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November 2017
Priorities for the Month:
Setup & teardown of the holiday parade
Breakfast with the Grinch promotions/tickets/packets
Put together the 2018 budget & operating plan
Enter email addresses to newsletter list
Holiday Parade staging & exit maps
Holiday Parade coloring book to print
Holiday Parade marketing materials to print
Holiday Parade volunteer tasks
Holiday Parade arrival times & instruction letters
Distribute 2018 directory ad sign-up/detail sheet
Passport booklets to print & marketing materials
Change message on interchangeable sign
Meet w/ BID interns weekly
Featured gift card monthly merchant
Working with Stellar Blue on monthly social media calendar
Continuous website updates
Reconcile gift card account every Friday
Develop and send the monthly newsletter
Put all advertising medias in place for the month & invoiced businesses for
reimbursement
Committee Reports:
Marketing Consortium
Put together the monthly agenda
Sent out prior minutes and agenda
Attended holiday committee meeting
o Breakfast with the Grinch packets/promotions
o Passport booklets distributed
o Distribute Small Business Saturday materials
Attended monthly meeting
Donation letter to Auxiliary for Trick or Treat event
Sent out windows/whoville press release
Beautification & Retention
Submitted paid invoice for Charles Williams 126 State St. building; new door-
Retention Grant
Coordinated tree delivery, tree lighting, holiday posts, and pole décor/banners
Delivered & purchased more lights
Held monthly meeting
o Went over holiday updates
Holiday Parade
Finalized banners for parade
Met with Police Dept. & Kathy Snell one last time for parade logistics
Pick up of all materials: poles, banners, radios, coloring books
Additional trash cans distributed
Volunteer tasks assigned
All promotional materials completed
Press release sent
Distributed posters and postcards
Collect all payments and insurance information for all entries
Met with Emily from Oshkosh Media go over live TV lineup info
All parade entry information sent out
Sent info for plaques for parade winners
Other Highlights/Projects
Continue to work with Zagster; met with OCVB & OACF
Radio promo on WOSH
TV promo channel 5-holiday parade
Met with Black Teak to go over available properties
Put together packets for 10 new tenants at Washington Historic Flats
Met with Oshkosh Independent for 2018 advertising options