2008-2009 Annual Report by San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce

2008/2009 Annual Report

Table of Contents Chamber Staff...................................................................................................................3 2008/2009 Board of Directors......................................................................................4 Mission Statement/Objectives.....................................................................................5 2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards..........................................................6-10 State and National Recognition and Service.................................................6 Regional and Local Recognition and Service................................................6 Membership Development.................................................................................7 2009 Business Expo.............................................................................................7 Chamber Luau.......................................................................................................7 Tri-City Golf Fest................................................................................................8 Governmental Affairs..........................................................................................8 Education and Workforce Development.......................................................8 Economic Development......................................................................................9 Tourism Development.........................................................................................9 Communications and Image.............................................................................10 Financial Report for Year Ended September 30, 2009...........................................11

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Chamber Staff Chamber of Commerce Phyllis Snodgrass, President Robert Watts, Executive Vice President Eric Bonar, Communications Director Margaret Lindsey, Membership Sales Director Joel Davis, Bookkeeper Eselda Rodriguez, Receptionist

Economic Development San Marcos Amy Madison, Director Rosemary Suniga, Research Assistant

Convention & Visitor Bureau Rebecca Ybarra-Ramirez, Director Denise Duran, Administrative Assistant

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2008/2009 Board of Directors Executive Board

Chairman - Dan Roy Priority Personnel, Inc.

Chairman-Elect - Joel Williams Butler Manufacturing Co.

Secretary - Brenda Damron Randall Morris & Associates

Past Chairman - John Schott Frost National Bank

Vice Chairperson - Michael Heintze Texas State University-San Marcos

Treasurer - Earl Studdard North Carolina Furniture Direct

Vice Chairperson - Clay DeStefano Central Texas Medical Center

Board Members

Michelle Carswell Tanger Outlet Center

Frank Leonardis Ember Industries, Inc.

Denise Collazo Goodrich Corporation

Chuck Nash Chuck Nash Auto Group

Joe Gomez Cavender’s Boot City

Dan Stauffer McCoy’s Building Supply

Donna Hill Time Warner Cable

Fraye Stokes Stokes Construction

Kay Wilson Keller Williams Realty

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Mission Statement To improve the economic prosperity and quality of life of our members through leadership, education and business advocacy.

Primary Objectives To ensure a stable, financially sound Chamber by focusing on core activities and solid execution: - Generating business opportunities - Creating an environment for sustained prosperity - Leading economic development efforts - Providing an environment for networking - Raising awareness of key issues

Secondary Objectives Position the Chamber to LEAD. The Chamber Staff, Board of Directors and Committees working to build collaborative efforts focused on bettering: - Our economy - Our talent - Our community

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2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards State and National Recognition and Service � Chamber President Phyllis Snodgrass served on Board of Regents for U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Organization Management, West Institute Site � Chamber President Phyllis Snodgrass appointed by Governor Perry to serve on the State P-16 Council � Chamber President Phyllis Snodgrass served on Oversight Board for South West Texas Border Region - SBDC � EDSM San Marcos presented top award from Business Retention and Expansion International (BREI) for the “Grow One San Marcos” program. � EDSM Director, Amy Madison, served on the Education Committee for the Texas Economic Development Council � CVB Director, Rebecca Ybarra-Ramirez served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus � CVB Director, Rebecca Ybarra-Ramirez recently appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Texas Travel Industry Association

Regional and Local Recognition and Service � Chamber President, Phyllis Snodgrass, served on the founding Board of Directors for TexHealth Central Texas � Chamber President, Phyllis Snodgrass, served on the Austin Chamber of Commerce Education Progress Report Committee � EDSM Director, Amy Madison served on the Gary Job Corps Business Advisory Council � EDSM Director, Amy Madison served on the Economic Development and Transportation Committees for the Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council � EDSM Director, Amy Madison served on the Finance and Economics Advisory Board for the McCoy School of Business, Texas State University � CVB Director, Rebecca Ybarra-Ramirez served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Hill Country Trail Region � Chamber President Phyllis Snodgrass served on United Way of Hays County Board � Chamber President Phyllis Snodgrass served as an Advisory Board Member for the Center for Entrepreneurial Action, Texas State University � CVB Director, Rebecca Ybarra-Ramirez, served as co-chair of Summerfest 2009 � EDSM Director, Amy Madison graduated from Leadership San Marcos, May 2009

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2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards Membership - Introduced Tier Memberships in 2009! - Added 200 new members at Membership Event 2009! - Closed year with 47 tier members, 953 total members!

