Thursday - December 25, 2003

Holiday Break -- No meeting

Thursday - December 18, 2003

Featured Speaker: Les Gara, Alaska State Representative -- "A Retrospective on 2003 and a Preview of 2004."

Thursday - December 11, 2003

Featured Speaker: Bridget Gallagher, Executive Director, Alaska Democratic Party -- "The Year Ahead."

Thursday - December 4, 2003

Featured Speaker: Hollis French, Alaska State Senator -- "A Legislative Preview."

Thursday - November 27, 2003

Thanksgiving Holiday -- No Meeting

Thursday - November 20, 2003

Featured Speaker: Sharon Cissna, Alaska State Representative -- "Health Care and Economics."

Thursday - November 13, 2003

Featured Speaker: Vincent J. Doran, who has done a study of the Hale family and its perambulations -- "Papa Pilgrim and the Park."

Thursday - November 6, 2003

Featured Speaker: Mike Frank, coauthor of the original Alaskan Campaign Reform Petition -- "Economic Impact of True Campaign Reform & How It Works Elsewhere."

Thursday - October 30, 2003

Featured Speaker: Jim Stratton, National Parks and Conservation Association -- speaking on our national parks and trespassers, a la the "Pilgrim" situation.

Thursday - October 23, 2003

Featured Speaker: Doug Van Etten, Anchorage Assembly member -- "Campaign Ethics and Reality."

Thursday - October 16, 2003

Featuring: "Speak-Out," An open discussion on Current Political Trends moderated by John Alexander, Bartlett Political Forum President.

Thursday - October 9, 2003

Featured Speaker: Steve Cleary, Executive Director of the Alaska Public Interest Research Group (AKPIRG) -- "Campaign Finance Reform."

Thursday - October 2, 2003

Featured Speaker: Mark Begich, Mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage -- "The State of the City: 90 Days In."

Thursday - September 25, 2003

Featured Speaker: Capt. Sherry McWhorter of the Salvation Army -- "Faith Based Budget Costs?"

Thursday - September 18, 2003

Featured Speaker: Sharman Haley, Associate Professor of Public Policy for ISER -- "Understanding Sales and Income Taxes." (Description of various tax schemes which might be tapped to help our state budget)

Thursday - September 11, 2003

Featured Speaker: Deputy Fire Chief Craig Goodrich -- "That Other 9/11; Changes It Created." (In commemoration of the exigencies and turmoil of this date in 2001)

Thursday - September 4, 2003

Featured Speaker: Pat Luby, Legislative Director of AARP -- "Legislation's Impact on Older Alaskans."

Note: During the months of June, July & August, the Bartlett Club had only one meeting per month.

Thursday - August 7, 2003

Featured Speaker: Les Gara, Alaska State Representative -- "The Stars Are Misaligned: How the Republican Team Took from You and Gave to Their Friends."

Thursday - July 3, 2003

Featured Speaker: Rev. Richard R. Gay -- "Much Ado about Everything."

Friday Evening - June 6, 2003

Featured Event: Annual Meeting and Dinner. This year we will be celebrating Bob Bartlett's Birthday at Josephine's on the top floor of the Sheraton Hotel beginning with cocktails at 7pm and dinner at 8pm. The event will be $35.00 per person and you can reserve your tickets by RSVP to Kay Bills at 376-2021 in the Mat-Su Valley or Peggy Burgin at 278-2102. Tickets are also available at the Bartlett Forum on Thursdays.

Thursday - June 5, 2003

Featuring: Sylvia Short (with help from the Legislative Information Office) -- "Legislative Round-up - A Discussion of Bills Passed (and Not Passed)."

Thursday - May 29, 2003

Featuring: "What's On Your Mind?/Speak-Out," open microphone public forum moderated by John Alexander, Bartlett Political Forum President. (This "Speak-Out" Forum is scheduled to take place the last Thursday of the Bartlett Club's regular meeting months, September through May).

