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Home My WebLink AboutM061212 TCC Minutes, Draft, 6-12-12 Quilcene Historical Museum 10:00 am Members attending were: Bill Roney, Joy Baisch, Allison Willing, Diane Schostak, Carol Christiansen Others: Bob Rosen, John Austin via phone Staff: Kitti deLong Excused: Chuck Russell Unexcused: Amanda, Nathan LaPlante Special Guest Bob Rosen presented information about the new performance venue Linger Longer Outdoor Theater and gave a special tour to attendees of the TCC meeting. First performance will be Chris McKinney on July 21, 2012, at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, with children under 12 free. Buy tickets at Lingerlongerproductions.com, or call 765-3321. Bring your own camp chairs and/or blankets. These are family venues and no alcohol will be allowed. On Sept. 1, Hannah Weeks performs. Commissioner’s Update – John Austin Via phone, John reported that he has gotten the most recent update on sales tax and LTAC income. We are staying at 12% below last year’s level and John is hoping that will not last. Monday, the BOCC signed off on the final design of the Port Hadlock sewage treatment plant, which can ultimately be really helpful for that area. Washington State DOT is talking about having another Port Townsend-Coupeville ferry after 9:00 pm. John announced the Annual Quilcene Beach Party at the Monday morning BOCC meeting. John hung up after his report. Bob Rosen led a brief tour of the Theater on the Worthington property next to the Museum. Minutes Allison moved to accept the April Minutes with one change, that Diane was excused, and to accept the May Minutes as written. Bill seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Financial Reports Diane moved to accept the Financial Reports from both May and June as presented. Carol seconded. Motion passed unanimously. OPTC – Diane WTA changed membership fee structure and for organizations, the fee changed from $300 to $500. OPVB has paid the $500. Diane needs to invoice TCC for the FAM Tour breakfast. Discussion about developing more FAM Tours considering the success of the most recent FAM tour in Jefferson and Clallam Counties. Several articles have already been written by some of the writers who were on the tour, and more are in the works. Most of the tour expenses were comped, though Willie Nelson did have to charge $250 for the bus for the FAM tour. Second Printing of Adventure Map – Bill We need to print the maps again. The folded form is by far the most popular version. Bill has had a quote for 8,000 maps to get us to the end of the year then we can decide how many more to print. Discussion about when the changes should be done. Bill will get a quote from SOS and from the Printery as well. We paid $2,345 for 30,000 maps with tax the last time we printed. Bill will ask for 20 lb. boxes so they can be handled more easily. It was decided to order a larger amount to keep the cost per map down. Bill will get bids and keep the total cost at $3,000 or less, with tax, and order ¾ of the amount printed in the folded version. Spring Marketing Campaign – Debbie Black Final Report 6/12/2012 Print/Online/Broadcast Advertising All paid advertising schedules are now complete, with the exception of our 6- Seattle Dining.com. month schedule on My Comcast representative sent attached report for the in-banner video that ran on Xfinity.com in March and April. If you missed Chef Dan Ratigan’s May 9 interview on Table Talk Radio, you can . listen to it here http://tabletalkradio.net/show-details/show-details-may-9/ Seattle Dining Banner ads will continue to rotate on through September. Our ad st in Seattle Dining’s June Special Advertiser section posted on Friday, June 1, th and was e-blasted to Seattle Dining subscribers on June 6. We will have one more ad in the marketplace section of Seattle Dining’s sister publication, Sound Rider, in September. Guest Blog Posts Jill Lightner, editor, Edible Seattle Magazine, has agreed to accept 4 guest posts for the magazine’s Fresh Sheet blog, highlighting different aspects of the Olympic Chef Jon Culinary Adventure route. The first post, A Little Soup, was provided by LuzadderAjax Café. of the Additional posts will be provided by the following guest bloggers on the following dates: 6/20: Olympic Cellars & Hama Hama Oyster Company (Topic: Upcoming Event) 7/2: The Fireside Restaurant, Port Ludlow (Topic: Partnership between local farmers & chef) 7/18: Nash’s Farm Store (Topic: History of the Farm Store). FAM Tour Coverage Bobbie Hasselbring, one of the May FAM Tour participants, recently wrote a very nice piece on the Chimacum Corner Farmstand for Real Food Traveler. Hasselbring is the editor of Harbors, Kenmore Air’s in-flight magazine, and will be publishing a summer article on The Resort at Port Ludlow, which hosted the FAM tour writers overnight, and a fall or winter piece on Chef Dan Ratigan. Press Release st The attached press release was distributed on May 31. Peter Szymczak, former editor of Northwest Palate Magazine and current freelance writer, has pitched the story to a few editors. The Oregonian has expressed interest in a possible story, and will confirm later this week. If approved, Szymczak would travel the culinary adventure route himself. The Travel Editor at the Seattle Gay News also expressed interest in the story idea, and will be contacting the freelancers he works with to see if anyone is interested in doing a story. Promotion Jay Beeton The winners of the May website drawing (olympicpeninsula.org) are Manitou Springs, Colorado Christina GrecoAllentown, New of and of Jersey . Each won atwo-night stay at their choice of Aramark properties (Lake Quinault Lodge; Kalaloch Lodge; Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort; Lake Crescent Lodge) with dinner for 2 and a kayak trip with Adventures Through Kayaking for 2. Fall Campaign I hope to organize another small media tour for the fall, and have reached out to a few select media representatives to gage their level of interest. I’ve not received any replies to date. # # # Carol thanked Debbie Black for her help with promoting the Chance McKinney event. LTAC Funding Docs Redesign Diane stated that bureaus and DMO’s are exempt from doing the LTAC Annual Report and TCC may come under that designation. Carol announced that July 7 will be the Theater Dedication and the TCC Members are invited. The Worthington Park Campaign is now at $107,000. Meeting adjourned at noon. There will be no TCC meeting in July. The next TCC Meeting will be on August 14, 2012, at 10:00 am at the Quilcene Historical Museum.