Steve Beazley
President & CEO
OC Fair & Event Center
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THINK. BIG. THINK BIGGER!
While we are readying for the "Think. Big." 2009 OC Super Fair, let's also think bigger to the phrase, "think globally, act locally." The topic of the environment was the springboard for the phrase and is one of the more critical issues of this generation. While there are many environmental initiatives, some agreeable, some still debatable, there seems to be one where there is universal consensus: recycling.
Recycling methods and approaches are now very well known, and one might say, part of our everyday life. While recycling is typically a reactive activity to used products, I am particularly interested in the proactive approach of identifying environmental friendly alternatives. By the way, you are witnessing one as you are reading.
The first edition of the @The Fair is our proactive method for using the alternative method of electronic for communications, in this case, the quarterly newsletter. This may initially challenge some of your current ideas of the best way to communicate information, but I can assure you, the benefits far outweigh the costs, both figuratively and literally.
First, by going to an e-newsletter, we save tens of thousands of reams of paper needed for printing hard copies.
Second, the e-newsletter allows for tens of thousands of dollars normally spent per year to be reallocated into the betterment of the programs and facilities OC Fair & Event Center (OCFEC) offers. It may not seem like much, but every dollar counts when you are poised on taking things to the next level...and we are!
I hope you join us in embracing every opportunity to "think globally, act locally" by making our corner of the world more environmentally friendly, especially if we would like to promote that idea to the millions who visit the property yearly. We will be practicing what we promote, which is the hallmark of authenticity.
Happy 2009. With the current economic climate, now more than ever, our community needs a Super Fair!
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