July 2011 VOL. 22 NO.

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2011 PRESIDENTS CIRCLE

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LEGISLaTURE PaSSES BUdGET, GOVERNOR VETOES JOB KILLER

With minimal debate last night (June 28), both houses of the Legislature passed an $86 billion general fund budget. After making billions in spending reductions, and raising some fees and postponing other spending obligations, the budget proposes to close the remaining deficit by relying on $4 billion in anticipated revenue. If the $4 billion fails to materialize, a series of midyear cuts will be triggered. The package makes very difficult cuts to higher education, the courts, the Attorney Generals office and public safety. CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg commented on the budget vote by saying, The budget passed last night is predicated upon economic recovery. This makes it clear that Legislators must work to ensure no more harm is done to Californias economy. We all must work together to do everything possible to create certainty for employers. Any job killing bill has the potential to impact the state budget and result in more cuts to critical programs. Whether the priority is private sector jobs or public sector services all will be hurt if job killing legislation is passed.
Budget Details

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Lisa Batto, president/CEO of the Napa Chamber accepts the award from CalChamber President/ CEO Allan Zaremburg. REPRESENTING BUSINESS TO GOVERNMENT

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Net-Flow Corporation Accelerated Marketing Group Influence Internet

As mentioned earlier, the budget includes difficult cuts to universities, courts and the poor, as well as to state parks and schools. The University of California and California State University systems face about $500 million in additional funding cuts. If anticipated revenues fall short by $1 billion to $2 billion, an automatic cut of $600 million would apply to higher education, public safety and health care programs. If revenues fall short by another one to two billion dollars, another $1.9 billion would be cut -- $1.5 billion of which would come from K-12 schools, which would be authorized to eliminate as many as seven days from the school year. By the end of the year, the Finance Department and the Legislative Analysts Office
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CalChamber awards Napa Chamber

The California Chamber of Commerce on June 1 recognized 21 local Chambers of Commerce with the Presidents Circle award. The award, first presented in 2009, recognizes Chambers for excellence in business advocacy and helping their members comply with California employment laws. The Napa Chamber of Commerce was among twenty other recipients for the 2011 Presidents Circle award at the CalChamber Business Summit. Presidents Circle award recipients published vote records of their state legislators on key business issues, generated letters to state elected officials on issues of interest to
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BUDGET on page 2

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INSIDE

DoNapa.com- Check it Out! Welcome New Members Economic Expectations for 2012

MIXER at Rabobank Member Spotlight: Food Trucks Delight Napa Chairmans Focus: Phew, Lets Take a Break!

NAPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONNECTING COMMERCE TO COMMUNITY

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will check incoming receipts to see if the projections are correct. Any public vote on taxes will be put off until at least next year. This was the first budget considered under the new procedures mandated by Proposition 25, which allows budgets to be adopted by a simple majority of the Legislature.
Eliminates Redevelopment Agencies

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Passage of the budget in the Senate was delayed because of a controversial plan to eliminate and replace redevelopment agencies. The two Democratic holdouts, Senator Lieu (D-Torrance), and Senator Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) gave their support after Senate Leader Steinberg (D-Sacramento) met with them privately and leaned hard on them for their votes, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The Contra Costa Times reports that if Brown does sign the redevelopment agencies out of existence, agency supporters have vowed to sue the state on grounds that eliminating them is unconstitutional after voters in November passed Proposition 22, which they say prevents this type of state raid of local funds. In the Legislatures new plan, agencies that agree to divert a certain amount of property taxes to schools, fire protection and transit districts can continue to exist as agencies. For fiscal year 2011-12, which starts Friday, an agency would have to pay its portion of the $1.7 billion, and then starting in 2012-13, its part of $400 million annually.
Treasurer Says Budget Financeable

percent of the employees, and left employees susceptible to coercion and manipulation by labor organizations. CalChamber believes the current provisions of the Agricultural Labor Relations Act (ALRA) adequately protect the rights and interests of employees and employers, as well as unions. Zaremberg commented on the Governors veto by saying, Governor Brown did the right thing in vetoing the card check bill. Eliminating the secret ballot election would have hurt workers and card check would have created more uncertainty for employers. The Governor certainly recognized that we must all work to create certainty for employers and protect our economy, particularly in light of a state budget that relies on revenue materializing, in his veto of this job killer bill. Californias economy and create jobs. Please visit our website at www.calchamber.com.
Governors Veto Message on SB 104

In his veto message Governor Brown reminded the bills supporters that while Governor in 1975 he signed the nations first agricultural labor relations act, the ALRA. Under its protections, tens of thousands of agricultural workers have voted for unionization or otherwise expressed their choices as to how their interests should be advanced, the veto message stated. Thirty-six years later, the ALRA is still recognized as the best labor relations act in the country, Brown wrote. I am not yet convinced that the far reaching proposals of this billwhich alter in a significant way the guiding assumptions of the ALRAare justified.

