[wmm] Notes: WMM Jan 11 2012 8am at Mo's

Wed Jan 11 23:00:00 CST 2012

Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone welcome)

Date: 1/11/2012  8am

Location: Mo’s

Number in attendance: 19

Present: BrianO, JohnB, LisaS, CarolHun, PatF, JeneeP, StephanieA, MargoD,
JimK, BobNer, GaryH, MarcyW, JudiM, MichaelF, RichM, KathyK, RobinR, RobS,
GeorgeV  

Absent: Everybody else

Notes by George Vetter              

Discussion Items:

1.       Chamber Music Concert Report

2.       John Stowell Jazz Concert Report

3.       2011 Real Estate Activity

4.       Real Estate Assessed Values

5        Cannon Beach School

6.       Healthy Kids

7.       Savor Cannon Beach March 8-11

8.       Cannon Beach Magazine

9.       Bus

10.     Homeless Connect 

11.     SOLV Beach Cleanup March 31

12.     Relay for Life 

13.     Shred-A-Thon

14.     Readers’ Choice Awards

15.     Share Your Dog Story

16.     Mile-by-Mile Guide for cell phones

17.     Senator Merkley at Chamber Thurs 4p

15.     Social Media Time

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Jan 18, 2012, Mo’s, 8am Bring an Internet
device (wireless is available) and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea
provided courtesy of Mo’s

1.    StephanieA: The Chamber Music Concert at Coaster Theatre was enjoyed
by the 60 some people who purchased tickets. 

2.    StephanieA: The jazz concert at the History Center by John Stowell was
great and attended by 23 people.

3.   PatF: 54 Cannon Beach properties sold in 2011 – about 1/3 of what sold
before the downturn. 91 properties are currently on the market – more than 3
times the number before the downturn. 10 $million plus homes are on the
market now. 5 have sold in the past year. Numbers for Cannon Beach are
better than the rest of Oregon.  

4.   PatF: Property taxes are paid on assessed values. Assessed values
typically are below market values and are increased annually by 3% (legal
limit). Anyone thinking that their assessed value is more than market value
can petition the County for a reduced assessed value. Robin says in this
economy market values are only valid if backed up by sales in past 3 months.

5.  RichM: Last nights worksession by City Councilors was attended by many
parents and citizens wanting to keep our school in Cannon Beach. The task
force created in 1995 could not find a suitable location out of the tsunami
zone. The School Board wants to consolidate all district schools in one
Seaside facility. The School Board has said that if Cannon Beach builds a
school, they will use it. JohnB suggested a multi-purpose Cannon Beach
facility be built to serve Emergency/Art/Education/City Hall purposes. Rich
says to finance a school it would be best to have the costs known before
going to the voters. This could take up to year. Even without knowing the
costs in advance, it wouldn’t make sense to put it on the ballot in
November. The next local meeting will be at Cannon Beach Elementary Jan 30th
at 6pm. In the meantime, the School Board meets the third Thursday - January
19th at 6pm in Seaside.

6.   Judi Mahoney – Healthy Kids Outreach & Enrollment Worker – 503-358-2333
judimahoney at yahoo.com. The goal is to get all Clatsop County kids insured.
Healthy Kids is funded through a 1% premium on insurance companies. This
raises $39 million dollars, drawing down over $100 million in federal
matching funds. There are 3 options, each based on a family’s income:
no-cost, low-cost ($26-30/mo plus $10/visit) or full cost. 1000 Clatsop Co
kids have been enrolled in 2 years. Know someone – contact Judi.

7.   GaryH: Savor Cannon Beach March 8-11. 25 of 100 festival tickets have
been sold. 400 Wine Walk tickets will be sold. Spread the word –
www.savorcannonbeach.com.  Share <http://www.facebook.com/savorcannonbeach>
on Facebook. 

8.   GaryH: Cannon Beach Magazines are more than 90% out. Brent says we’ll
get 100% out with your help. Pick up a box at the Chamber.

9.  KathyK: NW by NW Bus Connection Sounding Board Meeting Thursday Feb 2
frm 12-130p in Astoria at Sunset Empire Transit District.  

10. JeneeP: Homeless Connect  - January 24, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Seaside Convention Center

11. JeneeP: SOLV Spring Beach Cleanup March 31, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Check in at Cannon Beach City Hall upper lot. You can also register online
www.solv.org 

12. JeneeP: Relay for Life Kick Off February 21, 2012 – Place and time TBA.
We recommend to start your own team, but if not possible consider joining
one of the following: Pearce-Mushen Non Profit Charity or Pacific Alarm
Systems

13. Pacific Alarm Systems and BBB are joining together to Sponsor a
Shred-A-Thon for Clatsop County this coming Summer. Logistics TBA. If you
have or know of anyone that would like more info please call me or have them
call Jenee at 503-436-2030.

