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Chamber committees part of higher profile

by. Girard Hengen
The Review

The Saanich Peninsula Chamber
of Commerce will focus on its
“natural role’ as the business
voice in the community this year,
says incoming president Paul Dee-
fon.

This means staking out posi-
tions and speaking out on issues
that concem business people, plus
making presentations to all levels
of government to ensure the-cham-
ber’s positions are heard.

“Our image has to go up in the
community,’ Deeton told chamber
members gathered Thursday night
for their annual general meeting.

“We need a higher profile. We
need to have more credibility,” he
said in his first address as the new
president.

“We have a natural role as the
business voice in our community
representing the business com-
munity,” he said.

A goal of the chamber is to_sign
up 1,000 members, which Deeton
says will give the organization
more clout.

He said the chamber should

express the opinion of the mem-
bership when dealing with govern-
ments on specific issues.

To that end, Deeton announced
the formation of four committees
charged with various chamber
functions.

One, the municipal liaison and
political action committee, vows to
be an “issues-oriented” group.

Among its tasks will be trying to
persuade all three Peninsula
municipalities to work with the
Commonwealth Games organiza-
tion in attracting events to the
Peninsula.

The athletic venues are set, but
Games organizers are still plan-
ning cultural and other Games-
related events.

Outgoing president Rick
Roberts said chamber members
were “ concerned the three munici-
palities will be standing on the
sidelines looking in” because
councils don’t want to get
involved.

The committee will also exam-
ine whether to stop the chamber’s

‘tourism promotion activities in the

absence of funding from the
municipalities.

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The chamber funds two Tourist
Information Centres and is look-
ing for support from the local
governments to offset some of the
costs.

Roberts said the whole Penin-
sula benefits from the chamber’s Ss y .
tourism program, ‘“‘and we feel x yo we)
they should be getting more é
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