Greater Seaford Chamber of Commerce

2008 Officers & Board of Directors
Greater Seaford Chamber of Commerce

Front [left to right]
Lou Ann Parson, Vice President; Sally Stewart, Past-President, Carol Rohrbaugh, Board member
Back row [left to right]
Larry Dernulc, Board member; Tom Brown, President; John Hollis, Board member; Randall Cash,
Board member and Bunky Griffith Board Member.
Not shown are: Steve Tull, Secretary; John Watson, Treasurer; and board members Dolores Slatcher
and Pat Correll

President Tom Brown with Sherman the Shorebird
Rise 'n' Shine Breakfast March 2008

President, Tom Brown

Nanticoke Health Services

Vice President, Lou Ann Parson

BP Environmental

Secretary, Steve Tull

Century 21-Tull Ramey Real Estate

Treasurer, John Watson

Seaford Federal Credit Union

Past President, Sally Stewart

Stewart/Geiger

Dr. Susan Betts

Susan Betts, Optometrist

Robert S. Boyd

Regional Builders, Inc.

Randall Cash

Automated Copy Sustems

Pat Correll

Town of Bridgeville Commissioner

Lawrence Dernulc

Bank of Delmarva

G. Jane Drace

Drace Insurance & Investments

Fred P. Glime. C.P.M.

Penco Corp.

Bunky Griffith

Trinity Transport, Inc.

John Hollis

Nemours Health & Prevention Svcs

Dr. Russell Knorr

Seaford School District

Bryant Richardson

Seaford & Laurel Star

Carol Rohrbaugh

Seaford Center - Genesis Eldercare

Dolores Slatcher

City of Seaford

Bob Warford

Audio Visual Design

Committees

Member Services: Dr. Susan Betts, Chair	.. Optometrist
Spuck Bennett	Harley Davidson of Seaford
Larry Dernulc	Bank of Delmarva
Dan Messick	Messick, Ruff & Company
Ron Marvel	Burton Bros.
Doug Lambert	American Powerclean LLC

Member Services Committee Program of Work 2008 - SECRETARIES/STAFF APPRECIATION DAY LUNCHEON - Sponsor and coordinate the annual Secretaries/Staff Appreciation Day luncheon to be held in April. - GENERAL MEMBERSHIP DINNERS - Coordinate the Fall General Membership dinner meetings. Decide on menu, speakers and/or entertainment. - NEWSLETTER –Every other month publication of “Take Five” with information on members, area happenings, Chamber benefits and Committee reports. Committee chair to write article for each edition. Provide advertising opportunities for members. - AFTER BUSINESS HOURS MIXERS – In 2008, networking mixers will be scheduled once or twice a month to showcase a member’s place of business and provide exposure for the member host and new business contacts for those attending. - CHRISTMAS SOCIAL – Coordinate with a member business to host a holiday social for members and prospective members to bring together area businesses in an informal and relaxed setting in December. Consult on refreshments and entertainment. - WORK TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION with members for events and meetings via a wide variety of delivery methods, such as batch faxing, email, member mailings and telephoning. - LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST - Host throughout the year to give members an opportunity to explore issues with elected officials on the city, county and state level. - GENERAL MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST – In 2008, “Rise ’n’ Shine” breakfasts will be scheduled every one to two months (7 – 8 a.m.) to give members a chance to make valuable business contacts while listening to speakers offering timely and informative topics. - POWER LUNCHES – Set up and advertise speakers of interest for lunches for Chamber members. [separate from board meetings]

Legislation:
Tom Brown	Nanticoke Health Services
Dorrie Moore	Chesapeake Utilities
Legislative Committee Program of Work 2008 The mission of the Chamber’s Legislative Committee is to review and report to members on legislation pending at the City, County, State and Federal levels that may have an impact on businesses or economic development in the greater Seaford area. The committee’s members believe that in order to continue to be an effective Chamber and promote economic development that Chamber members must be informed of legislation that may affect their businesses so that their opinions may be heard by various governing entities. It is not the intent of this committee to formulate opinion on legislation or to present an opinion as being the Chamber as a whole. - The committee’s objectives for 2008 are as follows: 1. Continue our attempt to establish a working group of members what have interest and/or expertise in legislative areas and meet on a monthly basis. 2. Maintain a working relationship with City, County and State legislators. 3. Begin reviewing legislative agendas and attending legislative meetings as warranted. 4. Continue our “Legislative and Economic Updates” via email and other communications to Chamber members.

Community Enhancement: Bunky Griffith, Chair	Trinity Transport, Inc.
Carol Rohrbaugh, Co-Chair	Genesis Eldercare
Jay Dolby Lt Debbie Engel Linda Johnston Carreen Kouts	Dolby & Associates, Inc. Salvation Army Money Mailer of Delmarva Trinity Transport, Inc

Community Enhancement Committee Program of Work 2008 - JOHN A., JR. & HELEN MOORE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD - Continue to solicit nominations from previous winners and from the community and assist the Moore family representative in the award presentation at the Fall Dinner and Awards Ceremony. - CHRISTMAS PARADE – We will continue support the parade financially, send a representative to Downtown Seaford Association meetings; sponsor and select the “Chamber’s Choice” float. - BUSINESS EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS: - The committee plans to provide two workshops during 2008. The first will be a partnership with Susan Rae Baker of “Future Endeavors” and will be for business women who want to “Be a Boss Without Being a B_ _ _ h”. The committee will also continue to encourage business and community participation in workshops, seminars, and educational programs on various topics to benefit our members. - EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDS – The purpose of this award is to recognize those individuals and businesses that provide exceptional customer service in the Western Sussex County area, and to encourage other businesses to increase their standards of customer service. A monthly award will be presented by the committee from submissions from the community. The annual award will be selected by ballot in the community from the monthly winners. The award will be presented by the committee chairperson at the Fall Dinner and Awards Ceremony.