14. MichaelF: Coast Weekend has the 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards at
www.coastweekend.com. Mike passed out the current issue and announced Daily
Astorian January Advertising Specials. mficker at dailyastorian.com. 

15. RobS: For possible inclusion in Oregon Coast Magazine, send your brief,
heartwarming or funny dog story and photos by email to edit at nwmags.com with
subject line: Dogs. 

16. RobS: Find the Mile-by-Mile guide for cell phones at
http://newoh.ohwy.com/progs/ocmobimbm.cfm.

17. GeorgeV: Senator Jeff Merkley invites you to a Town Hall Meeting in
Clatsop County in Cannon Beach at the Chamber Thursday Jan 12 at 4pm.
www.merkley.senate.gov. www.facebook.com/jeffmerkley. 

18. GeorgeV: The last 15 minutes of today’s meeting was spent on Facebook.
With the social networking frenzy going on, we are spending time each week
to further expand our understanding and reach. Join us next week by bringing
your laptop, pad or smart phone.  

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Jan 18, 2012, Mo’s, 8am. Bring your laptop
and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided courtesy of Mo’s. 

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Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone welcome)

Date: 1/4/2012  8am

Location: Mo’s

Number in attendance: 14

Present: LindaD, BobNer, KeithC, MichaelF, RobinR, SusanBo, KathyK, WendyH,
JohnB, BrianO, CarolH, BrentD, ShawnaS, GeorgeV  

Absent: Everybody else

Notes by George Vetter              

Discussion Items:

1.       Real Estate Prices at 2002 levels

2.       CB Elementary School

3.       Hunting Discussion

4.       EVOO

5        Reservations Up

6.       Retail Needs a Boost

7.       Seaside’s Incentive to Shop Local

8.       Cannon Beach Magazine Listings

9.       Chamber Board Opening

10.     Library Lecture Thur Jan 5

11.     Recycle your Christmas Tree

12.     Sing with the Choir

13.     North Coast Jaycees

14.     Cajun Weekend at Sweet Basils

15.     Social Media Time

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Jan 11, 2012, Mo’s, 8am Bring an Internet
device (wireless is available) and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea
provided courtesy of Mo’s

1.    RobinR: Real Estate prices are currently at 2002 levels. There are
some good buys out there.

2.    WendyH: At last night’s City Council meeting, it was decided to
discuss the resolution to recommend closure of Cannon Beach Elementary at a
worksession. Safety is the Council’s number one concern. The topic will come
up at the School Board meeting – the third Thursday - January 19th at 6pm.

3.   RobinR: Tonight’s 530pm meeting at City Hall of the Ecola Creek Forest
Reserve Advisory Committee will have discussion about recreational element
of the management plan including hunting. 

4.   BobNer: EVOO will reopen Jan 14th. 2011 was a very good year. September
2012 will have another “Culinary Excursion” to Italy. Participants are
invited to sign up for 1 or 2 weeks. www.evoo.biz 

5.  WendyH and BrianO: Reservation are up for Spring and Summer. They are
coming earlier than last year. December was up also. 

6.   KathyK: Retail has been so-so. More needs to be done prior to Christmas
next year to bring people to town for shopping. The unique gift buying
experience of Cannon Beach needs to be promoted early. Bus tours like those
to Leavenworth could be looked into. The town needs to pull together and
create a draw with an appealing ambiance of small town Christmas shopping.

7.   KeithC: For the second year, Seaside has encouraged local shopping by
rewarding those who spend $40 between participating stores with  a card that
is entered into a drawing for prizes. Each $40 earns another card and
another chance. This year there were 1300 entry cards. Up from last year. 

8.   BrentD: The 2012 Cannon Beach Magazine closes this week. Chamber
members get a free listing. Dues must be in by Friday to be included.  6500
2011 magazines are remaining. Pick up a bundle at the Chamber and push these
out the doors before they end up at our recycle center. Put them in bags
with purchases. Encourage visitors to pick them up - take them home. If you
or anyone you know is headed off somewhere and can take some mags, contact
brent at cannonbeach.org.

9.  BrentD: If interested in serving on the Chamber Board, e-mail
chamber at cbor.us. 

10. KeithC: Thursday January 5th at 7pm is the next "World of Haystack Rock"
Library Lecture, featuring Katie Volke, Executive Director of the North
Coast Land Conservancy. Katie's talk is entitled, "Conservation Connections:
NCLC celebrates 25 years on the Oregon Coast".  Free and open to the public,
this lecture series is co-sponsored by the Friends of Haystack Rock and the
Cannon Beach Library. For details, see:
http://coastexplorermagazine.com/news/1438 

11. GeorgeV: Recycle your Christmas Tree: Turn your Christmas tree into
salmon habitat. Learn how at
http://ecotrope.opb.org/2011/12/how-to-turn-your-christmas-tree-into-salmon-
habitat. 