SHERRY MCKILLOP HONOREd WITH NaTIONaL aWaRd FROM THE aLP Sherry McKillop, founder and principal of Follow Your Compass, recently traveled to Dallas, Texas, where she was honored by the Association of Leadership Professionals (formerly the Association of Community Leadership) to receive the Preceptor award for her outstanding communication skills, creativity, trusteeship, ethics, mentoring, and dedication to the concept of strengthening and transforming communities. Ms. McKillop, in addition to coaching and training leaders in a broad spectrum of organizations in the region, is the program director for the Leadership Today program offered by the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce. Sherry McKillop can be reached: Follow Your Compass, P O Box 10525, Napa, California 94581 www.followyourcompass.com or 707.227.7070 sherry@followyourcompass.com.

In a letter to Governor Brown, Senator Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles), California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer called the budget financeable. Lockyer believes the budget is fiscally viable and sufficient to borrow against. According to Lockyer, the deal eliminates significant litigation risk and the backup plan to trigger as much as $2.5 billion in further cuts if revenues do not materialize provides sufficient assurance the state will have enough cash on hand.
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members, participated in the CalChamber compliance product resale program at an exemplary level and brought a delegation to Sacramento for the CalChamber Business Summit. In 2010, there were 22 Presidents Circle award recipients. In 2009, 13 local Chambers received the award.
About CalChamber: The California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber) is the largest broad-based business advocate to government in CA. Membership represents one-quarter of the private sector jobs in CA and includes firms of all sizes and companies from every industry within the state. Leveraging our front-line knowledge of laws and regulations, we provide products and services to help businesses comply with both federal and state law. CalChamber, a not-for-profit organization with roots dating to 1890, promotes international trade and investment in order to stimulate Californias economy and create jobs. Please visit our website at www.calchamber.com.
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Sherry McKillop with Roger Duke of the ALP.

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the first budget passed by the Legislature a couple of weeks ago, but is expected to sign this new package before the new fiscal year starts on Friday.
Governor Vetoes Job Killer Bill

Downtown Napa has gotten a virtual facelift with a new website aimed at both locals and visitors. DoNapa.com was created by the Napa Tourism Improvement District (NTID) and the Napa Downtown Association.

In other news, Governor Brown last night vetoed a CalChamber Job Killer bill, SB 104 (Steinberg; D-Sacramento). This bill would have essentially eliminated a secret ballot election and replaced it with the submission of representation cards signed by more than 50
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position on the Mishewal Wappos request for tribal status and insisting that resulting land development projects be subject to our local policies and procedures have been compiled into by Ryan Gregory, land-use requirements. Realizing that the rules one comprehensive governance guide for easy Vice President, governing Napas food truck industry were Riechers Spence reference by staff, volunteers and Directors. outdated, we led an effort to bring this to City and Associates Our 2011 initiatives are on track. We Councils attention and create a stakeholder 2011 Napa Chamber continue to grow our membership thanks to group to update the rules. When we heard of Commerce Chamber veteran Sherrell Harper. A new second that the first draft of the Citizens Redistricting Chairman of the Board membership sales staff person will propel us Commissions maps severed American even further. And, we continue to take steps to Canyon from the rest of Napa County, we align staff resources and the Chambers products, quickly sprung into action, took a position PHEW, LETS services and communications to make sure our and got a letter out in time for the next TaKE a BREaK! Commission meeting. We have had a busy first half of the year here at the Chamber. We have We were also very active in worked hard to improve the Chambers The timing couldnt be better areas concerning the State budget. organizational systems and operational Recognizing the effectiveness and for the Chambers annual Golf efficiency. And we have been diligent Redevelopment Tournament coming up on July 15 importance of Napas our elected State in delivering the Chambers trademark Agency, we implored where well take a day off work advocacy, being proactive and standing representatives to keep our agency intact up for issues that our member businesses and have some fun and fellowship and instead look at other reforms and care about. In short, we have lived up opportunities to balance the budget. with friends and colleagues. to our reputation as the biggest and best We took a position to support the tax business organization in Napa County. extension until the next election when the Here at the halfway point, it seems people can decide and oppose SB 653, appropriate to reflect on the year and take stock members receive the value of membership that which would create an uneven tax structure they expect. This in turn enables us to retain of what weve accomplished so far. and hurt business. members and attract new members which circles Under the leadership of President/CEO Thats a lot of work and we deserve back to supporting the first initiative of overall Lisa Batto, we have made strides to improve a break. The timing couldnt be better for membership growth. the Chambers operations and efficiency. The the Chambers Annual Golf Tournament Through the tireless work of our Legislative Chambers 5-year Vision has been updated and coming up on July 15 where well take a day is ready to guide us in decision-making through Advocacy Committee and Board of Directors, off work and have some fun and fellowship the next five years. Our financial audit has been we have been proactive in delivering our with friends and colleagues. Well also get trademark advocacy and have gotten in front of completed and we passed with flying colors. refreshed for the second half of the year, issues that matter to our members. We defended Adjustments to our corporate bylaws have which is sure to be as action-packed as the Napa Countys agricultural preserve by taking a been made to reflect current practice and our first. See you out there.

