Quarter Two 2008 — Volume 3, Issue 2

Member Benefit Highlight

Business After 5

Business After 5’s are a great

way for a host to have over

100 business representatives

from the Kenosha area come

to your place of business and

learn about products and

services. Business After 5’s are

a great way for business people

to network without the pres-

sure of a sales presentation.

The Chamber presents these

lively events once a month on

a weekday evening from 5:00

pm – 7:00 pm. Members can

attend a Business After 5 for

$5 and non-members for $15.

If you are interested in learning

more about hosting a Business

After 5 please contact Stepha-

nie Phillips.

Year to Date

48 New Members

98 Member Referrals Given

The 2008 Bank of Kenosha/Kenosha Area Chamber of

Commerce Expo was held on February 23 and 24, 2008.

By all accounts this event was a great success. With

over 100 chamber-member businesses represented at

this year’s Expo, the attendees had a lot to see and do;

including the “Just Say No” Family Activity Area, rock

climbing wall, and a moon bounce and slide along with

all of the other great exhibits. Adult attendance over the

two days is estimated at 6,000. This large attendance

number was due in part to the Expo Committee’s

decision to give out 30,000 free entry tickets throughout

the community in the weeks preceding the event. The

estimated attendance in the “Just Say No” Family

Activity Area was 1100 kids, with

the Optimist Club giving out gift

certificates for 6 bicycles.

During the Expo, attendees were

asked to share their thoughts and

opinions about the event through

an online survey. Some important

information that was learned from

those surveyed are that 95% plan

on attending the 2009 Expo and

83% rated the overall quality of

the Expo satisfactory or better.

Exhibitors and anyone else interested can contact the

Chamber for more information about what attendees

thought of the experience. We will also be sending out

a survey to exhibitors to get even more feedback to

continue to improve this important event.

The Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce would like to

thank the Expo Committee; sponsors: Bank of Kenosha,

Jay Bee Collision Repair Center, Lemay Auto Group,

Kenosha YMCA, Lite Rock 92.1,WRJN, and Wisconsin

Bounce; and all of the volunteers for their hard work in

making this such a great event.

2008 Expo Exponentially Awesome

momentum

On February 22, 2008 the

Kenosha Area Chamber of

Commerce proceeded with a soft-

launch of its new website, www.

kenoshaareachamber.com. This

new website, sponsored by First

Banking Center, Kenosha County

and Platinum Systems, will provide

businesses, community members

and visitors with information about

members, membership and the

Kenosha Area. The new website

features a business directory

allowing visitors to the site to

search by business name, business

category and keywords. New to this

website is an online membership

application, which the Chamber

staff hopes will make applying for

membership easier for everyone.

Website visitors will also be able

to download registration forms for

different Chamber events, such as

Regional Connections. There are

other new features of this website

that will make it more useful for all

visitors; there is a larger “About Us”

section with a list of Board Members

and contact information for the

Chamber office, there is also an

extensive “Membership Benefits” list

that will members and prospective

members to see all of the

benefits of membership

that is available.

As this is a soft-launch

of the website, there

is still work to be done

and kinks to be worked

out. The Chamber

would appreciate any

comments, suggestions

and feedback from

members and site

users. “This is a great

opportunity for the

membership to help

us clean up our database as well.

Businesses often forget to inform the

Chamber of new phone numbers,

fax numbers or websites. We hope

that members will do a search for

their business and check to make

sure that all of the information we

have is accurate,” Stephanie Phillips,

executive director. Members can

send us their updated contact and

business information by downloading

an Information Update form on the

website in the Membership category

and faxing the corrected information

to the Chamber office.

Chamber Soft-Launches All New Website

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Patrick DeGrace joined the Kenosha Area Chamber

of Commerce Board of Directors in September

2007. Patrick is the Director of Customer Care of

Hospira Worldwide Inc. in Pleasant Prairie. He has

been with the company for 27 years and has lived

in the area for 14 years.

