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January 2013

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

Business Comments

Platinum:KUIC 95.3 The Reporter Newspaper Genentech (A Member of the Roche Group)

Gold:A.G. Spanos Companies First Northern Bank McDonald’s RestaurantsSutter Regional Medical Foundation Wells Fargo BanksWestern Health Advantage

Silver:Camping WorldHampton Inn & SuitesPotrero Hills LandfillRaley’sRay Morgan Co.Standard Pacific New HomesVacaville MagazineValero Benicia RefineryVITUSWal-Mart

Bronze:AAA Northern CaliforniaAd Special T’sAlza CorporationCache Creek Casino ResortCancer Treatment Center of VacavilleCostco WholesaleCourtside Cottages of VacavilleInternational House of PancakesKappel & Kappel Real EstateM&G Duravent, Inc.Mariani Packing Co., Inc.Mary’s Pizza ShackMercedes of FairfieldMomentum Auto GroupNationwide InsurancePacific Gas & ElectricParamount House Senior LivingPhillippi EngineeringRAS Solano Radiation Oncology CenterSolano Pallet CompanyState Compensation Insurance FundSuihkonen CPA’s & ConsultantsToyota VacavilleTranspacUS BankVacaville Premium OutletsVacaville Residence Inn

Time for Policy Instead of PoliticsWashington Must Address the Big Problems

Thomas J. Donohue, President/CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Some pundits and politicians inWashington are already specu-lating about the elections of2014 and 2016! In case they

haven’t noticed, there is importantwork to do on behalf of theAmerican people right now.

Government spending remainson an unsustainable trajectory, enti-tlement programs are headed forbankruptcy, and uncertainty amongemployers and taxpayers is steadilyrising because of Congress’ failureto address spending cuts and taxrates scheduled to take effect onJanuary 1, 2013.

Twenty-three millionAmericans are unemployed,underemployed, or too discour-aged to look for jobs. High gasprices continue to take a bigchunk out of middle class familybudgets. Many young Americansentering the workforce don’thave employable skills becausetheir schools have failed them.Small businesses are choking onregulations and are frozen infear of even more coming downthe pike.

Americans want Washingtonto fix the economy. Immediately,

lawmakers must prevent thebiggest tax increase in historyand devastating, indiscriminatespending cuts that will hurt someof our most important industries.While doing that, they must cre-ate a framework for comprehen-sive tax and entitlement reformthat will rein in the debt and putour economy on a long-term, sus-tainable path to growth.

A critical component in theframework for long-term growth isthe approval and facilitation of amassive increase in the productionof American energy. By tapping our

vast energy resources, we can cre-ate millions of jobs, boost nationalsecurity, bring more manufacturingback to the United States, and gen-erate huge revenues for govern-ment without raising taxes.

As we close out this year andlook forward to 2013, let’s remem-ber that there isn’t a single prob-lem facing our country thatAmericans can’t solve. Governmentcan help or continue to stand inthe way, let’s tell all our leaders inWashington that it’s about time thatthey seriously start to help.Thenext election can wait.

Date Event Member/Client Address/Location10-Jan Joint Mixer w/FFSC* Momentum Auto Group 2575 Auto Mall Parkway Fairfield7-Feb Mixer Millennium Sports Club 3446 Browns Valley Road, Vacaville7-Mar Mixer Vacaville Reporter 916 Cotting Lane, Vacaville4-Apr Joint Mixer w/FFSC Sutter Health 770 Mason Street, Vacaville2-May Mixer Stars Recreation 155 Browns Valley Parkway, Vacaville6-Jun Mixer G&J Seiberlich 183 Butcher Road, Vacaville11-Jul Joint Mixer w/FFSC** NorthBay Healhcare TBA1-Aug Mixer TradeMark Advertising/State Farm Insurance - Kathy Krohn 438 Main Street, Vacaville5-Sep Mixer Merrill Gardens 799 Yellowstone Dr., Vacaville3-Oct Joint Mixer w/FFSC Kaiser / KUIC 95.3 1 Quality Dr., Vacaville7-Nov Mixer Nissan of Vacaville 671 Orange Drive, Vacaville5-Dec Holiday Mixer Travis Credit Union 1 Travis Way, Vacaville

15-Jan Wake-Up Allstate Insurance - Kathy Rybicki 350 Merchand Street, Vacvaille19-Feb Wake-Up Gillespie's Abbey Carpet 360 Chadbourne Road, Fairfield19-Mar Wake-Up Blondie's Bar & Grill 555 Main Street, Vacaville16-Apr Wake-Up Farmers Insurance - Katheryn Tuberty 175 Butcher Road, Suite B, Vacaville21-May Wake-Up In-Shape Health Clubs 615 Elmira Road, Vacaville18-Jun Wake-Up Thirty Six Oaks Country Retreat 6963 Gibson Canyon Road, Vacaville16-Jul Wake-Up Fleet Feet Sports 354 Merchant Street, Vacaville20-Aug Wake-Up Solano Coin, Gold & Silver 767 E. Monte Vista Avenue, Vacaville17-Sep Wake-Up Cancer Treatment Center of Vacaville 1360 Burton Drive, Suite 170, Vacaville15-Oct Wake-Up Solano Signs 1331 Oliver Road, Fairfield19-Nov Wake-Up Just Cakin' It 179 Elmira Road, Suite C, Vacaville17-Dec Holiday Wake-Up Dish it Up Catering, Jackson Medical Supply 800 Mason Street, Vacaville

