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Convention & Visitors Bureau Board
Meeting Minutes
11:30 a.m. — January 11, 2008
CVB Conference Room —103 W. 7kh St.
Nancy Benold, Janine Butler, Chris Dyer, Taunya Vessels
R.C. Lumpkin, Holly Tissier, Betty Ann Sensabaugh
Shelly Hargrove, Tourism Director
Trevor Dunham, Georgetown Heritage Society and Margie Ranc, Media
Relations
1. Call to Order
Chris, board vice -chair, called meeting to order at 11:33 a.m.
2. Minutes & Board Action
Minutes from the December 2007 meeting were not available for approval so will be
reviewed in January.
3. HOT Follow-up Report
Trevor Dunham from the Georgetown Heritage Society presented a follow- up
report for the HOT grant received for the Holiday Homes Tour. One note was that
tickets sales were up 20% over the previous year.
4. Update from Board Task Forces
• Public Awareness/Media Relations: Margie passed out her 2008 PR plan for
CVB. Shelly requested that the electronic newsletter go out in March instead of
the proposed June -September time period.
• New Markets: Reported that we are partnering with Texas Brazos Trail on
GLAMER Shows
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• Marketing: Chris contacts Lucas Adams once weekly on the film project. A
script is now wanted for the narrator (Jim Goff possibly) but discussion reflected
it'd slow down production of the film. Also, placement of kiosk in a local hotel
or attraction is not feasible since the city doesn't own them so control is in the
owner's purview.
• Visitor Info Centers: City Council recently decided that Municipal Court is
moving to the old library (police to go to the old Albertsons bldg.) Visitor Info
Center may move to Municipal Court's vacated space which is adjacent to
current Visitor Info Center across Main Street.
5. Staff Report
Shelly presented the staff report including that the ShopCentralTexas.com website
hits were 14,529 for December. Janine informed members of upcoming businesses to
open in Wolf Ranch like Bath & Body Works in late January, Cotton Patch restaurant
in March and Sephora in May to open at Wolf Ranch. Reviewed calendar dates to
remember like AAA travel shows.
6. Meeting adjourned at 12:43 p.m.
Approved a P d atteste to by:
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Nan c f Benoldlj Acting Board Secretary Date
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