In addition to serving on the KACC Board of

Directors, Patrick also serves on the Boards of

KABA, the Boys and Girls Club, and HIBCC.

Pat volunteers his time for the benefit of many

organizations including, United Way, the Cancer

Society, Rotary, and Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.

“I want to give something back to our community

to continue to keep our community growing in the

positive ways that it has grown during the years

that I have lived here.”

Board Member ProfilePatrick DeGrace, Director of Customer CareHospira Worldwide Inc.

With the completion of the 2008 Bank of Kenosha/Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce Expo I wish to extend our gratitude to all the committee members, exhibitors and supporters that made the event a huge success. Over 6000 people attended this year’s Expo, making it one of our most successful events in the last several years.

On June 13th, we will be holding our Annual Meeting at the Best Western Harborside. We invite all our members and partners to attend this meeting to hear a recap of 2008 and our plans for 2009. Our ever-popular Beautifi cation Awards will be presented as well as Ambassador of the Year, and our fi rst ever Kenosha County “Best Place to Work” award! � e “Best Place to Work” award is open to any member of the chamber, and nomination forms must be completed by employees. Watch the mail and email blasts for nomination information.

In addition, we are working on revising the membership dues structure. Many chambers charge a fl at rate per member, with escalating dues according to employee counts. What your chamber is working on is “value-based” dues packages. We are carefully analyzing all programs and benefi ts and packaging them with annual dues in a more effi cient way. Our goal is to have our members really only write one check per year!

Of note on the programming front, two programs are beginning to pick up some momentum. Our Kenosha Area Hispanic Business Networking group has now been meeting for six months. � is group is specifi cally charged with supporting Hispanic owned businesses through networking and best practice sharing. We have had many new faces at each meeting and look forward to growing this group and off ering some great events.

Fuel Kenosha (formerly Young Professionals of Kenosha) continues to move forward. Representatives from the chamber board met with the leadership of Fuel Milwaukee to brainstorms ways in which the two groups may collaborate under the Milwaukee 7 eff ort. We are in planning stages of our fi rst event to occur in late June. If you are not receiving email blasts about this program, please let me know and I will add you to our email list.

On the Business to Business front— two new opportunities are coming up and both are fantastic ways to get your name out. We are resurrecting our print business directory – but now it will be geared more to your business-to-business marketing needs. � e purpose is to encourage businesses to keep their business local – specifi cally with other chamber members. Advertising is available only to members and is likely to go fast.

We are also in planning stages of a new Business to Business Expo! Many you of you may recall this event from several years ago. We are in early stages, with hopes to have the event in early fall. Please let us know if you would like to get involved.

As with all events, sponsorships are a great way to get extra value for your investment. Title sponsorships carry the most bang for the buck. � e chamber is currently seeking title sponsorships for the Expo, Fishing Outing and the Business to Business Expo. Please contact me if you have any interest in any level of event or program sponsorship.

Chamber Report

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2008 Chamber Foundation Scholarship

Chamber Recognizes Members at June 13 Annual Meeting

We are pleased to announce that the Kenosha Area

Chamber of Commerce Foundation College Scholarship

Fund will be awarding $10,000 in scholarships to Kenosha

County residents graduating from high school pursuing

a full-time course of study at a college, university or

vocational/technical school. Thanks in part to the

generous support of event sponsors TDS Metrocom, title

sponsor of the Annual Scholarship Golf Classic, and Jay-

Bee Collision Repair Center, raffle sponsor of the Great

Kenosha Raffle, the Foundation will be awarding four (4)

$2,500.

The Foundation awards scholarships to students that

display positive character, leadership skills, academic

excellence, community involvement, and future

aspirations. Among other qualifications, applicants

must have a connection to the Kenosha Area Chamber

of Commerce either through an employer or a parent/

guardian’s employer. Applicants must submit an

application, along with letters of recommendation,

high school transcripts, and a written statement. The

Scholarship Committee will then choose several

applicants for an interview on May 6, 2008.

