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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Like Bruce, I welcome a stronger Chamber of
Commerce. And one of the best ways to do that is for the Chamber to become
something more than a businessman's club. After all, the Chamber does get
a significant percentage of its operating money from the taxpayer through
support from city of Moscow, etc. My main complaint is the lack of
transparency and open-ness in its decision-making.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sacking of the previous director (after just a
few weeks on the job) and the refusal by the Chamber to admit
or explain what was going on is the most recent example.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope the new director will break open the culture
of secrecy at the Chamber.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keim speaking directly through V2020 is a good
start</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jeanlivingston@turbonet.com
href="mailto:jeanlivingston@turbonet.com">Bruce and Jean Livingston</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=keim153@gmail.com
href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com">Darrell Keim</A> ; <A
title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 15, 2007 12:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Faith and
fireworks and the Moscow Chamber</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Darrell Keim seems to be making sincere and genuine
outreach efforts to insure that the Chamber of Commerce is an inclusive and
open organiziation. He has come to LEDC meetings. He requested to
meet with me in my capacity as MCA president. He has met with many
others from a broad cross-section of the community. Just last
month, the Chamber agreed to co-sponsor a forum with the MCA, which
sponsorship was critical to getting the GMA to co-sponsor as well, on the
marketing efforts of a new local organization, the "Buy Local Moscow" group of
locally owned businesses.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The Chamber of Commerce is a very important group.
It can be very important to the town, and it can do many good things in the
community. It behooves the Chamber to increase its membership, as
Darrell is seeking to do by leading and reaching out to all segments of the
community. I commend Darrell for his efforts to broaden the base of
the Chamber by increasing community membership. The more participatory
the Chamber is, the better, it seems to me. I have talked to good
people from across the political spectrum who care about the Chamber,
and I believe that they are trying to work toward achieving the broad
community support that will make the Chamber prosper -- and in return make
Moscow more prosperous. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bruce</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=keim153@gmail.com href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com">Darrell Keim</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 15, 2007 11:36
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Faith and
fireworks and the Moscow Chamber</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Ellen and V2020,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I can't comment about the Chamber relating to fireworks. I would,
however, like to address Ellens comments regarding the Moscow Chamber being
hijacked by religous zealots. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I'd like those interested on Vision 2020 to know how the Chambers
bylaws indicate it is to be run, what it does, and how it serves our
community. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This could be a somewhat lengthy note.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Let me state up front that employment at our Chamber is open to all
qualified applicants; and our many volunteer positions are open to all
Chamber members. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Please note that I don't care to address past history. I wasn't
responsible for it, nor do I claim to know enough to speak knowledgably
about it. I also feel it has minimal bearing on how the Moscow
Chamber will be run now and in the future. Please grant me that much
of a tabula rasa. Also note that I am relatively new to the
Chamber, but not to our community. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Our Chamber is run by a 16 person Board of Directors. This
volunteer committee consists of business owners and leaders from throughout
the community. They are nominated and elected to three year
terms by their fellow Chamber members (of which there are over
400). Any Chamber member is eligible for nomination, all members are
asked to vote. These elections are held yearly. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This working committee is tasked with overseeing what events our
Chamber does, and which directions it pursues. Basically, they work to
help us live up to our mission of leading "the business and economic
community and support the free enterprise system while preserving and
enhancing the quality of life." The Chamber Executive Director both
reports to this committee, and receives support from it. In a very
real sense this committee is the Directors boss. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This committee oversees a variety of subcommittees, which I will
attempt to summarize below. I believe that you will see much of what
our Chamber does and how it serves Moscow by looking over this list.
In a very real sense, these sub-committees are where the rubber meets the
road for our Chamber. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Sub-committees*:</DIV>
<DIV>Government Affairs-The Chambers watchdog for upcoming national, state
and local legislation effecting member businesses. This committee
compiles a yearly list of legislative priorities, and attempts to work
toward changes that will benefit Moscow businesses. This committee is
also in charge of the Chambers Candidates Forum, and Legislative Tour to
Boise. Gov't Affairs is tasked with attending Moscow City Council
meetings. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Education/Workforce Development-This committee has a two fold
mission. 1. It works with the Moscow School District to
encourage them to provide course work and opportunities that will help
students become stronger members of our workforce. Go to <A
href="http://www.latahworks.org">www.latahworks.org</A> for an example of
something the district has been developing in conjunction with our
Chamber. NOTE: This is a very preliminary version.
2. Via monthly Chamber business luncheons we provide different
topics of benefit to our member businesses. Upcoming topics will
include a mixture of trainings applicable to our businesses ( i.e. Best
hiring practices, sexual harassment, etc), hot issues (water, etc), and
larger forums (candidates forum, etc).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Community Development-<SPAN
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This is our economic development arm and actively participates in efforts
toward improving or expanding our community's economic base.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is an active participant in
Moscow revitalization efforts and plays a leading role in advocating for
improvement of the physical appearance of our community, planning and zoning
efforts, and growth-related issues such as groundwater management, and
transportation planning. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> This
sub-committee is tasked with attending applicable City of Moscow Community
Development meetings.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN
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As the public outreach arm of the organization, this committee – through its
active and visible Ambassadors – provides support and outreach to the
business community through appearances at events, parades, open houses,
groundbreakings, grand openings, VIP functions, and the ever-popular
Business After Hours functions. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The committee helps serve as the organizations "Red Carpet Brigade"
for our community.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN
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also have membership and finance committees, but I think those are self
explanatory. Other ad hoc committees may be created as deemed
appropriate.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
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addition to these committees, we also maintain a small staff that answers
countless questions about Moscow from visitors, sends out relocation
packages, helps at events, writes grants for local efforts, supports our
volunteer board and much more. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
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story short, our Chamber works for the betterment of Moscow business and
quality of life. We believe they are inextricably linked. We are
open to all, and governed by a diverse group of Moscow business
leaders. We're not perfect, but we are constantly striving to
improve. I'd say we are a pretty accurate reflection of Moscow in that
sense. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN
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hope this note has provided you with an understanding of what our Chamber
is, and services it attempts to provide.
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<DIV><SPAN
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<DIV>*Please note that since I am new some of these Sub-committees duties
are new, thus still being put into place.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>>Moscow hasn't had it's own fireworks show since the Chamber of
Commerce was highjacked by a >group of fuddyduddy religious zealots who
would rather re-write American history.<BR><BR>>Ellen Roskovich
<BR> </DIV>
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