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By Ed Schoenfeld
JUNEAU, ALASKA (2009-11-20) The new President of the Southeast Conference says she will focus on improving the region's energy and transportation infrastructure. Maxine Thompson became the organization's Board President this fall. The Angoon's businesswoman and former mayor is the first Alaska Native to lead the organization of industry, government and other Southeast leaders.
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Nominations
Needed
SEAFA Board of DirectorsIt's that time again for nominations for the Southeast Alaska Fisherman's Alliance Board of Directors. Nominations will be accepted if submitted to the SEAFA office by phone, email or mail that is received by Dec. 1st. Ballots will be mailed out in early December. There are 6 Board of Directors seats up for election for two year terms. If you are interested in serving on the SEAFA Board please contact the office and let them know what seat you are interested in running for-general, salmon, crab, shrimp or longline. The Board of Directors is made up of two members serving for each division and 4 members at large.
Kathy Hansen, Director
9369 North Douglas Hwy
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 586-6652
seafa@gci.net
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Alaska Class Ferry Project Update
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Save The Date
Mid-Session Summit
March 2-4, 2010 Juneau, Alaska FY11 Annual MeetingSeptember 14-16, 2010
Petersburg, Alaska
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Welcome new Board Member
Janine Gibbons
South/Southeast Public Seat, Term expiring 2012
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COMMITTEES
Committee Chairs
Energy-JC Conley
Environment-Jon Bolling
Economic Development-Patricia Phillips, Co-Chair Linda J. Snow
Fisheries-Art King
HESS- Gordy Wrobel
Tourism-Janice Hill
Transportation-Mike Korsmo
Timber-JC Conley
Sub-Committee Chairs
Solid Waste-Jon Bolling
Prince Rupert Container Port-Mike Round
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info@seconference.org
907-523-4350
907-463-5670 fax
P.O. Box 21989
612 W. Willoughby Ave. Suite B
Juneau, AK 99802 |
FY2010
MEMBERS
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AIDEA / AEA
AK DCCED / DCRA
AK DOTPF, AMHS
AK State Governor
AK State Legislature, Southeast Delegation
Alaska Airlines
Alaska Committee
Alaska Communications Systems
Alaska Cruise Association
AEL&P
Alaska Forest Association
AK Island Community Services
Alaska Litho
Alaska Marine Lines
Alaska Municipal League
Alaska Permanent Capital Management
Alaska Power & Telephone Company
Alaska Resource Development Council
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Alaska Services Group
Alaska Ship & Drydock
Alaska Small Business Development Center
Alaska State Chamber of Commerce
Alaskan Brewing Co.
Allen Marine
Allen, Bill
Ballard & Associates
Bartlett Regional Hospital
BBC Human Resources Development Corp
Briggs, Tom
Cape Fox Corporation
Carson Dorn Inc.
Cascade Creek LLC
Catholic Community Services
CCTHITA
Chatham Electric
Chelan Produce Company
Chilkat Indian Village
Chilkoot Indian Association
City & Borough of Juneau
City & Borough of Sitka
City & Borough of Wrangell
City & Borough of Yakutat
City of Angoon
City of Coffman Cove
City of Cordova
City of Craig
City of Gustavus
City of Hoonah
City of Kake
City of Kasaan
City of Pelican
City of Petersburg
City of Prince Rupert
City of Saxman
City of Tenakee Springs
City of Thorne Bay
City of Whitehorse
Coastal Helicopters
Coeur Alaska
Commonwealth Associates
Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit Corp.
Copy Express
Craig Community Association
Cruise West, SE AK Operations
D. Hittle & Associates, Inc.
Denali Commission
District of Port Edward
Edna Bay Community
Electric Power Systems
Elgee Rehfeld Mertz LLC
Elliott Bay Design Group
First Bank
First National Bank of Alaska
Goldbelt, Inc.
Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce
Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce
Greens Creek Mining Company, Hecla
Gruening & Spitzfadden
Gustavus Electric Co.
