iNFORMER News Jan '10

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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 any Member announcements. Of course, feel free to leave a comment or start a conversation with your Chamber and Members.

Monthly Chamber Dinner

Tuesday, January 19 - ""Redwood Healing Arts Education Collective" - presentation Trinidad Town Hall 6p

Dinner reservations required - $17 each. Make your reservations by the Sunday before, svp. - Lighthouse Members - "free!" and no reservation required

Call 677-1610

Informer Calendar

• Chamber Events This Month
• Tue.Jan.05 - Chamber Board of Directors Meeting 6:30p
• Tue.Jan.19 - Chamber Dinner Meeting - Town Hall 6p
• Tue.Jan.26 - Chamber Board of Directors Reg. Meeting 6:30p
• February
• Sat.Feb.06 - Trinidad to Clam Beach Run - visit TrinidadToClamBeach.com

• Member/Friend Events This Month (details page 3)
• Fri.Jan.15 - Deja View & New Art Town Hall 6p
• Sat.Jan.16 - Deja View & New Tea Town Hall 2p
• Thu.Jan.21 - Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert - Trinidad School 6:30p

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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 Monthly 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

Fun Trinidad Holiday Season!

Whew! From jingling sleigh bells and caroling on the Redwood Express, to touring a holiday lighting of Trinidad that was extra special this year, to eating way too much at the Chamber sponsored "Holidays By The Sea" party, to the creative creches displayed at Saints Martha and Mary Mission, to joining Song Circle singers at Trinidad Art Gallery and the WCA, to checking out the creative holiday tree at the Museum, to the "Winter Music" rehearsal of Vivaldi's "Autumn" and "Winter", to visiting Westhaven Community Center for their holiday dinner (all in one weekend!), it was certainly a fun holiday season here in Trinidad.

So many volunteers donating their time and energy to make it all happen, we are lucky to have such wonderful friends and neighbors. I'd like to especially thank Dori, Katherine and Sharon for heading up our Chamber "Holidays By the Sea" committee - you guys did great! Also thanks to the Sheens, Pilot Rock Ramblers, Trinadad Jazz Project, Dan and Catch Cafe, all our prize donors and helpful "elves", and of course everyone who came out to share their joy at our annual community dinner.

Hope everyone is having a great start to 2010. A great way to start working off any extra pounds you may have picked up is by training for the Trinidad to Clam Beach Run next month. Of course we'll need lots of volunteers to pull of this annual Trinidad event, so please make yourselves known, if you'd like to help out.

Mike Morgan
677-1610 Chamber Office

Older News ...

$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 - 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.

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Member/Friend Upcoming Events

Deja View & New Art Auction and Tea at Town Hall - A Library fundraiser by the Friends of Trinidad Library. Friday, January 15th 6p - Art Preview - sneak a peak for the silent auction of previously owned and new art and Saturday, January 16th 2p - Auction and Afternoon Tea

The Friends and their many supporters are holding a silent auction of previously owned and new art at the "Deja Vu and Brand New Too" Tea Party with Trinidad's Kathy Reid-Ready and the Crone Tones Quartet providing even more entertainment. Come support all these creative volunteers and help build our new Trinidad Library. To donate art, lend a hand, or find out more about the Trinidad Library Building Project ...

Call Darlene
677-9242

Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert - Trinidad School's only all-school concert of the year!

Thursday, January 21st 6:30p

February Preview ...

Basic Massage for Friends, Family & Couples - Presented by new Chamber Member The Redwood Healing Arts Education Collective

Saturday, February 13th 9a

This class is open to the public and is not for credit. A day of learning basic massage techniques for back, feet, head, neck, hands and arms for the community! Designed for friends, family and couples to learn some basic techniques to share for pain and tension relief, relaxation, and connection through touch. All participants will be screened prior to enrollment & requirements for giving and receiving touch including contraindications, feedback format, and ethical touch practices will be discussed. 
Participants who attend without a partner will be paired with another participant. We will have a break for lunch and class may finish early.

Call
845-5489
rhaecinfo@gmail.com

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.

 

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!