Outlook Business/Tourism newsletter: Issue 11. This issue 12-02-05.
Content by Destination Osoyoos Staff, html by Keith Calder.

Business

HO, HO, HO….’TIS THE GREYHOUND CHRISTMAS SEASON.

AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT… SEND YOUR PARCELS EARLY!!

 

Christmas Hours

December 19th to 23rd 8:30am to 6:00pm

December 24th 9:00 am to 2:00pm

December 25th to 27th CLOSED

December 28th to 31st 10:00am to 3:30pm

January 1st to 2nd CLOSED

Regular Business Hours

Monday to Wednesday
9:00am to 4:30 pm

Thursday and Fridays 8:30am to 4:30 pm

Saturdays 10:00am to 4:00pm

Sundays CLOSED

Stat Holidays CLOSED


BEST WISHES FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON
from your OSOYOOS GREYHOUND STAFF
Destination Osoyoos at the Junction of Hwy 3 & 97 Phone: 495 7252
for packaging guidelines, please see the right sidebar.

Community Watch

OSOYOOS ART GALLERY CALLING
 ARTISTS for
PEOPLE’S CHOICE

(NOT JURIED. ALL MEDIUMS)
January 14 to January 28, 2006
Deadline for registrations & drop off January 9, 2006

Entry forms available from:

Library
Imperial Books
Home Hardware
Yore Movie Store
 &
 Art Gallery (until December 17)
Cash Prizes Awarded!
for more info and the display guidelines, see the right sidebar.

~Venture Out ~  

Discover The Hidden Talents Of Our Community! Showcasing this month:

Author - Margaret Helen Friesen
A Journey To Bethlehem
(A Christmas Story)

Saturday, December 10, 2005
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

~ Osoyoos Community Street Banners ~

New Street Banners….…..New Look

It’s that time again, the Osoyoos & District Arts Council and Destination Osoyoos are teaming up to develop new street banners that will beautify our main corridors. There is an opportunity for Businesses, Service Organizations and/or Special Events to sponsor one or more of the new street banners. The sponsoring party will get their name on the banner to indicate the generous support to the program. Those interested in participating in this exciting opportunity can please call (250) 495-3366

Available Spring 2006!
Calling all Artists…..

Submit your design for the new banner contest to the
Osoyoos and District Arts Council.
Application deadline: February 15, 2006
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Employee Satisfaction Directly Linked to Performance

Al direct link exists between employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction and a company's financial performance, even if the employees have no direct contact with customers.

Those findings are part of a study, The Impact of Employee Attitudes on Market Response and Financial Performance, from the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement at Northwestern University.

Results of the study suggest that influencing customer behavior goes beyond advertising, beyond delivering on a brand's promise, beyond customer service and beyond product research and development to maximizing employee engagement and satisfaction.

"The implications of this research are enormous in terms of how marketing, sales and communications budgets are determined," said Francis J. Mulhern, Ph.D., associate dean and chair of Northwestern University's graduate program in Integrated Marketing Communications. "The study supports the idea that internal marketing and communications, directly addressing all levels of employees and their job requirements, needs to be implemented as rigorously as external marketing and sales programs."

The study found that:

There is a direct link between employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction, and between customer satisfaction and improved financial performance.

The key characteristic for explaining employee satisfaction is organizational communication, downward and upward.

Employee satisfaction is a key antecedent to employee engagement. Interaction between managers and employees with regards to supportiveness and goal setting, as well as job design were also key drivers of employee engagement.

When individuals and teams are competing to implement the optimal behaviors oriented to the market and its customers, such competition can work to the advantage of both the organization and its customers.

Organizational culture was another significant driver of employee engagement, where employees must be expected to cooperate and work together, but also to take charge and provide a voice for the customer within the organization.

Organizations with engaged employees have customers who use their products more, and increased customer usage leads to higher levels of customer satisfaction.

It is an organization's employees who influence the behavior and attitudes of customers, and it is customers who drive an organization's profitability through the purchase and use of its products.

Destination Osoyoos Visitor Info Centre
e-mail - website - staff - location

Additional Info
November 25, 2005

Dear Artists and Friends:

The Osoyoos Art Gallery is hosting the 11th Annual People’s Choice Exhibition,

January 14 to January 28, 2006 and invites your participation.

The goals in presenting this exhibition are:

To permit all local artists the freedom to display without the formality of the pre-jury process

To provide an opportunity for emerging artists to exhibit in the Gallery and most importantly,

To encourage contact between established artists, emerging artists and the viewing public.

Please take your items with a completed registration form to the Osoyoos Art Gallery , 8711 Main Street

on Monday, January 9 between 10 AM and 1 PM .

Invitations to the Closing Reception, Saturday, January 28 will be available for your personal distribution when you submit your work.

With your help, this exhibition will be interesting, fun and entertaining.

Sincerely,

Osoyoos Art Gallery Committee

PS If you know of someone who produces works of art in any form, but has never exhibited, please encourage them to participate. Registration forms are available in the Gallery until December 17, also at the Osoyoos Public Library, Home Hardware, Imperial Books and Yore Movie Store until January 7, 2006 .