12. JohnB: Every Monday at 630pm at the Presbyterian Church – Join up and
sing with the Cannon Beach Chorus.

13. SusanB: The North Coast Jaycees meets Jan 12 7pm at Warrenton Fultanos.
Spread the word -  Susan 503-739-1905 northcoastjaycees at gmail.com 

14. This weekend is Cajun weekend at Sweet Basils - Chef John Sowa Sweet
Basils angowl8 at live.com  503-436-1539

15. GeorgeV: The last 15 minutes of today’s meeting was spent on Facebook.
With the social networking frenzy going on, we are spending time each week
to further expand our understanding and reach. Join us next week by bringing
your laptop, pad or smart phone.  

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Jan 11, 2012, Mo’s, 8am. Bring your laptop
and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided courtesy of Mo’s. 

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Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone welcome)

Date: 12/28/2011  8am

Location: Mo’s

Number in attendance: 12

Present: LisaS, JamieS, StephanieA, PhilS, WendyH, BrianO, JohnB, BrentD,
RobinR, TerryL, LindaD, GeorgeV

Absent: Everybody else

Notes by George Vetter              

Discussion Items:

1.       Chamber Music at Coaster Jan 3

2.       2012 Chorus Rehearsals begin Jan 9

3.       Whale Watching Spoken Here

4.       $Million Dollar Real Estate Sales

5        Wayfarer Restaurant

6.       Chamber News

7.       Visitor Center Report

8.       Cannon Beach Magazine Push

9.       Chamber Building Loan

10.     Chamber/Providence Hospital Joint Fundraiser

11.     Save our School

12.     Prime Retail/Gallery Space For Lease

13.     Social Media Time

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Jan 4, 2011, Mo’s, 8am Bring an Internet
device (wireless is available) and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea
provided courtesy of Mo’s

1.       StephanieA: Chamber Music 2012 Tuesday Jan 3 at 730pm Coaster
Theatre. Concert pianist Mitchell Vines joins Portland pianist Andrew Ehrich
and cellist Katherine Schultz in an evening of solos, duos and trios.
www.coastertheatre.com or http://www.tolovanaartscolony.org.

2.    JohnB: Cannon Beach Chorus rehearsals for the new year begin Jan 9 at
630pm at the Presbyterian Church. Join in. www.cannonbeachchorus.org. 

3.   Oregon State Parks has interpreters at lookout points Dec 26 to Dec 31
with Whale Watching Spoken Here signs posted. The whales are headed south.
http://whalespoken.org

4.   RobinR: There were 6 sales of a million dollars or more in Clatsop
County during 2001. Not a great number, but something. With prices down,
this would be a good time to apply for a reduction in assessed value with
the County.

5.  TerriL: Wayfarer Restaurant features Happy Hour daily from 3 to 5pm with
both food and drink specials. The restaurant will be closed Jan3-5 for
winter cleaning and maintenance. www.wayfarer-restauant.com.

6.   BrentD: Senator Jeff Merkley will be here for a town hall meeting at
the Chamber on Jan 12 from 4-6pm. The bi-weekly Marketing Committee meeting
is right after this meeting at the Chamber. Bids are being sought to upgrade
the server and network at the Chamber. LisaS: www.quill.com is a supplier
that Mo's recently used for computer equipment and found their prices the
best.  Get you login to the Member's section of the new Chamber website now
from brent at cannonbeach.org. There is a position on the Chamber Board open.

7.   BrentD: Visitors from far and wide are in town now and have been for
the past week. The Visitor's Center is seeing people from around the country
and world. 

8.   BrentD: The 2012 Cannon Beach Magazine will be out in a couple months.
There are enough mags remaining right now to suggest we need to push these
out the doors before they end up at our recycle center. Put them in bags
with purchases. Encourage visitors to pick them up - take them home. If you
or anyone you know is headed off somewhere and can take some mags, contact
brent at cannonbeach.org.

9.  GeorgeV: The Chamber is paying off an $88k loan on the building. It is
currently being refinanced to lower the interest. Fundraisers are needed to
pay this loan down. 

