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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-08-16 MemorandumTO: jay Carol Freas From: Jay Barrett [jay.barrett ©visitkenai.comj Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:37 AM To: Carol Freas Subject: Fw: August report.2002 Carol, Below is Ricky's report. Attached as a Word document are the minutes from the Aug. 12 Kenai CVB board of directors meeting. Jay Barrett Manager, Communications and Special Events Kenai Convention and Visitor Bureau 11471 Kenai Spur Hwy Kenai, AK 99611. E mail: jay .barrett(cr,)visitjcenai.conl Web: www.visitkenai.com Phone: 907- 283 -1991 Fax: 907 283 -2230 See "Spirit of Alaska: The Inner Landscape" at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center May 1 through Sept. 8 Original Message From: Ricky Geese, Kenai CVB Executive Director To: Jay Barrett Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10`23 AM Subject: August report 2002 TO: KENAI MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: RICKY GEASE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KENAI CVB DATE: AUGUST 16, 2002 RE: UPDATE FOR THE KENAI CVB AND THE KENAI VISITORS AND CULTURAL CENTER Kenai VB: 8/16/2002 Pagel of3 TO: Page 2 of 3 The minutes of the Kenai CVB Board of Directors meeting of Monday, August 12, 2002 are attached. The final report for new gaming regulations in Alaska is available for public comment The gaming commission will hear public testimony on this subject in Soldotna on Wednesday, August 28, from 1 —4 pm at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers. A rough draft for the Arctic Winter Games bid proposal is nearly completion and will be compiled by Jack Brown and staff of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Kenai CVB is helping on drafting the cultural component section of the bid proposal. The final draft is due October 1. The Bed Tax investigation committee postponed its August 9 meeting until October 4. The Kenai CVB Board has voted to remain neutral on a borough wide bed tax until all investigations are completed and proposals, if any, are put forth. Premiere Alaska Tours brought two group tours to visit Kenai as part of their travel on the Kenai Peninsula. The group had lunch at the Old Town Village restaurant, toured Old Town Kenai and visited the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Jay Barrett is on assignment to photograph visitor locations in Kenai and the surrounding area. As part of this assignment he will be photographing the Kenai Airport, and all shots will be available for use by the city of Kenai. The Kenai CVB will be expanding its presence on the intemet over the next year in two new areas: arts and sports fishing. Two new domain names have been registered and will be developed www.artskcnai.cpm and www.sportfishingkenai.com ai.com These two new sites will be coordinated to integrate into the Kenai travel website, www.visitkenaicom. The sites should be up by the spring of 2003. Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center Visitation at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center from May through July is running about 10% lower than last year, at 30,812 in 2002 as compared to 33,447 in 2001. Travel sites across Alaska have been registering fewer visitors this summer, which is not unexpected, and the numbers have ranged from 5 to 25% less; visitation at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage is down about 20% from last year. The center has been receiving many compliments by visitors this summer on the summer exhibition "Spirit of Alaska: The Inner Landscape." Debbie Harris completed the youth summer art workshop series held at the center, which proved to be very popular with local youths. Planning is underway for upcoming summer exhibitions. Dr. David Wartinbee has agreed to be the guest curator once again for a national wildlife art exhibition titled "Alaska 2003: A Celebration of Wildlife Art," which will have prominent artists such as Robert Bateman, Daniel Smith, John Seery Lester and Guy Coheleach, who has agreed to donate use of an original new piece for the exhibition poster. Tentative planning has also begun for summer exhibitions in 2004 and 2005 "Kenai Wild" will feature contemporary artwork on the theme of Alaskan fish and seafood in 2004 and a major exhibition on the Dena'ina Athabascan culture is being explored for 2005. The "Kenai Wild" theme will combine contemporary artwork and the new peninsula branding campaign for Cook Inlet seafood. A possible 8/16/2002 TO: Page 3 of 3 option being explored is to get funding from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute to make the exhibit into a traveling show that could go to Japan and /or possible other locations. The Dena'ina exhibition will be the first such major exploration of Dena'ina culture. At this time we are seeking support from Kenai Peninsula College and Alaska Native tribes, and ANCSA regional /village corporations. Alan Boraas from Kenai Peninsula College has tentatively agreed to be the guest curator for the exhibition. On Thursday, August 22, Scott Carrlee, the conservator from the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, will be holding a public lecture from 6 8 p.m. at the center on the topic of how to preserve artifacts in the museum and the home. If you have any historical artifacts of value and want to now how best to preserve them for the future, bring in your artifact and have Scott take a look at it. He is a great resource and one of the few conservators in the state of Alaska. The center will be working with local economic development agencies and the Alaska State Council on. the Arts to hold a marketing seminar this October November for local artists. The full day seminar will explore all aspects of arts marketing. 8/16/2002