Kathy Rybicki w/Allstate & All Size Flooring & Carpet

*2nd Thursday of the month **2nd Thursday of the month

Happy New Year! I absolutely love newbeginnings. It’s easier to embrace newbeginnings when they are wanted, but

some new beginnings are unpleasant andunwanted. However, even those can be turnedto positive if werecognize that all new beginnings have thepotential to educate, offer personal or profes-sional growth, and the opportunity to turnwhat seems to be a negative into a positive.This realization alone can be very exciting,given the right mindset.And it doesn’t hurt tobe an eternal optimist either…

Yes, I’m one of those.With the premise that all new beginnings

should be embraced, let’s look at the NewYear and how Vacaville business and residentsmight benefit from decisions made during theNovember election. From my perspectivemost of the local decisions were VERY posi-tive. Measure I & M passed by huge margins.As mentioned last month, this gives us a bit ofbreathing room while we continue to identifyand assess our short and long term commu-nity needs and goals. Economic Developmentand job creation is at the forefront of bothbecause we all know that jobs are essential toa healthy community.

While technically not “a new beginning” itis worthy to note; Senator Lois Wolk was re-elected by a landslide.The Senator has been astrong voice and consistent advocate forSolano County. I am appreciative of herendorsement of my re-election and look for-ward to working more closely with her in the

coming months to iden-tify obstacles to business,and to find ways to stimu-late the economy andbring jobs to Vacavilleand Solano County. Lois isone of the few who willreach across the aisle. Forthat I am thankful and itraises my optimism forthe New Year.

Another decision thatI hope will prove benefi-cial to Vacaville; we havea new Assemblyman rep-resenting us! I waspleased to attend Jim

Frazier’s swearing in ceremony at the StateCapitol. Jim is a longtime businessman and asdown to earth as they come.This is a wholenew realm of public service that thrusts himinto a government that may or may not wantto begin reaching across the aisle to end thedeeply dysfunctional partisanship that cur-rently defines the State of California. Jimpromises to work with his new colleaguesand business and labor in a collaborative wayto improve our economy in Vacaville andSolano County. He promises not to forget hisbusiness roots, his knowledge and understand-ing of the impediments to job growth, or theentrepreneurial risks one must take to open,maintain and grow a business. My optimism isstill bright. I believe him.

Lastly, we have a new County Supervisor

representing Vacaville.While Skip Thomsonwas elected during the primary in June andnot the November election, his election stillqualifies as a new beginning. Skip’s decisionswill make a big difference in whetherVacaville experiences improved EconomicDevelopment and job growth. I have not hadthe opportunity to sit down with Skip to dis-cuss these and other topics, but we havemade arrangements to do so early in theNew Year. I am optimistic that we will findcommon ground and areas to collaborate toimprove the business climate.

With these new beginnings in mind andthe New Year stretched out before us, theVacaville Chamber of Commerce Board andStaff will do all we can to improve our localeconomy.We commit to providing businessleadership, education, and resources.We willcontinue to focus on core values of promotingthe community, representing business to gov-ernment and political advocacy, among others.

My optimism is high and so is my hopethat 2013 will be filled with positive,encouraging and economically strong newbeginnings for you, your family and our entirecommunity.

Sincerely,

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Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 7Vacaville Chamber of Commerce • Business Comments2 - Thursday, December 27, 2012 Vacaville Chamber of Commerce • Business Comments

Dilenna HarrisChair of the Board – Solano

County Library FoundationKatheryn Tuberty

Chair Elect – Farmers InsuranceDebbie Egidio

Treasurer – DTS EgidioJoanie Erickson

Vice Chair/Business Issues –Kaiser Permanente

Tracy MitchellVice Chair/Education –TradeMark Advertising

Albert SullivanVice Chair/Members-Clients –

ADValue CPA ServicesCarol Landry

Immediate Past Chair – First Northern Bank

Louie DeBartoloDeBartolo & Co. Fine Jewelers

Ed ForrestAssociate Member

Pat HannonAlza CorporationDallas Jackson

Jackson Medical SupplyLaura Petty

Petty & Warshawsky Attorneys at LawScott Reynolds

Gaw Van MaleSally SchulzThe ReporterErnie Smith

Smith Business Interiors

Mark CreffieldPresident/CEO

[email protected] Sabbagh

Community Relations [email protected]

Sherry McKillopLeadership Vacaville Director

Darlene ChikelesBookkeeper

Brittney CronickAdministrative Assistant

[email protected]

STAFF & CONTRACTORS

2012-13 OFFICERS

DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Colleen Staffordwith All SizeFlooring andCarpet Cleaning

has been the ChiefAmbassador for over 6-months now and is doinga fantastic job! In May2012, Colleen was hon-ored as the Ambassador ofthe Year, an award votedon by her fellow A’s.

