EVENTS:
spring and fall trade shows, 10th anniversary dinner/dance, golf tournament, safe trick or treat event, holiday tree lighting
1992 president
Dave Manning (right)
and Marianne Pratt
(front center) play golf |
IMPORTANT ISSUES:
Marianne Pratt chosen from over 200 resumes to become the new executive Director. In May, the Tualatin Crawfish Festival Association votes to disband. Chamber steps in and takes over production of the event. City donates seed money, chamber begins selling corporate sponsorships as a way to pay for festival. Helser Industries and JAE Oregon are the first to become official festival sponsors. Ed & Joanne Casey named King and Queen Cray; Portland Trailblazer Terry Porter named grand marshal.
Dave Strauss of Costco flips burgers for the BBQ after the golf tournament |
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Industrial Council formed and meeting monthly
• Chamber name tags available for purchase
• High turnover in 1990 leaves us with 283 members on January 1, despite recruiting 80 new members throughout the year. Board goal is 352 members by the end of this year.
• Chamber has a total of 17 committees, and the board of directors meet twice per month. |
 POLITICAL:
In July, the Tualatin Development Commission made “the most important decision…ever made on the commission”: approval to go ahead with the Tualatin Commons project.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
Meridian Park Hospital begins a $14 million expansion; new Tualatin High School opening in August; Tualatin Mastodon installed in city offices; chamber and membership help update sign codes.
Chamber Secretary
Judy Lund |
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Newsletter now being produced inhouse. Mailed to chamber members only, except May & November.
• 100° weather at golf tournament, played at Charbonneau. Cost $45 each, trophies to best male player and best female player.
• 46 new members in 1991, no indication of number of drops.
• Concept drawing of new Tualatin Commons revealed
• Flyer from Tualatin Police Department warns of a loosely organized group of computer burglars who are stealing computers, taking them apart and selling the individual components—ah, the days before identity theft!
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