Thursday - December 26, 2002

No Meeting -- Holiday Break

Thursday - December 19, 2002

Featured Speaker: Melissa Anderson, Anchorage Winter Cities 2004 coordinator -- "The Upcoming International Winter Cities Conference Will Share Ideas for Making Northern Communities More Winter-Friendly."

Thursday - December 12, 2002

Special Event: Mano Frey, Alaska Labor leader who's leaving the state for a more powerful labor position in Seattle at month-end, has been invited to a "So-long Mano Frey - We'll Miss You" get-together among friends. Bring along some good old stories & good wishes.

Thursday - December 5, 2002

Featured Speaker: Janet Levin, Homeless Education Specialist, Anchorage School District (funded by the Child in Transition/Homeless Project, Janet oversees children living in tents, cars & shelters going to school) -- "Homeless Families Send their Children to School."

Thursday - November 28, 2002

Thanksgiving Holiday -- No meeting

Thursday - November 21, 2002

Featured Speaker: Dr. Kenneth O'Reilly, Author and UAA History Professor -- "The United States in the 20th Century from September 11th to Enron."

Thursday - November 14, 2002

Featured Speaker: Diana Rhoades, Field Director of the Fran Ulmer Campaign -- "Lessons Learned."

Thursday - November 7, 2002

Featured Speaker: Michael Cary, writer & host of KAKM's Anchorage Edition -- "What Made the Difference," a post-election wrap-up.

Thursday - October 31, 2002

Featured Speakers: General Election 2002 proposition presentations: Chancy Croft, Education First Committee and Vernon Laird, Executive Director of the Anchorage Museum Association -- "Bonding Proposition C, Educational and Museum Facilities," and; a debate by John Havelock and Max Gruenberg -- "Ballot Measure 1 - Shall There Be a Constitutional Convention?"

Thursday - October 24, 2002

Featured Speakers: General Election 2002 candidate presentations -- House District 32: Pat Abney; Senate District L: Johnny Ellis (D); Governor: Diane Benson (Green); United States Senate: Jim Sykes (Green).

Thursday - October 17, 2002

Featured Speakers: General Election 2002 candidate presentations -- House District 20: Max Gruenberg (D), Randy Smith (R) & Nathana Wright (Green); and, Lt. Governor candidate Ernie Hall (D).

Thursday - October 10, 2002

Featured Speakers: General Election 2002 candidate presentations -- Senate District O: Patti Higgins (D); House District 19: Owen Carey (D); and, House District 24: John Palmatier (D) & Andrea McLeod (non-partisan).

Thursday - October 3, 2002

Featured Speakers: General Election 2002 candidate presentations -- House District 26: Ethan Berkowitz (D) & Gordon Hartlieb (Libertarian).

Thursday - September 26, 2002

Featured Speaker: Paul Stankavich, General Manager, Alaska Public Telecommunications, Inc. (includes KSKA & KAKM) -- "Election 2002 From the Public Broadcaster's Point of View."

Thursday - September 19, 2002

Featured: General Election 2002 candidate presentations -- Senate District M: Hollis French (D); House District 22: Michael Ryan (R) & Sharon Cissna (D).

Thursday - September 12, 2002

Featured Speaker: Rhonda McBride, Channel 2 Reporter, former News Director of Bethel's radio & television station, and former KAKM host of the candidate interview program "Running" -- "The History of Running" (and other relevant issues and concerns).

Thursday - September 5, 2002

Featured Speakers: John Alexander, former State Commissioner of Labor, and, Mano Frey, President of the Alaska Federation of Labor -- "Labor Relations in the Public and Private Sector."

Thursday - August 29, 2002

Featured Speaker: Tom Begich, pollster and political strategist -- "Making Sense of the Numbers - An Analysis of the Closed Primary Election."

Thursday - August 22, 2002

Featured Activity: Instead of our usual talk, join the "We the People" March under the Bartlett Club banner. Meet at 1:30 pm at the corner of 4th Ave. and I St. March begins at 2:00 pm.

Thursday - August 15, 2002

Featured Speaker: Tammy Troyer, Executive Director, Alaska Democratic Party -- "A Progress Report as the Primary Election Approaches."

Thursday - August 8, 2002

Featured Speaker: Wayne Saucer, formerly with The Insitute for Global Ethics, the Alaska Legislature (office of Senator Ellis) & the Juneau Empire -- "Political Gamesmanship: Media Campaign Coverage and Ethics."

Thursday - August 1, 2002

Featured Speakers: Therese Bartlett & Kim Wilson, Alaska Public Offices Commission -- "Who Is Charged with Keeping Campaigns Honest? APOC of Course." (With special attention given to the issue ads that recently targeted gubernatorial candidate Fran Ulmer)

Thursday - July 25, 2002

Featured Speaker: Alex DeMarban, Editor-in Chief of Alaska Newspapers, Inc. -- "The Birth of a Newspaper: The New Anchorage Chronicle Arrives."

