January 16, 2004


COMING EVENTS:

CHAMBER UPDATE

The Bobcaygeon & Area Chamber of Commerce
To Contact Us: Telephone 738-2202 Fax 738-1534
e-mail:chamber@bobcaygeon.org

January 25 - TMSC Pancake Breakfast at the Clubhouse
February 14 - Sweetheart Book Sale, Library Art Room, 9:00 am.
February 21 - TMSC Bonfire Night at the Groomer Shed
February 28 - Antiques & Collectibles, Bobcaygeon Legion, 10 - 4, 15 dealers, door prizes, admission $2.00


WELCOME NEW MEMBER:
We are pleased to welcome the following new member:
Promoter/Design One
738-6188
48 Main St, Bobcaygeon
www.nexicom.net/~promoter
email:promoter@nexicom.net
Max Miller

WEB SITE UPDATES:
If you have not visited the Chamber’s web site at www.bobcaygeon.org, please take a moment to do so. We would like you to ensure that your information is accurate and that you are under the correct categories. Your Chamber membership fee entitles you to one image on our site. If you have not provided us with a photo or graphic, please email us at chamber@bobcaygeon.org or stop by and we will scan the image for you. Also, if you know of any upcoming events in 2004 that are not currently listed on our site, please let us know so that we can add them at no charge.

GARBAGE & RECYCLING LIMITS:
Effective January 1st, 2004 your garbage & recycling limits changed. The commercial garbage bag limit is now 4 bags per week. Any additional bags must be tagged. The cost of the tags are $2.00 each. The commercial recycling limit has increased to 4 carts/yards per week. If you require additional carts they may be purchased at any municipal service centre.
If you have any questions or you need a copy of the “Garbage and Recycling Collection Calendar”, please phone your local municipal service centre. The Bobcaygeon Service Centre number is 738-2363.

YOUR PRIVACY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Please visit http://www.privcom.gc.ca to view the Guide for Businesses and Organizations to Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
This guide helps businesses understand and meet their new

obligations under Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.
The Act sets out ground rules for the management of personal information in the private sector. It balances an individual's right to the privacy of personal information with the need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information for legitimate business purposes. The Commissioner investigates complaints, conducts audits, promotes awareness of, and undertakes research about privacy matters.
For more information, contact:
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada
112 Kent Street
Ottawa ON, K1A 1H3
Telephone: 1-613-995-8210
Toll-free: 1-800-282-1376
Fax: 1 613 947-6850
Web site: www.privcom.gc.ca
E-mail: info@privcom.gc.ca

NEXT CHAMBER UPDATE:
January 30th. If you have any info or would like to place an ad, please call Tara at the office by Tues, Jan 27th.


ADVERTISE IN
THIS SPACE FOR
ONLY $25.00
2003 STATISTICS
We have finalized our visitor statistics for 2003 and it was another busy year! We had a total of 18,142 requests for information. Please click here for a break-down by type of request per month and to see a comprarison of previous years. You will see that as usual our busiest months were July and August with February being the slowest. In total, we had 52 more requests for information than last year.


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