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Approved February 15, 2017 MINUTES Chapel Hill /Orange County Visitors Bureau Board of Directors Meeting January 18, 2017 The Chapel Hill /Orange County Visitors Bureau met at Orange County Solid Waste, Chapel Hill, NC Board Members Present: George Cianciolo, Sharman Campbell, Andrew Strickland, Tim Hoke, Jeffrey Strickler, Rosemary Waldorf- Chair, Kayla Austin, Aaron Bachenheimer, Mark Sherburne, Annette Stone, Meg McGurk, Lee Pavao, Nitin Khanna, Not Present: Allison Nichols- Clapper, Penny Rich, Mark Bell, Lee Storrow Staff attendance: Laurie Paolicelli, Marlene Barbera, Allison Chambers, Steve Brantley, Katie Murray Also present: Stephanie Brown, Asheville CVB, Tom Stevens, Mayor of Hillsborough, Muriel Williman, OC Solid Waste, Roger Stancil, Chapel Hill Town Manager, Kristi Kaas, Hyatt Place Hotel Call to Order Chair Rosemary Waldorf called the meeting to order at 8:08 am. Introductions were given by all. Approval of Minutes Chair Waldorf requested a motion to approve the November 16, 2016 minutes. Lee Pavao so moved and George Cianciolo seconded. With all members in favor, the minutes were approved as submitted. Host Introduction Chair Waldorf introduced Muriel Williman from Orange County Solid Waste Recycling who shared information about the recycled components of the building that we were meeting in which include a water reclamation system and solar water heating. She reminded the board that there are recycling bins on public streets in all three municipalities and thanked the town officials present for making that possible. Finance Report As Finance Chair Penny Rich was unable to join us, Chair Waldorf gave the finance report. We were expecting a 7% increase in occupancy tax this year, which to date has not be the case, as we are presently almost flat from last year. That being said, we have accumulated available fund balance and the executive committee has recommended using $250,000 in fund balance to fund a spring /summer tourism media campaign with Clean Design that will include TV spots to address H132 fallout. This recommendation comes as an expression of the need to spend down that fund balance, and the need to promote the county in the shoulder season with this strong marketing blitz. Chair Waldorf called for a motion and Mark Sherburne so moved with Lee Pavao seconding. The motion passed unanimously. New Business Roger Stancil shared with the board that the British Consul has recently visited Chapel Hill as he establishes an official presence in the Triangle and based on their conversation it is clear the HB2 is a powerful international issue. Stancil reported that he will put them in touch with Paolicelli. Visitor, Stephanie Brown, who serves on a state committee to study HB2. She shared that NC is on travel bans from 20 cities and states and the British have ordered a security alert to their citizens. A group of travel leaders have met with the seven big travel associations to ask them to act on the part of