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GEORGETOWN
TEXAS
Convention & Visitors Bureau Board
Meeting Minutes - April 5, 2007
Parks & Rec. Admin. Room
Present: Betty Ann Sensabaugh, Florence Gould, Nancy Benold, RC
Lumpkin, Taunya Vessels, Holly Tissier
Absent: Chris Dyer
City Staff: Shelly Hargrove, Tourism Director
Visitor: Phyllis Dolich, Williamson County Chapter of the Native Plant Society
of Texas
1. Call to Order
RC Lumpkin called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m.
2. Meeting Minutes
Minutes from the March 1, 2007 meeting reviewed. MOTION was made and
seconded (Sensabaugh/Benold) to approve the minutes. All in favor, none
opposed.
3. Board Secretary Election
Chair nominated Holly Tissier to the position of Board Secretary. A MOTION
by Benold to elect Holly, with a second by Sensabaugh. All in favor, none
opposed.
4. HOT Grant Application
MOTION made by Benold and seconded by Gould to approve $6000 of financial
assistance with the administrative costs of facilitating convention registration for the
NPSOT/NPAT 2007 Joint Symposium in October. All in favor, none opposed.
5. Discussion of CVB Board Meeting Time
The CVB Board discussed the possibility of changing the time of the monthly
CVB Board meetings. A MOTION was made by Benold and a second by
Sensabaugh to change the meeting time to the first Friday of each month at 11:30
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a.m. at the CVB Conference Room starting with May 2007 meeting. All in favor,
none opposed.
6. Task Force Reports
a) Public Awareness: RC reported that the task force had met and reviewed
their prime objective which is to increase awareness of the economic
impact of tourism. They believe that the CVB should have regular
communication with target groups like City Council, Chamber of
Commerce, DGA, Main Street program, Economic Development, Sun
City, etc. They would like to invite key representatives from the groups to
attend future CVB Board meetings. Chris Dyer also initiated work on the
tourism video. Mark Thomas with ED will be invited to next month's
meeting.
b) Marketing: RC wants to develop a comment/survey card for visitors to fill
out. Lucas is looking at moving the interactive kiosk around to different
hoteliers in Georgetown. The task force wants to explore a way to get a
message of tourism on Channel 10.
c) Visitor Info. Centers: Betty Ann discussed getting a copy of the historic
tour brochure of Georgetown and updating it. The task force also talked
about doing some hospitality training for VIC volunteers.
d) New Markets: Have not met yet, but Taunya and Holly plan to have a
meeting in April so they can report an update at the May meeting.
7. Staff Report
Shelly highlighted the new Texas Travel Facts brochure from the state tourism
office and let the board know it was a good reference for the latest tourism
figures. She called attention to recent CVB ads, media exposure and upcoming
dates to remember. We were informed that Main Street's 25'" Anniversary
Celebration is May 18-19 and they will be doing a fundraising dinner event on
the 18k" in the library.
8. Meeting adjourned at 8:07 p.m. (BenoldlTissier)
Approved and attested to by:
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