Osoyoos Art Gallery
 GUIDELINES FOR DISPLAY

FRAMED PAINTINGS:

Works must be suitably mounted for hanging; framing must be of Gallery quality.

  • Oils and acrylics must be framed:

A neutral spacer between the painting and its frame is recommended, but not mandatory (e.g. white canvas line)

  • Watercolours and pastels must be matted and framed under clean glass

Use acid-free, clean and unmarked mats. Neutral mats suggested (not required)

Spacers for pastels are recommended

  • Corners of frames should meet (no gaps)
  • Frames should not be scratched, gouged or chipped
  • Hanging wire is metal and should not show above the top of the frame
  • The hanging wire should be attached not more than 1/3 from the top of the frame

Ideally: the hanging wire should be attached 4 ½” from the top edge of the frame (no matter the size of the painting)

The wire should be pulled taut across the painting to make it hang closer to the wall.

  • Wood frames should have a dust cover backing (e.g. brown paper) glued to the edges of the frame and should be smooth.
  • Place bumpers on the bottom corners of the frame to prevent marking the walls
  • No clip framing or saw tooth hangers

POTTERY/SCULPTURE

  • Bottom should be smoothly finished – no sharp edges
  • Item should be able to stand on its own or be adequately equipped for hanging
JEWELLERY
  • All findings and finishing should be professional looking
  • No sharp edges that will catch on or prick customers’ fingers

CARDS

  • Should be clean and presented in plastic envelopes. Do not use saran wrap
  • Preference is that the plastic envelope is sealed (prevents soiling from handling)
  • If the card has a “greeting” inside, it need not have the plastic covering sealed
  • Cards are the only exception to “original art work only”. Cards may be prints as well as originals

PRINTS

  • Wall hung prints must be traditional print work only (e.g. wood cuts, lithographs) and must be the original
  • Unframed prints/limited edition prints of paintings can be from a printer’s press

No laser copies or photocopies of paintings or print work accepted

 UNFRAMED PAINTINGS/PRINTS should be shrink-wrapped. Do not use saran wrap.

GREYHOUND PACKAGING, MARKING, LABELING AND CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTENCE

The Company will not accept shipments for transportation, which do not comply with Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act Regulations and/or do not meet the following requirements.

  1. All shipments must be packed in containers made of material of strength, durability and quality sufficient to withstand the handling, piling, strapping, and rubbing incident to its transportation over highway by bus or truck. Shipper warrants that containers used will comply with these requirements to the extent that they will afford safe handling, reasonable and proper protection of contents and protection against damage to other shipments. Shippers may be liable for damage howsoever caused by their failure to comply with these requirements.
  2. The name and address of the consignee and consignor and all shipping instructions must be plainly written, printed, typed, or otherwise legibly shown on all Express packages in addition to the waybill.
  3. The contents and/or nature of shipments must be identified by the shipper prior to shipment and must be described on waybill detail sufficient to enable the Carriers to ascertain:
    1. That the shipment, in whole and in part, is acceptable in Package Express service:
    2. That the shipment meets the packing and marking requirements specified herein:
    3. The amount of the lawful rates and charges applying.

 

  1. The contents of the shipment must be destined to the consignee shown on the shipping label. Shipments containing letters, documents or other parcels which are all assigned to different consignees and are all included in one container will be accepted only if the shipper pays full tariff for each parcel, unless otherwise specifically agreed upon in advance.
  2. Participating Carriers reserve the right to open and inspect shipments where necessary, to verify the description of contents shown on the waybill, and in the event the contents are found to be incorrectly described, charges will be collected on the basis of the proper description. Shipments will NOT be accepted for transport if inspection is refused.
  3. All packages containing fragile or perishable articles must be plainly marked "Fragile" or "Perishable" by the consignor.

Packages / Packaging

What are your package weight and size restrictions?
The maximum weight per package is 100 pounds. EXCEPT for Ontario and East locations maximum seventy-five (75) lbs. The extreme measurements of length, width, and height shall not exceed 24" x 40" x 84".

Visitor Info

estimated visitors during November 2005
to Visitor Information Centre:
996
to www.destinationosoyoos.com:
2,367 (6,836 hits)
e-mail: tourism@osoyoos.ca

  • Dec 2=3 - Christmas Light-up and Craft Fair - Friday, Merchant Open House 5-8 pm, Santa Parade 6:30 pm, and caroling on the streets. Saturday, Breakfast with Santa and the Lions and Legion Craft Fair 10 am-3 pm.

  • Dec 3 - Skateboard Park Grand Opening - 1 p.m. Please bring donation to the food bank. Contests, demos, autographs. Meet the Pros. Hot drinks & snacks.

  • Dec 4 - SMALL BUSINESS CHRISTMAS PARTY - The Ridge at 5:30 for cocktails and 6pm dinner.  To book your table, contact Mikie at 495-7679

  • Dec 7 - 'Deck the Halls' Open House - Get in the spirit by bringing the family down to decorate the Sonora Centre and tree.  Enjoy an evening of games, crafts, prizes plus a special holiday concert featuring local talent of all ages! 6:30pm-9:30pm.  FREE admission. 

  • Dec 21 - Cool Yule Family Skate - 6:00—7:30pm at the Sun Bowl Arena. Games, music and holiday fun on ice. Regular public skating admission prices apply.