SEC Newsletter August, 2012

Gordy Wrobel -
President

Tim Rooney -
1st Vice President

Lori Blood -
2nd Vice President

Merrill Sanford -
Treasurer

Patricia Phillips -
Secretary

Janice Hill -
Past President

Leo Luczak
Jim Dinley
Tory Korn
Charles Edwardson
Richard Peterson
Bryce Dahlstrom
Mike Bell

Committees

Economic Development-

Patty Phillips

Energy -

Merrill Sanford

Fisheries -

Jan Hill

Health, Education, Social Services & Workforce Development -

Charles Edwardson

Gordy Wrobel

Mining -

Mike Bell

Richard Peterson

Timber -

Bryce Dahlstrom

Transportation -

Tim Rooney

Tourism -

Tory Korn

SEC Staff

Shelly Wright -
Executive Director

Cheri Lancaster -
Chief Finance Officer & Grants Administrator

Arielle Parker -
Administrator

Elaine Price -
Work Force Development & Timber Coordinator

Robert Venables -
Energy Coordinator

Honorary Lifetime Members

Bill Allen

Susan Bramstedt

Tom Briggs

Bill MacKay

Herb Pond

Carol Rushmore

David Stone

Robert W. Ward Jr.

Bill Williams

Membership

ACE Coalition

AIDEA / AEA

AK DCCED / DCRA

AK DoTPF, AMHS

AK State Governor & Legislature

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Committee

Alaska Communications

Alaska Cruise Association

Alaska Electric Light & Power

Alaska Forest Association

Alaska Glacier Seafoods

Alaska Litho

Alaska Marine Lines

Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Office

Alaska Municipal League

Alaska Permanent Capital Management

Alaska Power & Telephone Company

Alaska Power Association

Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary/Alaska Canopy Adventures

Alaska Resource Development Council

Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

Alaska Ship & Drydock

Alaska State Chamber of Commerce

Alaska Technology Development Group

Alaskans for Alaska - Elfin Cove

Allen Marine Tours, Inc.

Ballard & Associates

Bartlett Regional Hospital

BBC Human Resources Development Corp

Best Western Landing Plus

Cape Fox Corporation

Carson Dorn Inc.

Catholic Community Services

Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Chatham Electric

Chelan Produce Company

Chilkat Indian Village

Chilkoot Indian Association

Citizens Pro Road

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 Craig

City of Hoonah

City of Hydaburg

City of Kake

City of Kasaan

City of Klawock

City of Kupreanof

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 Kensington Gold Mine

Commonwealth Associates

Community of Elfin Cove Non-Profit Corp.

Cordova Electric Cooperative

Cove Lodge

Craig Community Association

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

First Things First Foundation

Gold Creek Properties

Greater Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce

Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce

Greens Creek Mining Co - Hecla

Grow Ketchikan

Gustavus Electric Company

Haida Corporation

Haines Borough

Haines Chamber of Commerce

Hames Corporation

Hammer & Wikan, Inc.

Hansen Gress

Heatherdale Resources

Holland America Line

Hyak Mining Co Inc.

Hydaburg Cooperative Association

Hyder Community Association

Inside Passage Electric Cooperative

Inter-Island Ferry Authority

Int'l Union of Operating Engineers Local 302

Juneau Chamber of Commerce

Juneau Convention & Visitors Bureau

Juneau Economic Development Council

Juneau Hydropower, Inc.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Ketchikan Indian Community

Ketchikan Visitors Bureau

Kootznoowoo

Madison Lumber & Hardware

McDowell Group

Metlakatla Indian Community

Metlakatla Power & Light

Municipality of Skagway

Nan Nalder

Nature Conservancy, The

Naukati Bay, Inc.

Northland Services, Inc.

Ocean Beauty Seafoods, LLC

OceansAlaska

Organized Village of Kake

Organized Village of Kasaan

Pacific Fishing, Inc.

