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The mission of the Garden Grove
Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee (GAC) is to
provide a basis for the Chamber to act on local, state and
federal issues impacting its business community so a favorable
and profitable business climate is secured.
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Dr. Les Malo, Chair
Garden Grove
Chamber of Commerce
Government
Affairs Council |
Second Friday of Each Month at 7:30am
Garden Grove Community Meeting Center - Founders Room
11300 Stanford Avenue
Garden Grove, CA 92840
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Jeremy Harris
President/CEO
Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce
jeremy@gardengrovechamber.org
May 1, 2009
Garden Grove
Chamber Launches New Government Affairs Program
The Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce expanded its membership
benefits with the addition of an ambitious government affairs
program that will represent the interests of businesses. The
Chamber developed and implemented a government affairs program
complete with mission, vision statements and long term
strategies. Efforts will be made to nurture relationships with
local and state elected officials and their staff to ensure that
chamber member businesses are represented on issues that will
have an impact in the local business community and throughout
the state.
“The creation of a new government affairs program allows the
chamber to offer another value-added service to our membership
and business community as a whole,” said Connie Margolin,
President and CEO of the Garden Grove Chamber of Commerce. “The
Program would not have come to fruition if it wasn’t for our
outgoing chair Joe Hammer and current chair of the Government
Affairs Committee, Dr. Les Malo. It was a major goal of these
two individuals to represent business to government and provide
an excellent return on investment for the chamber’s members,”
continued Margolin.
The Chamber has created a Government Affairs Committee (GAC).
The GAC will be comprised of Chamber member that will meet once
per month serving as an action team for contacting legislators,
building the government affairs program, and setting goals and
priorities on a yearly basis.
By following legislation impacting the Chamber’s membership, the
Chamber can respond directly to their officials and their staff
on pertinent issues. At the conclusion of each legislative
session, the GAC will assist in the production of the vote
records for the chamber’s local legislators and how they voted
on the top anti-business and pro-business legislation of that
year.
The Chamber will also create and maintain a Web site dedicated
to GAC. The objective of the Web site will be to interconnect
all of the facets of the government affairs program. The Web
site will be updated at least once a week or when necessary.
A second feature of the program is a legislative eALERT. The
Legislative eALERT is an e-mail update and a “call to action” on
important government affairs related issues sent directly to the
Garden Grove Chamber’s membership. Together, these Web-based
services will play a crucial role in connecting all lines of
communication for the Chamber and its members. |
