta was down as was Bella Espresso. KathyK: La Luna
> Loca
> was down. People are not spending. Their wallets are not coming out of
> their
> pockets. JimK: IceFire is seeing some spenders. Is encouraged after last 6
> months. It's important to keep our spirits up. Engage people. Make them
> comfortable and relaxed. BrianO: CB Vacation rentals had best March ever.
> Lots of last minute renters. WendyH: Ocean Lodge didn't fill Saturday
> night.
> First time that's happened on Spring Break. Also seeing lots of last
> minute
> renters looking for deals. KeithC: Seaside Aquarium was down.
> 3. AnnR: CASA Benefit Concert at Coaster Theatre tomorrow (Thurs) 730pm.
> $20 tickets on sale at Found, Waves of Grain, CB Book Co and at the door.
> Cannon Beach is special to Abigail. She was married here and her parents
> have a place here.
> 4. BobV: Mo's and Newman's will be filmed today for feature on KATU TV.
> BrianO: Cannon Beach and CB Vacation Rentals will be mentioned Sunday
> April
> 3rd in a New York Times Article "Summer Deals"
> (http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/04/03/trave
> l/03prac-rentals.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAxrjN7ARIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=
> IegnPGyGFUo&usg=AFQjCNFCdWbiFW8BNEPbYl54q8OmdPde4g) GeorgeV: In June, Sea
> Magazine will feature our Sandcastle Contest with a photo of a sculpture
> by
> the Ocean lodge taken by George. JimK: 12 Days of Earth Day will get
> mention
> on National Geographic Traveler.
> 5. GeorgeV: State Senator Betsy Johnson returned George's call this
> morning
> saying the three bills in committee regarding motel tax will not get out
> of
> committee. Even so, she supports the third bill which she shaped with the
> Mayor of Manzanita and a commissioner from Tillamook. This bill would
> allow
> use of motel tax dollars for roads besides current allowed uses. Wendy
> expressed concern that this new source of revenue to cities would push
> motel
> taxes higher and higher.
> 6. RichM: The Tourism and Arts Commission (TAC) met yesterday. Midterm
> reports were due and all but one recipient had their report in. That
> recipient will not receive further funds until the report is in. TAC will
> meet again May 11.
> 7. The public is invited to the City's Emergency Preparedness
> Presentation
> at Coaster Theatre Wednesday April 20th at 7pm.
> 8. WendyH: Attend the Chick-fil-A Leadercast on May 6 and learn from the
> world's most influential leadership voices. 11 speakers by satellite. $69.
> Call Wendy at 503-440-1995 or register online at
> http://chickfila2011northcoast.eventbrite.com
> 9. MichaelB: Special insert for Spring Unveiling. 16500 will be inserted
> in
> the Cannon Beach Citizen, North Coast Citizen, Daily Astorian & Chinook
> Observer April 20 & 21. Contact Michael Ficker 503-368-6397
> mficker at northcoastcitizen.com.
> 10. Bus service, including our local shuttle, is cut way back starting
> Friday. See new schedule at www.ridethebus.org. RichM: SETD has said that
> the cost for them to run our shuttle is $47 per hour. There will be
> discussion about our shuttle at the April 5 City Council Meeting. 7pm.
> 11. SusanB: North Coast Jaycees Organizational Meeting - Wednesday April 6
> 6pm - Pizza Harbor, 39 Edgewood St Seaside. For ages 18 to 40. Pizza
> provided by Seaside Chamber of Commerce. Contact Jessica 503-298-9636
> northcoastjaycees at gmail.com or Susan seasidesusan at gmail.com.
> 12. CarmenS: There will be an Easter Egg Hunt at Sea Ranch for ages 1-10
> Saturday April 23 at 11am. Contact 503-436-2815 www.searanchrv.com.
> 13 JimK: Earthday posters were made available. Get yours at Icefire
> Glassworks. Get your Earth Day event onto the Earth Day website. Contact
> Suzanne Icefire at theoregonshore.com
> 14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - April 6, 2011, 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.
