 "Serving Western Legislatures" Council
of State Governments - WEST OFFICERS Melvin
R. Brown Jeannette
Hamby Timothy
Z. Jennings Manny
M. Aragon Kent
Briggs COMMITTEE CHAIRS Electrical
Industry Restructuring Future
of Western Legislatures Energy
& Minerals Western
Water Policy Southern
Boarder Smart
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Land Policy Trade
& Transportation WESTRENDS Legislative
Service Agency Directors |
Press Advisory from CSG-West For Immediate Release: September 18, 1998 Contacts:
Western Legislative Workshops Trade and Water
Groups Kick off September 19-22 Anchorage What: Western state legislators will gather in Anchorage beginning Saturday, September 18, for the1998 Annual Meeting of The Council of State Governments-WEST. Western natural resource issues will be featured throughout the four days to coincide with the centennial commemoration of the Alaska Gold Rush. Saturday events include committee meetings on trade and transportation and Western water. Trade and transportation lawmakers will hear about a new proposal for a States Trade Center in Beijing, China. They will also discuss federal transportation funding and the status of surface transportation networks in the West. Water Policy Committee members will develop a west-wide response to the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission’s final report. Lawmakers will talk about the Western Governors’ Association environmental policy positions. When:
Where: Endeavor Room, Hotel Captain Cook, 939 West 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK Who: Speakers include: Jeff O’Malley, international program manager for The Council of State Governments; Justin Fox from Wilbur Smith Associates in San Francisco; and a member of the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission. Hosts: The Alaska Legislature and The Council of State Governments-WEST, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to cooperation and collaboration among Western state legislators. |