10. BrianO: To the rescue. A joint fundraiser with Seaside Providence
Hospital is in the planning stages for September 2012. It will be an auction
with a 50/50 split. The hospital portion will go toward the Cannon Beach
Walk-in Clinic. It is estimated that the Chamber's portion would be $10k+

11. PhilS: New at today's meeting and on a mission - Arch Cape resident and
family man - Phillip Simmons - retired Marine Corps - employed currently by
Clatsop County Veterans Services - but here today in support of keeping
Cannon Beach School. We need to keep our school to attract quality people to
live and work here. 10% of the districts students are from Arch Cape and
Cannon Beach yet 25% of the funding comes from here. The decision ultimately
rests with the School Board, but if we built a school, would they not choose
to honor our wishes and use it? A petition going around asks that the City
Council appoint a task force to study the potential ways to keep our school.
And that the City delay voting on the draft resolution to recommend closure
of the school. until the task force has had time to investigate and report.
The next School Board Meeting is the third Thursday - January 19th at 6pm.
Join Phil there. Phil 503-440-8310. ClatsopVSO at gmail.com.. 

12. GeorgeV: The former El Mundo space at Village Centre is for lease. 1700
sq ft right on Hemlock with double-door entry, skylight, vaulted ceiling,
storeroom, bathroom and good karma. Other Village Centre spaces also
available – george at cannon-beach.net. 503-739-1415. See some Village Centre
images in a slideshow at www.cannon-beach.net/vcinn/slideshow

13. GeorgeV: The last 15 minutes of today’s meeting was spent on FaceBook.
With the social networking frenzy going on, we are spending time each week
to further expand our understanding and reach. Join us next week by bringing
your laptop, pad or smart phone.  

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Jan 4, 2012, Mo’s, 8am. Bring your laptop
and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided courtesy of Mo’s. 

Happy New Year everyone!

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Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone welcome)

Date: 12/21/2011  8am

Location: Mo’s

Number in attendance: 14

Present: BobNer, LisaS, StephanieA, BrentD, BrianO, JohnB, SusanB, GaryH,
LindaD, WendyH, JerryM, MichaelF, TracyMc. GeorgeV

Absent: Everybody else

Notes by George Vetter               

Discussion Items:

1.       Cannon Refurbishment

2.       Annie at Coaster Theatre

3.       Whale Watching Spoken Here

4.       Tolovana Chamber Music Jan 3

5        Lecture Series at Libary

6.       Senator Merkley in Cannon Beach Jan 12

7.       Chamber website ready for action

8.       Chm Board position open

9.       Business After Hours

10.     Seaside Visitors Guide is at printers

11.     Savor Cannon Beach March 8-11

12.     Prime Retail/Gallery Space For Lease

13.     EVOO Post Christmas Dinners Mon-Wed

14.     Social Media Time

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 28, 2011, Mo’s, 8am Bring an Internet
device (wireless is available) and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea
provided courtesy of Mo’s

1.       StephanieA: The History Center is fundraising to come up with $20K
needed to send our cannon to Texas A&M for refurbishment. No they don’t plan
to use it, just preserve it. www.cbhistory.org. 

2.    GaryH: Annie Get Your Gun play at the Coaster till the end of the
month. See www.coastertheatre.com. 

3.    GaryH: Oregon State Parks will have interpreters at lookout points Dec
26 to Dec 31 with Whale Watching Spoken Here signs posted. The whales are
headed south. http://whalespoken.org 

4.   GaryH: Tickets are on sale for a Jan. 3 concert at the Coaster Theater.
The Tolovana Arts Colony presents a chamber music concert with pianist
Mitchell Vines and others.  http://www.tolovanaartscolony.org 

5.  GaryH: Haystack Rock Awareness Program Lecture Series: Thursday, Jan. 5,
2012  Katie Volke, Executive Director, N C Land Conservancy “Conservation
Connections: NCLC celebrates 25 years on the Oregon Coast”
http://friendsofhaystackrock.org 

6.   BrentD: Senator Jeff Merkley will be here for a town hall meeting at
the Chamber on Jan 12 from 4-6pm. 

7.   BrentD: The new Chamber website is ready for member to jump in and
enhance their listings, add events, and give feedback to the Chamber.
Contact Brent to get your member login. The members sections will contains
committee information including minutes. brent at cannonbeach.org. 

8.   LisaS: Lori Courtwright has left her employ at Bank of Astoria after 13
years for health and family reasons and has therefore resigned her position
on the Chamber Board. Any member interested in serving is encouraged to
state their desire in a letter or email to chamber at cbor.us The term runs
till the next election in June.. The Board consists of Carol Hungerford
(Pres), Brian Olson (VP), George Vetter (Treas), Lisa Sarish (Secr) Tracy
Abel, Jim McDonald, Christen Allsop, Rich Mays.

9.  LisaS: The monthly Business After Hours schedule is open. Contact
chamber at cbor.us if you would like to host an event. It does not have to be
extravagant. Several businesses could join together to host one.  

