Chamber Chat

Rich Cantillon

The 31^st Ponca City Leadership Class will have a session Wednesday on city government.

Tana McKinley, assistant city manager, is the day chair. This is always an awesome day to learn about all the aspects of city government. I would like to mention that most of our city commissioners and staff have participated in Leadership Ponca City. We really appreciate that and feel it also has given them a good understanding of everything our city does for the citizens of Ponca City.

Here is information on our Ambassador Committee:

• Objective: Recruit new members, retain existing members and serve as the official goodwill diplomats for the Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce.
• Membership: Open to any Chamber member
• Goals:
  • To aggressively recruit new business and individual members. Each Ambassador is encouraged to recruit a minimum of one new Chamber member in 2017.
  • To work with existing members and seek their views on how the Chamber can better serve them.
  • To work with the Chamber staff to update membership contact information.
  • To attend and promote member participation in Chamber functions including ribbon cuttings, groundbreakings, Business after Hours, Cash Mob, and Chamber Lunch and Learns.
  • To participate in the Chamber’s Goodwill Days, in order to make contact with, and receive feedback from Chamber members.
  • To attend the Chamber’s goodwill visit to another chamber in 2017.
  • To continuously strive to improve the retention rate of existing chamber members.
• Meeting Date: 3rd Tuesday at 8 a.m., Chamber Office Patt Hughes Board Room
• Chair: Brittany Atauvich, City National Bank
• Vice Chair: Shasta Scott, Eastman National Bank