Pacific Seafood Processors Association

PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center

Petersburg Chamber of Commerce

Petersburg Economic Development Council

Petersburg Indian Association

PND Engineers, Inc.

Polarconsult Alaska, Inc.

Port of Bellingham

Power Systems & Supplies of Alaska

Prince of Wales Chamber of Commerce

Princess Tours

Red Onion Saloon, Inc.

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

Roanan Corporation

Philip Rolfe

John A. Sandor

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 Chamber of Commerce

Skagway Development Corporation

Skagway Traditional Council

Southeast Alaska Fishermen's Alliance

Southeast Alaska Guides Organization

Southeast Alaska Power Agency

Southeast Alaska Reg Dive Fisheries Association

Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium

Southeast Alaska Solid Waste Authority

Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition

Southeast Stevedoring

Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association

Thomas Bay Power Authority

Thomas E. Schultz, Attorney at Law

Thompson Management Services, Inc.

Tides Inn

True North Federal Credit Union

TSS, Inc.

United Fishermen of Alaska

University of Alaska, Southeast

US Congress

US EPA

Viking Lumber

Dennis Watson

Waypoint Inn at Herring Bay

Wostmann & Associates, Inc.

Wrangell Cooperative Association

Yak-Tat Kwaan, Inc.

Southeast Conference News August 2012

Dear Readers,

We thank you for subscribing to our e-newsletters. We encourage you to become a member of Southeast Conference, and be a part of the efforts of Southeast Conference. There are many benefits to becoming a member such as receiving this monthly newsletter.

Thank you for your continued support as well as keeping up to date on important issues in our region. For information about our projects or to submit information, call our Southeast Conference office (907) 523-4350 or send us an email: info@seconference.org

If you haven't registered for our Southeast Conference in September, click here to go to our web page with all the information you will need!

We are looking forward to seeing every one on beautiful Prince of Wales Island!

http://seconference.org/

Commemoration of the

Alaska Marine Highway System

- 50 years of Service -

Dear Southeast Conference Member;

Alaska Public Television's KTOO-TV is undertaking an exciting year-long project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Marine Highway System. The oral history and preservation aspects of Alaska Marine Highway - Golden Anniversary will culminate in four one-hour public television documentary and oral history programs airing across Alaska and North America.

Three non-competing sponsors at $40,000 each will fund this important Alaska maritime history project and make it available to all Alaskans. Southeast Conference will be one of those very important sponsors and you as a member of Southeast Conference can help us with this sponsorship.

Southeast Conference was created in 1958. The minutes from that first meeting highlight "FERRY FIRST" to point out that the "...Southeast Alaska ferry system was the top priority project." Ten mayors and 20 other representatives from Southeast Alaska towns, met with E.J. Haugen, Petersburg, & first division member of the Alaska Highway and Public Works Board, unanimously agreed the Southeast Alaska ferry system was the top priority project they wanted. The Conference adopted a resolution (the first of many) to this effect and set a target date of 1960 for getting the ferry into operation making Southeast Conference a major player in the formation of the Alaska Marine Highway System.

We are asking our members to support the efforts of Alaska Public Television's KTOO-TV, and contribute to the $40,000 so Southeast Conference can help sponsor this wonderful project.

Sincerely,

Southeast Conference Board of Directors

Gordy Wrobel

Tim Rooney

Lori Blood

Merrill Sanford

Janice Hill

Leo Luczak

Jim Dinley

Tory Korn

Richard Peterson

Patricia Phillips

Bryce Dahlstrom

Charles Edwardson

Mike Bell

Public Comment Hearing -

Alaska Marine Highway System Schedule

Teleconferences for public comment on the proposed Summer 2013 schedules are scheduled for August 28 in Ketchikan. You Can participate! You can find all the information at the Department of Transportation Alaska Marine Highway System page.