10. GaryH: The 2012 Seaside Visitors Guide is off to the printer leaving
Gary and his staff focused on Cannon Beach Magazine. You may still be able
to coax Gary into letting you place an ad even though the deadline has come
and gone. Gary and staff are now doing all the creative and promotional
materials for the City of Seaside’s Visitors Bureau. 

11. GaryH: Savor Cannon Beach 2012 is building. Festival tickets ($99) are
limited to 100 and have sold out in advance in past years, so tickets to
individual events will only be available at the door if space permits. Up to
400 additional tickets will available for just the Saturday Wine Tour (20+
Wineries) and will be available at a later date.
http://savorcannonbeach.com. Let Gary know what you have planned
info at savorcannonbeach.com 

12. GeorgeV: The former El Mundo space at Village Centre is for lease. 1700
sq ft right on Hemlock with double-door entry, skylight, vaulted ceiling,
storeroom, bathroom and good karma. Other Village Centre spaces also
available – george at cannon-beach.net. 503-739-1415. See some Village Centre
images in a slideshow at www.cannon-beach.net/vcinn/slideshow 

13. BobNer: EVOO has 6 seats remaining for each of the three days after
Christmas – Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. www.evoo.biz. 

14. GeorgeV: The last 15 minutes of today’s meeting was spent on FaceBook
and Twitter. Mo’s new wireless service is working perfectly. GaryH led off
by reminding everyone of the importance of using social media for more than
just a way to broadcast your messages.”Like” people who “like” you and share
and comment their postings. Think of it as a network where everyone is
helping everyone else. Go to the pages of people who “like” you and look at
the list of people who “like” them. “Like” those that you like. When you
“like” a post, your “like” is not shared, only when you “share” a post is it
shared. In order for social media to do us the most good, we need to spread
our messages out over time and not all at once. For example, Gary posted
about Savor Cannon Beach last week and for a short time it was shared
everywhere, but then like a flash in the pan, it was gone. To get more
exposure, we need to schedule out posts and “likes” and “shares” and
comments so we keep the info in the current flow. This is something we can
coordinate at our WMM sessions. Do come next week with your laptops and plan
to advance your knowledge and understanding of social media. And your
business!!

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 28, 2011, Mo’s, 8am. Bring your laptop
and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided courtesy of Mo’s. 

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone welcome)

Date: 12/14/2011  8am

Location: Mo’s

Number in attendance: 17

Present: LisaS, LindaD, KeithC, BrentD, TracyMc, KevinL, WendyH, BrianO,
JohnB, BobNer, CarolHun, MikeF, RobertK, JerryM, RobS, JamieS GeorgeV

Absent: Everybody else

Notes by George Vetter               

Discussion Items:

1.       CEDR

2.       Festival of Trees Concert Report

3.       Business after Hours – Report

4.       Coastal Harvest of Giving  Report

5        Wireless Coming to Mo’s

6.       Christmas Day Dinner at EVOO

7.       CB Elementary Closure?

8.       Intern at Chamber

9.      Cannon Beach Lit Up

10.    “Living Social” Alternative

11.    Weather Reports

12.    Tide Tables

13.    Christmas Dinner at Local Restaurants

14.    Shop Small

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 21, 2011, Mo’s, 8am Bring an Internet
device (wireless will be available) and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee
and tea provided courtesy of Mo’s

2.       KevinL: Working with Brent at the Chamber to come us with ideas for
future seminars in Cannon Beach with CEDR (Clatsop Co Economic Development
Resources) To Learn more about business counseling and workforce management
services, contact 503.338.2402, or sbdc at clatsopcc.edu. 

2.    JohnB: Cannon Beach Chorus’ concert at the Festival of Trees in
Seaside was a great success.  

3.    BrianO: Business after Hours by Cannon Beach Vacations Rentals was a
big hit – 70-80 people stopped by for food drink and Holiday cheer.  

4.   BobNer: The 2nd Annual Coastal Harvest of Giving benefit for the
Clatsop County Food Bank raised $45K. . 

5.  LisaS: As of later today, Mo’s will have wireless Internet. Bring your
laptops next week for some social media posting and sharing 

6.   BobNer: There are just six seat remaining for Christmas Dinner at EVOO.
503-436-8555 info at evoo.biz. 

7.   WendyH: There was heated discussion last night at City Hall regarding
the potential closure of Cannon Beach Elementary. It is estimated that the
old structures and awnings would not stand in an earthquake of the magnitude
expected. Even if it did, the short legs of the young children could not
carry them to safety in time to escape an ensuing tsunami. The council feels
obligated in light of the warnings being sounded by scientists to recommend
to the School District closure of the school. Seaside could currently
accommodate the students.  The council will consider the resolution at its
Jan 3 meeting.

