A warm thank you to all of our members that attended our Annual Meeting in Petersburg and a great big thank you to the People of Petersburg for all of the hospitality they provided.  I for one had great food, productive networking, fun with old friends , and really enjoyed meeting some new friends.  We had 211 members registered this year.

WOW!

I hope everyone that attended the Strategic Doing Workshop liked the forum.  You will be getting some follow up information very soon and hopefully we will be able to get our next five year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategic in order. 

Casey Campbell, AKCCED

I want to thank all of our presenters.  It is such a challenge finding enough time to hear all the new and exciting things that are happening in the region as well as keep up with the ongoing projects and issues.  Our presenters were informative and interesting.  I know it is information by "fire hose" and it makes the days long but I felt the people of Petersburg and Southeast Conference provided you with enough late night entertainment to keep you going during the day. In case you missed something or you would like to review, all the presentations are on our website; www.seconference.org

I also want to thank our Sponsors...we all know this could not happen without them.

 

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Port of Bellingham

USDA Rural Development

Alaska Cruise Association

Alaska Marine Lines

City & Borough of Wrangell

ConocoPhillips Inc.

First Bank

POWTEC

Sealaska Inc.

Petersburg Rexall Drug

Rocky's Marine

Southeast Alaska Power Agency

Wells Fargo

Wild Celery

Alaska Airlines

University of Alaska Southeast

Alaska Energy Authority

Carson Dorn Inc.

Ketchikan Indian Community

Ketchikan Visitors Center

Petersburg Chamber of Commerce

 

Our Auction was a smashing success.  Thanks many many times to Herb Pond our most wonderful friend and auctioneer. Congratulations to Lori Blood for bein g high bidder on the Princess Cruise, Paul Axelson high bidder on the Alaska Airlines Tickets, Jodi Mitchell fittingly was high bidder on the RED HIGH HEELS, David Stone's swan song....paying $1000 for silver and gold jewelry from Prince Rupert and Eric Wolfe out bidding on the Tanaku Lodge Experience in Elfin Cove.  

To all of those who donated auction items and all that paid for them, we and the scholars of southeast THANK YOU.  We out did our amount from last year by about $6,000.  Something you all may not know is after the auction ended our board member Tim Rooney offered to stand by his bid if Alaska Airlines would donate another pair of tickets.  Alaska Airlines said yes and we got another $2,500 for our scholarship fund.  Thanks to both!  The total amount for the auction is $19,457. 

As we say a sad good bye to our long time board members David Stone, Mike Korsmo and Paul Axelson we welcome to our newly elected board members, Lori Blood, Merrill Sanford, Hap Symmonds, Bryce Dahlstrom and Richard Peterson. Returning board members, Tim Rooney and Tory Korn were re-elected as well.  Welcome Jan Hill as the new President of the Board. I look forward to, in Jan's words "shaking things up" with Jan for the next year. 

 

Sincerely,

Shelly Wright

Southeast Conference saw sunny days in Petersburg this September

Hosted by the City & Borough of Petersburg, Southeast Conference's 2010 Annual Membership Meeting saw over 200 in attendance. This sleepy little fishing town was bursting at the seams with business executives, state and municipal officials, entrepreneurs, and Southeast Conference!

Things kicked off with "Strategic Doing". Facilitating was Christi Bell - University of Alaska Center for Economic Development, Becky Beck - Board President of Petersburg Tides Inn, Casey Campbell - State of Alaska Department of Community, Commerce and Economic Development, Linda Ketchum, - University of Alaska Center for Economic Development SourceLink Network Builder and Rick Wolk - University of Alaska Southeast. Breakout focus groups were titled: entrepreneurial ecosystems, mariculture, food systems, and woody biomass. Talks were centered on things that can or will be done with a standing rule of no negativity or what can't be done. Presentations for Tuesday afternoon's program can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Wednesday's agenda highlighted energy news in our region. Updates on the Kake to Petersburg intertie and hydro developments at Reynolds Creek, Pelican, Hoonah, and Sitka. Thanks to Senator Bert Stedman for sharing his vision for energy development during lunch keynote address.  An overview of the upcoming Southeast Intergrated Resource Plan project, technical insight into system performance by SEAPA, the possible future of electric transportation by AEL&P, and the energy planning efforts by the US Forest Service are among the presentations given. Wednesday's presentations can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Donning our red high heels and pulling out the pocket book we honored the memory of JC Conley in true fund raising style.

Many thanks to Herb Pond for stepping in as the auctioneer for the Annual Scholarship Auction, together we were able to raise $19,457!

Congratulations to our newly elected 2011/2012 Board of Directors!

Back Row Left to Right: Richard Peterson, Merrill Sanford, Patty Phillips, Tory Korn, Hap Symmonds, Lori Blood, Jim Dinley, and Leo Luczak.

Front Row Left to Right: Bryce Dahlstrom, Gordy Wrobel, Jan Hill, Tim Rooney, and Maxine Thompson.

Thank you to David Stone, Mike Korsmo, and Paul Axelson for their years of service to the Southeast Conference Board of Directors. You will be missed!

 

Thank you to the City of Petersburg!

         

2011 Annual Meeting

will be

September 13-15, 2011 in Ketchikan!

 

SEC goes to Wrangell in 2013.