The schedules are posted on the Alaska Marine Highway website and may be reviewed by clicking on the following link:

http://www.dot.state.ak.us/amhs/share/schedule/considerations.pdf

- Request for Items -

Scholarship Auction Donation

Every year Southeast Conference hosts a Scholarship Auction at our Annual Meeting in September. This year's Annual Meeting will take place in Craig, Alaska on Prince of Wales Island, Sept. 25th through the 27th. We invite you to contribute a tax-deductible donation item that can be auctioned. All proceeds of the Scholarship Auction go directly to the Southeast Conference UAS Scholarship Fund.

The Southeast Conference scholarship program was established in 1992 in partnership with Alaska Airlines and the University of Alaska Southeast. Southeast Conference believes an educated workforce and opportunities for lifelong learning are critical to the region's future. Further, we recognize the important role of the University of Alaska Southeast both as an economic engine for the region and as a key player in workforce development. The first scholarships were awarded in 1994 and, including those made through the spring 2012 semester; Southeast Conference has awarded nearly $300,000 in scholarships to 208 students attending the University of Alaska Southeast.

We salute our first major corporate sponsor, Alaska Airlines, for its generous $25,000 initial donation to the fund. We also welcome our new partners Hecla Greens Creek Mine and Coeur Alaska Kensington Gold Mine with their generous donations for support with the mine training program. Southeast Conference Scholarships are available to any students officially admitted in a program at the University of Alaska Southeast. This includes the Juneau, Ketchikan and Sitka campuses and those taking courses by distance delivery. Applicants must be residents of Alaska, and must demonstrate their intent to reside in and contribute to the betterment of Southeast Alaska. We are excited to announce we have recently amended our requirements to include vocational training programs and part-time students interested in staying in Southeast Alaska.

I am asking you to help us out this year by giving a tax-deductible donation for the Annual Scholarship Auction. Last year we raised over $19,000 from donated items and hope to bring in even more this year.

I thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to whatever support you can provide.

The annual scholarship auction will be held September 26, 2012, so if it is at all possible, please contact me regarding any donation you would like to make no later than September 7, 2012. Southeast Conference couldn't provide this scholastic support without the generosity of donors like you.

Sincerely,

Shelly Wright

Executive Director

Email:

info@seconference.org

Postal mail:

Southeast Conference

PO Box 21989

612 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite B

Juneau, AK 99802-1989

SEC Office (907) 523-4350

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Energy Cents Program

& Energy Housing Fair

- THRHA -

at the Southeast Conference

Please read the information from Tasha McKoy:

Immediately following the Southeast Conference in Craig, AK Tlingit Haida Regional Housing Authority will be hosting an Energy-Housing Fair for community members of Prince of Wales this September 28th, 2012!

Download the form HERE

Brochure and Information Link

This fair is going to be energy focused, but include programs such as: Energy Cents Program, Financial Literacy, Weatherization, LIHEAP & Energy Assistance Programs, Housing Management, Repair Programs, Loan Programs, and Student Housing Vouchers.

This is a great opportunity for your organization to present or exhibit any expertise applicable to the areas of: energy conservation and energy efficiency, health & home safety, renewable energy, community gardens, etc. If you cannot attend the Energy-Housing Fair on September 28th, 2012, THRHA's Energy Cents program will also be co-hosting 14 community- driven Energy Fairs throughout Southeast, Alaska this fall-winter 2012 and would appreciate your participation in the Energy Cents' effort in educating southeast communities on energy efficiency and conservation! For a listing of more events call the number below.

