2008/2009 Annual Report

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Table of Contents

Chamber Staff...................................................................................................................32008/2009 Board of Directors......................................................................................4Mission Statement/Objectives.....................................................................................52008/2009 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.............................................................................10Financial Report for Year Ended September 30, 2009...........................................11

Chamber of Commerce

Phyllis Snodgrass, PresidentRobert Watts, Executive Vice PresidentEric Bonar, Communications DirectorMargaret Lindsey, Membership Sales DirectorJoel Davis, BookkeeperEselda Rodriguez, Receptionist

Economic Development San Marcos

Amy Madison, DirectorRosemary Suniga, Research Assistant

Convention & Visitor Bureau

Rebecca Ybarra-Ramirez, DirectorDenise Duran, Administrative Assistant

Chamber Staff

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2008/2009 Board of DirectorsExecutive Board

Chairman - Dan RoyPriority Personnel, Inc.

Chairman-Elect - Joel WilliamsButler Manufacturing Co.

Vice Chairperson - Clay DeStefanoCentral Texas Medical Center

Past Chairman - John SchottFrost National Bank

Vice Chairperson - Michael HeintzeTexas State University-San Marcos

Treasurer - Earl StuddardNorth Carolina Furniture Direct

Secretary - Brenda DamronRandall Morris & Associates

Board Members

Michelle CarswellTanger Outlet Center

Denise CollazoGoodrich Corporation

Joe GomezCavender’s Boot City

Donna HillTime Warner Cable

Frank LeonardisEmber Industries, Inc.

Chuck NashChuck Nash Auto Group

Dan StaufferMcCoy’s Building Supply

Fraye StokesStokes Construction

Kay WilsonKeller 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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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 Educa-tion Committee for the Texas Economic Develop-ment 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

2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards

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 Com-mittees for the Austin-San Antonio Corridor Coun-cil

� 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 Entre-preneurial 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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Membership

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

2008/2009 Accomplishments and Awards

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.

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Chamber Luau

- Increased attendance and participation in Annual Luau – 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

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Education and Workforce Development

- Conducted first annual San Marcos Education Fair;- An outreach effort to deliver a message of higher educa-

tional 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

- 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

Tourism Development

- Hired Tom Cannon, Lofty Ideas, to conduct a Tourism Program Study including Current Tourism Program Evaluation, development of Tourism Advocacy Strat-egy, 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

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Member-To-MemberDiscount Program

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Budget Actual 2008-2009 2008-2009 Revenues Membership Revenues 200,438 237,668 Event Income 135,000 99,805 Program Income 114,648 124,399 Products and Services Income 56,400 40,097

Total Revenues

$506,486

$501,969

Expenditures Membership Expenses 16,138 27,317 Event Expenses 62,000 50,013 Program Expenses 55,662 68,881 Product and Service Expenses 18,240 16,620 General and Administrative Expenses 233,976 186,974 Operations Expenses 100,290 87,002

Total Expenditures

$486,306

$436,807

Net Revenues over Expenditures

before Depreciation

20,180

65,162

Depreciation Expense

(17,551)

(17,551)

Net Revenues over Expenditures

$2,629

$47,611

Financial Report for the Year Ended September 30, 2009

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San Marcos Area Chamber of CommerceP.O. Box 2310

202 North C.M. Allen Pkwy.San Marcos, Texas 78667

512.393.5900 (o)512.393.5912 (f)

www.sanmarcostexas.com