Saturday, November 28, 2009
Happy Holidays
From all of us members of the "Old Homosassa Village Association" want to wish one and all.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Help!!
Help: Boat parade, we have an offer of 2 boats to decorate, 1 from Gail and 1 from Don
We need ideas of decorating and helping hands from our members to put something together, PLEASE, give either ideas or hands so we can be a part of this years parade. I know most of us have our own boats, but surely we can pull this together
Mitch has offered some hands for decorating and will check on a generator. Will need a driver and members to ride
Let me know
Thanks
Judy
We need ideas of decorating and helping hands from our members to put something together, PLEASE, give either ideas or hands so we can be a part of this years parade. I know most of us have our own boats, but surely we can pull this together
Mitch has offered some hands for decorating and will check on a generator. Will need a driver and members to ride
Let me know
Thanks
Judy
OHVA Members:
Susan Mitchell just called me with some great news!!
She has arranged for attorney John Clardy to join us at our Dec. 10th meeting. He help Nature CoastFriends of the Blues with their non-profit filing and has agreed to help us. We will need to set up by laws and etc. Susan will bring her copy of the Nature Coast Friends of the Blues for a guideline.
We are making great progress.
Capt. Mike has suggested we have a membership drive in Jan. Perhaps set up like a mixer for this and tell the new prospects where we have come from and our future plans. Sounds like a great way to start 2010!!
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. If not possible to attend email me your ideas and recommendations and we will share them at the meeting.
Remember: "If it weren't for the last minute, a lot of things would never get done"- Michael S. Trayer
Thanks Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
Judy Dickerson/ OHVA Chairwoman
Susan Mitchell just called me with some great news!!
She has arranged for attorney John Clardy to join us at our Dec. 10th meeting. He help Nature CoastFriends of the Blues with their non-profit filing and has agreed to help us. We will need to set up by laws and etc. Susan will bring her copy of the Nature Coast Friends of the Blues for a guideline.
We are making great progress.
Capt. Mike has suggested we have a membership drive in Jan. Perhaps set up like a mixer for this and tell the new prospects where we have come from and our future plans. Sounds like a great way to start 2010!!
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. If not possible to attend email me your ideas and recommendations and we will share them at the meeting.
Remember: "If it weren't for the last minute, a lot of things would never get done"- Michael S. Trayer
Thanks Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
Judy Dickerson/ OHVA Chairwoman
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Nov. 12th mins. & news
OHVA MEMBERS:
So sorry many of you were unable to make last night's ribbon cutting photo. We were able to have our photo with Jim Anderson, Mitch Simmons, Don Franklin, Capt. Mike, and myself. Along with Chamber Ambassadors. Then we headed to the Riverside Resort for the Chamber mixer put on by FDS Disposal. It was grand, good time to mix and I left some of our Old Homosassa Village Assoc. maps to share. Talked toFred Clark from the Homosassa Rotary Club and he will be inviting us to a meeting to let them know how we can accomandate the Chili Cookoff next yr.
Sorry so many of you missed our last meeting Nov. 12th. Mins are as follows:
Meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Judy Dickerson. Treasurer, Mitch Simmons gave his report and updates on our available monies. Our advertising campaign with the Chronicle (13 weeks) has ended and we had Bernadette Carithers was in attendance from the Coastal Angler. We all were able to look at her Nov. issue, where she has articles on the Old Homosassa Smokehouse and Riverworks Studio. We did remind her when she is writing about our members to also put member of OHVA. I see looking thru this issue that Shelly Smith from Shelly's Seafood also has an article in "A Day in the Life of a Stone Crabber". Great work Shelly!
We held a vote on doing an ad in the Dec. issue for $175.00. I might ad the Bernadette was here yesterday with a ad she put together, it looks good, our logo with the water featured pictures from our web site. Also in the Dec. issue she will be writing a feature on Dickerson's Riverside Galleries and she will be adding the OHVA membership. It was agreed upon that she would see what kind of rate we can get for a 1/4 page ad on a regular bases. Members agreed that keeping our names out there was the right way to get more awareness for Old Homosassa. We can choose to put these ads in different regions, reaching different guests and visitors to Old Homosassa. Capt. Mike added that rates in the St Pete Times were pretty reasonable also. These are things to be considered at future meetings.
