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DIEKER,
continued from Page A1
Goesch said the news didn’t
sadden him because he under-
stands what comes with the job.
“It’s a job you’re married to,”
he said. “There’s never a time
you’re not thinking about it.
If you go out to eat with the
family, people talk to you about
chamber business.”
A job description is al-
ready on the chamber’s web-
site at http://chambermaster.
keizerchamber.com/jobs/info/
accounting-executive-director,
with a pay range of $45,000 to
$50,000 a year. Zielinski said
the plan is to have the board of
directors hire a new executive
director at the Feb. 3 meeting.
“We’re trying to get ap-
plications in December, then
start evaluating applications and
weeding out people in early
January. We will interview and
try to hire by Feb. 3. Christine
has agreed to stay on to train
somebody.”
Dieker also anticipates an
offer being made at the Feb. 3
meeting.
“Then I would stay on
board until the end of the
month to help with the transi-
tion,” Dieker said. “It depends
on the person and their expe-
rience level. There’s a number
of years how I’ve done this, but
that doesn’t mean it has to be
done that way.”
Dieker emphasized her deci-
sion didn’t come lightly.
“Voluntarily deciding to
leave this position truly brings
a sadness of heart when I re-
fl ect on the thousands of warm
personal moments I’ve expe-
rienced,” she said. “It has been
a privilege to work alongside
business leaders of the greater
Keizer community. I believed
in the mission of the Keizer
Chamber of Commerce when
I accepted the executive direc-
tor position in March of 1998
and I still do. This organization
of people committed to the ad-
vancement of the Keizer area is
reputable, strong and worthy of
assisting business development
and vitality. My legacy at the
helm has been a great ride.
“The measuring sticks of my
success are the tripled growth of
the budget, doubling of mem-
bership and transformation of
the Keizer Iris Festival,” Dieker
added. “I was there when we
moved the offi ce four times and
I am very encouraged to help
lay the groundwork for a per-
manent home on River Road.
As the past chair of the Oregon
State Chamber of Commerce, I
from two areas.”
Dieker noted the chamber
offi ce moved to Keizer Station
four years ago from the Keizer
Heritage Center on Chema-
wa Road. The chamber offi ce
moved to a different Keizer
Station offi ce recently to make
way for the new Red Wing
Shoes store.
“If everything in our vision
came true, an offi ce on River
Road would be in that vision,”
Dieker said. “Keeping a satel-
lite place next to the interstate,
keeping that connection going
so it’s not an us versus them
thing, our place (in Keizer
Station) would also be really
important. We’re right on the
brink of great things happen-
ing. The vision of an offi ce on
River Road, I do think as far as
the base of the chamber, where
we’d have our main offi ce in
the core of town, I’d love to see
it back there.”
In the past year, the Keizer
chamber has been working
more closely with the Salem
Area Chamber of Commerce,
run now by Dan Clem, for-
merly with the Keizer chamber.
The working relationship was
on full display earlier this year
as the chambers joined forces
to combat the proposed transit
business tax.
“We are a region fi rst, then
KEIZERTIMES fi le/Craig Murphy
Christine Dieker, shown speaking at a discussion of the proposed
transit business tax in September, announced last week she
is resigning as executive director of the Keizer Chamber of
Commerce. Dieker has held the post since March 1998 and has
pledged to stay on board to help with the transition.
became an adamant believer of
the value of grassroots of cham-
bers supporting pro-business
agendas. Mostly though, as a
student of people, I built others’
confi dence in themselves and
abilities to help make a differ-
ence.”
Zielinski said it’s his idea to
move chamber headquarters
back downtown.
“I think we need to have
a place of business that be-
longs to the chamber,” he said.
“It should be on River Road
someplace, where we can man-
age the parade from that spot
and be more visible to traffi c
coming in and out. We have a
hotel at Keizer Station planned
for down the road, so our cur-
rent offi ce (at Keizer Station)
could become a satellite of-
fi ce, getting more people to the
businesses out there. It’s a good
idea to serve the community
responsible for our towns,”
Dieker said. “Working with
Salem is really important. It
gives us a larger overall voice.
Like with the payroll tax, Salem
could lead us for the area and
raised the dollars. But the sweat
equity and time we spent side-
by-side with them was really
important.”
Dieker said the chamber’s
biggest annual event, May’s
Keizer Iris Festival, is in good
hands under chair Dave Walery.
Dieker is looking to turn the
Friday greeters breakfast of that
weekend into a political rally.
She also wouldn’t mind being
in charge of the various runs
put on by the chamber. What-
ever she does, Dieker doesn’t
want to do something as diver-
sifi ed as managing the chamber.
“Right now my family
comes fi rst,” she said. “I want
to be a grandma and volun-
teer at the fi rst grade class my
grandchild will be in. (Resign-
ing) was about a desire to be
more focused, to give attention
to myself to be a better person
health wise, and I’ll be better
for my family too. I’ve given of
myself to so many people and
I’m so grateful for that oppor-
tunity. I think that will be in my
future, too. But now I want to
focus on God, family and then
work.”
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