Haida Corporation
Haines Borough
Haines Chamber of Commerce
Hames Corporation
Holland America Line
Huna Totem Corp.
Hydaburg Cooperative Association
Hyder Community Association
Inside Passage Electric Cooperative
Inter-Island Ferry Authority
IUOE Local 302
J.M.Walsh
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Juneau Convention & Visitors Bureau
Juneau Economic Development Council
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Ketchikan General Hospital
Ketchikan Indian Community
Ketchikan Visitors Bureau
Kootznoowoo
LB2
Madison Lumber & Hardware
McDowell Group
Metlakatla Indian Community
Municipality of Skagway
Nan Nalder
Nature Conservancy
Northland Services, Inc.
OceansAlaska
Organized Village of Kake
Organized Village of Kasaan
Pacific Seafood Processors Association
Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
Petersburg Economic Development Council
PND Engineers, Inc.
Polarconsult Alaska, Inc.
Pond, Herb
Port of Bellingham
Prince of Wales Chamber of Commerce
Princess Tours
Privett, Bill
Red Onion Saloon, Inc.
Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
Rushmore, Carol
Samuelson, Steven
Seafood Producers Cooperative
Sealaska Corp.
Service Auto Parts
Sgt. Preston's Lodge
Shattuck & Grummett
Shee Atika, Inc.
Sheinberg Associates
Sitka Convention & Visitors Bureau
Sitka Economic Development Association
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
Skagway Development Corporation
Southeast Alaska Power Agency
Southeast AK Regional Dive Fisheries Assoc.
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium
Southeast Conference
Southeast Stevedoring
Southeast Strategies
Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
Taku River Reds
Thomas Bay Power Authority
Thompson Management Services, Inc.
University of Alaska
US Congress
USDA Rural Development
Viking Lumber
Ward Jr., Robert
Waypoint Inn
Wells Fargo Bank
White Pass &Yukon Route
Williams, Bill
Wostmann & Associates, Inc.
Honorary Lifetime Members
Tom Briggs
Bill Allen
Carol Rushmore
Herb Pond
Robert W. Ward Jr.
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We are seeking current information on the following Southeast Conference Honorary Lifetime Members:
Bill Allen
Tom Briggs
Robert Ward, Jr.
Bill Williams
If you know how to contact these members please contact the SEC Staff.
Thank You!
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Wood Energy Becomes Increasingly Popular
Published on November 19th, 2009 in The Tundra Drums
By ALEX DEMARBAN
For the Bethel region, the heating fuel of the future might
be a throwback to the past.
A business and organizations there, including Bethel's city
government, are increasingly turning to firewood in an effort to replace the
costly heating fuel that often exceeds $6 a gallon.
They're getting the wood any way they can get in the often
treeless Southwest Alaska region.
At Swanson's grocery store, employees cut pallets into
kindling and toss cardboard boxes into the Turbo Burn, a self-contained heating
system that incinerates the store's packaging castoffs and converts them into
heat for the store.
Store employees are also throwing used cooking oil from the
store's deli to feed the beast.
The Turbo Burn already appears to be saving Swanson's a
"good bit" of money by reducing the store's dependence on heating
fuel, said Pat Jennings, maintenance supervisor.
Just how much? Jennings couldn't say.
The contraption, enclosed in a 20-foot-long metal van that
sits outside the store, began operating late last year after arriving from
Turbo Burn Inc's headquarters in Spokane, Wash.
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REMEMBER THE
IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL CONTACT WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS
Shelly Wright, Southeast Conference Executive Director would like to join State Chamber President Wayne Stevens
in sending this message. Have you spoken to your legislator lately?Each year
Legislators gather in the Capital from January to April. Time is at a premium as they move from
meeting to meeting; attending committee meetings floor sessions, constituent
teleconferences and meeting with a constant stream of people who call and visit
their offices.