8.   GeorgeV: A new face can be seen at the Chamber on Tues and Thur pm’s –
Chris Mullen – a CCC accounting student is doing his internship with Brent
at the Chamber. 

9.  GeorgeV: Cannon Beach is lit up for the season. For a slideshow to share
with your clients and friends find the link at www.cannon-beach.net. If
you’re out after dark, drive by the Stephanie Inn. Awesome! An image of it
posted on www.facebook.com/cannonbeachnet four days ago has already garnered
42 likes, 22 shares and 15 comments. Chime in. Spread the word. 

10. RobS: Here’s a new idea as a local alternative to “Living Social” and
“Groupon” Example: Offer a room at a hotel for $100 with $100 worth of
shopping/dining vouchers. The hotel would receive $50 of the $100 and each
business whose voucher was used would receive 50% of its value. This is not
a way to make money, but is a way to bring in new business that would
hopefully become regular customers. Rob would also use theidea to
subscriptions to his Oregon Coast Magazine. Wendy and some others said that
people using these kind of promotions don’t come back except for another
promotion of similar nature. Tracy said that this has worked for CB Hotel
Lodgings. 

11. RobertK: After a year of having CB Treasure Co here, it has become
apparent that the Portland weather people often mistakenly report bad
weather for the coast. Can we all begin to post and tweet what the weather
really is?  Send people to the live web cam for Channel 6 located at
Tolovana Inn -
http://weather.weatherbug.com/OR/Cannon%20Beach-weather/weather-cams/local-c
ams.html 

12. GeorgeV: Several years ago, after considerable research and observation
by various people it was concluded that the tides that correspond most
closely with Cannon Beach are those measured by NOAA at the North Jetty of
the Columbia River. Because of the many factors that influence tides from
one location to another, they cannot be predicted by interpolating. NOAA
only predicts tides where they measure them. They do not measure them in
Cannon Beach. The North Jetty of the Columbia River are the tides published
in the Cannon Beach Magazine, the Chamber website and on
www.Cannon-Beach.net.

13. JerryM: The Wayfarer Restaurant will be open for Christmas Dinner. Make
reservations now 503-436-1108. Other restaurants to be open are the Pig and
Morris’s

14. GeorgeV: There has been considerable attention paid to campaigns to
“Shop Local”. If these campaigns were 100% effective, most of us would be
out of business. There aren’t enough residents to support all of us. What we
should be campaigning for is to “Shop Small”. Wal-Mart, Kmart, Costco,
Target, etc, etc, etc have succeeded at the expense of millions of small
retailers. Put some signs up in your store that encourage people to “Shop
Small” 

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 21, 2011, Mo’s, 8am. Bring an Internet
device and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided courtesy of
Mo’s. 

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Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone welcome)

Date: 12/07/2011  8am

Location: Mo’s

Number in attendance: 17

Present: JimK, BrianO, JohnB, DebbieN, BrentDm, LenoreEm, BobNer, DanM,
GaryH, WendyH, SusanBo, GenevieveJ, AlexK, CarmenS, KathyK, JeffT, GeorgeV

Absent: Everybody else

Notes by George Vetter               

Discussion Items:

1.       New at today’s Meeting

2.       Chamber’s New Website

3.       Business after Hours – Thurs 4p

4.       CB Chorus Concert at SS Conv Ctr

5        Coastal Harvest of Giving – Thurs 5-9p

6.       Holiday Open House

7.       Holiday Body Products Class

8.       ‘Venues’ – Event Space Guide

9.      Savor Cannon Beach Mar 8-11

10.    Savor NW

11.    CB Mag Final Notice

12.    Push those 2011 CB Magazines

13.    Lodging Tax Revenue up 4% for Qtr

14.    City Potluck Mon Dec 12

15.    Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc)

16.    Interacting on Facebook

17.    WiFi at Tolovana Inn

18.    Christmas Promotion at George Vetter FotoArt

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 14, 2011, Mo’s, 8am Bring an Internet
device and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided courtesy of
Mo’s

3.       New at Today’s Meeting – Alex Kang – new manager at Mo’s. Alex is
living in Beaverton and commuting to Cannon Beach. He has managed at Shari’s
and Jack In The Box. 503-436-1111 moscan at pacifier.com

2.    BrentD: New Chamber Website is a work in progress. Feedback is needed.
Members are to contact Brent to get their username and password and to
receive training (approx ½ hour). Training in ongoing on Monday mornings –
brent at cannonbeach.org 503-436-2623. Member info will go on live as members
add content to their area. Members can submit events. Event submissions will
be filtered by Brent and Sharon.  www.cannonbeach.org 

3.    BrianO: Tomorrow, Dec 8 will be the CB Vacation Rentals Business after
Hours at Linda’s Christmas house at 3663 S Hemlock at Tyee St in Tolovana –
400p.  