From monthly mixersto Chamber fundraisingevents, Colleen has been an integral partof almost everything that the Chamberrepresents. With her welcoming smileand winning personality Colleen is suchan asset to the Ambassador Committee.Colleen’s favorite position at our Mixersis being the New Member host. Shereally enjoys mentoring new members

about the benefits of theChamber as well as makingintroductions so that theydon’t feel alone. Colleenunderstands that your firstcouple of Mixers can bethe hardest to attend for anew member, but she alsoknows that attendingMixers as well as all of theevents that the Chambermakes available to all mem-bers, is crucial to thegrowth of your business.

Colleen is a graduate of theChamber’s Leadership Vacaville programand was instrumental in organizing theclass’ annual fundraiser, which raised$14,000 for both the Vacaville Boys andGirls Club and the Solano County FarmBureau Scholarship Fund.

AMBASSADOR OF THE MONTH Colleen Stafford

Happy New Year!

By Dilenna HarrisChair of

the Board

Published by The ReporterSales Director - Sally SchulzProject Coordinator -Shauna Manina

www.thereporter.com

With 2012 coming to a close, it is usu-ally a good time to reflect back onour previous year’s work and reflectwhile we learn from our hardships

as well as celebrating our successes in all of ourbusinesses.While 2012 was not an explosivegrowth year for the Vacaville Chamber ofCommerce membership, your Chamber has con-tinued to bring in new clients and continues towork with our existing clients toward renewingtheir membership.

One of your resolutions for 2013 could beto consider getting more involved in yourVacaville Chamber of Commerce and evenserve on a Chamber committee. Our Chamberhas various committees that help serve ourmembers and continue our mission. Join theAmbassadors, the Education Committee, theTravis Regional Armed Forces Committee(TRAFC), our one of our three fundraisingcommittees.You can also start attending ourBusiness Issues Educational Forum that areheld the 2nd Friday of the month at the TravisCredit Union Corporate Office. Please reviewour newly designed website at www.vacavil-lechamber.com for dates and times of ourcommittees and meetings.You can also callme personally and I will be more than happyto go over various ways for you to becomemore involved in your Chamber.

The Chamber recently bid farewell to long-time Membership/Marketing Manager Chad

Oakes. Chad began hisinvolvement with theVacaville Chamber backin 2003 as anIndependent Contractorand then became anemployee of theChamber in 2012.Thank you Chad, weappreciate you for all ofyour help and assis-tance over the past nine(9) years of involve-ment with theChamber.

The VacavilleChamber of Commerce is excited toannounce the hiring of Timothy Ridosh as ournew Membership Development Director.Timhas experience in working for Chamber’s ashe had worked for the Fairfield-SuisunChamber as the Membership Director at forfour (4) years.Tim’s start date is on January14th.A full bio on Tim will be published ournext newsletter.

I want to once again congratulateNorthBay Healthcare our Chamber’sBusiness of the Year for 2012-13 and mostrecently a recipient of a Spirit of Solanoaward at the December 6th West AmericaBank and Solano EDC sponsored Spirit ofSolano luncheon.

December was the month of giving as yourChamber participated in our annual HolidayCanned Food Drive to benefit the Food Bankof Contra Costa and Solano. Between walk-indonations and canned drives at both ourHoliday Mixer at Travis Credit Union and ourHoliday Wake-Up at the Hampton Inn & Suitesyour Vacaville Chamber collected over 1,500pounds of canned foods.This number beat2011 collections by over 200 pounds.Thankyou to our members and perspective mem-bers for your participation in assisting withour annual giving event.

Speaking of our Holiday Wake-Up, thisyear’s event was once again, simply tremen-dous! A round of applause to this year’s eventorganizers, Kathy Rybicki-Allstate Insurance,Gigi Warshawsky and Lynda Abeyta-Dish It UpCatering,Wendy Jackson-Jackson MedicalSupply, and Colleen Stafford-All Size Flooring& Carpet Cleaning.There were many in atten-dance and with the amount of donations col-lected, almost everyone received a raffle prize.

Looking back at 2012, the VacavilleChamber of Commerce has had their share ofsuccesses and is proud of the achievementsand goals we have accomplished. On behalf ofthe Vacaville Chamber of Commerce board ofdirectors and staff, I want to wish everyonehappy holidays.Your Vacaville Chamber ofCommerce is gearing up for what we hopewill be a very successful 2013.

