Author Archives: Jim Tanner

Opening – Putnam Barber, Facilitator Past Events – a. January 15 – Carri Campbell, Public Affairs, Seattle Public Schools, Why School Levies? b. January 15 – Wolfgang Mack, “Parallels in Autocratic Leadership” c. January 28 – Pamela Williams, King County … Continue reading →

CEG Meeting Agenda – January 11, 2019 – 4:00 p.m. Mount Baker Room Reports on past events – Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, December 17th Tina Podlodowsk, January 8th Anything else of interest Previews of coming events:  Tuesday – January … Continue reading →

Meeting in Mount Baker Room at 4:00 p.m. Opening –      Jim Tanner, Facilitator Past Events – After the initial speaker, ask if anyone else has comments Ken Smith, Volunteer Coordinator for the Centrist Project “An Independent’s Journey (Katherine Graubard) Patrick … Continue reading →

Meeting in Sky Club Lounge at 4:00 p.m. Past Events Representative Nicole Macri – “The 2018 Legislative Session: What Got Done, What’s Left to Do” Lisa Manheim, U/W School of Law – “Limits of Presidential Power” Mandatory Housing Affordability Meeting … Continue reading →

Meeting starts at 4:00 pm in the Mount Baker Room Past Events – March 13 Secretary of State Kim Wyman March 24th 10:00 a.m. “March for our Lives” March 28th Congressman Adam Smith’s Town Hall Coming Events: Friday, April 27 … Continue reading →

This is what we concluded at the Friday March 23rd Planning Meeting: Dress for inclement weather – low to mid 40s and possible rain or snow.  Take your own consumables (water and food) as restaurants, etc. may be overloaded. Who’s … Continue reading →

The following link is to a PDF of the CEG meeting notes for March 9th. 18 03 09 CEG Meeting Minutes-ws

One of our goals in the CEG is to share our views with one another with suggestions to contact our elected officials and to forward the suggestion to our friends and family who may share those views. Our first suggestion … Continue reading →

Mount Baker Room — 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Opening –      Jim Tanner, Facilitator Past Events Limits of Presidential Power (at Folio) Coming Events: Saturday, February 17th 1:30 p.m. 43rd District Legislative Session Review at Seattle First Baptist Church (with … Continue reading →

See CEG Calendar for more details. Some of you may remember last year when we streamed a presentation by the University of Washington’s Law School faculty regarding Presidential Power to the Mount Baker Room.  That event was facilitated by Professor … Continue reading →

January 19 (Friday): 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm — Initial 2018 Civic Engagement Group (CEG) Meeting in Mount Baker Room. RESCHEDULED Due to our elevator problems, the Friday, January 19th Civic Engagement Meeting to discuss plans for the coming year … Continue reading →

Mount Baker Room – 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CEG – Origins, History, and Purpose Coming Events:  Women’s March Saturday January 20th (see CEG Calendar for details) What do we want to do this year? Internal Communication In House Education … Continue reading →

The following two events are listed in the CEG Calendar on the Skyline 725 Blog. Because they contain links of interest they are posted here as an added reminder: November 14 (Tuesday): 7:30 pm – Lawrence O’Donnell Live Steam from … Continue reading →

The following link is to a PDF of the CEG meeting Notes for November 10th. 17 11 10 Minutes-ws

1. Opening – Jim Tanner, Facilitator 2. Comments on events since the last meeting: a. October 30th Skyline Soapbox II 3. Coming Events a. To Be Determined – nothing firm on the schedule 4. Other issues: What do we do … Continue reading →

The following link is to a PDF of the CEG meeting Notes for October 27th. 17 10 27 Minutes-ws

The following link is to a PDF of the CEG meeting Notes for October 13th. 17 10 13 Minutes-ws

The following link is to a PDF of the CEG meeting Notes for September 22th. 17 09 22 CEG Minutes-ws

The following link is to a PDF of the CEG meeting Notes for August 25th.  17 08 25 Minutes-ws