4.   JohnB: Cannon Beach Choral Concert Dec 9 at 7pm during Festival of
Trees at SS Convention Ctr. Saturday night is the Festival of Trees event. 

5.  BobNer: Eight volunteers for plate up (servers) are needed tomorrow
(Thurs Dec 8) from 5-9p at the Surfsand Ballroom for Coastal Harvest of
Giving. You’ll be fed. Contact Bob info at evoo.biz  503-436-8555

6.   GenevieveJ: Holiday Open House at Acupuncture & Natural Medicine Clinic
Monday Dec 12,  12-3pm. 

7.   GenevieveJ: Holiday Body Products Class Sunday Dec 11 12-330pm. $25
Call 503-436-2255 or email cannonbeachacupuncture at gmail.com to RSVP by
Friday Dec 9. Bring a vegan dish to share. 

8.   SusanB: Ad deadline for space in the VENUES is Dec 20. 10K copies to be
printed by Coast River Business Journal. www.crbizjournal.com 

9.  GaryH: Savor Cannon Beach is March 8-11. Send your info to
info at savorcannonbeach.com. Find info on twitter – savorcb and on Facebook –
savorcannonbeach.

10. GaryH: Savor NorthWest is an idea that Gary is rolling out today. It is
a wine competition to crown the best wine. It will precede Savor Cannon
Beach and serve as a lead into it. www.savorNW.com 

11. GaryH: The ad deadline for Cannon Beach Magazine is past, but if you get
to Gary now, you can still get in. gary at coastexplorermagazine.com  

12. GaryH: It’s time to push the remaining CB Magazines out the door.
Ideally, the 2011 magazines are gone up just as the new ones arrive. Pick up
a stack for your business at the Chamber and get them into the hands of
visitors so they don’t end up at the  Cannon Beach Recycle Depot. 

13. WendyH: The quarter ending Sept 30th saw a 4% increase in Lodging tax.
Some of this increase is because it was just a year ago that the tax was
increased by 1% and rooms that were booked prior to the effective date were
exempt from the increase.

14. WendyH: The City potluck is Monday Dec 12 at 6pm at the Chamber
Community Hall. Learn more about the Tsunami options.

15.  GeorgeV: The last 15 minutes of WMMs will be devoted to social
media/networking. The goal is to better leverage social media (Facebook,
Twitter, etc) for our events and our businesses. Part of the time will be
spent learning from each other and part posting and sharing info.  

16.  GaryH: Using Facebook as a broadcast station for one’s own business is
not enough. It’s important to “like” other businesses, “comment” on their
sites and “share” posts from their sites. This serves to spread the info to
many more people. You are helping yourself at the same time you are helping
others. 

17.  GeorgeV: Mo’s does not have WiFi. Alex says there are no plans to get
it. George will ask Jim at Tolovana Inn if WMMs can take place there so WiFi
can be used for the social networking. 

18.  Shop Small, Shop Local. Mention this promotion at George Vetter FotoArt
for some very special locals pricing. Ask for Lo. 

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 14, 2011, Mo’s, 8am. Bring an Internet
device and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided courtesy of
Mo’s. 

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Wednesday Morning Meeting (round-table discussion, everyone welcome)

Date: 11/30/2011  8am

Location: Tolovana Inn

Number in attendance: 21

Present: WendyH, JohnB, BrianO. RobS, LisaS, BrentD, JamieS, ShandaB, JonR,
SusanB, JimMc, MichaelF,  KathyK, CarolH, LindaD, JoyceS, StephanieA,
MargoD, CarmenS, MelodyC, GeorgeV

Absent: Everybody else

Notes by George Vetter               

Discussion Items:

1.       New at today’s Meeting

2.       Business After Hours

3.       CB Choral Concert at SS Conv Ctr

4.       Chamber Website Launches today

5        1st Saturday Art Walk in SS

6.       Mo’s Construction postponed

7.       Mimosa Madness Recap

8.       Live Channel 6 TV cam at Tolovana Inn

9.      WOW Recap Mtg Tues 10am Ocean Lodge

10.    Maggie & Henry Gently Used Clothing Promo

11.    Lamplighting this Saturday

12.    Online Calendar at Northwest Magazines

13.    QR Codes in CB Mag

14.    Holiday Parties at Pizza a Fetta

15.    Photo Competition – Seaside

16.    North Coast Rotary Organizational Mtg tomorrow

17.    Melody’s Nursing Museum Featured in OR Home Mag

18.    December Dinner Shows at EVOO

19.    Christmas Promotion at George Vetter FotoArt

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 7, 2011, Back at Mo’s, 8am Bring an
Internet device and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided
courtesy of Mo’s

4.       New at Today’s Meeting – Jamie Spainhower – new editor at the
Cannon Beach Gazette. Jamie has a history of working at weekly publications.
She comes to us from Eugene. She is living in Cannon Beach with her dog.