Chairmans FOCus

When was the last time you looked at your communications strategy? Each month the Napa Chamber and the Napa Valley College we send out, hopefully, you will notice a slight Small Business Development Center (SBDC) decrease. We know that everyones email box by Lisa Batto, ACE provides an educational workshop designed President/CEO, gets a little full these days. (Coming back from to improve your business. Take the time to Napa Chamber a long weekend, I had over 400 emails!) We pre-register with the SBDC at (707)253-3210, of Commerce are working harder on giving you the quality and attend this informative strategy building information you want, not just quantity! Email Marketing workshop on July 20th. How long has it been since you took a Proactive outbound email marketing should Plan, Do, Study, Act* look at your business? be a key component of your overall marketing Large companies at 10 or more employees VISION, VISION, VISION and client communications strategy. Its cost may have this wired! Its sometimes the small effective and easy to measure. Suitable As the first six months have come for all experience levels, this session will to a close at the Napa Chamber, our staff master email marketing has been intensely studying all of our We are working harder on giving teach you how towith a comprehensive communications programs and communications to our you the quality information you look at best practices and winning membership. This is part of our plan want, not just quantity! strategies for reaching and keeping quality to actively and constantly improve our subscribers. quality of service. We have identified Take the time to Plan, Do, Study and Act several programs that we do great and on the relevance of your business. Taking the some we do well, however, there are things business of just 1-4 employees that struggle time will increase your bottom line! we dont do so well! In every business as you with the time to study their quality of service! *Plan Do Study Act From Wikipedia: work to increase your service or products, The Napa Chamber has the resources to help PDCA (plandocheckact) is an iterative sometimes you find that your business gets you define your study plan! Contact us at (707) four-step management process typically used in spread a little too thin. It is a team effort to 226-7455 for a free SCORE appointment. business. It is also known as the Deming circle/ analyze what you do and decide to act on the SCORE is Business counseling by seasoned cycle/wheel, Shewhart cycle, control circle/ information. Over the next few weeks you may executives provided free of charge to small cycle, or plandostudyact (PDSA). be noticing a change in the number of emails business owners and budding entrepreneurs.
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CEOs FOCus

What Are Your 2012 Economic Expectations?

The E3 Conference Will Provide Businesses With Direction For Success
Featured speakers include: E3 keynote speaker, entrepreneur and bestselling author, Barry Moltz gets business owners growing again by unlocking their long forgotten potential. With decades of entrepreneurial experience in his own businesses ventures as well Barry Moltz as consulting countless other entrepreneurs; Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners out of their funk and marching forward. Barry applies simple, strategic steps to facilitate change for entrepreneurs, and gets them growing their business once again. Barry Moltz has founded and run small businesses with a great deal of success and failure for more than 15 years. Barrys first book, You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business describes the ups and downs and emotional trials of running a business. His second book, Bounce! Failure, Resiliency and the Confidence to Achieve Your Next Great Success, shows what it takes to comeback and develop true business confidence. His third book, BAM! Delivering Customer Service in a Self-Service World shows how customer service is the new marketing. Barry is a nationally recognized expert on entrepreneurship who has given hundreds of presentations to audiences ranging from 20 to 20,000. As a member of the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, he also has taught entrepreneurship as an adjunct professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Financial Success Occurs When Change Is Involved

economics education expectations

Dr. Robert Eyler, one of our featured speakers, specializes in research on macroeconomic and monetary policies, and is finalizing a textbook on monetary and banking topics. He is also the author of several academic and impact studies about the wine industry. He Rob Eyler, PhD is the director of the Center for Regional Economic Analysis at Sonoma State University, recently authoring an economic impact study on the hospitality industry in Napa County. Dr. Eyler is Professor and Chair of Economics at Sonoma State University. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 1998 and a B.A. in Economics at CSU, Chico in 1992. Dr. Eyler has been a visiting scholar at both the University of Bologna and Stanford University.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Members and Prospective Members Welcome
(Mark your calendar - registration opens September 1st)

Save the Date!

8:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Lunch included

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W elcome N eW m embers!
Architects

EA Putnam Design Studio Elizabeth Anne Putnam, AIA (707) 704-9897 www.eaputnamdesigns.com
Architectural Ornamental Features

Graphic Designers

designthis! Amy Predmore, (707) 252-9425 1009 Caymus St, Napa hello@designthis.com www.designthis.com
Human Resources

Senior Services

Hearts That Matter, Inc. Kimberly Geis, (707) 252-7569 68 Coombs St Ste A-9, Napa www.heartsthatmatter.com
Things to Do

Jensens Ornamental, Inc. Lance Stafford, (707) 252-0905 561 California Blvd, Napa lance@jensensornamental.com www.jensensornamental.com
Beauty Salons - Services & Retail

Encompass Human Resources Kathrine Parsons (707) 815-5272 encompasshumanresources.com

Marketing Consultants

Synthia (silk art) (707) 227-9150 PO Box 5418, Napa synthia.silk.art@gmail.com www.pinotandpaints.com
Wineries

Thomas Dawson & Co. Jen Thomas, (707) 251-0100 3207 Jefferson St, Napa jencuts@hotmail.com www.thomasdawsonsalon.com
Bed & Breakfast Accommodations

Advantage Marketing Partners Dana Sanderson (707) 257-3886 dana@advantagemarketingpartners.com

Personal Concierges

Hendry (707) 226-8320 3104 Redwood Rd, Napa info@hendrywines.com www.hendrywines.com

McClelland-Priest Bed & Breakfast Inn Celeste Carducci, (707) 224-6875 569 Randolph St, Napa celeste@mcclellandpriest.com www.historicinnstravel.com
Copy Equipment - Sales & Services

Concierge of the Valley Crystal Britto, (707) 738-5205 1370 Trancas St Ste 116, Napa info@conciergeofthevalley.com www.conciergeofthevalley.com
Restaurants

Connect with us...

Smile Business Products Michael Myr, (800) 790-7701 1129 Industrial Ave, Petaluma www.SmileBPI.com

Eikos Restaurant Fellippe Estevez, (707) 501-4444 1385 Napa Town Center, Napa EikosNapaValley@gmail.com

To learn more about membership benefits and a complete listing of Napa Chamber members, updated daily, visit napachamber.com or phone us at 707.226.7455

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The Napa Chamber of Commerce Member2Member Discount Savings program is aimed at supporting our Chamber member businesses and keeping shopping dollars local. For a complete list of participating businesses, visit napachamber.com.

EVERy Chamber member business AND their employees receive Member2Member keytags - thats over 20,000 people here in the Napa Valley! yOU can present your keytag at participating businesses and receive special savings on products and services. A complete listing is available online at napachamber.com.

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 PROVIdING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

Mixer at Rabobank
Our Third-Thursday event in July was a MIxER held at Rabobank. There were great connections made, wonderful food for sampling and a fun and relaxed environment to unwind and network after hours. PLAN AHEAD: Dont miss this months special Napa Chamber after-hours MIxER on July 15th at Silverado Golf Course, in the Grove. Members and prospective members welcome!
Visit our FB page for more photo albums of fun!

INSIdE THE CHaMBER

Getting to know...

