City Club of Tacoma

Open Minds Embracing the Future

Save The Date: Future City Club Programs 

February 3, 2010 Dinner, Peter Goldmark, Washington State Commissioner of Public Land
What Does the Future Hold for Our Public Lands?
Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark will highlight current lands-related legislative and budget efforts and will lay out some of the key points of the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Strategic Plan. The plan, which includes input from stakeholders and the public, will chart the course for the agency over the coming five years.

Our dinner will be at the University of Puget Sound Wheelock Rotunda. 6 p.m. wine social, followed by dinner and program. Register via email by noon, February 1. Cost is $25 for members of City Club, $35 for non-members. Members are also entitled to bring guests for $30/person. Prepayment is required and no-shows will be billed. (If your credit card is not up to date, please call 253-353-2489 to put a new card on file.)
Thanks to Joe Novak for coordinating this program.

February 17, 2010 Lunch, Health Care in Pierce County: Critical Condition?
NEW LUNCH LOCATION: TACOMA ART MUSEUM
Our speaker will be Sumner Schoenike, M.D., a board-certified pediatrician with over thirty years of pediatric experience. During the last 12 years, before recently retiring, he provided general pediatric care to South Sound residents, as well as practicing at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, St. Clare Hospital, and St. Joseph Hospital. Before that, he served the Mannheim/Heidelberg Military Communities in Germany.

He was one of the founders of Project Access, a group of providers who give their time for free or on a sliding scale. He served for many years on the Board of Trustees for the Pierce County Medical Society and is currently on the Board of Directors of the Franciscan Health System.
Thanks to Ronnie Bush for coordinating this program.
Register via email before noon on Monday, February 15, to reserve for this lunch program. $20 members, $30 nonmembers. Prepayment is required and no-shows will be billed. (Please be sure your credit card on file is up to date. If we do not have your credit card on file, please register by phone: 253-353-2489.)

March 17, 2010 Lunch, TSA: Airport and Port Security
NEW LUNCH LOCATION: TACOMA ART MUSEUM
Our speaker will be Jim Spiden, of the Transportation Security Administration and Director for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Spiden will address security, screening, and "strange but true" stories from behind the scenes at Sea-Tac airport.
Thanks to Ronnie Bush for coordinating this program.

Register via email before noon on Monday, March 15, to reserve for this lunch program. $20 members, $30 nonmembers. Prepayment is required and no-shows will be billed. (Please be sure your credit card on file is up to date. If we do not have your credit card on file, please register by phone: 253-353-2489.)

April 21, 2010 Lunch, Art Jarvis, Superintendent of Tacoma Public Schools
NEW LUNCH LOCATION: TACOMA ART MUSEUM
Thanks to Lilly Warnick for coordinating this program.

May 19, 2010 Lunch, Karen Gustin, Superintendent of Olympic National Park
NEW LUNCH LOCATION: TACOMA ART MUSEUM
Thanks to Joe Novak for coordinating this program.

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