Business Expo 2009 - Revamped San Marcos Business Expo, taking it to the City of San Marcos Conference Center and increasing visibility and attendance. - Completely sold out with 110 booths.

Chamber Luau - Increased attendance and participation in Annual Luau â&#x20AC;&#x201C; estimated attendance 150, exceeded projected income

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2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards Tri-City Golf Fest - Over 950 golfers attended the 4 day tournament, now in it’s 38th year - Offered hole sponsorship opportunities to members in 2009

Governmental Affairs - Successfully promoted Road Bond Package – Fall 2008; - Advocated against Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) – Spring 2009 - Partnered with Texas Prosperity Project -linked to website, Fall 2008 - Instituted Permit Follow-up Program to monitor city permitting process and provide support to businesses building in San Marcos

Education and Workforce Development - Conducted first annual San Marcos Education Fair; - An outreach effort to deliver a message of higher educational attainment - Event in October 2008, over 1,500 attended event - Event in October 2009 brought in over 2,000 attendees - Stay in School = success messaging in place through posters and ads run at local movie theatre - Partnered with Austin Chamber of Commerce and SMCISD on first Education Progress Report for San Marcos - Created the first Educational Promotional brochure to actively promote San Marcos public education system to newcomers - Merged “Mentors Make a Difference” program with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hays County (BBBS) – increased BBBS bowling fundraiser from $3k to $10k income - Conducted FAFSA workshop for SMCISD, Spring 2009 - Conducted 1st “Early Readers Make Leaders” Pre-K Book Drive, July 2009 - Partnered with Rotary Club of San Marcos and Workforce Soultions Rural Capital Area Board on Annual Job Fair at San Marcos Activity Center, Spring 2009

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2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards Economic Development

Tourism Development

- Hired Market Street Services to conduct Comprehensive Economic Development Strategic Plan for San Marcos - Organized “Partners for Progress” to fund and oversee strategic planning - Raised $150,000 through Partners for Progress to be matched with city contributions during plan implementation - Created “Grow One” BRE program and used program to successfully land HEB expansion, Spring 2009

- Hired Tom Cannon, Lofty Ideas, to conduct a Tourism Program Study including Current Tourism Program Evaluation, development of Tourism Advocacy Strategy, Tourism Economic Impact study, Destination Audit, Visitor Intercept Study, revised Marketing Plan, Creation of a Board Orientation Program and Salary Study of comparable CVB’s; - Project is currently 75% complete; some studies continue to gather information through Fall 2009 and early Spring 2010 - Celebrate Tourism Annual Luncheon launched July 2009 - Tourism Economic Impact Study released July 2009

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2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards Communications & Image - Introduced Quarterly print newsletters - Partnered with Constant Contact in order to: - Reformat Weekly E-newsletter - Increase distribution - Offer discount to Chamber members who sign up through the Chamber - Issued 225 press releases on behalf of the Chamber - Established Linked-In Chamber Group and Twitter, http://twitter.com/smchamber, presence for Chamber - Created SOAR Website, www.soarsanmarcos.com, and Business Expo Website, www.sanmarcosbizexpo.com - More than 367,443 visitors to www.sanmarcostexas.com

Member-To-Member Discount Program

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Financial Report for the Year Ended September 30, 2009 Budget 2008-2009

Revenues

Membership Revenues Event Income Program Income Products and Services Income Total Revenues

Expenditures

Membership Expenses Event Expenses Program Expenses Product and Service Expenses General and Administrative Expenses Operations Expenses Total Expenditures Net Revenues over Expenditures before Depreciation Depreciation Expense Net Revenues over Expenditures

Actual 2008-2009

200,438 135,000 114,648 56,400

237,668 99,805 124,399 40,097

$506,486

$501,969

16,138 62,000 55,662 18,240 233,976 100,290

27,317 50,013 68,881 16,620 186,974 87,002

$486,306

$436,807

20,180

65,162

(17,551)

$2,629

$47,611

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San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 2310 202 North C.M. Allen Pkwy. San Marcos, Texas 78667 512.393.5900 (o) 512.393.5912 (f) www.sanmarcostexas.com

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