Thursday - July 18, 2002

Featured Speakers: Susanne Dipietro, President, Government Hill Community Council and Allan Tesche, Assembly member -- "Trials and Tribulations on Government Hill."

Thursday - July 11, 2002

Featured Speakers: Ernie Hall and Scott Heyworth, Democratic Candidates Running for Lieutenant Governor in the August Primary.

Thursday - July 4, 2002

July 4th Holiday -- No Meeting

Thursday - June 27, 2002

Featured Speakers: Ken Jacobus, Alaskans for Majority Vote (Pro), and Chris Cook, Attorney & former Chair of the Alaska Democratic Party (Con), will debate the "Instant Runoff Initiative" on the August 27th Ballot.

Thursday - June 20, 2002

Featured Speaker: Sharon Cissna, Alaska State Representative -- "Some Bright Spots in the Last Legislative Session."

Thursday - June 13, 2002

Featured Speakers: Jane Angvik and Les Gara, Democratic Candidates Running in the August Primary Election for House Seat #23.

Thursday - June 6, 2002

Featured Speaker: Jake Metcalf, Anchorage School Board -- "The School Board and the State Legislature; a Juneau Experience."

Thursday - May 30, 2002

Featured Speaker: Karen Hunt, Superior Court Judge (retired) -- "Personal Rights vs. Governmental Security."

Thursday - May 23, 2002

Featured Speaker: Dan Carter, Alaska Democratic Party Delegate and political activist -- "Sampling Politics at the State and National Levels - the Democratic Conventions."

Thursday - May 16, 2002

Featured Speaker: Katie Hurley, Secretary of the Alaska Contitutional Convention and former legislator, will narrate a film of the Convention from Alaska Moving Images Preservation -- "The Alaska Constitutional Convention."

Thursday - May 9, 2002

Featured Speaker: INA

Thursday - May 2, 2002

Featured Speaker: Ray Metcalfe, Republican Moderate Party -- "Economics of Oil and Sustaining Alaska's Long-term Future."

Thursday - April 25, 2002

Featured Speaker: Red Boucher, former Lieutenant-governor & Fairbanks mayor -- "Using Technology to Encourage Economic Development in Rural Alaska."

Thursday - April 18, 2002

Featured Speaker: Eileen Reilly, Vice President, Projects and Engineering, Alaska Railroad -- "Future of Our Railroad, Issues and Plans."

Thursday - April 11, 2002

Featured Speaker: Dave Dittman, Dittman Research -- "Polling the Election."

Thursday - April 4, 2002

Featured Speaker: Katrina Grundel, Homeless Supervisor for the Alaska Salvation Army & Director of McKinnell Shelter -- "Welfare Reform: Five-Year Update."

Thursday - March 28, 2002

Featured Speaker: INA

Thursday - March 21, 2002

Featured Speakers: Anchorage School Board Candidates

Thursday - March 14, 2002

Featured Speakers: Municipal Assembly Candidates for Seats I and K

Thursday - March 7, 2002

Featured Speakers: Municipal Assembly Candidates (INA)

Thursday - February 28, 2002

Featured Speaker: Peggy Robinson, Anchorage School Board President -- "School Bonds on the Upcoming Municipal Ballot."

Thursday - February 21, 2002

Featured Speaker: Pam Miller, Biologist and Director of Alaska Community Action on Toxics -- "Persistent Pollutants and Environmental Health Issues & the Pesticide Right-to-Know Bill."

Thursday - February 14, 2002

Featured Speaker: Alden Todd, writer and editor -- "Beware the Buzzwords of Reactionaries."

Thursday - February 7, 2002

Featured Speaker: Sandy (Gottstein) Mintz, 3rd generation Alaskan mom who's been involved in the vaccination debate since the 1980's -- "There's Another Way of Looking at Vaccines."

Thursday - January 31, 2002

Featured Speakers: Ruth Moultan, Community Activist, and Mike Huelsman, former Anchorage Health and Social Services Provider -- "Is a Bigger Homeless Shelter for Anchorage the Right Answer?"

Saturday Evening at 7pm - January 26, 2002

Annual Banquet at the downtown Holiday Inn - Featured Speaker & Guest of Honor: Fran Ulmer, Lt. Governor, State of Alaska. (Tickets will be available at the door or at our weekly meetings).

Thursday - January 24, 2002

Featured Speaker: Bruce Bustamante, CEO and President of the Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau -- "Our Impact for 2001 - Our Outlook for 2002."

Thursday - January 17, 2002

Featured Speaker: Victoria Hykes Steere, recently returned from Geneva where she participated in one of the U.N. Working Groups of Indigenous Peoples -- "The International Role of Alaskan Native Advocates."

Thursday - January 10, 2002

Featured Speaker: Hilary Morgan, Director of Homeward Bound, a shelter for the homeless -- "A Community Reintegration Program for the Homeless."

Thursday - January 3, 2002

Featured Speaker: Major John Kennedy, Public Affairs Officer, 3rd Wing, Elmendorf AFB -- "The Air Force Military Update."