Notes of the Communications & Membership
Committee Meeting Held

July 10 , 2007 at
NCTD, 810 Mission Avenue, Oceanside CA 92054

Those present: Sharon Tootle, Co-Chair, Phyllis Hall (NCTD Staff Support), Sarah Benson NCTD, Debra Rosen-Escondido Downtown Business Association, Jeff Segall-Tri-City Medical Center

I.   Call to Order

     Phyllis Hall called the meeting to order at 9:11 a.m.

II.  Approval of Notes

     Meeting notes from April 11, 2007 were reviewed.
     Sarah Benson's name will be added to the attendance record and
     Pete Aadland's name will be removed.

III.  Old Business

A. Constant Contact:

Escondido Downtown Business Association will contribute $500 to sponsor TABNCís "Constant Contact" electronic e-mail management program; in return EDBA will be recognized as the sponsor on TABNC e-mails from Constant Contact. Debra Rosen will make a request to the board to approve applying for a TABNC credit card. Debra, Debbie and Dorota will meet to work on the template designs and database.

The group reviewed Board Goals for 2007, a discussion of increasing membership, including COASTER/commuter members and CEO's for TABNC took place.

Sharon Tootle will draft a statement and send it to Debra Rosen and Jeff Segall, for the purpose of building membership by asking Chambers to include it in their e-newsletter blasts. It will speak to Chamber and Business Association members. Debra suggested something similar to this statement:

"Do you want to be informed about what's being done to improve transit for your business and employees? If parking and traffic gridlock is affecting your bottom line, sign up for TABNC today, visit www.tabnc.com.

Jeff Segall will do the follow-up with Chamber Associations and SDNEDC.

IV.  New Business

Send article to North County Times regarding the WTS Award Dinner

Debra Rosen will secure press coverage about the work that TABNC is doing with quotes from board members (Ted Owens and Debra Rosen) on why they are TABNC members. Phyllis will send Debra some speaking points.

Combining Communication and Membership meeting times was discussed and will be proposed to the board.

V. Comments

VI. Announcements

VI. Next Meeting – October 11, 2007 @ 9AM ( joint meeting)

VII. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.

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Chairman of the Communications or Membership Committee 

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