By Mark CreffieldPresident/CEO

Bring on 2013! NEW MEMBERS & REINVESTMENTS – JAN. 2013ADT Security ServicesBob Hyland837 Wethersfield DriveVacaville, CA [email protected]

Premier Business ServicesAndy Chen363 Merchant StreetVacaville, CA [email protected]

Chevy’s Real MexPaulo Villasenor200 Nut Tree ParkwayVacaville, CA [email protected]

Jimmy Doolittle Air &Space MuseumJohn Youngberg1111 Webster StreetFairfield, CA 94533707-317-1135j.youngberg@jimmydoolittlemuseum.orgwww.jimmydoolittlemuseum.org

CASA of Solano CountyCandy Pierce600 Union Avenue,Suite 204Fairfield, CA [email protected]

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January

Jan 10 – Ambassador committee meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites,800 Mason Street, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

Jan 10 – Joint mixer with the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce hostedby Momentum Auto Group, Automall Parkway, Fairfield, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30pm-7pm

Jan 11 – Business Issues Educational Forum at Travis Credit Union,One Travis Way, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9am-10am

Jan 15 – Wake-Up Vacaville hosted by Kathy Rybicki with Allstate Insurance,350 Merchant Street, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

February

Feb 7 – Mixer hosted by Millennium Sports Club,3446 Browns Valley Road, Vacaville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30pm-7pm

Feb 14 – Ambassador committee meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites,800 Mason Street, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

Feb 15 – Business Issues Educational Forum at Travis Credit Union,One Travis Way, Vacaville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9am-10am

Feb 19 – Wake-Up Vacaville hosted by Gillespie’s Abbey Carpet,360 Chadbourne Road, Fairfield, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR JAN. 2013 & FEB. 2013

• Wake-Up hosted by Nut Tree SmilesDentistry (Top Right), 110 Nut TreeParkway, Vacaville

• Holiday Mixer hosted by Travis CreditUnion (Bottom Middle and Bottom Right),1 Travis Way, Vacaville

• Ribbon Cutting for Elegance of BeautySalon, (Top Left) 140 S. Orchard Avenue,Vacaville

• Ribbon Cutting for Blondies Bar & Grill,(Bottom Left) 560 Main Street, Vacaville

EVENTS

The U.S. Small BusinessAdministration and the U.S.Department of Labor announced anew website to support state work-

force and unemployment agencies inimplementing or enhancing Self-Employment Assistance programs. Earlierthis year, the Middle Class Tax Relief andJob Creation Act of 2012 was passed whichincluded $35 million in funding for statesto implement or expand these Self-Employment Assistance programs whichare designed to encourage and supportunemployed workers in creating their ownjobs by starting their own small businesses.California’s allocation for funding under theAct is $5.4 million.

Under these Self-EmploymentAssistance programs, States pay a self-employed benefit, instead of regular unem-ployment insurance benefits, to help unem-ployed entrepreneurs while they are estab-lishing businesses and becoming self-employed. Participation in Self-Employment Assistance programs is volun-tary for eligible Unemployment Insurancerecipients, and enables them to receivefinancial assistance equal to theirUnemployment Insurance benefits whilethey receive important entrepreneurialtraining and resources to help launch theirown businesses.The federal legislationrequires that no more than one percent ofindividuals receiving unemployment claimsmay participate in this Federal Self-Employment Assistance program.

The new Self-Employment Assistancewebsite provides tools and technical assis-

tance to states that are considering imple-menting or enhancing a Self-EmploymentAssistance program, and additionalresources to help entrepreneurs launchtheir businesses and create new jobs. Akey component of the new website is theSBA toolkit, which contains several free,online resources available through theSBA to support new entrepreneurs.Through the site, the SBA offers freeonline business courses on topics such asHow to Prepare a Business Plan,Franchising Basics, GovernmentContracting, Green BusinessOpportunities and more.The site alsohighlights successful practices from statescurrently operating Self-EmploymentAssistance programs to assist new statesas they implement or enhance their pro-grams. The new website can be found athttps://sea.workforce3one.org.

California had a Self-EmploymentAssistance program in the late 1990?s,but it was discontinued. At the time,there were not enough participants tak-ing advantage of the program. In 2010,Assembly Member Yamada introducedlegislation (AB 2030) to reestablish a Self-Employment Assistance program inCalifornia, but the bill died in committee.With the new federal Act allocating fund-ing for such programs, perhaps theCalifornia legislature will once again takea look at reestablishing a Self-Employment Assistance program.

The Solano College Small BusinessDevelopment Center (SBDC) provides train-ing and free counseling services to entre-preneurs seeking to become self-employedor expand an existing business. To find outmore about the services available throughthe SBDC, visit www.solanosbdc.org.

Self-Employment Assistance ProgramsBy Charles Eason,Director of the Solano College SmallBusiness Development Center

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AB 1396 requires that written

commission agreements must

be in place by January 13,

2013. Commission is defined

as “a fee paid to an agent for provid-

ing a service, especially a percentage

of the total amount of the business

transacted.” Be aware that other

types of remunerations such as a

“bonus” equates to a percentage of

the sales and/or profits.

Employers who pay commission

are mandated to have (1) a written

contract with those employees that

precisely define when the commis-

sion is “earned,” (2) it must clearly

define the method of calculation, and

(3) you must provide and retain a

“receipt” that the employee will sign

to acknowledge payment. The writ-

ten agreement (a contract) will

remain in force until a new commis-

sion plan is approved or the

employee separates from employ-

ment. Consequently, if you make

changes to the pay structure, you

should then execute a new commis-

sion agreement to ensure that the

new arrangement is valid.

This article is prepared with the

understanding that the author or the

firm is not rendering legal advice or

opinions on specific facts or matters

and, accordingly, assumes no liability

whatsoever in connection with its

use.AB 1396 requires that written

commission agreements must be in

place by January 13, 2013.

