Week of 9/21/09 - 9/26/09

 *  Quarterly meeting with Multnomah County Commissioner Jeff Cogan.  Discussed various issues including the appointment of the successor to the State Senate seat being vacated by Senator Margaret Carter.  I also volunteered my endorsement for Jeff in his re-election for the County Board.

*  Briefing on development services colocation progress

*  Briefing on Spirit of Portland awards

*  Multnomah County Youth Commission swearing-in and Annual Report

*  Monthly meeting with Ken Rust, Chief Administrative Officer

*  Meeting with Commissioner Walker, Oregon Commission on Black Affairs, regarding racism related to African Americans in Portland and the USA

*  Monthly meeting with Mayor Adams, discussed too many issues to list

*  Speak with visiting Japanese executives taking a course at PSU's Hatfield School of Government event

*  Monthly meeting with Dean Marriott, Environmental Services

*  Spoke at One Web Day - Earth Day for the Web - in Pioneer Courthouse Square

*  City Council meetings Wednesday morning and afternoon

*  Metro Policy Advisory Committee meeting

*  Meeting with Unite HERE Local 9 and SEUI leaders regarding labor contracts at sports facilities

*  Citywide Wellness Committee meeting

*  Meeting with Gary Alan Spanovich, Executive Director, Wholistic Peace Institute

*  Monthly meeting with Commissioner Fish

*  Spoke at the dedication of Rainwater Pavilion at Tanner Springs Park to Graham Clark, a City planner who I greatly admired when I served on the Portland Planning Commission

*  Met with Leslie Carlson and Lillian Shirley, Portland Sustainability Commission

*  Portland Association of Teachers picnic

*  Forest Park Conservancy fundraiser event

*  Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk, Sunday morning

*  Walk to D'feet ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), later Sunday morning

*  Spoke at PSU Muslim Students Association celebration of the end of Ramadan

Dinners at home:  Monday (late, but it was my husband's birthday so we will celebrate once I get home) and Sunday.  Already there's a trend post-Labor Day of many more evening engagements.  I need to do something about that.  I miss seeing my family.