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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-24-15 TBID MinutesBozeman Tourism Business Improvement District Minutes of Meeting February 24, 2015 Chamber of Commerce Building, Bozeman, Montana Present: Daryl Schliem (Executive Director) TBID Board Members: Andrew Ash, Benno Garwood, Sandra Hodge, Larry Lambert, Tom Stenzel Public: Lisa Sabena (Lewis and Clark), Kali Gillette (Flying Horse), JC Estensen (Flying Horse), Jeff Krause (City of Bozeman), Mark Robinson (Museum of the Rockies), Katie Clark (Holiday Inn Express and Suites), Blake Naber (Holiday Inn), Matt Sease (Super 8), Dan Rust (State Farm/GV Tournament Committee) • At 12:02 pm, the TBID Meeting was called to order • Introductions • Minutes from previous meeting – Larry motioned to approve, second by Andrew, motion to approve minutes carried unanimously. • Disclosures – None • Public Comment – None • Flying Horse gave a marketing update. In the March meeting they will have the final results for the winter campaign, and a plan for the summer campaign. JC stressed the importance of identifying a unified “Bozeman” logo identity. Currently there are several Bozeman logos floating around which can create some confusion. Larry motioned that the TBID supports the idea of having a consistent marketing message for Bozeman, relating to the “Only in Bozeman” slogan. Seconded by Sandra, motion approved. • Discussion on workforce development issues. It was decided it was not something the TBID needs to be involved in, as there are already companies out there that already do J-1, H2B, etc. employment. • Bozeman Airport Visitor Center was seeking $16,000 in funding from the TBID. In 2014 the TBID funded $8,000, so they were looking for $8,000 more for 2015. The necessary funding to run the visitor center is $58,100, so the additional funding would come from the Belgrade Chamber, Bozeman Chamber and the Bozeman CVB. Motion to approve $16,000 in funding for the visitors center by Tom, second by Larry, motion approved. • There was discussion of printing an extra 10,000 copies of the Bozeman Visitor and Relocation Guides for Bozeman hotels. This would cost $7,000 for the additional copies. Sandra motion to approve $7,000 in TBID funding for the extra 10,000 copies, second by Tom, motion approved. • Discussion on photos for the website, specifically, hiring a photography company to take a set number of photographs of a set style and format of all the hotels to be used for the website. It was decided the board needed to gather some specific parameters on what is needed before we could move forward in seeking bids for such a project. • Daryl discussed the process of gathering website leads. The leads are being e-mailed to the primary e-mail address the chamber has on file. • Daryl gave the Financial Report. Motion to approve the financial report by Sandra, seconded by Tom, motion passed unanimously. • With the chair position vacated by Tim Kuhlman recently, the board needed to elect new officers. Sandra motioned a proposed slate of Benno Garwood for Chair, Tom Stenzel for Vice Chair, and Andrew Ash for Secretary. Motion seconded by Larry, motion approved. • Daryl discussed grant guidelines, specifically, seeing if the board was interested in having the Gallatin Valley Tournament committee pre-screen tournament applications to determine if they were accurate, feasible, etc., before coming before the TBID board for approval. The TBID seemed supportive of this, but no motion was presented. • The Holiday Inn Express and Suites was seeking $76 for reimbursement of TBID shortages from Expedia, which had been discussed in a previous meeting. All of the backup folios were presented, so Larry motioned to approve the reimbursement of $76. This was seconded by Sandra, motion approved. • Daryl gave an update on Air Service. American Airlines adding a Dallas flight looks very promising for fall 2016. • Other business – Larry noted the 2015/2016 TBID budget needs to be done in May, so the board needs to start thinking about budgeting issues, and possibly schedule a budgeting meeting in the near future. • Motion to adjourn by Sandra, second by Andrew. Motion approved unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 1:44 pm.