Commission is defined as “a fee paid

to an agent for providing a service,

especially a percentage of the total

amount of the business transacted.”

Be aware that other types of remuner-

ations such as a “bonus” equates to a

percentage of the sales and/or profits.

Employers who pay commission

are mandated to have (1) a written

contract with those employees that

precisely define when the commis-

sion is “earned,” (2) it must clearly

define the method of calculation, and

(3) you must provide and retain a

“receipt” that the employee will sign

to acknowledge payment. The writ-

ten agreement (a contract) will

remain in force until a new commis-

sion plan is approved or the

employee separates from employ-

ment. Consequently, if you make

changes to the pay structure, you

should then execute a new commis-

sion agreement to ensure that the

new arrangement is valid.

This article is prepared with the

understanding that the author or

the firm is not rendering legal

advice or opinions on specific facts

or matters and, accordingly,

assumes no liability whatsoever in

connection with its use.

Put it in Writing!By Teresa A. Cunningham, Esq.Director and Employment PracticeChair with Gaw, Van Male

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January

Jan 10 – Ambassador committee meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites,800 Mason Street, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

Jan 10 – Joint mixer with the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce hostedby Momentum Auto Group, Automall Parkway, Fairfield, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30pm-7pm

Jan 11 – Business Issues Educational Forum at Travis Credit Union,One Travis Way, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9am-10am

Jan 15 – Wake-Up Vacaville hosted by Kathy Rybicki with Allstate Insurance,350 Merchant Street, Vacaville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

February

Feb 7 – Mixer hosted by Millennium Sports Club,3446 Browns Valley Road, Vacaville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5:30pm-7pm

Feb 14 – Ambassador committee meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites,800 Mason Street, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

Feb 15 – Business Issues Educational Forum at Travis Credit Union,One Travis Way, Vacaville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9am-10am

Feb 19 – Wake-Up Vacaville hosted by Gillespie’s Abbey Carpet,360 Chadbourne Road, Fairfield, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8am-9am

MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR JAN. 2013 & FEB. 2013

• Wake-Up hosted by Nut Tree SmilesDentistry (Top Right), 110 Nut TreeParkway, Vacaville

• Holiday Mixer hosted by Travis CreditUnion (Bottom Middle and Bottom Right),1 Travis Way, Vacaville

• Ribbon Cutting for Elegance of BeautySalon, (Top Left) 140 S. Orchard Avenue,Vacaville

• Ribbon Cutting for Blondies Bar & Grill,(Bottom Left) 560 Main Street, Vacaville

EVENTS

The U.S. Small BusinessAdministration and the U.S.Department of Labor announced anew website to support state work-

force and unemployment agencies inimplementing or enhancing Self-Employment Assistance programs. Earlierthis year, the Middle Class Tax Relief andJob Creation Act of 2012 was passed whichincluded $35 million in funding for statesto implement or expand these Self-Employment Assistance programs whichare designed to encourage and supportunemployed workers in creating their ownjobs by starting their own small businesses.California’s allocation for funding under theAct is $5.4 million.

Under these Self-EmploymentAssistance programs, States pay a self-employed benefit, instead of regular unem-ployment insurance benefits, to help unem-ployed entrepreneurs while they are estab-lishing businesses and becoming self-employed. Participation in Self-Employment Assistance programs is volun-tary for eligible Unemployment Insurancerecipients, and enables them to receivefinancial assistance equal to theirUnemployment Insurance benefits whilethey receive important entrepreneurialtraining and resources to help launch theirown businesses.The federal legislationrequires that no more than one percent ofindividuals receiving unemployment claimsmay participate in this Federal Self-Employment Assistance program.

The new Self-Employment Assistancewebsite provides tools and technical assis-

tance to states that are considering imple-menting or enhancing a Self-EmploymentAssistance program, and additionalresources to help entrepreneurs launchtheir businesses and create new jobs. Akey component of the new website is theSBA toolkit, which contains several free,online resources available through theSBA to support new entrepreneurs.Through the site, the SBA offers freeonline business courses on topics such asHow to Prepare a Business Plan,Franchising Basics, GovernmentContracting, Green BusinessOpportunities and more.The site alsohighlights successful practices from statescurrently operating Self-EmploymentAssistance programs to assist new statesas they implement or enhance their pro-grams. The new website can be found athttps://sea.workforce3one.org.

California had a Self-EmploymentAssistance program in the late 1990?s,but it was discontinued. At the time,there were not enough participants tak-ing advantage of the program. In 2010,Assembly Member Yamada introducedlegislation (AB 2030) to reestablish a Self-Employment Assistance program inCalifornia, but the bill died in committee.With the new federal Act allocating fund-ing for such programs, perhaps theCalifornia legislature will once again takea look at reestablishing a Self-Employment Assistance program.

The Solano College Small BusinessDevelopment Center (SBDC) provides train-ing and free counseling services to entre-preneurs seeking to become self-employedor expand an existing business. To find outmore about the services available throughthe SBDC, visit www.solanosbdc.org.

