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Having established a long-range goal to improve and expand its electronic access and automation, the Bureau has been pursuing a project that would automate its calendar of events listings by phone both during and after hours with a local company called Voice of the Town. Ms. Green reported that a new system could be up and running by the summer for a minimal investment. The bureau would utilize the services of student interns from the journalism program at UNC-CH to record entries and provide technical support. More information on this will be presented as progress is made in the implementation of this program. Permission has been received and the fee waived from AAA in the use of their logo on the proposed poster that has been presented to the Board at a previous meeting. Ms. Green reported that she is now waiting on permission from the university to use representations of their trademarked icons on the poster. The Board will be updated as the Bureau receives information. Ms. Green reported that the Governor's Conference on Tourism will be held in Asheville April 6 - 9 with information on the conference distributed to each member of the Board. If anyone would like to attend they should contact Ms. Green. The Bureau is now situated in their new offices and plans are underway to host an open house on March 26th from 4 to 6 p.m. Invitations will be sent to all local officials and others who may be interested in visiting the Bureau at the new location. OLD BUSINESS Commissioner Bill Crowther has talked with Ms. Green about signage for Orange County. Ms. Green reported that Beverly Blythe with the Commissioners office presented four drawings for signs to be used on secondary roads for this board's input. A brief discussion about the words people,progress and preservation on the signs ensued and it was decided that the preference of the Board was to recommend People, Progress Preservation in that order. Mr. Caldwell stated that he had recently done business with a company making signs for his school and that the cost was very reasonable. Ms. Green will get the name of the company in order to do a price comparison. Since it was a consensus of the entire Board, no motion was made. Ms. Green will forward the design to the Commissioners as a recommendation from this board. A brief discussion about the status of occupancy tax collections at the Carolina Inn ensued. Ms. Davis from UNC-CH had not been directly involved in the issue and was not familiar enough with all of the intricacies of the university's position to bring the board up to date on any recent developments. Ms. Skinner reported they were not collecting occupancy taxes from individuals whose purpose of visit was university-related, as outlined in the letter from Carolyn Efland to Terry Murphy (provided).