September 6, 2006 GAC Update
The big news this week is that the School Committee voted to extend Superintendent Thomas Fowler-Finn’s contract to 2008. The Cambridge Chronicle story is available on at http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=568445. Robert Winters had the story first on his website http://www.rwinters.com/.
The Council meets Monday night.
The next meeting of the GAC will be on September 26. This will be a working meeting to discuss members’ ideas for the Committee for the next couple of years. I have provided a draft agenda below.
The Chamber has scheduled an Executive Speaker luncheon on October 24. Our guest will be Robert Culver, President and CEO of MassDevelopment. A regular GAC meeting will be held on November 28.
Upcoming GAC Events
The 2006 Government Affairs program is sponsored by Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
September 26, 2006 GAC Meeting
The GAC will meet on Tuesday September 26, 2006 at noon in the Chamber Board Room. The topic will be a discussion among those GAC members about the direction of this committee for the next couple of years. A draft agenda is provided below:
Draft Agenda
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Events
Summary of GAC activities since December 2003
Planned events Fall 2006 to 2008
Opportunity for committee members to suggest events
3. Other Activities
Need for/interest in a steering committee
Need for/interest in policy specific sub-committees
Need for/interest in other GAC activities
Please let me know if you plan to attend or if you have any suggestions for this draft agenda.
Also let me know if you think this meeting is unnecessary and I’ll find a speaker for a more usual GAC guest speaker luncheon. Please send your thoughts on this matter to me at tsmith@cambridgechamber.org or phone me at 617-876-4213.
Robert Culver Addresses October GAC/Executive Speaker Luncheon
MassDevelopment President and CEO Robert Culver will discuss MassDevelopment’s efforts to spur economic growth in the Commonwealth, MassDevelopment’s work in Cambridge, and the latest on the new Bristol-Myers Squibb pharmaceutical manufacturing facility and other developments at Devens. The Luncheon will be held on Tuesday October 24, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge.
Start Time: 11:30 a.m.
End Time: 1:30 p.m.
Members: $40.00, Non-members: $80.00
Prices require registration and payment at least two business days in advance.
$10 additional thereafter.
Find out more at: www.cambridgechamber.org/involved/viewevent.html?id=159
November GAC Meeting
The Best Western Hotel Tria will host the November 28, 2006 GAC meeting. Speaker to be announced. The Hotel Tria is located at 220 Alewife Brook Parkway.
