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Minutes of Visitor Services Committee Meeting
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
NRTA Conference Room
In attendance: Kate Hamilton, Director of Visitor Services, David Sharpe, Office
Administrator, Kevin Dugan, Assistant Administrator, Charles Balas, Chairman, and
Gene Mahon.
Kate called the meeting to order at 3:08pm
Kate started off the meeting by talking about putting up a sign at the Sconset
Comfort Station. This sign would be similar in appearance to the one currently in use in
front of the office at 25 Federal Street. Permission from the Sign Committee is currently
being pursued. There was some discussion regarding the amount of the NVS budget that
has been used thus far this year. Charles was also curious as to what percentage of our
budget we actually used for all of last year. David reviewed the number of visitors, calls
and placements and gave comparisons vs. last year for January, February and March year
to date.
Kate reviewed the individual roles that David and Kevin will be taking regarding
lodging and restaurant information. David will focus on the restaurant side of the
business and Kevin will take the lodging side. The office will also be staying in close
contact with the Selectman’s Office regarding restaurant openings and closings,
particularly with respect to off-season holiday periods as well. Kate also mentioned that
we have current availability lists for Daffodil weekend and the Wine Festival.
The committee was shown a “sample” of the new shopping bag that NVS will be
providing to visitors in response to many requests over the course of the last few seasons.
These will be introduced over Daffodil Weekend.
Kate also spoke about the new bike signs that she is ordering from a different
company. They will be an improvement over the previous signs and will also be
fluorescent.
Discussion ensued regarding the new web site and the fact that we will be able to
track the number of “hits” and also possibly be able to use some form of a comment card
for visitors to reply about their Nantucket experience.
Gene Mahon asked what was going on with regard to Restaurant Week. It appears
that at this time very little discussion has taken place between N Magazine and the
restauranteurs.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00pm.