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Budget Notes <br />Paris Visitors and Convention Council <br />2002-03 <br />1NCOME <br />Motel Tax: based upon the best estimate as of this date. If the income is less than expected, it will be <br />necessary to reduce the budget. <br />Interest Income: checking and savings/CD. <br />Other income: from the sales of souvenirs, maps, etc. <br />Tour de Paris: registration fees from the participants. <br />Visitors Guide: as publisher of the guide, collections from advertisers. <br />Cash carry over from previous year: $52,176.00 estimated surplus to accommodate the support of the <br />Paris Municipal Band, the Paris Area Arts Alliance and the anticipated move to the depot. <br />EXPENSES <br />1. Print advertising to promote Paris in general include: <br />Focus Magazine $2,898.96 <br />Northeast Texas Tourism Council Map 300.00 <br />Pre-print/TTIA 8,700.00 <br />ETTA Guide Ad 3,395.00 <br />Texas Highways 5,000.00 <br />AAA Texas & New Mexico 4,360.00 <br />TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,817.46 <br />2. Event Promotion Assistance is for events held locally to encourage out-of-town attendance. <br />Sponsorship determination is approved administratively which was approved by VCC in the 1993-94 year. <br />TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000 <br />3. Visitor and convention promotion materials are so popular and well used in the solicitation and <br />servicing of groups. Recommended increase to accommodate reprinting of new city brochures. <br />TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,000 <br />4. Convention Promotion provides assistance to conventions held in Paris and the promotion of Paris to <br />groups for meetings such as the Chaparral Square Dance, TxDOT District Meetings, Texas State Coonhunters. <br />TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13,000 <br />