Thursday - May 22, 2003

Featured Speaker: Peggy Burgin, speaking from personal experience -- "Homesteading in Alaska."

Thursday - May 15, 2003

Featured Speaker: Dr. Maria Wallington, Medical Ethicist and chair of the Providence Medical Ethics Committee -- "End-of-Life Decisions in Light of the Pending Bill HB25 on Advance Directives and the Stance of Hospital Ethics."

Thursday - May 8, 2003

Featured Speaker: INA

Thursday - May 1, 2003

Featured Speaker: Chancy Croft, former legislator and Democratic candidate for governor -- "Law Day."

Thursday - April 24, 2003

Featuring: "What's On Your Mind?," open microphone public forum moderated by John Alexander, Bartlett Forum President.

Thursday - April 17, 2003

Featured Speaker: Rose Ragsdale, Editor-in-Chief of Alaska Newspapers, Inc. -- "The Anchorage Chronicle - Today, Tomorrow and Beyond."

Thursday - April 10, 2003

Featured Speakers: The successful candidates for the Anchorage School Board: Crystal Kennedy, Jeff Friedman and Macon Roberts will be present. LET'S MEET OUR NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS!

Thursday - April 3, 2003

Featured Speaker: Ivan Moore, Political Consultant -- "What Happened In The Tuesday Municipal Election and Why."

Thursday - March 27, 2003

Featured Speakers: Art Weeks, new Municipal Librarian, and Mary Rasmussen, Library Board Member -- "Bond Proposition #3: Site Aquisition, Design and Construction of Libraries in Anchorage, Girdwood and Eagle River."

Thursday - March 20, 2003

Featured Speaker: Bill Pelke, founding member of Murder Victims' Families For Reconciliation and vice-president of Alaskans Against the Death Penalty - "From Violence To Healing."

Thursday - March 13, 2003

Featured Speakers: Anchorage School Superintendent Carol Comeau and School Board Member Jake Metcalf -- "School Bond Propositions on the April 1st Municipal Ballot." (Projects have been proposed for Eagle River High School, Chester Valley Elementary, Chugach Optional, a new Eagle River High School, East High School, Polaris K-12, Sand Lake Elementary and Service High School).

Thursday - March 6, 2003

Featured Speakers: Three of the candidates running for Mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage in the April 1st election will give presentations: George Wuerch (incumbent), Mark Begich and Rick Mystrom.

Thursday - February 27, 2003

Featured Speaker: John Tracy, News Director of Channel 2, KTUU -- "Is The Media Biased?"

Thursday - February 20, 2003

Featured Speaker: Dr. Kenneth O'Reilly, UAA History Department -- "Civil Liberties in the 1960's - Lessons for the 21st Century."

Thursday - February 13, 2003

Featured Valentine's Speaker: Alden Todd, writer and editor -- "Sweethearts, Suffragettes and Senators: They've Come a Long Way!"

Thursday - February 6, 2003

Featured Speaker: Bill Pelke, President of Anchorage's Journey of Hope and Vice President of Alaskans Against the Death Penalty -- "From Violence to Healing."

Thursday - January 30, 2003

Featured Speaker: Jackie Purcell, KTUU - Channel 2 Meteorologist -- "The 2002 St. Patrick's Day Storm" (details about the record busting snowfall of last March 17th - 28.6 inches in 24 hours).

Thursday - January 23, 2003

Featured Speaker: Jennifer Rudinger, Alaska Office of the American Civil Liberties Union -- "Ashcroft's Assaults on Freedom."

Thursday - January 16, 2003

Featured Speaker: Ernie Hall, 2002 Democratic Candidate for Lt. Governor -- "Alarm Bells Are Ringing."

Thursday - January 9, 2003

Featured Speaker: Scott Sterling, Alaska Democratic Party Chairman -- "Our Outlook on the Upcoming Legislative Session."

Thursday - January 2, 2003

Holiday Break -- No meeting