Developed by the Board of Directors at the Strategic Planning Session, the top priorities for 2010:

Strong Local Economy

• Coordinate quarterly or semi-annual meetings of boards of directors of the multiple agencies in Oxnard (CVB, EDCO, ODMD, etc.)
• Play a major role in the branding of Oxnard
• Expand Military Affairs Committee to include business development

Hispanic / Latino Business Outreach

• Establish a focus group of leaders in the community to understand and create definition of challenges, problems and opportunities
• Add Hispanic / Latino members to our Board of Directors
• Engage current Hispanic Chamber members to help develop plan to recruit other Hispanic businesses

Financing the Chamber

• Focus customer retention efforts on newer members
• Target income from golf tournament at $10,000 through increased participation on the Ambassadors - Chamber event and renew/expand relationship with Ambassadors
• Increase auto-pay arrangements for customer retention
• Formulate performance metrics for all activities/events