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Ms. Green distributed copies to board members of a proposed enhanced listing for the upcoming publication of the visitors guide. Board members had questions and comments about the enhanced listings, both pros and cons. It was decided that more information was needed for a decision to be made regarding the enhanced listings in the updated visitors guide. Mr. Pavao suggested that businesses be polled as to their preferences regarding the enhanced listings. Sheer Associates are moving forward with the meeting planning guide. In the new guide floor plans will be included of the facilities in the publication. The meeting planning guide should be completed in the fall. Ms. Green and Ms. Cathleen Turner of the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough submitted Hillsborough as a site for a Revolutionary War Trail of North and South Carolina. After it was accepted, the two organizations collaborated on a Hillsborough Revolutionary War Tour. A brochure outlining this new walking tour is being prepared for completion in July. Ms. Green made the announcement that she had been elected and was presently serving as president of the North Carolina Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus (NCACVB). OLD BUSINESS Ms. Green showed a sketch of the roadway signs for Orange County to the board members. The signs for the interstate highways will be 11 feet by 4 feet in size and the signs for the secondary roads would be 3 feet by 6 feet. The signs will be green with white lettering with the Orange County logo. All board members were in consensus on approval of the signs and now the signs will be taken before the county commissioners for approval. Ms. Green reported that the progress in completing work at the Chapel Hill Museum is in the final stages. The $35,000 state grant monies is almost depleted but all is going well. Mr. Pavao stated that no changes had been made through legislative channels to the local occupancy tax legislation. Mr. Pavao stated that Chancellor Hooker was standing fast in his endorsement of not changing the legislation. Mr. Bill Crowther, County Commissioner, has spoken with Chancellor Hooker and he has opposed a contribution in lieu of occupancy tax from the Carolina Inn. After a brief discussion it was decided to allow the county attorney and the university's legal department to further study the situation of the occupancy tax at the Carolina Inn. The board asked Ms. Green to make a report at the next meeting regarding the amount of occupancy tax revenue that has been lost from the Carolina Inn since January 1997 along with projections for loses in 1997-98.