Angie Mancuso
Angelica Mancuso joined the team at the Chamber in March of 2011. Her primary role is Marketing Assistant to VP of Marketing & Communications, Katherine Zimmer. She plies her talents towards creating design layouts, communications strategy and event photography in support of Chamber goals of creating a strong local economy. Angie brings a strong background in design, fulfillment and photography as well as creative and technical writing from her previous experience with Balzac Communications and Kreysler & Associates. Angie holds a Bachelors Degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri and is well versed in social media, web and print design and marketing. When asked what she likes most about her position at the Chamber she says, The office is full of intelligence whether its our friendly staff or our members who are always dropping in or calling. Its a family environment where employees are encouraged to always grow and learn not only on the job but also personally. Angies first contribution to Chamber projects is always her overwhelming enthusiasm, which helps her fulfill tasks and assignments in record time. She has a fresh take on Chamber services and provides the team with new ideas and approaches in the weekly staff brainstorming sessions, which help to keep Napa Chamber events so impactful to members. Her greatest passion is music and if you walk into her office 99% of the time Pandoras streaming music with Angie singing along, I love playing around on my guitar and discovering new artists/bands, and Im never afraid to do karaoke! Her hobbies are cooking and photography and frequently the two intersect with an improvisational flair. Angies personal goal is to learn both German and Italian and when asked which three people with whom she would most like to have dinner, the eclectic answer reflects her passion for music: Judy Garland, Mozart and Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl. Welcome Angie!
Look for more Napa Chamber Staff Spotlights in upcoming editions of COMMERCE.

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Wonderful turnout at our July Mixer!

hosts Rabobank! s Our awesomeNancy Stetler and Sandra Re, Julie Stears

Joelle Kurus pours for Cuvaison.

Peter W. Mlynar from Benefits Plus, Inc. and Marie Baillargeon owner of Baillargeon Connect.

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FOOd TRUCKS dELIGHT COMMUNITY WITH VaRIETY

The Napa food truck movement encompasses both the traditional and familiar taco truck and new-cuisine offerings from such vendors as Dim Sum Charlies, PHAT Salads and Wraps and Marks the Spot. The movement tends to attract iconoclasts and individualists as the food truck lifestyle is more self-defined than traditional restaurants. PHAT Salads proprietor Gia Sempronio started her mobile business in October, 2007, hours to suit his new family life. The Raymonds goal is to offer hand-made, farm fresh, locally sourced, mostly organic food served in biodegradable and earth friendly packaging at affordable prices. The yellow Marks the Spot truck can be found at the Napa Farmers and Chefs Markets, and around town at locations posted on their website, www.marksthespot.com. The City of Napa is not without its growing pains in accommodating the food truck movement. Alicia says their biggest challenge was the permitting process, which was very worrisome. Like many cities across the nation, ordinances are badly out of date. In an effort to support Napa as a growing destination food haven the Napa Chamber of Commerce urged the City to update to the existing, but outdated, ordinance governing mobile food truck operations. Unworkable line items such as moving the food truck every 15 minutes when on a public street were identified and the Napa Chamber suggested the City create a process where stakeholders could have input to update the ordinance. The City agreed and the stakeholder group has now convened twice and is working hard to hear all perspectives and mete out a reasonable ordinance to balance todays food-buying public and small business needs. the group through the detailed items that will ultimately form the basis of the ordinance. There is a terrific group focus on problem solving that got us through the first ten questions in the second meeting. The next meeting will cover the remaining questions, after which results will be shared by City of Napa Planning Director Rick Tooker when he checks in with the City Council. Batto continues, We are pleased with the participation and the focus on the issues at hand, and very happy that the group has come together to create solutions while respecting each others opinions. The new wave of food trucks grew out of the street culture of Los Angeles and has spread like wildfire to urban centers across the country. Thriving food trucks with both downhome comfort food and wildly experimental cuisine can be found from Austin to Seattle and Chicago to Oakland. Building on the guerilla marketing tactics made possible by social media, these food trucks take traditional street food - found in every culture around the world - to the next culinary level. Addressing

Gia Sempronio

and can generally be found at Healthquest on California or at the Chefs Market. With a background in food and beverage and personal fitness training, this is the perfect marriage of her skills. She says, While in the fitness industry, I was always on-thego, which meant running around from the gym, to peoples homes, to my own training studio... when I needed something quick and nutritional to eat, I found VERY limited options for fast food. Some years later, I started researching food trucks, menus, and anything that I could read that would help me start this business. Sempronios biggest challenge was finding a commissary kitchen to rent one of the requirements in the permitting process and hard to find in Napa. A commissary kitchen is a bricks and mortar kitchen that has been inspected and permitted for commercial use. Marks-the-Spot proprietors Mark and Alicia Raymond launched their truck last year and joined the Napa Chamber in November. Marks background as a globetrotting chef, having cooked his way from New Zealand to Sonoma, serves him well with this happy medium - a restaurant on wheels where he can make his own
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current concerns of local sustainability and healthy living while fulfilling a particularly urban quest for affordability, speed and convenience, food trucks are here to stay. It is up the City of Napa to build a framework within which this business niche can meet regulatory requirements AND thrive. Visit them online! Napa Chamber of Commerce CEO, Lisa Batto, has been happy with the progress of the stakeholders meetings, The first meeting identified the issues and the second started exploring those issues through a process of posing 20 questions. The meetings are designed to develop consensus and take
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Napa Chamber of Commerce As the membership organization for business, we promote our communitys economic vitality and quality of life through leadership development, advocacy, facilitation and education.

