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RaDonna Hessel from the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce in Texas joins us for our second interview of the 2019 Chamber of the Year Finalist Series.
RaDonna shares great insights about how she is working with her board and how they are gaining momentum to reach their goals as they serve the community. In business, keygoals are usually prioritized in the order of 1) Leadership 2) Customers 3) Profit. The board for the Grapevine Chamber took this model and adapted it for the Chamber. Their key goals are 1) Leadership 2) Businesses & Partners 3) Good Stewardship & Prosperity. The board then takes responsibility for certain areas with in this model. As the board meets, they no longer need agendas prepared because the goals and their individual responsibilities become the agenda as they all report on the progress they are making in their respective areas. RaDonna commented on how nobody wants to be the person who comes to the board meeting with nothing to report!
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The other program the Grapevine Chamber submitted on their Chamber of the Year application was their Association Healthcare Plan. Many Chambers throughout the country have association healthcare plans, but this regional plan that RaDonna helped to establish is a little unique. Originally, she thought they would extend into 4 counties. This quickly expanded into 28 counties which in total had a potential for 128 Chamber of Commerce to participate. Needless to say, this was a large task to make this association healthcare plan work. Soon after its creation, lawsuits filed in Washington put a hold on association healthcare plans. Currently they are still able to service existing customers and those who already had applications in process, but they are not able to accept any new applications until the lawsuits are resolved. Stay tuned to see how this legislation will effect your Chamber and any potential association healthcare plan.
If you would like to connect with RaDonna Hessel about anything she discussed in this episode, you can reach her by email at radonna@grapevinechamber.org, office phone 817-481-1522 or on her mobile at 972-839-2126 .
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