Visitor
Services Board Minutes From December 20, 2005
Chairman
Lynne Davies convened the meeting at 10:04 AM noting the following attendees:
VSB members: Lynne Davies, Chairman; Peter Bez, Vice Chairman;
Laurel Guadazno; Kathleen Fitzgerald; Michael Peregon; Mick Rudd; and Hersh
Schwartz.
Other attendees: Bill Schneider, Administrative Tourism Director.
Recorder: David Gardner.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
MOTION: Move to
approve the minutes of the December 13,
2005 VSB meeting as amended.
Motion by: Peter
Bez; Seconded
by: Michael Peregon Yea 6 Nay 0 Abstain
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DIRECTOR’S
REPORT
·
Bill
Schneider gave an update from the July 4th Fireworks Committee
meeting.
·
Focus
Communication will sign the contract as the Town PR’s Firm once the Town
Manager approves the contract language.
·
Press
release regarding the Grant Application process and the 2006 Calendar of
Events is currently being reviewed by the Town Manager.
·
Bill
Schneider presented the Tourism Office Press Kit Fact Sheet.
·
Trade
booth proofs were passed out for comments.
·
Bay
Windows advertising contract dispute.
Accept compromise with additional effort to get an advertorial story on
Provincetown to occur sometime in the spring.
·
2006
Schedule of meetings was approved.
·
Boston
Gay Wedding Expo, Sunday April 30, 2006 presented by the Rainbow Wedding Network. Same Sex Wedding Guide to Provincetown
should be created.
MOTION: Move to authorize
money from FY05 Marketing budget not to exceed $400.00 to attend the
Boston Gay Wedding Expo.
Motion by: Peter Bez; Seconded by: Kathleen
Fitzgerald; Yea: 7, Nay: 0, Abstain: 0
BUDGET REVIEW
Lynne Davies
presented actual VSB Budget totals for FY2005 and FY2006.
STRATEGIC
ECONOMIC CULTURAL PLAN
Lynne Davies
presented a copy of the Strategic Economic Cultural Plan of December 5, 2005,
which was presented to the EDC at their December 7, 2005 meeting. The recommendation of the Report was to
implement the Destination Marketing Organization option. VSB should reach out to the Chamber, PBG,
etc. al… to get their recommendations
and support before presenting to the EDC and the BOS. The EDC has invited the public to attend a meeting on January 31,
2006 at 6PM at the Fine Arts Work Center where a formal presentation of the
Strategic Economic Cultural Plan will be presented to the Board of Selectmen
and members of the Board of Directors of both the Provincetown Business Guild
and Provincetown Chamber of Commerce.
The greatest issue
of concern is how the control and accountability of the Tourism Fund will be
handled. A combined marketing budget
could provide the benefits of economy of scale and greater control over the
budget.
EDC Sub-Task Force
representatives from the VSB will include Lynne Davies, Mick Rudd, and Peter
Bez.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:22 PM.