>
> VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVend
>
> Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
> welcome)
> Date: 3/23/2011 8am
> Location: Mo's
> Number in attendance: 24
> Present: WendyH, BrianO, JohnB, BobVan, MeganH, CarolHun, LindseyH,
> KathyK,
> PatF, LindaD, ErinB, JimK, BobMus, JeneeP, LindaY, JohnS, AnnR, MeliaJ,
> ShandaB, RobertK, AprilK, NalaC, DonnaL, GeorgeV
> Absent: Everybody else
>
> Notes by George Vetter
>
> Discussion Items:
>
> 1. New People at Today's Meeting
> 2. Bus Update
> 3. Spring Beach Cleanup Sat Mar 26, 10am
> 4. HRAP
> 5. Lecture at Library Apr 7, 7pm "Survivor: Tidepools"
> 6. Cupcake Sunday at Found
> 7. Relay for Life
> 8. Blues at The Wine Bar at Sweet Basils Sat 7pm
> 9. Motel Tax Changes
> 10. CB Lodging Association
> 11. Tolovana Arts Colony seeks instructors
> 12. Highway 101 Flooding Study
> 13. Spring Break Feedback
> 14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - March 30, 2011, 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: Linda Yeager, Community Relationship Manager,
> American Cancer Society, Astoria. 503-325-5158 linda.yeager at cancer.org.
> Robert and April Knecht, Cannon Beach Treasure Co. just opened on Hemlock
> Street at #255 Suite C-2 (across from Bruce's). Featuring sunken and
> buried
> treasures lost to the light of day for centuries - coins, jewelry,
> antiquities, and artifacts. Robert is originally from Crescent City and
> got
> started 20 years ago in Key Largo working with treasure hunters there. He
> has always been his own boss, most recently working in marketing. He and
> April married 4 years ago. April is originally from San Francisco and had
> been working in TV production. They honeymooned in Newport Oregon and
> began
> doing Art Festivals with their treasures. Both grew up in retail, April's
> parents had a flower shop and Robert's had a tackle and bait shop. Just
> before Christmas last year, they visited Cannon Beach and fell in love
> with
> the town. Visit their website at www.cannonbeachtreasure.com. 503-436-1626
> treasure at cannonbeachtreasure.com.
> 2. Erin/Wendy: Due to the dire financial situation, SETD has announced
> that
> starting April 1, the Cannon Beach Shuttle is discontinued. The bus to and
> from Seaside will be cut from every hour to every two hours, besides
> starting later and stopping earlier. SETD has another board meeting
> scheduled for Thursday night. Kathy: This is a great loss to Cannon Beach.
> This undermines the PR that we spread about our free shuttle and put
> pressure on our already limited parking. Encourage our City Council to
> support a local shuttle. Write to council at cbor.us.
> 3. Jenee: The SOLV Spring Beach Cleanup is set for this Saturday (Mar 26)
> from 10a-1p. To volunteer call 800-333-SOLV, visit www.SOLV.org or show up
> at City Hall on Sat. Jenee is the local coordinator -
> jenee at pacificalarmsystem.com.
> 4. Nala: HRAP (Haystack Rock Awareness Program) is on the beach this week
> during Oregon Spring Break. In spite of the weather, people are out.
> HRAP's
> annual volunteer training program begins Saturday April 2 - 12p -4p.
> Contact
> Donna Lenius 503-436-8095 donna.lenius.hrap at gmail.com. George said he
> attended the training last year and found it very informative and
> interesting.
> 5. Nala: The current series of free lectures co-sponsored by the Friend
> of
> Haystack Rock and the Cannon Beach Library comes to an end Thursday Arpil
> 7
> at 7pm at the Library - Ramona Radonich, Interpretive Ranger, OR Parks and
> Rec will speak on "Survivor: Tidepools".
> 6. Ann: Sunday is another Cupcake Sunday at Found in Midtown. Sleepy Monk
> Coffee is now open Fridays thru Tuesdays as is the Irish Table Restaurant.
