Commonwealth North provides an educational forum where opinion leaders and activists in Alaska can gather to review public policy issues and topics affecting the state.
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- 1979
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- Commonwealth North Energy Acti...
ANGDA
Friday, December 18 at 9:00am - Annual Commonwealth North Legi...
Dena'ina Center
Wednesday, December 16 at 12:00pm - Commonwealth North Energy Acti...
ANGDA
Friday, December 11 at 12:00pm - CWN Energy Action Coalition Me...
ANGDA
Friday, December 4 at 12:00pm - Commonwealth North Energy Acti...
ANGDA
Friday, November 20 at 12:00pm - CWN Briefing Beyond the Law of...
Chart Room, Hilton Hotel
Thursday, November 19 at 12:00pm - Commonwealth North Health Care...
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Thursday, November 19 at 7:00am - Commonwealth North Energy Acti...
ANGDA
Friday, November 13 at 12:00pm - 2009 Walter J. Hickel Award fo...
DENA’INA CENTER – TIKAHTNU BALLROOM
Thursday, November 12 at 5:30pm - Commonwealth North November Forum
Dena'ina Center
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00am
Margy Thanks!! I will be there tomorrow. If you would bring my scraf it would be great! Margy
Commonwealth North
We will be meeting this Friday, December 18 from 9-10am in the ANGDA conference room located at 411 West 4th Avenue in the Yellow Sunshine Mall on the lower level across from the Saturday Market parking lot. ANGDA is on the bottom floor through the parking lot entrance. Jim Strandberg, Program Manager for AEA’s energy ...restructuring initiative, will be joining us so that we can finish our discussion on the recently completed Regional Integrated Resource Plan (RIRP) for the Alaska Railbelt as well as corresponding legislation. We will also be discussing final recommendations for our energy report which we will finish over the Holiday. You can view the RIRP draft report online as well as the Legislation at http://www.akenergyauthority.org/regiona
Final Energy Meeting of 2009
Time:9:00AM Friday, December 18th
Location:ANGDA
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North has created an Energy Action Coalition to address Alaska's critical energy needs. This group is chaired by Mary Ann Pease and David Wight.
Advocacy Coalitions provide continuity in support of recommendations from CWN studies. This program reaches the longer term goal of influencing public policy, in... addition educating our members and the public.
This Action Coalition identifies the critical components of Alaska's energy needs and develops policy guidelines and recommendations that provide the baseline for Legislative testimony and CWN's advocacy position going forward. The intent of this group is pro-active policy discussion with an action plan to develop and communicate our direction and findings.
Regional Integrated Resource Plan (RIRP) for the Alaska Railbelt Discussion
Time:12:00PM Friday, December 11th
Location:ANGDA
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North invites you to participate in our annual meet and greet program with our Alaska State Legislators. This program will be held December 16 from noon to 1:30 at the Dena'ina Center. Speaker of the House Mike Chenault and Senate President Gary Stevens will speak on the big issues facing the state in the ...upcoming legislative session. Then, in a one-on-one table discussion with legislators, we will discuss our goals and insights into those issues.
As we approach a new legislative session in January, Alaskans are facing a number of important issues. Our Alaska State Legislators are being asked to make important public policy decisions that will affect Alaskans for years to come on gas line issues, health care, fiscal policy and much more.
This is not a campaign, political debate, or cross-examination. It is an opportunity to truly discuss key issues with fellow well-informed, thoughtful Alaskans.
This event is sponsored by:
Anchorage Municipal Light & Power and Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI)
Time:12:00PM Wednesday, December 16th
Location:Dena'ina Center
Commonwealth North We will be meeting this Friday, December 4th from 12-1 in the ANGDA conference room located at 411 West 4th Avenue in the Yellow Sunshine Mall on the lower level across from the Saturday Market parking lot. ANGDA is on the bottom floor through the parking lot entrance. Roger Marks, former economist for the Department o...f Revenue and current President of the Anchorage Chapter of the United States Association for Energy Economics will be joining us. Roger recently wrote a piece in the Journal of Economic Issues entitles “Why America May Not See Alaska Natural Gas Soon” and will be discussing Alaska’s natural gas future.