15th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament

Silverado Resort & Spa

MIXER
After-Hours Mixer

MISSION

Check in Opens 9:30 a.m. Silverado Resort & Spa Putting Contest 9:30-11 a.m. In the Grove Shotgun Start at 11:30 a.m. 1600 Atlas Peak Road, After Hours Mixer 5:30 p.m.

Napa Chamber Boardroom

7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Best Practices in Email Marketing

Wake Up Your Business Wednesday

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5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

15 ANNUAL BENEFIT GOLF TOURNAMENT

BENEFIT from being a member of the Napa Chamber of Commerce

Creating a Strong Local Economy Promoting the Community Providing Networking Opportunities Supporting a Sustainable Future Representing Business to Government Engaging in Political Action

JULY 15, 2011 SILVERADO RESORT SOUTH COURSE

$10 Members $30 Prospective Members

$20 per person Bring a friend for free

Register by calling SBDC at 707.253.3210

August 5
First Friday Business Development Lunch
Compadres Rio Grille 505 Lincoln Ave, Napa
11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

August 18

October 28

MIXER
After-Hours Mixer
1350 Third St., Napa
5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

SAVE THE DATE! E3

Uptown Theatre

For membership information call Sherrell Harper - 707.257.4598 Cathy Lavaroni Hall - 707.738.6763

$30 Members $10 Members $60 Prospective Members $30 Prospective Members

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Napa Chamber of Commerce STaFF

Lisa Batto, ACE, President/CEO 707.226.7455 lisa@napachamber.com Katherine Zimmer, VP Marketing & Communications 707.254.1147 katherine@napachamber.com Sherrell Harper, Membership 707.257.4598 sherrell@napachamber.com Cathy Lavaroni Hall, Membership 707.738.6763 cathy@napachamber.com Paula Wick, Customer Service Manager 707.226.7455 paula@napachamber.com Lynn Page, Executive Assistant 707.254.1145 lynn@napachamber.com Angelica Mancuso, Marketing Assistant 707.254.1144 angie@napachamber.com Christine Sullivan, Administrative Assistant 707.254.1143 christine@napachamber.com Linda Bausch, Events & Membership Retention Mgr. 707.254.1148 linda@napachamber.com Caryl Chakerian, Communications 707.738.6053 caryljc@gmail.com
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NaPa CHaMBER 2011 OFFICERS

Ryan Gregory, Chairman of the Board ................ Riechers & Spence Associates, Inc. Debra Dommen, Chair-Elect ...................................................... Treasury Wine Estates Cherie Knox, Vice-Chair Advocacy ........................................... Redwood Credit Union Kent Kuhlmann, Vice-Chair Resources ........................ Kuhlmann Associates Financial Richard Rybicki, Vice-Chair Membership ................................ Rybicki & Associates Pamela Gleeson, Treasurer ......................................................................... Santen Inc. Randy Martinsen, Immediate Past-Chair ....................... Accelerated Marketing Group Dr. Edna Baehre-Kolovani, Napa Valley College; John Cardinale, State Farm Insurance; Ken Frank, La Toque; Clay Gregory, The Napa Valley Destination Council; Paul Hicks, Payroll Masters Inc; Cathy DAngelo Holmes, Coldwell Banker Commercial; Bill Lockhart, Edward Jones; Barry Martin, City of Napa; Kevin Massie, Napa Ford Lincoln Mercury; Sherry McKillop, Follow Your Compass; Shawn Milburn, Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa; Beth Painter, Balanced Planning; Linda Parks, Lixit Corp.; Dennis Pedisich, Napa Community Bank; Jaime Penaherrera, Queen of the Valley Medical Center; Suzanne Shiff, Napa Valley Coalition of Nonprofit Agencies; Don Shindle, Westin Verasa Napa; Brenda Speth, Napa Valley Register; Rex Stults, Napa Valley Vintners; Dr. Patrick Sweeney, Napa Valley Unified School District; Kevin Teague, Holme Teague Roche Anglin LLP; Jay Williamson, Williamson and Company. HONORARY DIRECTOR: Julian Weidler, Retired.
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EDITOR: Katherine Zimmer Please email submissions to katherine@napachamber.com

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