One of my primary goals as board chairman is to ensure that the Chamber is poised for success not only now, but for years to come. This Chamber weathered the recession far better than most and we are back on a growing track as the economy revives. In order for the Chamber to be a successful leader in the community now and in the future, our key focus will be on delivering value to our members.
Businesses join and remain members of the chamber for a variety of reasons. The Chamber offers more than 350 different events a year each with their own appeal from technology and human resources seminars to First Friday breakfasts and Sundowners. We want members to know and understand that the Chamber is working to better the business climate here in Carlsbad and throughout state all throughout the year. I have asked our board to mobilize and go out and visit members this year. We want to say thank you for being a member and to find out what would be helpful to your business. Don't be surprised if the mayor or one of our fine city council members pays you a visit as well.
To kick things off In March, the Chamber staff, the Board of Directors, and other volunteers will go out on the street to take the pulse of Carlsbad's business community. We're going to visit businesses in Carlsbad to thank them for doing business in the city and to ask them personally how they've recovered from the economic downturn. We also want to know what we can do to assist them.
We are not going to necessarily be able to bring you new customers, but we can show you a way to get to know a lot of great business people with goals similar to yours. Once they get to know you and you get to know them, they likely will want to do business with you. We all would prefer to do business with people we know and trust. Many of us will almost exclusively do business with Chamber members. Look for our teams to be out on the street primarily on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in March.
Lastly, our Board retreat in late January gave us an opportunity to hear from City and School District leaders. Mayor Hall and Councilmember Wood participated with the Board and staff on a exercise led by Nancy McMonigal of Locus Media, a chamber member, and Gregg Fasbinder of Locus Media/Sagatica.
We developed a Marketplace of ideas and then met in small teams to expand upon some of the popular ideas and determine if they were feasible and who would be willing to invest time in an idea to bring it to fruition. We will keep a spotlight on those ideas over the course of the year to see what we can implement to help sustain the Chamber for the Future.
Businesses join and remain members of the chamber for a variety of reasons. The Chamber offers more than 350 different events a year each with their own appeal from technology and human resources seminars to First Friday breakfasts and Sundowners. We want members to know and understand that the Chamber is working to better the business climate here in Carlsbad and throughout state all throughout the year. I have asked our board to mobilize and go out and visit members this year. We want to say thank you for being a member and to find out what would be helpful to your business. Don't be surprised if the mayor or one of our fine city council members pays you a visit as well.
To kick things off In March, the Chamber staff, the Board of Directors, and other volunteers will go out on the street to take the pulse of Carlsbad's business community. We're going to visit businesses in Carlsbad to thank them for doing business in the city and to ask them personally how they've recovered from the economic downturn. We also want to know what we can do to assist them.
We are not going to necessarily be able to bring you new customers, but we can show you a way to get to know a lot of great business people with goals similar to yours. Once they get to know you and you get to know them, they likely will want to do business with you. We all would prefer to do business with people we know and trust. Many of us will almost exclusively do business with Chamber members. Look for our teams to be out on the street primarily on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in March.
Lastly, our Board retreat in late January gave us an opportunity to hear from City and School District leaders. Mayor Hall and Councilmember Wood participated with the Board and staff on a exercise led by Nancy McMonigal of Locus Media, a chamber member, and Gregg Fasbinder of Locus Media/Sagatica.
We developed a Marketplace of ideas and then met in small teams to expand upon some of the popular ideas and determine if they were feasible and who would be willing to invest time in an idea to bring it to fruition. We will keep a spotlight on those ideas over the course of the year to see what we can implement to help sustain the Chamber for the Future.