Self-Employment Assistance ProgramsBy Charles Eason,Director of the Solano College SmallBusiness Development Center

Happy New Year! I absolutely love newbeginnings. It’s easier to embrace newbeginnings when they are wanted, but

some new beginnings are unpleasant andunwanted. However, even those can be turnedto positive if werecognize that all new beginnings have thepotential to educate, offer personal or profes-sional growth, and the opportunity to turnwhat seems to be a negative into a positive.This realization alone can be very exciting,given the right mindset.And it doesn’t hurt tobe an eternal optimist either…

Yes, I’m one of those.With the premise that all new beginnings

should be embraced, let’s look at the NewYear and how Vacaville business and residentsmight benefit from decisions made during theNovember election. From my perspectivemost of the local decisions were VERY posi-tive. Measure I & M passed by huge margins.As mentioned last month, this gives us a bit ofbreathing room while we continue to identifyand assess our short and long term commu-nity needs and goals. Economic Developmentand job creation is at the forefront of bothbecause we all know that jobs are essential toa healthy community.

While technically not “a new beginning” itis worthy to note; Senator Lois Wolk was re-elected by a landslide.The Senator has been astrong voice and consistent advocate forSolano County. I am appreciative of herendorsement of my re-election and look for-ward to working more closely with her in the

coming months to iden-tify obstacles to business,and to find ways to stimu-late the economy andbring jobs to Vacavilleand Solano County. Lois isone of the few who willreach across the aisle. Forthat I am thankful and itraises my optimism forthe New Year.

Another decision thatI hope will prove benefi-cial to Vacaville; we havea new Assemblyman rep-resenting us! I waspleased to attend Jim

Frazier’s swearing in ceremony at the StateCapitol. Jim is a longtime businessman and asdown to earth as they come.This is a wholenew realm of public service that thrusts himinto a government that may or may not wantto begin reaching across the aisle to end thedeeply dysfunctional partisanship that cur-rently defines the State of California. Jimpromises to work with his new colleaguesand business and labor in a collaborative wayto improve our economy in Vacaville andSolano County. He promises not to forget hisbusiness roots, his knowledge and understand-ing of the impediments to job growth, or theentrepreneurial risks one must take to open,maintain and grow a business. My optimism isstill bright. I believe him.

Lastly, we have a new County Supervisor

representing Vacaville.While Skip Thomsonwas elected during the primary in June andnot the November election, his election stillqualifies as a new beginning. Skip’s decisionswill make a big difference in whetherVacaville experiences improved EconomicDevelopment and job growth. I have not hadthe opportunity to sit down with Skip to dis-cuss these and other topics, but we havemade arrangements to do so early in theNew Year. I am optimistic that we will findcommon ground and areas to collaborate toimprove the business climate.

With these new beginnings in mind andthe New Year stretched out before us, theVacaville Chamber of Commerce Board andStaff will do all we can to improve our localeconomy.We commit to providing businessleadership, education, and resources.We willcontinue to focus on core values of promotingthe community, representing business to gov-ernment and political advocacy, among others.

My optimism is high and so is my hopethat 2013 will be filled with positive,encouraging and economically strong newbeginnings for you, your family and our entirecommunity.

Sincerely,

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Dilenna HarrisChair of the Board – Solano

County Library FoundationKatheryn Tuberty

Chair Elect – Farmers InsuranceDebbie Egidio

Treasurer – DTS EgidioJoanie Erickson

Vice Chair/Business Issues –Kaiser Permanente

Tracy MitchellVice Chair/Education –TradeMark Advertising

Albert SullivanVice Chair/Members-Clients –

ADValue CPA ServicesCarol Landry

Immediate Past Chair – First Northern Bank

Louie DeBartoloDeBartolo & Co. Fine Jewelers

Ed ForrestAssociate Member

Pat HannonAlza CorporationDallas Jackson

Jackson Medical SupplyLaura Petty

Petty & Warshawsky Attorneys at LawScott Reynolds

Gaw Van MaleSally SchulzThe ReporterErnie Smith

Smith Business Interiors

Mark CreffieldPresident/CEO

[email protected] Sabbagh

Community Relations [email protected]

Sherry McKillopLeadership Vacaville Director

Darlene ChikelesBookkeeper

Brittney CronickAdministrative Assistant

[email protected]

STAFF & CONTRACTORS

2012-13 OFFICERS

DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Colleen Staffordwith All SizeFlooring andCarpet Cleaning

has been the ChiefAmbassador for over 6-months now and is doinga fantastic job! In May2012, Colleen was hon-ored as the Ambassador ofthe Year, an award votedon by her fellow A’s.

From monthly mixersto Chamber fundraisingevents, Colleen has been an integral partof almost everything that the Chamberrepresents. With her welcoming smileand winning personality Colleen is suchan asset to the Ambassador Committee.Colleen’s favorite position at our Mixersis being the New Member host. Shereally enjoys mentoring new members

about the benefits of theChamber as well as makingintroductions so that theydon’t feel alone. Colleenunderstands that your firstcouple of Mixers can bethe hardest to attend for anew member, but she alsoknows that attendingMixers as well as all of theevents that the Chambermakes available to all mem-bers, is crucial to thegrowth of your business.

