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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 17, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 8- d - 6 <br />SUBJECT• Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau <br />DEPARTMENT: Board of Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Under Separate Cover <br />Membership Roster <br />Notices of Reappointment Requests <br />Applications/Resumes of Members <br />Requesting Reappointment <br />Interest List <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Clerk's Office„ ext. 2130, 2125, 2126, 2129 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 245-2130 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the reappointment of three members to the Chapel Hill/Orange <br />County Visitors Bureau. <br />BACKGROUND: All members of the Visitors Bureau are appointed by the BOCC for three- <br />yearterms. The Visitors Bureau is charged with developing and coordinating visitor services in <br />Orange County. It also implements marketing programs that will enhance the economic activity <br />and quality of life in the community. <br />The terms of Sam Hobgood, representing the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce; Anne Loeb, <br />representing the Orange County Economic Development Commission; and Bill Crowther, <br />representing the Alliance for Hillsborough have expired. They each have been recommended <br />for reappointment and are eligible to serve another term. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Consider making appointments to the Chapel Hill/Orange County <br />Visitors Bureau as follows: Sam Hobgood, first full term to expire 12/31/2005, representing the <br />Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce; Anne Loeb, second term to expire 12/31/2005, <br />representing the Orange County Economic Development Commission; and Bill Crowther, first <br />full term to expire 12/31/2005, representing the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. <br />