iNFORMER News Dec '09

Welcome to iNFORMER! Our Trinidad Chamber Blogletter

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(x) hideMe It's our monthly iNFORMER Newsletter content published online and merged with online commenting capabilities. Here, you'll collect monthly Chamber news and information, as well as updates on upcoming events in-and-around Trinidad. On page 2 there's a letter from your Chamber President, and any Chamber Business Reports. On page 3 there are business specials for Chamber Members and Member announcements. Of course, feel free to leave a comment or start a conversation with your Chamber and Members.

Monthly Chamber Dinner Saturday, December 19 - "Holidays By The Sea" Our Community Holiday Dinner and Dance

Trinidad Town Hall from 6-10p. Everyone Is Welcome! Non-chamber members are encouraged to attend. Enjoy fabulous food by Catch Cafe, and then dance the night away.

We’re looking forward to a fun Holiday Season with you in Trinidad.

Many celebratory events are planned in our community for the upcoming Holidays.

This year, our Holiday Party Auction will not only help pay for the party, but also help build the new Trinidad Library with a donation to their fundraising efforts. If you or your business has a gift to donate for the auction, please get it to Dori by Friday, the 11th.

Friends of Trinidad Library introduces “Trinidad Lights - A Holiday Home Tour” which begins before the party at 4p. Tour decorated homes together, caroling ‘round town with Bill&Nick leading the way, then head over to our Holiday Party.

Tickets are $25 - reservations required. Make your reservations by Sunday, Dec.14, svp.

Call 677-1610

Calendar Of Up-Coming Events

• Chamber Events This Month
• Sat.Dec.19 - Holidays By The Sea - Town Hall 6-10p
• Tue.Dec.22 - Chamber Board of Directors Meeting sub committees- 6:30p
• Tue.Dec.29 - Chamber Board of Directors Meeting Regular - 6:30p

• Member/Friend Events This Month (details page 3)
• Sat.Dec.12 - Caroling on the Redwood Express Trinidad Sing Along 2p
• Sat.Dec.12 - Moonstone Wine Tasting and Dinner at Lost Whale Inn
• Sat.Dec.19 - Trinidad Lights - Holiday Home Tour 4-7p

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Simple & Effective Ways to Promote

Use our Chamber Blogletter & Calendar. We'll post your monthly event in our iNFORMER Blog. Be a part of our Calendar of Up-coming Events and we'll also publish your details in our Member/Friend Announcements. We'll even "tweet" for you! Many people and organizations follow us on Twitter @TrinidadTweets to receive up-to-the-minute Chamber News, Member Promotions, and Event Reminders.

If you, or your Member Business or local Organization, would like to advertise a special event, please contact us with your requests by the 25th of each month. For more information,
Call 677-1610

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Our Chamber News

Don't Be a Humbug! Get Those Holiday Lights Up! - Let's help support the Friends of Trinidad Library with their new event - Trinidad Lights A Holiday Home Tour. Besides making the tour even more festive, lighting homes and businesses brings smiles and joy to all but the Scrougiest among us - have you seen the Memorial Lighthouse on one of our clear, silent nights?

If you need help putting up a strand or two, or need a strand or two donated - let us know. This new event will be a fun prelude to our Holidays By The Sea community dinner.

$10,000 for the Trinidad Library - The Greater Trinidad Chamber of Commerce's Biggest Community Donation Ever! "This is wonderful news. The Chamber support is so appreciated and sets such an inspiring example to others. It helps more than you know in many significant ways. Thank you, Mike, and thanks to all of the Chamber board." - Patti Fleschner

In Case You Missed it Last Month - check out a video featuring our area. San Francisco Bay Area Channel 5 KPIX - Eye on the Bay: North Coast Camping, Part One (http://cbs5.com/video/?id=55690@kpix.dayport.com) Thanks for the link and all your hard work promoting our area HCCVB.

Hope everyone is getting in the Holiday Spirit and having fun!

Mike Morgan
677-1610 Chamber Office

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Member/Friend Upcoming Events

Caroling on the Redwood Express Saturday, December 12, 2p. Come sing along with the Trinidad Song Circle and friends. Bill and Nick pull the Redwood Express through Town, spreading good cheer and happy holiday wishes to all.

Moonstone Wine Tasting & Dinner at The Lost Whale Inn, Saturday, December 12

You are cordially invited to join hosts Don Bremm, Sharon Bremm, Guia & Gary Hiegert at The Lost Whale Inn for a wonderful evening of wine and food. Wines are paired with different courses for a fabulous gourmet dinner. Join friends and prepare for a memorable evening of wine, food and camaraderie as Don & Sharon explain the complexities of the "noble grape." Limited seating - reservations
677-3425

Trinidad Lights - Holiday Home Tour, Saturday, December 19, 4-7p

The Friends of Trinidad Library introduces a new event! Includes entry to several homes to see holiday decorations, Sts. Martha and Mary Church open for a creche display, a ride on Susan Morton's decorated Redwood Express wagon pulled by Belgian Draft Horses Bill and Nick, luminaria leading to the Library open with holiday books, Trinidad Museum open and decorated, and refreshments and singing at Trinidad Art, plus some surprises, including an 88-year-old elf. Thank you for your support of our new Library.
Call Darlene
677-9242

More Announcements ...

Some Blogs of Note: HSU Now - National Geographic Spotlights Tall Trees Professor
"... Sillett’s research into California’s redwoods are highlighted in the October National Geographic cover story." Another good one - Citizens Lend a Hand with Otter Research

Humboldt Magazine Fall'09 Tallest Trees Unveiled
As conservationists and governments promote forest growth to moderate the impacts of climate change, Sillett believes these super-hero trees could help. “Pound for pound, no species soaks up and effectively stores more carbon than redwoods,” he says.

 

George Herd Named Chamber's 2009 Citizen of the Year! Congratulations to George and thank you for your service to our community.

 

Now Open! Trinidad (Twinidad?) Twisitor Center

Follow us @TrinidadTweets and receive up-to-the-minute Chamber News, remindMe Event Notification, and Chamber Member Promotions.

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If you are asking that, tweeting is probably not for you. Well not yet anyway. Meanwhile, we're on the map at Twisitorcenter.com (first on the North Coast!).

Trinidad has joined the ranks of savvy cities around the world that tweet!

Twisitors (Trinidad visitors who tweet with twitter.com) can now "ask the locals" by tweeting travel questions directly to us.

Giving more personal suggestions on things-to-do, as well as unique personal perspectives of Trinidad is not only helpful, it's fun! If we're unavailable, fielding questions like "Where's Strawberry Rock in Trinidad?" can be done by our "followers" (friends who subscribe to our tweets) and the twitter community at large. Someone in London who likes Trinidad may get the tweet, and be excited to answer it. Twitter-ers are generally enthusiastic, helpful people. If we can get Ned tweeting, imagine having him available to answer your tweets.

I like getting tweets like "Hey everyone, there are 3 whales whooping it up in the Bay." You can follow your favorite local businesses as well as international news. Emergency notifications over Twitter have even helped alert residents in their cities. Curious? Check out our Trinidad Twisitor Center and the Web for more information. Get tweeting!

Mike Morgan, GTCC Global Public Relations & Marketing Chair

Get Linked Up!

If you haven't already been linked from our Chamber's Web site to your own Member Web or Blog site, now is the time to do it. Linking will help both of our search rankings! We have thousands of visitors looking at our site every month.

With advertising costs increasing, getting maximum benefit from Web based advertising and exposure is critical. Or, if you sponsor or support a nonbusiness or non-profit organization that would benefit from linking the Chamber Web site and yours, let us know!