Committee Details
Mission, members, & meeting schedule
MISSION STATEMENT
The purpose of the Events Committee is to organize and manage the Chamber’s social and educational events, including networking socials, informational seminars, annual fundraisers, and the annual Member Thanks party.
MEETING SCHEDULE
Every other Thursday 5pm via Zoom. Zoom link.
MEMBERS
- Chairperson: Susan Tully
- Co-Chairperson: Jennifer Ersalesi
- Member: Tom La Tourette
- Member: **pending**
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Committee Tasks
What our committee is expected to do.
The Events Committee will:
- (1) plan and organize networking socials
- (2) plan and organize educational/ informational events
- (3) plan and organize the signature annual chamber events, such as, the member celebration, the annual wine tasting,
- work in conjunction with the Parade Committee and other Committees as warranted to ensure timely, to host and provision
- NEW: Maintain an Events Committee Planning Calendar that tracks known dates for other local events (as date restrictions)
- (4) In January the Events Committee meets on its own separately from the Board to create a committee plan & proposal & pick its members to be approved by the Chamber Officers.
- (6) Each month the Events Committee will report by the 1st of the month in preparation for the directors’ meeting on or about the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Key Performance Indicators
How we measure success.
- Plan, schedule, and execute a Chamber social event every other month (four times a year?).
- Hold at least three educational seminars or webinars in 2025 that are attended by at least 15 members each.
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Hold at least two fundraisers in 2025 (including annual wine tasting) that gross $3,000+ each.
- Achieve attendance of at least 100 people at our annual 'Thanks to Members' party.
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Best Practices
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- Fundraisers: A small but generous crowd (buying raffle tickets, donation announcement at event, etc.) can net more than a large but impecunious crowd.
- Schedule webinars to suit multiple constituents AND/OR poll for best times.
- Personal invitation to first event.
- Advertise members-only webinars in social media (i.e. to non-members too).
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