2.    BrianO: Dec 8 will be the CB Vacation Rentals Business after Hours at
Linda’s Christmas house at 3663 S Hemlock at Tyee St in Tolovana – 400p

3.    JohnB: Cannon Beach Choral Concert Dec 9 at 7pm during Festival of
Trees at SS Convention Ctr.  

4.   BrentD: The new Chamber website will launch today. www.cannonbeach.org.
The site is a work in progress and feedback is encouraged. Member usernames
and passwords are not ready yet. A web app tied into the main site/database
will be brought out as soon as Weblinks can get to it. Probably a month or
more. JonR: Seaside rolled out their app in June and has had approx 3000
downloads. 

5.  JonR: This Saturday is the 1st Saturday Artwalk in Seaside. 

6.   LisaS: We can meet again next week at Mo’s. Their construction has been
postponed till next year. 

7.   WendyH: Retail stores appeared to be busy when Wendy was downtown early
on Friday. John and Brian said they had lodging guests here for the event
and really liked it KathyK: The media weather people were not on our side.
GeorgeV: The Mimosa Madness shoppers did not show up in my gallery. Those
few that came in were out sipping their morning coffee and were not shopping
or interested in mimosas. 

8.   JimMc: See the live web cam for Channel 6 located at Tolovana Inn -
http://weather.weatherbug.com/OR/Cannon%20Beach-weather/weather-cams/local-c
ams.html. 

9.  WendyH: There will be a WOW recap meeting Tuesday Dec 6 at 10am at the
Ocean Lodge. All are welcome.

10. MargoD: Maggie and Henry’s is accepting gently used clothing which will
be donated to a local charity (probably Women’s Resource Center). Receive
20% off your purchase in exchange for your donation. 

11. MargoD: This Saturday at 4pm is the Annual Lamplighting at Sandpiper
Square. Two 5th Graders will light the lamp again this year. Post this on
your Facebook – www.facebook.com 

12. RobS: Submit events to the Oregon Coast calendar at
http://www.northwestmagazines.com/oregon_coast_events_calendar.php. Mimosa
Madness was not on the calendar because it was not submitted.

13. GeorgeV: In a recent CB Magazine Review, I suggested including a QR code
next to the Chamber web address. All business should be including QR codes
on their printed materials. (explained at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code) I generated one for Cannon-Beach.Net
at http://qrcode.kaywa.com. To get a QR Code Reader for your smartphone, go
to your app store. The free one I downloaded has ads at the bottom of the
screen. Google “QR Code generator” to find a site to generate a QR code for
your site. JonR: Try to find a site that includes analytics so you can track
usage. Note: The site Rob and Jon mentioned – www.bit.ly, it not a QR
Generator, but rather a site to shorten a URL – similar to www.tinyurl.com 

14. KathyK: James at Pizza a Fetta sent flyers encourages businesses to
consider an affordable Holiday Party in their upstairs banquet room.
503-338-2294. www.pizza-a-fetta.com 

15.  JonR: Call for submissions – Still Photography and Videography. See
http://bit.ly/ONCPhoto.  

16.  JoyceS: Want to help in your community? And give back. Organizing
meeting Thursday Dec 1, 530 pm at South Campus of CCC. 1455 N Roosevelt Dr,
Seaside. Joyce.Stuber at steerlingsavings.com 503-738-8341

17.  MelodyC: The Nursing Museum will be featured in the Feb-Mar Issue of
Oregon Home Magazine. The Museum is not yet open but plans to do so on May
12, 2012

18.  ShandaB: For EVOO’s December dinner shows and their Christmas Eve menu
see www.evoo.biz 

19.  Shop Small, Shop Local. Mention this promotion at George Vetter FotoArt
for some very special locals pricing. Ask for Lo. 

Next Wednesday Morning Meeting – Dec 7, 2011, Back at Mo’s, 8am. Bring an
Internet device and bring your own coffee cup. Coffee and tea provided
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

231 N Hemlock, Box 164

Cannon Beach, OR 97110

503-436-1520 cell:739-1415

george at cannon-beach.net

-- 
George Vetter
Cannon-Beach Net
503-739-1415 or 436-1520

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