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Membership Matters
News from the Zanesville-Muskingum County Chamber of Commerce
March
16,
2010
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Chamber Annual Meeting - "Spring Break" Event - This Week!
The
Chamber's
annual
membership
meeting
is a
little
unorthodox.
While
many
chambers
of
commerce
have
traditional,
conservative
banquets,
we
try
to
offer
something
a
little
more
relaxing
and
a
lot
more
entertaining.
It's
called
Spring
Break,
and
while
it
is
still
our
annnual
meeting
it
is
very
casual
in
both
attitude
and
attire,
and
its
being
held
this
Friday
on
March
19
from
7 am
to 9
am
at
Hallowed
Hills.
We
use
this
event
to
celebrate
our
business
community's
successes
through
the
annual
Safety
Council
awards
and
ACES
awards
for
business
growth
and
development.
We
also
have
motivational
speaker
Scott
Brown
coming
to
pump
you
up
and
make
you
laugh.
Its
not
too
late
for
reservations
(individuals
$15,
reserved
tables
for
8
$250)
so
if
you
want
to
attend
email
jriddle@zmchamber.com
or
call
455-8282.
Also,
here's
more
information
on
the
event.
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Chamber
Board
of
Directors
elects
new
leaders
The
Board
of
Directors
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
elected
a
new
set
of
officers
last
week.
Jason
Heins
was
elected
Chairman
of
the
Board,
replacing
Larry
Triplett
who
served
for
two
years.
Triplett
remains
an
officer
as
past-chairman.
Other
officers
for
2010
are
Tom
Lyall,
chairman-elect,
Jane
Evans,
treasurer,
Ron
Dennis,
vice
chair,
Blair
Tom,
ZDA
chair,
and
Susan
McDonald,
CVB
chair.
Recognized
for
completing
their
terms
on
the
chamber
board
were
Mike
Nash,
Mike
Bennett,
Hank
Littick
and
Dave
Lewellen.
Six
individuals
were
appointed
to
new
one
year
terms
on
the
board:
Larry
Triplett,
Bill
Huston,
Chris
Olney,
Scott
Durant,
Susan
McDonald,
and
Todd
Johnson.
Six
other
board
members
will
be
confirmed
as
elected
to
new
three
year
terms
at
the
chamber's
annual
meeting
on
March
19:
Jason
Heins,
Stoey
Stout,
Tom
Lyall,
George
Hiotis,
Terry
Goss
and
Cindy
Baker.
Other
current
board
members
are
Mike
Bryan,
Commissioner
Brian
Hill,
Mayor
Butch
Zwelling,
Charlie
Brenner,
Mollie
Crooks,
Cass
Palmer,
Jack
Imes,
Kevin
Coveney,
Larry
Kavulich,
Michael
Steen,
Steve
Kisabeth,
Richard
Murray,
and
Dave
Mortimer.
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Chamber Board Endorses Issue 1
At
its
March
meeting
the
Chamber
Board
of
Directors
voted
to
endorse
passage
of
Issue
1 on
the
May
ballot.
Issue
1 is
the
renewal
of
the
Third
Frontier
initiative.
Created
in
2002
with
widespread
and
bipartisan
support
from
public-
and
private-sector
individuals
and
organizations
across
Ohio,
Third
Frontier
is
designed
to
establish
Ohio
as a
global
innovation
leader
and
fuel
economic
growth
and
job
creation
in
our
state.
Third
Frontier
provides
state
investment
to
promising
industries,
technologies
and
entrepreneurs.
The
bond
funding
mechanism
on
the
ballot
for
Third
Frontier,
approved
by
Ohio
voters
in
2005,
expires
in
2012.
Voter
approval
of
Issue
1
will
extend
funding
of
this
highly
successful
program
through
2016,
at a
level
of
$700
million
over
four
years.
For
more
information
go
to
this
website.
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And the Survey Says...
Last
month
we
conducted
a
survey
of
members
asking
you
to
tell
us
what
you
thought
of
President
Obama's
proposal
to
offer
a
$5,000
tax
credit
to
businesses
for
hiring
new
workers.
Nearly
70%
of
you
said
you
were
not
in
favor
of
this
plan.
For
the
complete
results
go
to
our
website.
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Visit Chamber on Facebook for daily updates
Please
visit
the
Chamber's
Facebook
page
for
daily
updates
on
chamber
activities.
And
if
you
are
a
Facebook
user,
become
a
"fan"
of
the
page
so
these
updates
come
right
to
your
account.
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Coming Up Next Week...
Please
join
us
next
week
for
several
interesting
meetings.
The
monthly
Safety
Council
meets
on
March
24.
The
speaker
is
Keith
Bullock
from
the
OSHA
on
site
consultation
program.
Also,
we
are
holding
a
Final
Friday
networking
meeting
on
March
26th.
For
a
complete
calendar
of
events
go
to
our
online,
interactive
calendar.
As a
member
of
the
chamber
you
may
also
enter
your
events
on
this
calendar
at
no
cost.
We
also
offer
a
community-wide
calendar
of
events
at
our
visitzanesville.com
website.
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