Constituents from every community in Southeast Alaska call,
visit, send public opinion messages and e-mails, testify and make a great
effort to convey their concern and interests in the issues deliberated by our
state Legislators. They rarely have a
moment to contemplate all that they have heard, to absorb that information and
turn it into action.
The most important people they need to hear from are those
who live and work in the districts they represent. Forming a relationship with
your Legislator could be one of the most important things you can do for your
business, community and region. You are
the one that knows best what is best for you.
From Mid April to January your representatives and senator are virtually
around the corner from you. How many of you take time to meet with them to
discuss issues of interest to you or convey the importance of those issues and
interests to your business.
With the variety and plethora of issues deliberated by
Legislators, it is difficult for them to have a lot of depth on the specifics
of many issues. Their staff members do a
tremendous job of gathering information, analyzing it and then presenting it to
Legislators in an understandable format. Chances are that many legislators may
not know as much as you do about your issue.
It is easy to get distracted with the rush of our daily
lives, but what a missed opportunity if we do not take time to develop a
stronger relationship with our legislator and share your concerns. I encourage
you to make it your mission to share information with you legislators in your
area(s) of interest and expertise.
Become a source of quality information that is accurate. Stress the importance of the issue to you and
your community. Provide data to
substantiate your position. Make sure
your legislator and his staff know how to contact you if they have additional
questions or need further information.
It is all about building relationships and developing
opportunities to share information. Will
you make contact with you Legislator before the session begins?
Not sure how to find your legislator? Most Legislators
maintain offices in your local Legislative Information Offices (LIO). A listing
of all the contact information for the LIO's and Legislators is readily
accessible to you on-line at www.legis.state.ak.us/misc/lios/php. Not sure who your legislator is? The Division of Elections provides a great
resource to help you identify your legislator on-line at www.ltgov.state.ak.us/elections/distcomp.php.
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Committees
Transportation-Oct. 8th:
- Highlights for the MTAB recommendations to Governor's Office include full funding for Kennecott to run cross-gulf year-round, supplemental funding for Fairweather to run in January, additional funding added to the vessel replacement fund.
- IFA reported on their second summer of single runs and their first season in three years that they've not had a northern run.
- Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska have been invited to present their Short Sea Pilot Program to the committee.
Energy-Oct 28th:
- Monthly Meeting Date: 3rd Thursday.
- DHittle & Associates recommendation to begin "Near Term Activities for Initiation of EIS Process" was approved by unanimous vote by committee and moved to the SEC Board for final approval.
- Updates given by AEA and Regional Utilities in attendance.
Fisheries-November 18th:
- Next Meeting will be January 13th at 10am.
- Seward Hatchery faces potential year round closure. An request has been submitted for an incremental subsidy to the Governor's Budget for $150k beginning in FY2011.
- Bob Thornsenson has been selected to represent SEC on the Governor's Chinook Salmon Stakeholders panel.
Economic Development-November 24th:- Completed a Economic Development Committee Work Plan and Draft Legislative Priorities.
 Upcoming Meetings
Economic Development-November 24th at 2pm
Transportation-December 1st at 2pm
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What's everyone else doing?- December 12: Energy Summit, City & Borough of Wrangell and ACEcoalition-Wrangell
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We Need Your Help
Young Growth Timber Inventory
As we enter the end of another year and the beginning of a
New Year, Southeast Alaska and the Timber industry are faced with recurring
obstacles and new challenges for survival.
One of the tools needed for future timber economic sustainability is a
Young Growth Inventory.
Many of you have
expressed the importance of this timber cruise and the importance of providing
a timely snapshot of the current value of the young growth forest in the
region. For local businesses and local
governments to plan for the future and transition from old growth forest to
second growth forest, they need to understand the timber resource for Southeast
Alaska.
Doing this takes money and we are asking you, our members, to
help raise that money in the form of contributions.
Contact our office at shellyw@seconference.org.
All final reports will be posted on our
web site at completion.
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