First I’d like to begin with a brief apology to all of you, I haven’t posted any thing on our blog for too long. We’ve been busy working on the dirty details of the plan which I’m happy to share with you today. Click here to download our work plan.
Secondly I want to thank the 180+ folks who drove down to Bolingbrook yesterday to attend our vision luncheon. I hope you enjoyed hearing from our three speakers, Ray Kinney (thanks again to Art Littlefield for being generous with his time), Jerry Roper and Debra Lellbach. Due to great interest I wanted to include a link for you to the “Shift Happens” movie.
As we’ve discussed, change is going to happen, we can wait for it to change our lives or we can adapt early and help dictate the pace of change our lives.
Also, yesterday I posted a link to my column I wrote for the September edition of the Current. I don’t know how many of you had a chance to read it. The Naperville Sun has an article on our luncheon yesterday.
Since the Chamber is one of the many "extra curricular" activities on my calendar, I am not as conversant with the 2020 plan as a Chamber employee would be, but in just scanning the report, what jumps out at me is the frequent mention of Young Professionals. I am curious as to the reasoning behind the extra interest in them. There is a slight mention of active older adults, but no special consideration of women-owned, minority-owned, or home-based businesses. Why does the Chamber feel it important to focus on the needs of YP's more than these other segments? Theoretically, all segments should just step up and play with the big boys, or all segments should receive equal consideration from the Chamber rather than plucking one group out for special treatment.
Posted by: Anonymous | October 04, 2007 at 08:12 AM