> 7. Linda/Jenee: The American Cancer Society's "Relay for Life" fundraiser
> for Clatsop County is set for July 9th & 10th - 10am Saturday to 10am
> Sunday
> at the Astoria High School Track Field. Contact John and Karen Chapman
> 503-440-6808, Rachael Whisler 503-298-7816 or Jenee & Bob Mushen
> 503-436-9292. www.relayforlife.org/clatsopcountyor.
> 8. John/Lindsey: Lloyd Jones, Blues Hall of Famer, will play the Wine Bar
> @
> Sweet Basil's Saturday March 26 from 7-9p.503-436-1539
> www.thewinebarcannonbeach.com
> 9. Wendy: It appears that the Motel Tax bills are still in committee, but
> are still moving forward. George: According to a Feb 15th Daily Astorian
> article, two Senate bills being sponsored by Sen. Betsy Johnson,
> D-Scappoose, could change the uses for lodging tax dollars that fall under
> the current law's strict definitions. The bills would allow cities and
> other
> collectors of lodging taxes to apply them to more general uses, if those
> uses can be tied to tourism. George and others expressed concern that if
> not
> for the current state requirement, none of the lodging tax dollars would
> be
> used for PR and that the proposed changes would result in no funds from
> any
> future increases being used for PR. BobNer suggested we invite Betsy to a
> WMM. George e-mailed her but did not hear back so re-sent his message.
> 10. Wendy: Anyone interested in being part of a Cannon Beach Lodging
> Association should contact her at wendy at theoceachlodge.com. George suggest
> that the group look at becoming a committee of the Chamber as the Cannon
> Beach Culinary Arts Association just did.
> 11. George: The Tolovana Arts Colony has openings for anyone who wants to
> teach their craft during the upcoming Spring Quarter - Apr 24-June 18.
> Call
> Jeff at 503-436-2000 tolovanaartscolony at gmail.com.
> www.tolovanaartscolony.org.
> 12. George: The Seaside Signal reports that "A Seattle-based consulting
> team
> is recommending the removal of the west bank berm between the Necanicum
> River and Highway 101 and constructing a 400-foot berm on the east side of
> the highway to ease the flooding along U.S. Highway 101. Consultants are
> also recommending crews construct berms at the RV Park and Beerman Creek
> or
> raise a portion of the highway, along with constructing a berm north of
> Beerman Creek and a berm/floodwall on Dooley Bridge. "Our overall goal is
> to
> provide uninterrupted function of Highway 101 during most years and to
> reduce the frequency and severity of flooding," said Vaughn Collins,
> senior
> engineer for Northwest Hydraulic Consultants of Seattle. "We are not
> trying
> to stop it." Kathy expressed concern that this was not enough and that
> more
> should be done. The project as proposed is to cost approx $500K.
> 13 Spring Break: Wendy: The Ocean Lodge filled up last weekend but last
> minute. Rooms are available this week though. John: Sweet Basil's was/is
> slow. BobVan: Mo's continues to be slow. George: The parking lot at the
> Outlet Mall in Seaside yesterday from about 1230 to 230 was somewhere
> between half and two thirds full.
> 14. Next Wednesday Morning Meeting - March 30, 2011, 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.
>
> VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVend
>
> Note from Mark Thompson of CEDR " Hi George, I had planned to be at the
> Coffee this morning to plug our HR seminar, inspired largely by Cannon
> Beach
> business feedback. As it turns out I won't be able to attend. If you get
> this in time, would you mind reminding folks they can get details and
> signup
> on the Calendar (under News and Events) at the CEDR website:
> www.clatsoped.com "
>
> Subject: Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone
> welcome)
> Date: 3/16/2011 8am
> Location: Mo's
> Number in attendance: 18
> Present: LesleP, KathyK, KariP, GaryH, BrianO, JohnB, BobN, SarahMc, KayC,
> MeganH, CarolH, StephanieA, MichaelB, GeorgeV, Lisa, CarmenS, PatrickN,
> PattiA
> Absent: Everybody else
>
> Notes by Lesle Palmeri
>
> New/Guests: Sarah Smyth McIntosh with Law Manzanita, Kay Covert with
> Windermere Manzanita, Patti
> Atkins with Providence Seaside Hospital
>
> Sarah staffs the branch office in Manzanita and also works out of their
> main
> office in Olympia,
> spending every other week in an alternating location. The address is 1441
> Laneda Avenue #3.
