January
Jan. 28 -- WNC Complaints Committee meeting
February
Feb. 6 -- Presentation to Mercer Island Chamber of
Commerce luncheon meeting
Feb. 20 -- Panel on press and politics, University
of Washington
Communications Department
Feb. 22 -- WNC Annual Meeting
March
March 8 --
Complaint Hearing POSTPONED in case of Des Moines Chamber of Commerce vs.
Highline Times/Des Moines News. (Please call WNC office for details.)
March 12
-- Presentation to Children's Alliance luncheon meeting, Seattle
March 13
-- Presentation to Green River Community College Journalism classes, Auburn
April
April 8 ³ Presentation to Community Relations Council, Jewish
Federation of Greater Seattle
April 16 ³- Edward R. Murrow Symposium, Murrow School of Communication,
Washington State University, Pullman
April 17 ³- Student mock news council hearings at WSU and at Gonzaga
University, Spokane
April 22 ³ Public Forum on ¦The Media and the War: Fair, Balanced and
Accurate Coverage?² Co-sponsored with Seattle Media Forum, Town Hall Seattle
May
May 15 -- Deadline for Dick Larsen Scholarship applications to be
postmarked.
June
June 6 ³
Dick Larsen Scholarship winners announced.
June 14 ³ Complaint Hearing in case of Washington State Beef Commission,
Washington Dairy Products Commission and Midway Meats, Inc. versus KIRO-TV.
Town Hall Seattle, 10 am-12 noon.
July
July 29 ³
Presentation to Mercer Island Rotary club
August
Aug. 11 ³ Presentation to Western States Regional Farm Bureau presidents
annual meeting, Port Ludlow
Aug. 19 ³
Presentation to Woodinville Rotary club
Aug. 21 ³
Meeting with Longview Daily News. Presentation to Kelso Rotary club.
September
Sept. 1 ³
Deadline for nominations for new WNC Board members
Sept. 15 ³
Deadline for applications for new WNC Board members
Sept. 18 ³
Presentation to ¦High School Journalism Day² at University of Washington
Sept. 28 ³
Fall Retreat for Council/Board members
October
Oct. 13 ³
Bill Gates Sr., John Hamer and Wes Uhlman give Community Development
Roundtable (CDRT) a ¦Five-Year Report Card² on the WNC.
Oct. 23 --
John Hamer speaks to International Association of Business Communicators
dinner.
Oct. 24 ³
Informal ¦wake² held at WNC office for WNC member Herb Robinson, who died
Oct. 15.
November
Nov. 7 ³ 5th
Annual Gridiron West Dinner, Washington State Convention & Trade Center
Nov. 11 ³
John Hamer speaks to Fremont Rotary Club.
December
Dec. 2 ³
Student Mock Hearing at Green River Community College, Auburn.
Dec. 4 ³
John Hamer speaks to Washington Agriculture & Forestry Education
FoundationÃs Leadership Group in Spokane.
Dec. 5 ³
Student Mock Hearing at Whitworth College, Spokane.