Thursday - December 29, 2005

Featured Speaker: Sharon Cissna, Alaska State Representative -- "Sharon's Health Odyssey: 41 Communities and Counting" (For the second summer in a row Sharon has visited and interviewed people in remote places, trying to learn about their health needs).

Thursday - December 22, 2005

Holiday - No Meeting.

Thursday - December 15, 2005

Featured Speaker: Michael Macleod-Ball, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska -- "The Battle Over Patriot Act Authorization."

Thursday - December 8, 2005

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

Thursday - December 1, 2005

Featured Speaker: Rod McCoy, Working Alaskans for a Gainful Economy (WAGE) - "Problems with Wal-Mart."

Saturday - November 19, 2005

Annual Dinner!!!
BARTLETT DEMOCRATIC CLUB

Anchorage Senior Activities Center
6:00 p.m. Social Hour; 7:00 p.m. Dinner followed by Program: 

Mayor Mark Begich and Superintendent Carol Comeau
$25 in advance; $30 at the door.  Send checks to Pat Abney, 5800 E. 
142nd Ave., Anchorage 99516, made out to Bartlett Democratic Club. 
Questions?  345-1335 (Abney)  Everyone welcome!

Thursday - November 10, 2005

Featured Event: Open Discussion -- Come Share Your Thoughts.

Thursday - November 3, 2005

Featured Speaker: Eric Croft, State Representative -- "Alaska's Natural Gas: Please Just One More Boom, I Promise We Won't P--- It Away This Time."

Thursday - October 27, 2005

Featured Speaker: Berta Gardner, State Representative -- "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:  Reflections from a Freshman Legislator."

Thursday - October 20, 2005

Featured Speaker: Rich McClear, Manager of KUDO AM 1080, who helped bring free radio to Balkan nations -- "Democracy - The Result of an Organic Process or Frankenfreedom?"

Thursday - October 13, 2005

Featured Speaker:  Lawrence Weiss, Executive Director of the Alaska Center for Public
Policy -- "Senate Bill 141: The Destruction of Retirement Security in Alaska."

Thursday - October 6, 2005

Featured Event: Open discussion. Bring your insights and ideas.

Thursday - September 29, 2005

Featured Speaker: State Rep. Max Gruenberg (D), veteran of the Alaska House Ethics Committee, will lead a panel discussing -- "Conflicts of Interest in Legislative Bodies--Especially the Alaska Legislature and our Municipal Assembly."

Thursday - September 22, 2005

Featured Speakers: Art Curtis and Alden Todd will lead a distinguished panel discussing -- "Seeing Ourselves As Others See Us -- Those Overseas and Outside."

Thursday - September 15, 2005

Featured Speaker: John Havelock, Anchorage Daily News columnist and former Alaska Attorney General -- "The Fateful War on Terror."

Thursday - September 8, 2005

Featured Speaker: Larry Persily, Systems Manager and consultant to the Municipal Assembly on taxation -- "The Sales Tax Proposals Explicated."

Thursday - September 1, 2005

Featured Speaker: State Representative Harry Crawford (Dem) -- "Gambling and Gas."

Thursday - August 25, 2005

Featured Speaker: The Forum Resumes -- INA

Thursday - June 9, 2005

Featured Speaker: Katy Parrish, Staff Writer for insurgent49.com -- "Taking Back the Airwaves…the Fight of Our Lives." NOTICE: THE FORUM WILL THEN ADJOURN UNTIL AUGUST 25

Thursday - June 2, 2005

Featured Speaker: Steve Lindbeck, Associate Editor, Anchorage Daily News -- "The Top Ten Things I've Always Wanted to Tell You About the Editorial Pages."

Thursday - May 26, 2005

Featured Speaker: Bill Herman, Mental Health Trust Authority -- "Where Is Alaska Headed in Behavioral Health?"

Thursday - May 19, 2005

Featured Speaker: Cheryl Richardson, Anchorage Citizens Coalition -- "A Northern City Needs a Northern Transportation System."

Thursday - May 12, 2005

Featured Event: Open Forum, Come Share Your Ideas!

Thursday - May 5, 2005

Featured Speaker: Matt Claman -- "Four Months on the Campaign Trail."

Thursday - April 28, 2005

Featured Speaker: Scott Heyworth, Vice-Chairman, Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority (ANGDA) -- "Getting Alaska's Gas to Market: What are our Options?"

Thursday - April 21, 2005

Featured Speaker: Mike Coumbe, Executive Director, Alaska Democratic Party -- "Building a Viable Alaska Democratic Party."

Thursday - April 14, 2005

Featured Speaker: Matt Zencey, Anchorage Daily News editorial writer - "Reading the Election Tea Leaves"

Thursday - April 7, 2005

Featured Event: Open Forum -- discussion of various topics selected by members.

Thursday - March 31, 2005

Featured Event: Anchorage School Board Candidate Presentations: Mary Marks & Thomas Lamb (Seat C); Rod McCoy, John Steiner & Russel Mjolsnes (Seat D).

Thursday - March 24, 2005

Featured Event: Anchorage Assembly Candidate Presentations (mainly midtown and south Anchorage).

Thursday - March 17, 2005

Featured Speaker: Jordan Marshall, campaign manager for Anchorage Civic and Convention Center YES!

Thursday - March 10, 2005

Featured Event: Anchorage Assembly Candidate Presentations: Downtown (Seat B) - Carl J. Loerbs, Allan Tesche; West (Seat E) - Matt Claman, Dan Sullivan; South (Seat K) - Chris Birch, Dick Tremain.

Thursday - March 3, 2005

Featured Speaker: Jay Brause, Co-director of Out North, a progressive community arts organization based in east Anchorage -- "An Artful Proposal for a Bed Tax."

Thursday - February 24, 2005

Featured Speaker: Gene Kulawik, recently in charge of highway construction and maintenance in southcentral Alaska -- "Highways As Access to Communities and Resources."

Thursday - February 17, 2005

Featured Speaker: Fred Hillman -- "Trying to Understand the Red - Blue Divide" (insights from the book by George Lakoff, Moral Politics).

Thursday - February 10, 2005

Featured Speaker: Michael Janecek, former member of Matanuska Electric Association Board -- "The Politics of the MEA."

Thursday - February 3, 2005

Featured Event: Open Forum -- discussion of various topics selected by members.

Thursday - January 27, 2005

Featured Speaker: Richard McClear of KUDO 1080 AM -- "I Called for Help and One Hundred Thousand People Came - Media Development in Eastern Europe."

Thursday - January 20, 2005

Featured Speaker: Speaker will be from the Brother Francis Shelter and will discuss their program and homeless issues.

Thursday - January 13, 2005

Featured Speaker: Sue Rodman, Forester for the Anchorage Fire Dept. -- "Reducing Loss from Wildfires."

Thursday - January 6, 2005

Featured Speaker: Ed Earnhart -- "Swinging With The Lefties: Liberal Writers and Their Readers, Up Close at Sea."