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schuster80 - > Retail Rumblings -> Bob Marx out as head of visitors bureau
Bob Marx out as head of visitors bureau
Bob Marx confirmed Thursday that he has resigned as president and CEO of the Bakersfield Convention & Visitors Bureau after less than six months on the job.  Marx started at the convention and visitors bureau in December after previously serving as vice president of marketing for the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau.  Marx said he resigned on May 9 after meeting with the board that oversees the bureau.  Don Jaeger resigned as president of the bureau in March 2006.  What's going on?  What did Marx and the board not see eye to eye over?  How long will it take to get a replacement?  Will this hurt the bureau's marketing efforts?

Read a recent question and answer session with Marx about his goals and challenges marketing Bakersfield,
Check out a recent blog about promoting Bakersfield.
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Topics: marketing, bakersfield, Bakersfield Convention & Visitors Bureau, city of Bakersfield, tourism, blogs, entertainment, fun
posted by schuster80 on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 05:27 PM
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posted by adampayne on May 18, 2007 at 09:15 AM
Ryan, do you know anyone at EA Sports? Your ability to showcase a local executive, and have him disappear from the scene, is eerily similar to EA's John Madden Football game franchise for taking top football players who appear on the cover of the game, and end their seasons in futility.

In all seriousness, this smacks of the people in charge, and behind the scene, at the Convention & Visitors Bureau not having the necessary skills in making clear what is expected of the people they hire to front their efforts. I'm also surprised that the Bureau's website does not have any information on the Governing Board for this department. Maybe there isn't one, and this is strictly an Alan Tandy issue. I will say Bob Marx did a great job in diplomacy on his sudden departure. Everyone forced out of a job should study his language skills and ability to keep bridges intact. It still is bothersome that  obviously qualified individuals leave an important job with little to show for their efforts and little explanation as to the causes. 
posted by schuster80 on May 18, 2007 at 09:22 AM
Don't forget the SI jinx.  Just call it the Schuster jinx.  I also did a question and answer with Pat Collins shortly before he left the KEDC.
posted by adampayne on May 18, 2007 at 05:44 PM
Well, it is a curious development in world filled with them. What do you surmise the issues to be at the C&V Bureau?
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