Agenda for July 30, 2009

Bartlett Club Presents

This week we hear from Anchorage School Board Member and Alaskan Executive Pat Higgins.

Do you notice a faint sense of Autumn in the air in the morning? Back to school and hopefully a new season of change. We meet noon, Thursday in Denny’s on Debarr Road. Bring a friend, share a smile.

Upcoming:

Next week we will host the honorable Judge Karen Hunt.

Agenda for July 16, 2009

This week we hear from Alaska State Representative Harry Crawford. Harry never pulls his punches. He will speak on “Are you Tired of Waiting? I am." Harry is also an Ironworker and long time member of our club.

We meet Thursday, noon in Denny’s on Debarr Road. Bring a friend, share a smile.

Upcoming:

Next week we will hear from Alaska State Representative Les Gara.

Notable:

The Alaska Zoo is hosting it’s annual gala, “Tuscany Under the Tent” July 16^th. It’s the years largest fundraising event for our local Zoo. http://www.alaskazoo.org Did you know it’s also the 40^th anniversary of our Zoo? There will be a silent auction along with good food and company.

Agenda for July 9th, 2009

Bartlett Club Presents

This week we welcome Ms. Deborah Williams, Executive Director of the Alaska Democratic Party. She will present “On the Road to Victory, 2010”. Ms. Williams has a proven executive background, personal integrity that is unquestioned and real ability. Her insight and direction of our party will benefit our members and candidates going forward.. She is blessed with awesome timing to be addressing our club.

We meet noon, Thursday in Denny’s on Debarr Road. Bring a friend, share a smile.

Upcoming:

Next week we’ll hear from Alaska State Representative Harry Crawford. Harry is friend of our club, a union member and veteran of the legislature.

Agenda for July 2, 2009

Bartlett Club Presents

This week we host Ms. Joelle Hall speaking on the Employee Free Choice Act. Ms. Hall is with our AFL-CIO offices and we’ll look forward to hearing her take on vital workplace issues. She is also interested in pension reform particularly as it affects public employees. Bring a friend, share a smile!

EFCA background:

The Employee Free Choice Act, supported by a bipartisan coalition in Congress, would enable working people to bargain for better benefits, wages and working conditions by restoring workers’ freedom to choose for themselves whether to join a union. It would:

• Remove current obstacles to employees who want collective bargaining.
• Guarantee that workers who can choose collective bargaining are able to achieve a contract.
• Allow employees to form unions by signing cards authorizing union representation.

Next week we host the new Executive Director of the Alaska Democratic Party, Ms. Deborah Williams.

Finally Bear Aware for Summer

http://www.alaskabears.alaska.gov

Agenda for June 25, 2009

Bartlett Club Presents

This week we hear from State Senator Hollis French. I haven’t heard what he’ll speak on but he’s a good friend and I am thinking he has plans for the future.

Really tragic events unfolding across the world. The remarkable thing is we now can keep abreast of specific events on particular dates and times. It is an amazing phenomena. It will be increasingly difficult for authoritarian governments to contain a message with so many methods of communication available. Our task is to keep advancing the interests of justice.

Next week

Our good friend Ms. Joelle Hall with the AFL-CIA will speak to us on the Employee Free Choice Act. Its good to support our sisters of labor.

Notable

June 27, downtown the Partnership will sponsor an event associated with the 50^th anniversary of Alaska Statehood. Party on 4^th avenue as the streets will be closed for a fair between, noon to 5:00pm.

Anchorage would not be the same town without our volunteers. Our First Lady has begun a Whitehouse initiative on community service. Find out more at http://www.serve.gov

Agenda for June 18, 2009

Bartlett Club Presents

This week we host State Senator Bill Wielechowski, speaking on a strategic state energy plan. He is looking for you to bring your good ideas. After 40 years of oil dependence isn’t time we re-imagine our mix of conservation, consumption and production? Bill is a labor attorney and has long been engaged as a community activist.

Agenda for June 11, 2009

Bartlett Club Presents

This week we hear from Elizabeth Andres, of the Alliance for Climate Protection. http://www.climateprotect.org . She’s bringing a few friends as well, from ISER/UAA, National Wildlife Federation and the Alaska Center for the Environment. She will address climate crisis and what it means to Alaskans. I am so happy to have her on OUR side. I know we’ll be a welcoming audience. It’s a unique opportunity an one not to be missed.

We need to rock the house folks! Call a friend and invite them along. It does wonders for your relationships. Bring a friend, share a smile.