Energy Cents program - The following dates have been set for Energy Fairs:

a. Juneau September 22nd, 2012

b. POW September 28th, 2012

c. Saxman October 13th, 2012

d. Kake October 25th, 2012

e. Yakutat November 17th, 2012

(Please note: Angoon, Hoonah, Wrangell, and Petersburg dates TBD)

Right now, we are looking for participation at these energy fairs. If your organization would like to attend the energy fair, we would love person(s) with energy expertise at each of these events. Please fill out the attached call for presentations and participation form as soon as possible (before 8/31/2012). Also, any and all are welcome so if you also know of organizations that maybe interested in attending these energy fairs, please feel free to pass this email along J-

Other things that the Energy Cents program is trying to obtain:

Any energy related brochures, posters, booklets for Kids and/or adults to give away at fairs
Any energy related door prizes (big or small)
Door prizes in general!
Energy conservation and energy efficiency educational materials for community members
Energy efficient supplies for homes
Children's' activities ideas for fairs (looking for ideas that focus on k-12 education. Break-out teaching sessions involving kids, with organizations interested are encouraged!)

For participation details or to donate contact Tasha McKoy at (907) 780-6868 or lmckoy@thrha.org . If your organization is interested in participating or donating to this event, please contact Tasha with the details of your presentation.

Grown in Alaska

Patricia Philips, a Southeast Conference Board Member, works in her HighTunnel in Pelican, Southeast Alaska. She has been productive this year, cultivating vegetables as shown in her photos below.

Pictured top to bottom: A high tunnel with the side wall rolled up, Patricia checking out the conveyance pipe for the Pelican Hydroelectric Project, and working in the high tunnel garden.

conveyance pipe- Pelican Hydroelectric Project

House Resolution 6247

New Legislation Seeks to Recognize Hydropower as Renewable,

Promote Industry Growth

WASHINGTON, D.C.

08/09/2012

Legislation introduced to the U.S. House could help promote hydroelectricity by ending practices that diminish existing hydropower and discourage new development, HydroWorld.com has learned.

House Resolution 6247 -- officially called the "Saving our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act" -- was introduced by House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.), who says the legislation would help eliminate regulatory red tape, generate new non-federal funding and improve governmental transparency.

"This bill recognizes a clear vision and common sense reforms for how our nation can protect existing hydropower and jumpstart new hydropower in order to produce more of this emissions-free and low-cost renewable energy," Hastings says.

If passed, H.R. 6247 would:

Declare that hydropower is a renewable energy source;
Prohibit federal funding from being used to remove, breach or study the removal or breaching of any hydropower dam unless explicitly authorized by Congress;
Prohibit federal funding to organizations that have engaged in dam removal or hydropower-decreasing litigation against the federal government;
Prohibit federal funding for new activities proposed in U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu's memorandum mandating new missions for the Power Marketing Administrations (PMA) until an agency report is completed to justify these activities and Congress authorizes them;
Prohibit the Bureau of Reclamation and other federal agencies from bypassing hydropower turbines if a state has declared a drought emergency, or if these actions would harm endangered fish;
Improve transparency by allowing each PMA to estimate and report costs related to federal fish and wildlife acts -- including costs relating to lost power generation -- to their customers on a monthly basis;
Advance new hydropower through new water storage by allowing non-federal parties to complete studies and finance projects;
Create new funding sources to build water and power infrastructure;
Authorize hydropower development on existing man-made Reclamation water canals and pipes, as per legislation included in H.R. 2842, which passed the House in March;
Address costs and regulations imposed by the Department of the Interior and Department of Commerce for licensing and re-licensing non-federal hydropower projects;
Protect electric transmission lines from forest fires by allowing electricity rights-of-way holders on federal lands to remove insect-infested trees or other hazardous fuels within 500 feet.

"This bill would officially recognize hydropower as renewable energy and help eliminate government roadblocks and frivolous litigation that stifle development," Hastings says. "Hydropower is an essential part of an all-of-the-above energy plan, and its expansion would create thousands of new American jobs, grow our economy and protect the environment."

Hastings' bill comes on the heels of the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2012 (H.R. 5892), which passed the House with a unanimous 372-0 vote in July.

