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Miranda Schryver
From: Hattie [Hattie@olypen.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:00 PM
To: Hattie
Subject: TCC Minutes from July 10, 2007
Attachments: Minutes TCC July 10 07.doc
Attached are minutes from July 10th meeting
NEXT MEETING: August 21, 10 am to noon at Port Hadlock Inn
Hattie Dixon, >" ."<
Peninsula Ad Works
360.582.9595
fax: 360.582.0909
7/18/2007
Jefferson County TCC
Minutes, July 10, 2007
Inn at Port Hadlock
Attended: Bob Huelsdonk, Kathie Sharp, Dan Youra, Debi Bainbridge, Linda Tudor
Unavailable: Joy Baisch, Anna Matsche, Frances Rawski
Others attending: John Austin, Bill Roney, Diane Schostak, Hattie Dixon
Minutes from May 22, 2007 approved.
New voting members approved by County: Dan Youra, Frances Rawski, Kathie Sharp, Joy
Baisch, Anna Matsche
ACTION: New officer's vote held until group becomes more acquainted.
• Linda Tudor -interim president. 30 years in Brinnon, active in community and
Chamber, TCC member for a long time. Real Estate
• Joy Baisch, Elk Meadows B&B, Brinnon. Active in community.
• Kathie Sharp. New to area; 20 years in tourism. Ready to get her feet wet-will observe
for a couple meetings. Port Ludlow Resort
• Dan Youra, Youra Publications. In area and tourism since 1982. Involved with
development of Gateway VIC.
• Debi Bainbridge, Inn at Port Hadlock. Career in hospitality, at Port Ludlow Resort for 7
years; very interested in tourism.
• Bob Huelsdonk, Hoh Humm Ranch. Part of TCC since 1990 (he passed out a written
history of the TCC). No chamber at West end-works with Forks Chamber and
developed the VIC at Kalaloch with seasonal Park Ranger.
• Diane Schostak. In West End tourism, Forks since mid-1980's. Now manages the
Olympic Peninsula Joint Marketing and the NOPVCB
• John Austin, Elected councilman Nov. 2006. Psychology in Minnesota for 20 years.
Hiked from Dosewallips to Hoh Humm Ranchthrough the Olympics-he'd rather
drive it.
• Bill Roney. Wyoming retail tourism; to Port Townsend in 1994. Joined Jefferson
County Historical Society in 2001. Gateway VIC as of 2006
• Hattie Dixon, Peninsula Ad Works. Tourism for 35 years, facilitating tourism groups for
10 years
Research
• Bill Roney passed out the tracking results from May/June from Gateway VIC.
ACTION: Linda to check tracking methods in Quilcene. Bob to get tracking info from
West End.
Website Committee
• Meeting with Inside0ut postponed by mutual consent until late July.
• Dan Youra now on web committee
Marketing Details
• John Austin brought lodging tax collection info since 2003. These stats will become
regular part of TCC meetings.
ACTION: Hattie to assist in identifying information on lodging tax chart.
• Current Budget presented, $12,596 uncommitted funds. Must be spent before end of
year.
Marketing Ideas for uncommitted funds
• Print Ads
• Signage owned by County at Gateway VIC
• .Enhance Internet
o Internet banners
o E-mail newsletters
o Buy words on Google
o Better photos for website and flash
o Cell phone "push" advertising. Advertisers pay per response from customer
ACTION: Dan to create info-sheet for cell phone messaging technology
• Map with lodging
• Research at VICs
ACTION: Bill and Linda to get research costs for Gateway and Quilcene.
• Ferry Guide, Olympic Peninsula, 4 page insert $7,000 (40,000 print)
• Pool funds with Clallam County
ACTION: Diane to research options for next meeting including broadcast, a-mail lists and
Internet
ACTION: Marketing for falUwinter to be determined at next meeting.
2008 Budget Committee
• 2008 Budget to County by September
• Budget committee: Debi, Linda, Dan, Bob
ACTION:
• Meet prior to next meeting and within 2 weeks of receiving reports below.
• Notify partners to turn in spending reports by July 24t''.
• Notify partners to turn in their budget requests for approval by September
• Reports to be reviewed by TCC through a-mail
Joint Marketing
• Retreat August 2, 2007 at Quality Inn in Sequim. 10 am to 4 pm.
• Diane is available to tourism groups to present Joint Marketing activities this year.
NEXT MEETING August 21 (Tuesday), 10 am to noon (2 hours), Inn at Port Hadlock
• Agenda to include discussion on marketing to small conferences