Colleen is a graduate of theChamber’s Leadership Vacaville programand was instrumental in organizing theclass’ annual fundraiser, which raised$14,000 for both the Vacaville Boys andGirls Club and the Solano County FarmBureau Scholarship Fund.

AMBASSADOR OF THE MONTH Colleen Stafford

Happy New Year!

By Dilenna HarrisChair of

the Board

Published by The ReporterSales Director - Sally SchulzProject Coordinator -Shauna Manina

www.thereporter.com

With 2012 coming to a close, it is usu-ally a good time to reflect back onour previous year’s work and reflectwhile we learn from our hardships

as well as celebrating our successes in all of ourbusinesses.While 2012 was not an explosivegrowth year for the Vacaville Chamber ofCommerce membership, your Chamber has con-tinued to bring in new clients and continues towork with our existing clients toward renewingtheir membership.

One of your resolutions for 2013 could beto consider getting more involved in yourVacaville Chamber of Commerce and evenserve on a Chamber committee. Our Chamberhas various committees that help serve ourmembers and continue our mission. Join theAmbassadors, the Education Committee, theTravis Regional Armed Forces Committee(TRAFC), our one of our three fundraisingcommittees.You can also start attending ourBusiness Issues Educational Forum that areheld the 2nd Friday of the month at the TravisCredit Union Corporate Office. Please reviewour newly designed website at www.vacavil-lechamber.com for dates and times of ourcommittees and meetings.You can also callme personally and I will be more than happyto go over various ways for you to becomemore involved in your Chamber.

The Chamber recently bid farewell to long-time Membership/Marketing Manager Chad

Oakes. Chad began hisinvolvement with theVacaville Chamber backin 2003 as anIndependent Contractorand then became anemployee of theChamber in 2012.Thank you Chad, weappreciate you for all ofyour help and assis-tance over the past nine(9) years of involve-ment with theChamber.

The VacavilleChamber of Commerce is excited toannounce the hiring of Timothy Ridosh as ournew Membership Development Director.Timhas experience in working for Chamber’s ashe had worked for the Fairfield-SuisunChamber as the Membership Director at forfour (4) years.Tim’s start date is on January14th.A full bio on Tim will be published ournext newsletter.

I want to once again congratulateNorthBay Healthcare our Chamber’sBusiness of the Year for 2012-13 and mostrecently a recipient of a Spirit of Solanoaward at the December 6th West AmericaBank and Solano EDC sponsored Spirit ofSolano luncheon.

December was the month of giving as yourChamber participated in our annual HolidayCanned Food Drive to benefit the Food Bankof Contra Costa and Solano. Between walk-indonations and canned drives at both ourHoliday Mixer at Travis Credit Union and ourHoliday Wake-Up at the Hampton Inn & Suitesyour Vacaville Chamber collected over 1,500pounds of canned foods.This number beat2011 collections by over 200 pounds.Thankyou to our members and perspective mem-bers for your participation in assisting withour annual giving event.

Speaking of our Holiday Wake-Up, thisyear’s event was once again, simply tremen-dous! A round of applause to this year’s eventorganizers, Kathy Rybicki-Allstate Insurance,Gigi Warshawsky and Lynda Abeyta-Dish It UpCatering,Wendy Jackson-Jackson MedicalSupply, and Colleen Stafford-All Size Flooring& Carpet Cleaning.There were many in atten-dance and with the amount of donations col-lected, almost everyone received a raffle prize.

Looking back at 2012, the VacavilleChamber of Commerce has had their share ofsuccesses and is proud of the achievementsand goals we have accomplished. On behalf ofthe Vacaville Chamber of Commerce board ofdirectors and staff, I want to wish everyonehappy holidays.Your Vacaville Chamber ofCommerce is gearing up for what we hopewill be a very successful 2013.

By Mark CreffieldPresident/CEO

Bring on 2013! NEW MEMBERS & REINVESTMENTS – JAN. 2013ADT Security ServicesBob Hyland837 Wethersfield DriveVacaville, CA [email protected]

Premier Business ServicesAndy Chen363 Merchant StreetVacaville, CA [email protected]

Chevy’s Real MexPaulo Villasenor200 Nut Tree ParkwayVacaville, CA [email protected]

Jimmy Doolittle Air &Space MuseumJohn Youngberg1111 Webster StreetFairfield, CA 94533707-317-1135j.youngberg@jimmydoolittlemuseum.orgwww.jimmydoolittlemuseum.org

CASA of Solano CountyCandy Pierce600 Union Avenue,Suite 204Fairfield, CA [email protected]

2013 MIXER AND WAKE-UP SCHEDULE

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January 2013

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

Business Comments

Platinum:KUIC 95.3 The Reporter Newspaper Genentech (A Member of the Roche Group)

Gold:A.G. Spanos Companies First Northern Bank McDonald’s RestaurantsSutter Regional Medical Foundation Wells Fargo BanksWestern Health Advantage

Silver:Camping WorldHampton Inn & SuitesPotrero Hills LandfillRaley’sRay Morgan Co.Standard Pacific New HomesVacaville MagazineValero Benicia RefineryVITUSWal-Mart

