SOUTH LAKE TAHOE LODGING ASSOCIATION
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
December 12, 2002 @ 9:30am
Embassy Suites Resort

MINUTES

I. Introduction: Members of the Board and Guest

a. See attached roll sheet.

II. TOT-Measure Z Update

a. Begins 12/20/02 not 12/5/02.
b. See attached.

III. Election of 2003 Board of Directors

a. Farewell from Jim Foff

i. Ten Things he would like for Christmas

1. Streetlights
2. Sidewalks/Curbs/Gutters from Airport to Zephyr Cove
3. Lodging Meetings – 1 hour
4. New Airline
5. Scholarships to LTCC for Lodging Majors
6. Stop killing the bears
7. 85% Occupancy
8. New City Hall
9. Convention Center/Project 3
10. Personal (Playboy Playmate as new Front Desk Person)

ii. Presentation of plaques to retiring Board Members

1. Dwayne Beatty – Secretary/Treasurer
2. Eric Eymann – Vice-President
3. Scott Oldakowski – Director
4. Simian Miranda – Director

iii. Eric Eymann introduced the Proposed New Board and each person talked briefly about themselves.

1. President – Jerry Birdwell, Black Bear Inn
2. Vice-President – Pat Ronan, Lakeshore Lodge & Spa
3. Secretary – Tami Wallace, Stardust Vacation Club
4. 1-40 Rooms – Pradip Patel, Vagabond Inn
5. 41-80 Rooms – James Clark, Best Tahoe West Inn
6. 81-+ Rooms – Stefan Gruvberger, Embassy Hotel
7. Property Management – Verla Younker, Embassy Vacation
8. LTVA – Cathy Colbert, Inn by the Lake
9. Redevelopment – Michelle Strieck, Marriott Corp.
10. Associate Member – Ken Daley, Area Transit Management

iv. Results were unanimous for slate presented.

b. Jerry Birdwell-President took over meeting.

IV. Bill Chernock – LTVA

a. Update of Central Reservations (NLTRA)

i. The Tahoe Douglas Chamber and South Lake Tahoe Chamber’s are taking the phone calls for South Shore.
ii. NLTRA is in the process of replacing all three of their top staff positions.

b. LTVA’s New Co-operative Advertising Opportunity: “THE BLUE WORLD”

i. See attached.

V. Mike Dikun – Lake Tahoe Airport

a. Reported on Progress of Airport

VI. Charlie McDermid – Tahoe Tomorrow

a. See attached.

VII. Other Presentations

a. South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce – Duane Wallace
b. Tahoe Douglas Chamber of Commerce – N/A
c. City of South Lake Tahoe – Tom Davis
d. El Dorado County – N/A
e. Wedding & Honeymoon Association – N/A
f. Other:

i. Simian Miranda introduced the Wide World of Work participants from the South Tahoe Middle School
ii. Rick Bauer: reported on the possible start up of a new commercial airline in South Lake Tahoe.

VIII. New Business

a. See attached meeting dates for 2003.

IX. Adjournment – 11:40 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Tami Wallace, Secretary
South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association

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