>
> Kay has spent 21 years in real estate, originally with Ribbon Realty, the
> last 13 with Windermere with
> her husband, Walt, as partner. They cover from Arch Cape to Wheeler.
>
> Question of the day: How did you learn about the tsunami warning?
>
> George -- firetruck outside window, turned on TV
>
> Sara Smith Macintosh -- New to the group and a lawyer. She is a member of
> the Manzanita Business
> Alliance -- She heard about the pending tsunami at 5am - then heard sirens
> -- She lives 1 1/2 block
> from the ocean -- was not prepared - There was a question among the
> neighbors -- to take the car
> or no? Answer: The earth did not shake here, we can take our cars.
>
> Kay Covert -- Windermere Manzanita -- Also new and a member of the
> Srategic
> Business Alliance. -
> - "I am here to learn." -- She is also a member of the emergency volunteer
> corps -
>
> Stephanie A - Has roots from Manzanita and went through her first tsunami
> warning in Manzanita --
> When she finally did leave she parked up on the hwy -- Now she doesn't
> have
> a phone at home --
> Does have TV, but not online -- son in Hawaii -- "Everybody in the family
> called him first then me.
> There were 23 messages on my phone when I got to work." -- Her next
> notification was at 7am when
> the sirens sounded meaning that she had 15 minutes to leave. - "I never
> did
> hear an all clear." -- She
> went to Camp 18 and had a nice breakfast and came back at about 2pm. "The
> town was filled." --
> This was a learning lesson.
>
> Megan-- Indicates she didn't know about it until 6:30 when she woke up -
> 
Half of the town on top of
> my hill." -- She also recommended we check out the following website:
> weatherbug.com.
>
> Carol H -- Indicated she was awakened by a staff member who sleeps with a
> scanner -- They then
> marshalled their people to get the word out to let other people know --
> "We
> notified our employees -
> - our team worked well together -- Lee Ann called about 1:45."
>
> Linda D -- At 11:45pm she got a NOAA advisory -- "Then about 1 or so it
> went
> off again and they
> upgraded it to a warning." -- She recommends the radios, as "You know
> exactly what is happening,
> when." -- She lives in Warrenton so she just stayed home.
>
> Carmen -- Was awakened by her daughter at 11:45pm. -- "She told me about
> the
> warning. I turned
> on the TV and she begged me to come to Portland. I packed up my car and
> left
> -- it was eerie. When
> I got to the junction, I got a reverse 911 call on my cell I was very
> surprised because I thought I was
> one of the few -- looked in my rear view mirror and it was like summer
> with
> a long line of people
> heading to Portland: A constant speed. On 26 there were clusters of cars
> and
> 2 accidents. Camp 18
> was packed -- I made it to Portland -- came back home on Friday -- 7pm."
> She
> continued with the
> fact that there was some damage even to South America, south of Lima. --
> She
> continued, "At 5:30
> Aaron Meyer called me. He was supposed to have assemblies at the schools
> in
> the morning and then
> the evening and wanted to know what to do. Since the schools are closed we
> cancelled it. Yet she
> received many calls from people asking about the 7pm concert. -- "There
> were a lot of people
> interested in it." -- They are now in the process of coordinating with the
> school to reschedule --
> now towards the end of May for the assembly for the schools. -- She
> indicated that there had been
> no formal communication about the cancellation for those who might have
> tried to attend.
>
> Michael -- He has a mother and sister in Florence -- "My sister freaked
> out." -- His opinion was
> that if it wipes out Hawaii then he was going to worry. He went to the
> office and then decided to go
> up to Neakahnie Mountain. He began taking pics of the coastline every 15
> minutes, -- "Then it
> became a normal day."
>
> Patti - Was contacted by her boss in Portland -- "Her husband was called
> in." -- Patti "..spent the
> time with Eric our emergency coordinator getting our best info from the
> TV."