Elaine Moore gave her report on her research on obtaining non-profit status and the different descriptions of regristration and were we fall. After much discussion, it was decided to check with Susan Mitchell and have her fill us in on her procedures with the Nature Coast Friends of the Blues. Susan came to the mixer last night and she will check with the attorney they used and bring updates to the Dec. meeting on this subject. Elaine also gave information on redefining the Waterfront Fl. council. We also discussed checking with the Civic Club, Diane Toto and the River Alliance and get a clearer picture of our mission for Old Homosassa. I have since thought more on this and perhaps we should steer our fund raisers towards restoring Old Homosassa's image. We are all for Old Homosassa, right and perhaps we can help the businesses that are in historical bldgs. to restore, or take on refurbishing other homes that can use this help. I'm sure that all goes with the maintaining the Old Homosassa we all love and work in. More discussion in Dec.
Elaine also brought up our logo again. It has been decided that this logo is one that will maintain for recognition factors and the ads or info around it will be for the marketing and bringing visitors to Old Homosassa and the web site.
We all look at a sketch Bill Dickerson has made to be the subject of Capt. Mike's bus (new look) It will be a work in progress for the next few weeks. Then Capt. Mike will park it at Taz's Dogs & Scoops in his off season for an advertising tool to direct people down towards the river. Thanks Mike!!
Bill is still working on our arrows for the 19 sign and the Yulee Dr directing to Old Homosassa (should be up in a week or so).
Mitch brought up that his Dad will do some promoting for us in the Villages and neighboring communities. Thanks to Mr. Simmons.
We discussed with Jim Anderson the new maps. We have decided to try it on a larger scale and do a tri fold, so it can be displayed in brochure holders. I have started a new rack for brochures in our shop, just for members, please bring me cards and brochures to add to it. We will be dropping the coupon from the maps, as no one felt it was a benefit at this time.
Judy Dickerson brought to vote about a Christmas lighting contest among the members. We felt it would be an added attraction to the Wildlife Parks Lights and the boat parade. We decided to have the voting on line. I checked with Ron Bujok and he will set the web site up for votes. I hope we can have some voting stations set up in some businesses, like at Neon Leon's, Riverside Resort and others. Please let me know if you will be able to set these up in your business so we can advertise these voting sights. Good Luck on your lighting projects. People love to drive by lighted communities and it is time we join in on this vehicle of awareness.
The Christmas parade has been changed to Dec. 19th, because of the Rock Crusher Concert being on the 12th. We had some discussion about a decorated boat for OHVA. Don Franklin or Gail Oakes will donate a boat for us to decorate if we can get the help to do this project. Please let me know. This is the 25th year and it would be GREAT to be able to do this also.
I just had the opportunity to talk with Douglas Lobel from Inverness Old Town and he would be willing to come to a meeting and give us some pointers on our Association. I love their map and hope we can achieve something like this in the future. He did tell me when he joined the Olde Town Assn. there was only 22 members and they are now over 100. We may not achieve 100 but we can grow.
We did discuss also that in the past there has been some bad feelings between Chamber, Chronicle or the other side of the River even. Let's all decide to wipe all the old slates clean and use our OHVA as the instrument to begin anew. So we can all benefit and make our Old Homosassa flourish again.
Meeting was adjourned: Next month plan to attend, keep the ball rolling Thurs. Dec. 10, 6pm at the Museum Cafe
Thank you
Judy Dickerson/Chairwoman
So sorry many of you were unable to make last night's ribbon cutting photo. We were able to have our photo with Jim Anderson, Mitch Simmons, Don Franklin, Capt. Mike, and myself. Along with Chamber Ambassadors. Then we headed to the Riverside Resort for the Chamber mixer put on by FDS Disposal. It was grand, good time to mix and I left some of our Old Homosassa Village Assoc. maps to share. Talked toFred Clark from the Homosassa Rotary Club and he will be inviting us to a meeting to let them know how we can accomandate the Chili Cookoff next yr.
Sorry so many of you missed our last meeting Nov. 12th. Mins are as follows:
Meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Judy Dickerson. Treasurer, Mitch Simmons gave his report and updates on our available monies. Our advertising campaign with the Chronicle (13 weeks) has ended and we had Bernadette Carithers was in attendance from the Coastal Angler. We all were able to look at her Nov. issue, where she has articles on the Old Homosassa Smokehouse and Riverworks Studio. We did remind her when she is writing about our members to also put member of OHVA. I see looking thru this issue that Shelly Smith from Shelly's Seafood also has an article in "A Day in the Life of a Stone Crabber". Great work Shelly!
