• Provide educational opportunities for Chamber members and the community.
• Work with other committees and organizations on workforce development.
• Educate members about information and resources available to help with workforce and workplace improvement efforts.

Government Affairs

Long-term
Recommend positions on legislation to the Board of Directors. Advocate to local legislators Chamber/Business positions on proposed legislation. (Utilize methods to keep legislators issues in front of community-debates, info flow, etc.)Work with other organizations and legislators to advocate for, and address, area project funding needs.
Short-term

1. Communications Process Development:
1. Communicate legislative initiatives (Federal, State & Local) more effectively with Chamber members. 
2. Serve as liaison between local Chamber members and PCCE (Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce Executives) Coalition 120 and Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry initiatives and advocacy to address member’s needs.
3. Create a Virtual Advisory Committee that will provide feedback via e-mail to the Government Affairs Committee on legislation and positions.

1. Recommend to the appropriate committee, within the Chamber, development of programs about legislation and political issues important to members.
2. Meet with Legislators at Federal, State, County and Borough level to discuss the needs of Chamber members 
3. Do a survey to flush out the Chamber Member’s needs 
4. Team up with the Hospital to advocate for Health Care.
5. Communicate thru the Daily News on Political situations.  Ex…How do you choose a Presidential Candidate?

Huntingdon Area Promotions and Activities

Long-term:

•  Work cooperatively with the Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau to educate visitors and encourage visits to Huntingdon County 's business districts.
•  Establish programs, publications and events that will make the Historic Huntingdon business district and other business districts in the County destination locations for visitors and residents.
•  Work closely with other committees and organizations to assist with revitalization efforts for Huntingdon.
•  Examine ways to promote a more positive image in order to gain more participation from both within and outside of membership.
•  Promote business participation in the full calendar of existing community and special events, and assist in strengthening existing seasonal retail promotion in Huntingdon.
•  Develop an advertising program to promote downtown Huntingdon as a destination. Consider print, radio, billboards and local cable commercials in plan development.

Short-term:

•  Develop downtown directory and make suggestions for improvements and printing options.
•  Provide business representation to address parking issues within downtown Huntingdon.
• Open and maintain lines of communication with the business community along with providing an opportunity for any businessperson to raise issues of concern as well as opportunities.
•  Encourage attendance and membership by personal targeting of new and existing businesses through active demonstration of value/worth through actions.
•  Establish a sub committee to organize 2006 Holiday events and promotions.
•  In cooperation with the Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau, develop and produce Downtown Huntingdon print publication for distribution primarily by HCVB.
•  Develop and plan print advertisement strategy utilizing new branding targeted to reach a larger audience in addition to local advertising.
•  Implement business Emergency Hotline.
•  Develop plans for WaterFire 2008.
•  Continue to expand the Mayfest event.

Loan & Grant Committee

Short- term:

•  Review applications, recommend programs to the Board and Borough, and administer loan and grant programs for the betterment of the downtown.

Membership Committee

FY ‘08 ‘09:

• Increase total new membership by 10% by June 30, 2009.
• Increase the committee’s contribution to non-dues revenue by 10%.
• Publish the membership directory online.
• Maintain or expand the scope of the Ambassador Program.
• Develop new ways to recognize Pacesetters and long-term members.
• Expand the Certifichecks Program, focusing on increased purchase of Certifichecks as well as increased acceptance at area businesses.
• Solicit increased involvement in membership recruitment.
• Seek a Juniata College marketing intern to do a study on membership satisfaction and needs.
• Enhance the e-newsletter as a communication tool, striving to issue an installment every two weeks beginning in the fall of 2008.

FY ‘09 ‘10:

• Steadily increase membership to 450 by June 30, 2010.
• Ensure that there is one ambassador for every 25 members by June 30, 2010.
• Increase the committee’s contribution to non-dues revenue by 10%.
• Solicit increased involvement in membership recruitment.

FY ‘10 ‘11:

• Increase the committee’s contribution to non-dues revenue by 10%.
• Develop and foster relationships with other chambers and organizations.
• Develop sources of non-dues income.
• Solicit increased involvement in membership recruitment.

Technology Committee

Long - term:

• Promote the availability of broad-band technology and the rate of its deployment in the Huntingdon County in cooperation with the Huntingdon Area Information Partnership.
• Support efforts to market the Huntingdon area to technology firms through the Chamber and Chamber partners.  Facilitating the sharing of technology information at the community/local user level.
• Maintain and improve the use of www.huntingdonarea.info as a unified gateway to digital information about Huntingdon County. 
• Maintain and improve the use of www. huntingdonchamber.com to promote the goals and activities of the Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce.
• Market www.huntingdonchamber.com as the best place for Huntingdon area business and community information. 
• Encourage members to use the internet to promote and /or sale products and services. 

Short-term:         

• Enable improved networking of Huntingdon Area organizations including RSS feeds, business site database, demographic data, and community calendar through the Huntingdon Area Information Partnership (www.huntingdonarea.info). 
• Develop at least one program to present new technology information to Chamber Members. 
• Develop and publish a broadband connectivity map for Huntingdon County in cooperation with the Huntingdon County Mapping Department on www.huntingdonarea.info. 
• Request Chamber members’ link back to the Chamber web site. Request partners link to sections within www.huntingdonarea.info such as statistics, broadband map, and calendar.
• Broaden membership on the technology committee. 
• Offer members a web presence through the Chamber site and modify the website to facilitate enhanced business to business communication. 
• Improve the Chamber web site by reviewing content to appropriately reflect the countywide nature of the organization and the accuracy and currency of the data. 
• Modify the on-line Chamber Membership Directory to enable better searches via the Internet. 
• Provide “how to start a business” information on the Chamber website through additional links. 

The goals which support the County Chamber’s Strategic Statements are marked with the statement supported (e.g. SS#1).