> -- She felt that the City
> of Seaside had it more together -- Later they evacuated the lower floor of
> the hospital just to be safe.
>
> Lesle - Was aware of the crisis as soon as it came on the TV. Had already
> packed the car by the time
> her son called at about 1:30am urging her to evacuate. She called her
> ex-husband Jack who then
> indicated he had been called out as a CERT volunteer, so she went up
> Broadway where she knows
> several friends. She stayed with one friend watching the news until about
> 9am then went home.
>
> Kathy -- "My first reaction was to watch the TV, then call my tenants in
> town: they were up. Then I
> called my staff to make sure they were safe and prepared: I called in the
> order they live from the
> beach. I woke up some of them and then got a call back with thank you for
> the warning. Then the fire
> department went by announcing that we needed to go to higher ground. Okay.
> My worry is that there
> was a lot of emphasis put on 7 when the news was saying that would be just
> the first of many waves.
> When 7:30 didn't happen, people started to drive off right away. They
> seemed
> to be unaware that as
> time goes on the waves could get bigger. After 7:30 the cars began moving
> again and yet there was
> no all clear. It didn't seem like people were expecting that type of thing
> either."
>
> Kari -- Her oldest son called 11:30 pm. "I stayed up all night to watch
> the
> tragedy. At 5:30 I went up
> to the north entrance and sat in my car."
>
> Patrick -- "I was awakened by Wendy Higgins. First we made sure the
> gasoline
> at RV resort was
> opened so we could take care of community members leaving town.
>
> -- Then we determined how to best deliver the message to our hotel
> guests."
> Wendy had prepared
> bagels and snacks for the guests at their hotel and ended up helping
> those at the Stephanie Inn as well. After ensuring his staff and guests
> were
> taken care of, he and his
> family "hung out" on high ground the majority of the day -- "We had about
> 10 people check out
> because of the warning and perhaps another dozen cancel." -- He then
> related a story about a flood
> insurance policy which had expired March 9. He was told by his agent that
> they were covered, but a
> question still remains about the gap between policy expiration and payment
> of the new invoice.
>
> Gary -- "I was preparing for our Savor Cannon Beach event on Thursday,
> driving through flooded
> highway thinking, can this get any worse? We had a great event on
> Thursday,
> the wine throw down,
> then I went home and watched the news. I thought, there may be something.
> Hearing that what
> happens in Hawaii would be the first sign, I dozed off. At 3am there was
> a
> siren or Jackson pulling at
> my arm because of the siren. I got up and just monitored things -- social
> media -- We would do
> what we could do with social media -- At about 6 we went up to Haystack
> Heights. -- If you watched
> the news -- I would have thought it was time to call FEMA -- They were on
> the extreme side -- What
> they were doing on social media -- They were saying the tide has receded
> in
> Cannon Beach which
> means a tsunami is building. I got on and sent a message -- "Hey KATU
> news:
> The tide has receded
> and exposed a giant rock in the form of a haystack." -- We came back down
> at
> 11:30 to set up for
> our next event -- we missed only one event --
>
> Brian -- "We had 6-8 houses in. It is a bit more complicated to notify our
> guests because they are
> not all one property." -- He received a call at 1:30 from Linda who is on
> the fire board, then they
> started calling guests and calling staff. "We all stayed home and watched
> the news. Then we went out
> later and made physical contact with the guests we had not been able to
> reach earlier. All of our
> guests stayed and we had 10 check ins that day and they all came. -- He
> continued to say they had
> warned the pending arrivals of the situation and that they have had a plan
> in place for about 5 years.
> "We will review that this week and make changes." - He reminded us that
> the
> reverse 911 calls are a
> courtesy. It is an automated system that keeps going until it it answered.
>
>
> John B -- Stated that his comparison is from Kansas and tornado warnings.
> They have three stages:
> advisories and watches and warnings. "In Kansas the sirens blow and that
> is
> the time to start visiting
> with your neighbors about what is about to occur. We went to Brian and
> Barb's to watch -- impending
> clarity or doom depending on which media you watch."