We held a vote on doing an ad in the Dec. issue for $175.00. I might ad the Bernadette was here yesterday with a ad she put together, it looks good, our logo with the water featured pictures from our web site. Also in the Dec. issue she will be writing a feature on Dickerson's Riverside Galleries and she will be adding the OHVA membership. It was agreed upon that she would see what kind of rate we can get for a 1/4 page ad on a regular bases. Members agreed that keeping our names out there was the right way to get more awareness for Old Homosassa. We can choose to put these ads in different regions, reaching different guests and visitors to Old Homosassa. Capt. Mike added that rates in the St Pete Times were pretty reasonable also. These are things to be considered at future meetings.
Elaine Moore gave her report on her research on obtaining non-profit status and the different descriptions of regristration and were we fall. After much discussion, it was decided to check with Susan Mitchell and have her fill us in on her procedures with the Nature Coast Friends of the Blues. Susan came to the mixer last night and she will check with the attorney they used and bring updates to the Dec. meeting on this subject. Elaine also gave information on redefining the Waterfront Fl. council. We also discussed checking with the Civic Club, Diane Toto and the River Alliance and get a clearer picture of our mission for Old Homosassa. I have since thought more on this and perhaps we should steer our fund raisers towards restoring Old Homosassa's image. We are all for Old Homosassa, right and perhaps we can help the businesses that are in historical bldgs. to restore, or take on refurbishing other homes that can use this help. I'm sure that all goes with the maintaining the Old Homosassa we all love and work in. More discussion in Dec.
Elaine also brought up our logo again. It has been decided that this logo is one that will maintain for recognition factors and the ads or info around it will be for the marketing and bringing visitors to Old Homosassa and the web site.
We all look at a sketch Bill Dickerson has made to be the subject of Capt. Mike's bus (new look) It will be a work in progress for the next few weeks. Then Capt. Mike will park it at Taz's Dogs & Scoops in his off season for an advertising tool to direct people down towards the river. Thanks Mike!!
Bill is still working on our arrows for the 19 sign and the Yulee Dr directing to Old Homosassa (should be up in a week or so).
Mitch brought up that his Dad will do some promoting for us in the Villages and neighboring communities. Thanks to Mr. Simmons.
We discussed with Jim Anderson the new maps. We have decided to try it on a larger scale and do a tri fold, so it can be displayed in brochure holders. I have started a new rack for brochures in our shop, just for members, please bring me cards and brochures to add to it. We will be dropping the coupon from the maps, as no one felt it was a benefit at this time.
Judy Dickerson brought to vote about a Christmas lighting contest among the members. We felt it would be an added attraction to the Wildlife Parks Lights and the boat parade. We decided to have the voting on line. I checked with Ron Bujok and he will set the web site up for votes. I hope we can have some voting stations set up in some businesses, like at Neon Leon's, Riverside Resort and others. Please let me know if you will be able to set these up in your business so we can advertise these voting sights. Good Luck on your lighting projects. People love to drive by lighted communities and it is time we join in on this vehicle of awareness.
The Christmas parade has been changed to Dec. 19th, because of the Rock Crusher Concert being on the 12th. We had some discussion about a decorated boat for OHVA. Don Franklin or Gail Oakes will donate a boat for us to decorate if we can get the help to do this project. Please let me know. This is the 25th year and it would be GREAT to be able to do this also.
I just had the opportunity to talk with Douglas Lobel from Inverness Old Town and he would be willing to come to a meeting and give us some pointers on our Association. I love their map and hope we can achieve something like this in the future. He did tell me when he joined the Olde Town Assn. there was only 22 members and they are now over 100. We may not achieve 100 but we can grow.
We did discuss also that in the past there has been some bad feelings between Chamber, Chronicle or the other side of the River even. Let's all decide to wipe all the old slates clean and use our OHVA as the instrument to begin anew. So we can all benefit and make our Old Homosassa flourish again.
Meeting was adjourned: Next month plan to attend, keep the ball rolling Thurs. Dec. 10, 6pm at the Museum Cafe
Thank you
Judy Dickerson/Chairwoman
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