Plans by Compass Facility Management to direct the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau in marketing tourism in the city were put in board members’ hands Friday, but discussion was delayed.

Copies of the brief were handed out at a special meeting of the 11-member tourism board, a gathering that was rescheduled from last week when not enough members were present for a quorum. The board decided without a formal vote to look over the plan and discuss its details at the next meeting, which members voted to move from May 25 to May 22.

Board Chairman Tim Darden directed both moves, which were unanimously approved. Darden gave tacit assurances that the business and marketing plan would be discussed and not approved hastily.

&#8220We need to decide whether we discuss it or just have a five-minute meeting,” member Bobbie Morrow said.

Compass assumed much of the bureau’s management and marketing functions, including accounting and public relations, in January following months of debate that culminated in two narrow, contentious votes to approve the move.

The board has held meetings in different conference rooms at the Compass-run Vicksburg Convention Center since the collapse of the old Thomas Furniture building, just up the block from its offices at Washington and Clay streets.

During Friday’s meeting, Larry Gawronski, director of the Vicksburg Convention Center for Compass, relayed a message he received from city building inspections chief Victor Gray-Lewis that said the board could move back into their downtown offices – but at their own risk.

&#8220We definitely need a presence downtown,” Gawronski said, adding that tourists have experienced problems getting basic information since the VCVB moved its staff to city hall.

To that end, he said, bureau officials will look to rent vacant space downtown. One possibility mentioned was the space formerly occupied by Downtown Designs Fabrics & Interiors at 1300 Washington St.

Its proprietor, Harry Sharp, has not been contacted yet and other ideas were still being considered, Gawronski said.

In other business, the board: