Joey Bloggs said:
Can you give me an idea of what that would entail?
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Meet and greet is pretty simple. Kind of like an open house. You have goodies out on a table, folks get greeted at the door, you tell them to help themselves to the goodies, feel free to walk around the inn. ( Be sure you lock your private rooms if you don't want them in there) and then chat away leisurely as folks mingle. That's it
But, you need to ask your association..what it is they might have planned as well. Sometimes we had a guest speaker, other times, it was everyone sitting around in a room, listing to the news and then sharing our issues and tips for other innkeepers who might need some advice. It was always fun.
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catlady said:
Meet and greet is pretty simple. Kind of like an open house. You have goodies out on a table, folks get greeted at the door, you tell them to help themselves to the goodies, feel free to walk around the inn. ( Be sure you lock your private rooms if you don't want them in there) and then chat away leisurely as folks mingle. That's it
But, you need to ask your association..what it is they might have planned as well. Sometimes we had a guest speaker, other times, it was everyone sitting around in a room, listing to the news and then sharing our issues and tips for other innkeepers who might need some advice. It was always fun.
These are the parameters I have to work with, copied from the email I received and edited for confidentiality.:
To date, we haven't established a set schedule for general meetings, having been spread thin and focused on urgent priorities such as the web site, grants, and brochure. Our goal was to have about 4 general meetings a year. Business owners are often reluctant to commit to membership that requires meetings. However, with membership renewal upon us, openings on the board, and all of the goings on of the Association, raising the need for committees and participation we are going to forge ahead with a few general membership meetings in a row over the summer months and see how it goes.
We truly hope that meeting at various locations and consistently over the summer months will reach a new mix of members and result in a higher level of member participation towards our goals.
The board will have only a brief agenda of 30 mins or less each evening, leaving the hosting, refreshments, mingling, touring, etc. to your discretion.
If these dates are agreeable to you, would you kindly draft an invitation indicating times, directions, and any other relevant information and send it to us for distribution to general membership. Then, make sure to invite, remind all the members and potential members you know!
Thanks so much!
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As you can see, it is somewhat open ended. Its not only Innkeepers but often local restaurants & business owners will attend. So since it is a meeting, I think I will need to figure out the seating arrangements.
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