National Hydropower Association's

Alaska Regional Meeting

& DOI/FERC Workshop,

August 21-23, 2012, Sitka

REGISTRATION STILL OPEN

During the NHA Alaska Regional Meeting next week, we will include an "Update Around the State" - moderated by Robert Venables, Southeast Conference, and Marilyn Leland, Alaska Power Association. The session will take a virtual tour to see energy projects underway throughout Alaska from Metlakatla to King Cove, to the Arctic. You are invited to prepare and bring a poster display of your project and any materials you wish to have available for the 130 attendees expected. Or you may send them directly to Robert's attention c/o:

Harrigan Centennial Hall

330 Harbor Drive, Sitka, AK, 99835

http://hydro.org/news-and-media/events/details/nha-alaska-regional-meeting-2/

Ballot Measure 2

Vote on August 28th

Alaskans will be asked to vote on Ballot Measure 2, Coastal Zone Management, in the August 28th primary election. Visit Lieutenant Governor Treadwell's web link.

Your action is needed, please educate yourself on the issue and visit the web link to the State of Alaska website, below for the full language explaining the Ballot Measure 2.

Click here to find information:

http://ltgov.alaska.gov/treadwell/initiatives/coastal-management-initiative.html

Alaska Wood Energy

Development Task Group

- Deadline for Applications-

The AWEDTG is seeking a Statement of Interest from parties that would like to explore the feasibility of community heating projects of individual facility, community, and/or district heating projects with high-efficiency, low-emission, wood-fired systems.

The Deadline for Applications is October 19, 2012 by 5:00 pm for the Alaska Wood Energy Development Task Group (AWEDTG). Follow this link.

http://www.akenergyauthority.org/biomasswoodenergygrants.html

All the forms and information about the Request for Statement of Interest for Wood-Fired Heating Projects can be found at the link above.

Please contact:

Karen Petersen at (907) 828-3339 or khpetersen@alaska.edu

with any questions. Please forward this link to any one the message can be passed to everyone interested in exploring Woody Biomass options.

Sponsorship Opportunities

We invite you to be a sponsor of Southeast Conference and help us support activities that promote strong economies, healthy communities, and a quality environment in Southeast Alaska.

Annual sponsors receive recognition at both the Mid-Session Summit and the Annual Meeting, as well as on our website. Sponsorships are opportunities to advertise and build name recognition in the Southeast communities. Annual Sponsors support special projects that SEC members choose to accomplish. For example, the modeling project we are currently working on with McDowell Group.

To participate, call our office (907) 523-4353 or visit our website - click here.

Highlights

August Events:

21st, 22nd, 23rd --

National Hydropower Association (NHA) Alaska Regional Meeting -- Sitka, Alaska.

Harrigan Centennial Hall

Sitka, Alaska

(907) 747-3225

(202) 682-1700 ext.16

Email: diane@hydro.org

28th --

Alaskans will be asked to vote on Ballot Measure 2 in the August 28th primary election. Please Vote. Lieutenant Governor Treadwell's web link: http://ltgov.alaska.gov/treadwell/initiatives/coastal-management-initiative.html

September Events:

25th, 26th, 27th --

Southeast Conference Annual Membership Meeting in Craig, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska! Find out all you need to know and Register on our website, Click Here for Conference details.

Up Coming

September - Make sure that you have confirmed your travel arrangements for our Southeast Conference Annual Meeting, in Craig, Prince of Wales Island.

May 2013 - Lemonade Day Alaska will be next May 5th!

If you would like to submit an article or event announcement for the Southeast Conference E-News, please send your request to arielle@seconference.org.

Sincerely,

Arielle Parker

Administrator, Southeast Conference

(907) 523-4353
arielle@seconference.org
info@seconference.org

http://seconference.org

The mission of Southeast Conference is to undertake and support activities that promote strong economies, healthy communities, and a quality environment in Southeast Alaska.

SEC is the State-designated Alaska Regional Development Organization (ARDOR), the federally-designated Economic Development District (EDD), and the federally-designated Resource Conservation & Development Council (RC&D) for Southeast Alaska. Each of these things requires Southeast Conference take an active role in regional resource management and economic development planning.
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