Roger Marks, an economist's view of Alaska Natural Gas
Time:12:00PM Friday, December 4th
Location:ANGDA
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North has created an Energy Action Coalition to address Alaska's critical energy needs. This group is chaired by Mary Ann Pease and David Wight.
Advocacy Coalitions provide continuity in support of recommendations from CWN studies. This program reaches the longer term goal of influencing public policy, in... addition educating our members and the public.
This Action Coalition identifies the critical components of Alaska's energy needs and develops policy guidelines and recommendations that provide the baseline for Legislative testimony and CWN's advocacy position going forward. The intent of this group is pro-active policy discussion with an action plan to develop and communicate our direction and findings.
Meera Kohler from AVEC on Rural Energy Solutions
Time:12:00PM Friday, November 20th
Location:ANGDA
Commonwealth North
Lori J. Goldstein, M.D., Director of the Breast Evaluation Center and Leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, will be joining Commonwealth North Thursday, November 19th from 12-1 in the Chart Room at the Hilton Hotel to discuss the advances in research leading toward tar...geted therapy of breast cancer and how chronic illness is affecting Health Care reform.
Dr. Goldstein is the 2009 Carol Treadwell Visiting Fellow. She has been recognized on the list of "The Best Doctors in America" six times.
As Director of the Breast Evaluation Center, Dr. Goldstein leads a team of breast cancer experts in developing treatment plans for patients with early and late stage breast cancer and empowering patients with the knowledge to make informed decisions about their care. In her role as Leader of the Breast Cancer Research Program, she manages research across the breast cancer continuum from prevention, etiology, early detection, treatment to survivorship. Dr. Goldstein is committed to participating in the national agenda for breast cancer research and care and represents Fox Chase Cancer Center as the Principal Investigator for the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG). She serves on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Breast Cancer Guidelines Committee. Additionally, Dr. Goldstein is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, The American Society of Clinical Oncology and has served on the Editorial Board for Cancer.net.
Breast Cancer remains one of the most common malignancies among women, second only in incidence to lung cancer. Over the last fifteen years, breast cancer death rates have decreased by 15%. Two plausible explanations for the decline are an increase in breast cancer awareness leading to early detection, and improvements in systemic therapy. The current direction of breast cancer research is aimed at understanding the specific biology of each breast cancer to provide customized individual treatment to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease.
Dr. Lori Goldstein, Director of the Breast Evaluation Center and Leader of the Breast Cancer Researc...h Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia
Time:12:00PM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Chart Room, Hilton Hotel
Commonwealth North We will be this Thursday, November 19th from 7-9 am at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Board Room 521. Douglas Eby, Vice President of medical services for Southcentral Foundation (SCF) at the Alaska Native Medical Center will be joining us to discuss the Nuka Model of Care which takes a completely different... approach to health care reform using a highly integrated team approach which deals with families and the health system. It is currently being used in Alaska by the Southcentral Foundation and getting great results.
Time:7:00AM Thursday, November 19th
Location:Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North has created an Energy Action Coalition to address Alaska's critical energy needs. This group is chaired by Mary Ann Pease and David Wight.
Advocacy Coalitions provide continuity in support of recommendations from CWN studies. This program reaches the longer term goal of influencing public policy, in... addition educating our members and the public.
This Action Coalition identifies the critical components of Alaska's energy needs and develops policy guidelines and recommendations that provide the baseline for Legislative testimony and CWN's advocacy position going forward. The intent of this group is pro-active policy discussion with an action plan to develop and communicate our direction and findings.
Value Added Industry in Alaska with Bill Noll, Harold Heinze, and Representative Neuman
Time:12:00PM Friday, November 13th
Location:ANGDA
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North has created an Energy Action Coalition to address Alaska's critical energy needs. This group is chaired by Mary Ann Pease and David Wight.
Advocacy Coalitions provide continuity in support of recommendations from CWN studies. This program reaches the longer term goal of influencing public policy, in... addition educating our members and the public.
This Action Coalition identifies the critical components of Alaska's energy needs and develops policy guidelines and recommendations that provide the baseline for Legislative testimony and CWN's advocacy position going forward. The intent of this group is pro-active policy discussion with an action plan to develop and communicate our direction and findings.