>
> Bob Neroni -- "If this is as big as it was in Japan what do we do? They
> keep
> reassessing what is the
> safe area to go -- where do we go -- we will be surrounded by water."
>
> Carol -- "In Japan the wave ran 6 miles inland."
>
> Recap of savor Cannon Beach by Gary -- "We hedged our bets by going to
> sponsors who had bought
> advanced tickets -- a hedge against inclimate weather -- helping the
> children's center -- 100
> tickets were sold in advance -- Of 40 tickets sold -- 38 showed up on
> Thursday night and the other
> 2 on Friday. I didn't see those people. I don't know that anybody left. So
> events went off without a
> hitch - the crowds were good for all events -- it is possible especially
> the
> saturday event could have
> been better attended --
>
> Bob N -- "It felt like it was 100 people less this year."
>
> Gary -- "Not all of the tickets were redeemed for the wine walk. The good
> news is they sold 300+
> tickets -- we sold 100 thanks to the sponsor -- the children's center did
> make their goal -- my goal
> was higher than that - we may have had closer to 500 without all of the
> excitement.
>
> Patrick -- "The events seemed to be better organized and publicized this
> year."
>
> Gary -- "The Children's Center made their money....it is kind of a
> miracle.
> We will be writing them a
> check ourselves for $2,500 -- more monies to come in -- I think their goal
> was $10,000 and I think
> they made it."
> 
Carmen -- "We had cancelled the olive oil tasting on Friday. On
> Saturday I had a tea and had people
> there and did the olive oil tasting. I did walk through town -- l noticed
> there were fewer people than
> last year."
>
> Bob -- "Salt was at 11 and we tested over 80 people."
>
> Kathy -- "From a retail perspective, the event didn't help sales but the
> atmosphere and the people
> around were amazing. The sun coming out helped - Thanks Gary -- in general
> atmosphere and
> mood of people -- feedback -- they were in a good mood and taking in
> things
> and talking about
> coming back -- planning other things -- for them to have never been here
> and
> plan to come back, I
> thought was really good."
>
> Gary -- "In the past it ha been largely a local event, but we wanted to
> make
> it a destination. 80% of
> tickets sold were from out of town so I know we made some gains in that
> area. One pereson said 'It
> was really fun and we got to go to a lot of places we hadn't been before.'
> Even some of the locals said
> they went in places they hadn't been in years."
>
> Bob -- "An overwhelming sigh of relief. Please make this happen again. We
> had tons of messages
> asking about not canceling, mostly locals -- It was busy -- from a
> shopping
> standpoint,"
>
> Sarah -- "I attended the event from Manzanita as a tourist. We came up
> with
> another couple. Most of
> the Manzanita businesses did not know about it. We enjoyed the event. We
> went to only the spots
> that had wine tasting -- 2-5 went to Newman's for lunch -- scheduled
> speaker
> did not show but we
> had a wonderful lunch. We did shop and everybody wanted to go where there
> was wine. At EVOO I
> bought salt."

> Patrick - Spring break report -- good bookings but not so far out --
> predicated to an extended
> forecast.
>
> Carmen -- This spring a bit lower than last year -- but usually we get a
> lot
> of drop ins -- I also feel
> we can have some cancellation in expectation of the gas price increase -
> that happened last time the
> gas prices increased as well and the weather is not helping --
>
> Patti -- some of the hotels are thinking about offering a gas card
>
> Lesle -- Follow up from last week's comment on SBDC. "The point in my
> message was intended to be
> that I hope the college will learn from this outpouring of support for Jim
> Entler's SBM program that
> the SBDC could also be that important to the community." In my opinion,
> the
> SBDC needs a strong
> consistent director who will stick with the program and have a community
> presence. It is my
> understanding that the program has recently been awarded additional
> funding
> for staffing and they
> are in the process of seeking a new executive director. With hard work and
> community support the
> SBDC can enjoy the same stellar reputation and the same level of service
> to
> businesses in the
> community that we have come to know from the SBM program/Jim Entler.
>
> VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVend
>
> Note: For notes to prior meetings go to www.cannon-beach.net/wmm.
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>
>
> George Vetter
>
> 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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