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To help maintain public trust and confidence in the news media by promoting fairness, accuracy and balance, and by creating a forum where the public and the news media can engage each other in examining standards of journalistic fairness.

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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.