Guest Gene Therriault, Governor's Energy Advisor
Time:12:00PM Friday, November 6th
Location:ANDGA Conference Room
Commonwealth North
In an effort to continue the Health Care dialogue and examine how changes in Washington may affect Alaskans here at home, Commonwealth North will host a health care panel Tuesday, November 10th from 7-8am at the Dena'ina Center to decipher some of the uncertainties facing health care reform and the effects those change...s may have on Alaska. The panel will include Tom Nighswander MD, MPH with Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Jeff Davis, Executive Director of Premera Blue Cross of Alaska, Pat Luby Advocacy Director for AARP's Alaska State Office, and Bruce Lamoureux Chief Operating Officer of Providence Alaska Medical Center.
Health Care reform has become a major issue throughout the nation as Washington wrestles with how to bridge the health care gap. As health care prices continue to rise many Americans are finding themselves without basic health care. So far the reform process has been open, but happening at an alarmingly quick rate. Now the government is trying to keep the reform budget under a trillion dollars while many are still concerned we are only propping up a broken down system which needs serious structural reform. Our panel will try to shed light on many of the contentious health care reform road blocks that are being debated and paint the picture of how these controversies may affect us here is Alaska.
Cutting through the Rhetoric of Health Care Reform
Time:7:00AM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Dena'ina Center
Commonwealth North
The Walter J. Hickel Award for Distinguished Public Policy Leadership was established in 1999 to recognize the contributions and achievements of individuals who have played a significant role in advancing Alaska’s public policy interests. Former recipients include: Walter Hickel, Ted Stevens, Jay Hammond, Don Young, Jo...hn Katz. Throughout his career Willie Hensley has worked tirelessly for the benefit of Alaska and all Alaskans. Mr. Hensley is a pioneer of the Alaska Native Land Claims movement, an individual who has served Alaska and the Nation for decades with great distinction, and a steward of Alyeska in Washington for many years. Commonwealth North is pleased to present Willie "Iggiagruk" Hensley with the Walter J. Hickel Award for Distinguished Public Policy Leadership.
Individual Tickets - $75. Tables sponsorships available by calling Josh Wilson at 258-9522. Register online at www.commonwealthnorth.org.
Being Presented to Willie Iġġiaġruk Hensley
Time:5:30PM Thursday, November 12th
Location:DENA’INA CENTER – TIKAHTNU BALLROOM
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North has created an Energy Action Coalition to address Alaska's critical energy needs. This group is chaired by Mary Ann Pease and David Wight.
Advocacy Coalitions provide continuity in support of recommendations from CWN studies. This program reaches the longer term goal of influencing public policy, in... addition educating our members and the public.
This Action Coalition identifies the critical components of Alaska's energy needs and develops policy guidelines and recommendations that provide the baseline for Legislative testimony and CWN's advocacy position going forward. The intent of this group is pro-active policy discussion with an action plan to develop and communicate our direction and findings.
with Kevin Banks, Director of the Division of Oil and Gas for DNR
Time:12:00PM Friday, October 23rd
Location:ANGDA
Commonwealth North
Commonwealth North members are invited to attend a reception, Monday October 19 from 6:15-8pm in the Foredeck at the Hotel Captain Cook honoring Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and representatives of Arctic nations attending the first-ever International Arctic Fisheries Symposium....
This year, Commonwealth North published "Why the Arctic Matters: America's Responsibilities as an Arctic Nation," the report of its Arctic issues study group. Many of the issues surveyed by the study group and recommendations adopted were included in the formal U.S. Arctic policy drafted by Ambassador Balton, signed by President Bush in January of this year, and now being implemented with the endorsement and leadership of the Obama Administration.
The fisheries workshop being held in Anchorage brings together experts of Arctic nations just after the United States issued a moratorium on most commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean, north of the Bering Strait. Other nations, including our neighbors Russia and Canada, may or may not follow suit.
Commonwealth North is delighted to welcome Ambassador Balton and hopes Alaskans will recognize the work he is doing for our nation and our state, as it affects us in all of our fisheries, Arctic policy, and oceans and climate policy overall.
honoring Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and representatives... of Arctic nations attending the first International Arctic Fisheries Symposium
Time:6:15PM Monday, October 19th
Location:Foredeck at the Hotel Captain Cook
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Commonwealth North wrote on 2009 Walter J. Hickel Award for Distingusihed Public Policy Leadership's Wall.