Bronze:AAA Northern CaliforniaAd Special T’sAlza CorporationCache Creek Casino ResortCancer Treatment Center of VacavilleCostco WholesaleCourtside Cottages of VacavilleInternational House of PancakesKappel & Kappel Real EstateM&G Duravent, Inc.Mariani Packing Co., Inc.Mary’s Pizza ShackMercedes of FairfieldMomentum Auto GroupNationwide InsurancePacific Gas & ElectricParamount House Senior LivingPhillippi EngineeringRAS Solano Radiation Oncology CenterSolano Pallet CompanyState Compensation Insurance FundSuihkonen CPA’s & ConsultantsToyota VacavilleTranspacUS BankVacaville Premium OutletsVacaville Residence Inn

Time for Policy Instead of PoliticsWashington Must Address the Big Problems

Thomas J. Donohue, President/CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Some pundits and politicians inWashington are already specu-lating about the elections of2014 and 2016! In case they

haven’t noticed, there is importantwork to do on behalf of theAmerican people right now.

Government spending remainson an unsustainable trajectory, enti-tlement programs are headed forbankruptcy, and uncertainty amongemployers and taxpayers is steadilyrising because of Congress’ failureto address spending cuts and taxrates scheduled to take effect onJanuary 1, 2013.

Twenty-three millionAmericans are unemployed,underemployed, or too discour-aged to look for jobs. High gasprices continue to take a bigchunk out of middle class familybudgets. Many young Americansentering the workforce don’thave employable skills becausetheir schools have failed them.Small businesses are choking onregulations and are frozen infear of even more coming downthe pike.

Americans want Washingtonto fix the economy. Immediately,

lawmakers must prevent thebiggest tax increase in historyand devastating, indiscriminatespending cuts that will hurt someof our most important industries.While doing that, they must cre-ate a framework for comprehen-sive tax and entitlement reformthat will rein in the debt and putour economy on a long-term, sus-tainable path to growth.

A critical component in theframework for long-term growth isthe approval and facilitation of amassive increase in the productionof American energy. By tapping our

vast energy resources, we can cre-ate millions of jobs, boost nationalsecurity, bring more manufacturingback to the United States, and gen-erate huge revenues for govern-ment without raising taxes.

As we close out this year andlook forward to 2013, let’s remem-ber that there isn’t a single prob-lem facing our country thatAmericans can’t solve. Governmentcan help or continue to stand inthe way, let’s tell all our leaders inWashington that it’s about time thatthey seriously start to help.Thenext election can wait.

Date Event Member/Client Address/Location10-Jan Joint Mixer w/FFSC* Momentum Auto Group 2575 Auto Mall Parkway Fairfield7-Feb Mixer Millennium Sports Club 3446 Browns Valley Road, Vacaville7-Mar Mixer Vacaville Reporter 916 Cotting Lane, Vacaville4-Apr Joint Mixer w/FFSC Sutter Health 770 Mason Street, Vacaville2-May Mixer Stars Recreation 155 Browns Valley Parkway, Vacaville6-Jun Mixer G&J Seiberlich 183 Butcher Road, Vacaville11-Jul Joint Mixer w/FFSC** NorthBay Healhcare TBA1-Aug Mixer TradeMark Advertising/State Farm Insurance - Kathy Krohn 438 Main Street, Vacaville5-Sep Mixer Merrill Gardens 799 Yellowstone Dr., Vacaville3-Oct Joint Mixer w/FFSC Kaiser / KUIC 95.3 1 Quality Dr., Vacaville7-Nov Mixer Nissan of Vacaville 671 Orange Drive, Vacaville5-Dec Holiday Mixer Travis Credit Union 1 Travis Way, Vacaville

15-Jan Wake-Up Allstate Insurance - Kathy Rybicki 350 Merchand Street, Vacvaille19-Feb Wake-Up Gillespie's Abbey Carpet 360 Chadbourne Road, Fairfield19-Mar Wake-Up Blondie's Bar & Grill 555 Main Street, Vacaville16-Apr Wake-Up Farmers Insurance - Katheryn Tuberty 175 Butcher Road, Suite B, Vacaville21-May Wake-Up In-Shape Health Clubs 615 Elmira Road, Vacaville18-Jun Wake-Up Thirty Six Oaks Country Retreat 6963 Gibson Canyon Road, Vacaville16-Jul Wake-Up Fleet Feet Sports 354 Merchant Street, Vacaville20-Aug Wake-Up Solano Coin, Gold & Silver 767 E. Monte Vista Avenue, Vacaville17-Sep Wake-Up Cancer Treatment Center of Vacaville 1360 Burton Drive, Suite 170, Vacaville15-Oct Wake-Up Solano Signs 1331 Oliver Road, Fairfield19-Nov Wake-Up Just Cakin' It 179 Elmira Road, Suite C, Vacaville17-Dec Holiday Wake-Up Dish it Up Catering, Jackson Medical Supply 800 Mason Street, Vacaville

Kathy Rybicki w/Allstate & All Size Flooring & Carpet

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