Tourism: Mark Reeve, Chair Paula Gunson	MR Marketing Executive Director
Tourism Committee Plan of Work 2008 - NANTICOKE RIVERFEST – This will be the 14th year for this event - and it is firmly established as a premier destination for summertime visitors. The City of Seaford hosts the event. The Chamber will continue to assist the City in any way possible in the planning and carrying out of the event. - SEAFORD HERITAGE WEEKEND – This event is taking the place of the defunct Towne & Country Fair. In 2008, Terry Ayers is chairing the event. We are partnering with the Seaford Historical Society and the event will be held at the Governor Ross Plantation on Memorial Day Weekend. Committee chair Mark Reeve has contracted with the Chamber to do the fundraising for the event. Our plans are to grow this event to showcase the heritage of the Seaford area, from the Nanticoke Indians to the Seaford nylon plant. - SOUTHERN DELAWARE TOURISM - The Chairperson or a member of this Committee will attend Southern Delaware Tourism meetings as a voting member, along with the Chamber’s Executive Director. Assist in completing the year-end funding reports required by Southern Delaware Tourism in order to receive Chamber’s share of accommodation taxes. - CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP – Continue to develop the multi-level marketing plan for seeking major corporate sponsorship for visitor-related events in our service area. AREA PROMOTION – Provide assistance to the municipalities and organizations in our service area to help promote festivals and events that draw visitors to the western Sussex County area. MARKETING THE LOCAL AREA – General public relations effort and article placement to promote the area’s economic viability and tourism. The committee chairperson will work closely with the executive director to develop additional regional media contacts to place articles on area attractions and strengths. - COMMITTEE MEETINGS – Continue to develop an active committee and hold regular working sessions to develop both short term and long term goals for tourism in the greater Seaford Chamber of Commerce service area.
Business & Economic Development: Randall Cash, Chair	Automated Copy Systems, Inc.
Larry Dernulc G. Jane Drace Dr. Russell Knorr Dolores Slatcher Tom Brown All Chamber Members are invited to attend these meetings	Bank of Delmarva Drace Insurance & Investments Seaford School District City of Seaford Nanticoke Health Services
Business & Economic Development Committee Plan of Work 2008 The committee will continue along the same lines as in 2007 because what we have been doing has seemed successful. Our focus will be on our monthly meetings and on our two annual events, the Job Fair and the Businesspersons of the Year Recognition Awards. - Monthly meetings: These will continue to be held on the second Thursday of each month at Noon at the Pizza King. The Committee will continue to encourage the general membership to attend. The agenda of these meetings will reflect the needs and the interests of our business community, and the expectation is that much can be accomplished if many are at the table. - Job Fair: This will be held at the Seaford Senior High School in April, and, building on the excellent work that Paula did last year, we are expecting it to be even better. - Businesspersons of the Year Recognition Awards: The presentation program will be based on the decision of a sub-committee open to any member of the economic-development. - New Initiatives: At each monthly meeting we have a period for open discussion, and the hope is that we will find a “mission” above and beyond our current goals that will help make our service area a better place to live and work.

Ambassadors CarolBeth Broomfield, Chair	Creative Gift Solutions
J. Frank Perdue Rick Stewart Ed Heath Katie English Troy Wheatley	Delaware National Bank Callaway, Farnell & Moore Retiree Merchant Processing International Wheatley's Homes & Improvements
Ambassadors Committee Program of Work 2008 - GREETERS: Two ambassadors to attend Chamber functions (mixers, breakfasts, membership dinners, speed networking, etc.) Ambassadors to circulate and assist with introductions and networking among guests. 5- 0/50 RAFFLE: Ambassadors to conduct sale of raffle tickets at each Chamber event. Proceeds used to fund other Ambassador sponsored events. - MONTHLY MEETINGS: Ambassadors to attend monthly meetings. Past events to be reviewed. Finish details on upcoming events. Review new member list and assign Ambassador contacts. Present new ideas for networking opportunities. Recruit additional members to the Ambassadors committee. - NON-MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS: Assist Chamber Executive Director with follow-up on 2008 non-renewals. - NEWSLETTER: Provide an Ambassadors article for the bi-monthly “Take Five” publication. - MEMBERSHIP RETENTION: Committee to contact as many new and old members as possible. Goal is to help more Chambers members to become involved with and active in their Chamber. Address any problems members might have and report to Executive Director.

Executive Director, Paula K. Gunson
P. O. Box 26
Seaford, DE 19973
302.629.9690dmin@seafordchamber.com

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