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Membership in ECMC

We organized our Employers Council ten years ago to be an independent voice for our business community in local issues. We're engaged in dozens of issues that affect local business' ability to operate and create jobs.

Dues from our members are the Council's only financial support. If you're not a member and you manage or work in a local business or are a retired business person, please consider joining. We're working for you.

Thanks for your support.

Dick Selzer
Chairman, Employers Council of Mendocino County

Membership

The Employers Council's only source of financial support is membership dues. Annual dues for businesses are $10 per full time equivalent employee in the County, with a minimum of $60 and a maximum of $1600. Dues for individual active business people are $60 a year, and $30 a year for retired business people.

For further membership information contact the ECMC office or any member of the Board of Directors.

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ECMC History

A massive change occurred from Northern California to the Canadian border over the last third of the 20th century - a meltdown of jobs in the timber industry. Timber will and should remain an important job producer, but it will never again in our lifetimes be the economic engine that drives regional prosperity.

Timber provided 36% of the jobs in Mendocino County in 1970; today it's around 5%. The economic, human and community costs were staggering. We need to build a new economic foundation. But all too often local governments don't help our communities to move toward that goal.

The Employers Council of Mendocino County was established in February 1996 to be an active voice for the local business community. We encourage local governments to help employers create the jobs our communities so desperately need. We focus on local issues, although we offer perspectives on statewide issues as well. We do not support or oppose specific candidates for public office although we are interested in their positions on issues. We aren't affiliated with political parties.

Today almost 200 members provide around 4000 jobs in our County. Our membership comes from all corners of the County. The members elects a Board of Directors yearly. The Board has established several committees focusing on issues. We have a part-time executive director. Our office is in Ukiah.

What We Do For You

ECMC identifies, analyzes, tracks and involves itself in local issues that affect businesses' ability to operate effectively and create jobs. ECMC supports local initiatives that will achieve these goals. We oppose excessive, duplicative, and "job-killing" regulations and programs.

We strongly encourage our County, cities and districts to exercise prudent financial management, maintain a healthy economic balance between themselves and private sector employees and businesses, and take job creation and economic development seriously.

We notify members of local government actions that affect their ability to operate and create jobs. Our website www.ecmconline.com communicates our analysis and positions on various issues and is an information resource to our members and the community.

Our quarterly newsletter - the Mendocino Message - analyzes major local issues and provides other information of interest to the members. Monthly updates of ECMC activities keep our members informed.

We bring expert speakers to our quarterly membership lunch meetings to delve into key local issues. We regularly meet with local and regional press to discuss our analysis of local issues. We attend meetings of other local organizations to represent the views of the Council.

In Summary, ECMC provides a way for local businesspeople who have too much to do to be effectively involved in helping to shape the policies and programs of local governments that affect their ability to operate their businesses and create jobs.