The benefits to your area/state that result from hosting the world's most noted traditional outdoor sports journalist's organization can't be overstated.

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Why is POMA an important resource for your area?

POMA members reach millions of outdoor consumers – readers and viewers -- on a daily basis. Members’ works appear in all forms of media including local and national newspapers, national and regional magazines, radio and television broadcasts, video, Internet content, and volumes of new books each year. POMA members are also sought-after speakers.

By hosting the POMA Business Conference, together your area/CVB/state have the opportunity to help POMA members generate story material while they’re attending conference – stories specific to your area and recreational offerings. You also enhance and build new relationships with the media to ensure coverage of your area/state for decades to come.

In addition, while attending conference, POMA’s Corporate Partner members become familiar with the amenities and types of service they can expect should they also decide to schedule corporate outings, meetings, conferences, conventions or media excursions to your area.

Gathering the nation’s most prominent traditional outdoor sports communicators and POMA’s Corporate Partners together, affords the host site the most unique and economically beneficial opportunity to meet and greet these media and industry professionals.

COMPLETING THE RFP

If you’re interested in hosting the POMA Business Conference, I invite you to complete the RFP. It ensures POMA’s Board of Directors that all of the association's needs will be met by the local CVB and host facility before the Board awards the bid.

Completion of the RFP requires interaction between the CVB and the host facility and the full support of the CVB and host facility to make the conference a success and to ensure that the host area receives the greatest benefit possible from the conference.

The 2010 host city will be selected from submitted bids in November 2007. The deadline for 2011 bids is May 1, 2008.

POMA members include approximately 270 media members and 130 Corporate Partner members. Two hundred participants attended the 2005 conference at Springfield, Missouri and approximately 215 individuals attended the Minneapolis North conference in 2007. The peak night room requirement is approximately 155 rooms.

Best personal regards,

Laurie Lee Dovey
POMA Executive Director
lldovey@professionaloutdoormedia.org