Nicky Boyette
City Advertising and Promotion commissioners adjourned last Wednesday’s workshop and convened a special meeting to discuss the position of Special Events Manager, which commissioners, after hearing Executive Director Mike Maloney hail the virtues of two applicants in particular, voted to have him hire for the position immediately.
On Tuesday, March 1, Maloney announced that Dori Thomas, a former marketing manager for the Franklin County Convention and Visitors Bureau in Ottawa, Kan., who now lives in Eureka Springs, had accepted the job. Maloney said Thomas’s “depth in the special events world both in public and private venues” would be an asset to CAPC staff.” Thomas has a background in entertainment booking, events management, and a grasp of financial responsibility, Maloney said.
The hiring comes after commissioners bandied about how to make the job worthwhile when demands don’t exactly fit neatly into a 40-hour a week salaried position. Since the hire would need to work as many hours as an event requires, which would be sporadic, commissioners voted unanimously to have Maloney hire for a contract labor position.
“I’m super excited to put my twenty-plus years to good use,” Thomas said following her hiring.
The next CAPC meeting is Wednesday, March 9, at 6 p.m.