HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-01-10 MemorandumTO: KENAI MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: RICKY GEASE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KENAI CVB
DATE: January 10, 2003
RE: UPDATE FOR THE KENAI CVB AND
THE KENAI VISITORS AND CULTURAL CENTER
My apologies for brevity in this report my hand is broken and in a cast after a fall while putting
up sheetrock at home. My hand should be in better shape by February.
Kenai CVB:
The Arctic Winter Games Inte!nation.al Committee will be in Kenai Soldotna on Friday,
January 17. There is an evening reception at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center from 6
8:00 pm that evening, with all local elected official are invited to attend. There will be catering
from the Chase is Over and entertaimnent. The main focus will be on committee Powerpoint
presentations to the International Committee on Finance, Fundraising, Marketing and Culture
and Ceremonies. The Kenai CVB will be doing the presentation for Culture and Ceremonies.
Mayor Williams will be greeting the International Committee at the Kenai Municipal Airport in
the morning with the other area mayors Mayor Bagley, Mayor Carey and Mayor Cushing.
The Kenai CVB will begin to offer a new insurance benefit to its members, in conjunction with
the Kenai Chamber of Commerce. Members can receive discounted associate insurance rates
through Mutual of Omaha for a wide range of insurances and business support services.
Currently no insurance agent in Alaska offer such discounted insurance plans for non- profit
membership based organizations, so we are using an agent based in Seattle, WA, who is
responsible for Alaska and Washington. Members will be receiving an introductory insurance
benefits package in February March.
Old Town Bingo, the new Multiple Beneficiary Per it foamed between the Kenai CVB and the
Peninsula Oilers, began operations on January 1 at the Peninsula Oilers Bingo Hall. The new
MBP was formed due to new state gaming regulations. There is no change in the anticipated
revenues coming to the Kenai CVB in support of the its annual operations.
The next board meeting for the Kenai CVB is on Monday, January 27, at 5:30 pm, and a
strategic planning meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, starting at 8:00 am.
Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center:
Visitation at the center for 2002 was 53,700, down just slightly from the prior year 2001 of
53,682. School groups, meetings and visitors remained at consistent levels from prior years.
A new quilt exhibition for February will for First Thursday, on the 6 from 4 6:00 pm.