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Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting held on Wednesday ...

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4The PATA Secretariat will get an <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ficial resp<strong>on</strong>se to our invitati<strong>on</strong> to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> TAT Governor to serve as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> H<strong>on</strong>oraryAdvisor <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Thailand Chapter.Danai proposed to PATA that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> smaller local hotels are all potential members but it will be important for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>registrati<strong>on</strong> fee to be reduced for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se local hotels.The meeting noted that many <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> chain hotels are no l<strong>on</strong>ger members <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Thailand Chapter. Jim <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>fered todiscuss this at a meeting he will attend with Starwood to check why <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir hotel properties are not members <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> both<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Thailand Chapter and PATA HQ.Financial ReportIn <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> absence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Khun Kusa Panyarachun who joined <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meeting later <strong>on</strong>, Luzi reviewed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Financial Report for2009.The meeting requested <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> PATA Secretariat to amend this report and to show <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> accrued income and expenditureso that we report <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> correct deficit <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Baht 190,510.75 for 2009.Khun Kusa informed <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meeting up<strong>on</strong> joining <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> meeting that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re was a deficit in 2009 so in order to ensure that<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Thailand Chapter has funds to operate in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> future we will have to be careful with our funds as well asensuring that programmes to be organized in 2010 earn some income.Green Projects <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g>The meeting noted that Vincent is not available to attend <str<strong>on</strong>g>Executive</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Meeting</str<strong>on</strong>g>s so <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Incoming <str<strong>on</strong>g>Executive</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g> will find a replacement Chairman.Ben proposed Khun Promvit Klampaibo<strong>on</strong> from Hostelling Internati<strong>on</strong>al who is very active in Ecotourism.P.R. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g>In <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> absence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ken Scott, Chairman, P.R. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g>, Joan reported that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1 st e-Newsletter will be issued inFebruary.The meeting decided that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Incoming <str<strong>on</strong>g>Executive</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g> will meet at World Travel Service <strong>on</strong> February 17 th ,2010, in order to elect <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> members <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Executive</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g>. At that time, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Acti<strong>on</strong> Plans for each<str<strong>on</strong>g>Committee</str<strong>on</strong>g> will be discussed.The meeting adjourned at 1215 hrs.

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