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6A Daily News – Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Commerce business saw that 80% of a team’s results often come from only 20% of its members. If the RB-TC Chamber had 20% of its membership active and par- ticipating, we’d be in great shape! And the theme for my first column as Chamber Chair would probably not be what it needs to be; yet another invitation for more folks to join the few dozen Chamber mem- bers who actively serve as Cham- ber directors, committee members and chairs. A plea, actually. The Chamber has many more wheels in motion today than it did a year ago. Our membership is up, so we have members to be served, more requests for service, more fundraising, more events and active partnership in more commu- nity projects. Several years ago, even some members would occa- sionally ask “what does the Cham- ber do, anyway?” Anyone asking that question today hasn’t been paying attention. Even with more members and projects, we still have one Cham- ber executive and support staff of two. We still have about the same- sized handful of member-volun- teers on whom we can count for brainstorming, event and project planning and implementation, rep- resenting the business communi- ty’s interests to local governments, talking up the Chamber to prospec- tive members, showing up to help launch a hot air balloon, work a booth at a public event, and so on. Of course you’re busy. Me too. & Who isn’t these days? 1. Email or call me and say “Nobody has specifically asked me to serve on a Chamber committee or as a volunteer leader. I’d like to find out more about what the Chamber does and how it does it all.” I’ll invite you to our next Chamber board meeting as a guest, so you can take a look. No pres- sure. 2. Email or call me and say “I can’t afford an ongoing commit- ment. When you’re putting togeth- er a team to work on a project, please give me a call and ask if I can help. If I can, I will.” We’ve been talking about creating a team of such folks to help when it’s crunch time on some project. CAT = Chamber Action Team. 3. If you’re the boss at your business, consider asking an employee or two if they would be interested in representing your company on the Chamber Action Team or on a committee. 4. If you’re not the boss, ask the manager if the place you work is a member of the Chamber. answer is yes, ask if you might rep- enterprise Still somewhere short of the 80-20 ratio You’ve probably heard the old resent the business in some Cham- ber activities. Even if only to come talk up your business at a Good Morning, Red Bluff or Business After Hours mixer. If it turns out the place where you work does not belong to the Chamber … well, those businesses that enjoy the fruits of the Chamber’s efforts yet have some rationale for not joining might be the subject of a future column. You might be surprised who some of those folks are. Pardon me for a lateral leap to another subject, but as I take the Chamber volunteer leadership reins from now past-chair Kris Behrens, I want to thank her for her friendship, vision, passion and amazing organizational skills, serving as chairman of the Cham- ber’s board for the past two years. Also to past-past chairman Lynn DeFreece, for the benefit of his local business experience and busi- ness management knowledge, which guided us on our search for a new Chamber CEO. At countless turns, Lynn helped Dave Gowan get up to speed as our new staff exec, and Lynn also led our execu- tive committee in putting the Chamber’s “house” in order. Here we go. As this Chamber of Commerce year gets underway, give some thought to whether you would like to help us work the trail, or just come along for the ride. If the Greg Stevens is publisher of the Daily News and incoming president of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce. 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