On June 13, 2008 the Kenosha Area Chamber of

Commerce will host its 2008 Annual Meeting. Part of

this meeting is dedicated to recognizing members for

their outstanding work in making Kenosha a better

place to live and work, with the Beautification Awards,

Ambassador of the Year Award and the Best Place To

Work Award, which is being given for the first time in

Chamber history.

The Beautification Award winners will be chosen by a

committee selecting from applications submitted by

Chamber members. Five award winners will be selected

based on the following criteria:

Chamber member in good standing•

A business that has made a commitment to both •

the community as well as its business by renovating

or expanding its current property.

A business that has not been recognized by either •

a Beautification or Economic Impact Award in the

past three years.

Last year’s Beautification Award winners include Andrea

& Orendorff, Czarnecki & Schlenker, Cicchini Asphalt

Paving, Inc., City of Kenosha Transportation Department,

Kemper Center, Pazzo and Pulera Collision Auto Care

Center.

Committees & Programs

Ambassador Volunteers

Jennifer Dooley

Biggby/Cordeck/MPM

Jennifer Dooley joined the Am-

bassador Committee in 2007.

Since she started on the com-

mittee, Jennifer has volunteered

at Business After 5s, the 2008

Expo, and has been instrumental

in growing the Chamber member-

ship and membership of the Am-

bassador Committee.

Lucy Kotelnicki

ReMaxElite

Lucy joined the Ambassador

Committee in 2007. Lucy serves

as leadership in her Chamber

Network Group, is always recruit-

ing new members for the Cham-

ber and volunteers at events such

as Business After 5 and Regional

Connections.

Lloyd Miller

LaMacchia Travel

Lloyd Miller joined the Ambas-

sador Committee in 2007. Lloyd

has been a generous volunteer,

working at Business After 5s,

selling raffle tickets for the Great

Kenosha Raffle, and helping the

Expo Committee call on prospec-

tive exhibitors.

Donna Sowden

Signs By Tomorrow

Donna Sowden joined the Ambas-

sador Committee in 2007. Donna

has been a great volunteer, selling

Great Kenosha Raffle Tickets, vol-

unteering at the 2008 Expo and

volunteering at many Business

After 5s.

Dan AntonneauVice PresidentDavid Insurance

Nick ArnoldCity Administrator (Retired)City of Kenosha

Terry V. AtwaterPresident & OwnerNational Materials Transport & Storage

Thomas BrandPresidentJay-Bee Collision Repair Center, Inc.

Jay CashmoreVice President Senior Relations ManagerChase Kenosha (Downtown Branch)

Matt CoffeyManager of Imaging ServicesAurora Health Care

Patrick DeGraceDirector of Customer CareHospira Worldwide, Inc.

Richard GosslingChairmanTown of Bristol

Zina HaywoodExecutive Vice President / ProvostGateway Technical College

Carol LambersonAmerican Solutions For Business

John MielkeDirector of Marketing & Public RelationsUniversity of Wisconsin-Parkside

Larry NelsonVice PresidentBane Nelson, Inc.

David StrashMarketing ManagerHappenings Magazine

Gregg ViganskyRealtorRe/Max Elite

David WilkPartnerGuttormsen, Hartley, Wilk, & Higgins LLP

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Board of Directors

Terri Sinnott-ChardukianChairAssistant Vice PresidentBank of Kenosha (South Branch)

Matt CarlsonVice ChairPresidentPlatinum Systems, Inc.

Jens EmersonTreasurerSenior ManagerClifton Gunderson, LLP

David GeertsenSecretaryFinance DirectorKenosha County

J. Thomas Duncan IIIImm. Past ChairVice PresidentUnited Hospital System (Kenosha Campus)

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21 Full Board Meeting

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Monday, July 28, 2008

4th Annual Scholarship Golf Classic

Presented by KACC / KABA

Friday, June 13, 2008

Annual Meeting

Best Western

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25 Ambassador Meeting

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