Briefcase: Oct. 30

Board policy workshop is Nov. 8-9

Eric Craymer will present the workshop “Positive and Effective Leadership through Board Policy Governance®: Maximizing Your Leadership Potential” at two meetings, from 9 a.m. to noon, Nov. 8 at Mat-Su College Campus, FSM Bldg, Room 202, 8295 E. College Dr, Palmer, and from 9 a.m. to noon, Nov. 9, at Eagle River Town Center, Conference Room 170, 12001 Business Blvd, Eagle River. Seating is limited. To reserve space, call Connie Egger at 761-2410 or email at cegger@mta-telco.com.

Wayne Dyok joins Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Team

The Alaska Energy Authority hired Wayne Dyok as lead project manager for the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project. Dyok begins work on Nov. 1.

Dyok has more than 35 years of U.S. and international experience in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensing, engineering design, environmental studies and energy planning on hydroelectric projects. He has managed major hydroelectric licensing projects for the California Department of Water Resources, Seattle City Light and Dominion Generation. Dyok has a master’s degree in civil engineering and is a licensed civil engineer in Alaska.

In the 2010 preliminary decision document, the AEA identified the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric project as the safest and best alternative for the State to successfully meet its renewable electric energy goals. The Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric project will be located approximately halfway between Anchorage and Fairbanks, creating a 700-foot dam with a power generation capacity of 600 MW. The project is in the preliminary planning process.

For more information, visit akenergyauthority.org and http://susitna-watanahydro.org.

Business workshops offered

The Alaska Small Business Development Center will offer the following classes during October. All classes are held on the second floor of the KeyBank Building, 201 N Lucille St.

• Oct. 31 is the deadline for “Profit Mastery”, Julie Nolen will facilitate this 18 hour, high level business financials class. Nov. 9, 10, 16 & 17, 8:30 to 1 p.m. Limited time offer of $200.

• Nov. 1, 9 to 4 p.m., instructor Rose Spinelli will teach “Basic Business Bookkeeping”. Cost is $50.

• Nov. 2, 9 to 3 p.m., instructor Katie Carney will teach a free class called “Employer Payroll Tax”.

• Nov. 3, 9 to Noon, instructor Rita Corwin will teach a free class called “The Basics of HR, Workers’ Comp, Employee Benefits & Payroll”.

• Nov. 3, 2 to 4 p.m., instructor Julie Nolen will teach a free class called “Starting a Business”.

• Nov. 4, 9 to Noon, instructor Sandi Sturm will teach a class called “Build Up Your Geek Skills: LinkedIn”. Cost is $50.

• Nov. 4, 10 to Noon, instructors Perri Lajoie & Hope Matthews will teach a free class at the Palmer Public Library called “Business Insurance 101”.

• Nov. 8, 9 to 4 p.m., instructor Rose Spinelli will teach “QuickBooks - Beginning”. Cost is $150.

• Nov. 10, 2 to 4 p.m., instructor Erika Bills will teach a free class called “What You Should Know about Credit Card Services & Your Business”.

• Nov. 15, 9 to 4 p.m., instructor Rose Spinelli will teach “QuickBooks - Intermediate”. Cost is $150.

• Nov. 18, 9 to 11 a.m., instructor Julie Nolen will teach a free class called “Starting a Business”.

• Nov. 22, 9 to 3 p.m., instructor Rose Spinelli will teach “QuickBooks - Payroll”. Cost is $90.

• Nov. 29, 2 to 3 p.m., instructor Nelida Irvine will teach a free class “SBA Programs and Services”.

• Nov. 30, 2 to 4 p.m., instructor Julie Nolen will teach a free class called “Starting a Business”.

• Nov. 28 is the deadline for “Profit Mastery”, Julie Nolen will facilitate this 18 hour, high level business financials class. Dec. 7, 8, 14 & 15, 8:30 to 1 p.m. Limited time offer of $200.

Toastmasters groups meet Tuesdays

There are weekly Toastmasters meetings in the Valley, one in Palmer in the evening and one in the morning in Wasilla. Mat-Su Toastmasters meets Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Wasilla Area Senior Center. And the Palmer Toastmasters meet Tuesdays from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. downstairs at the MTA Building in Palmer. For more information, contact Melissa Vega at 841-0077 or email melissa@greatlander.com.

Plaque sales to help fund windbreak wall

Support the Palmer Senor Citizens Center Inc., d.b.a. Mat-Su Senior Services, with a gift that will last a lifetime. We are now selling plaques, which will be a permanent fixture on the windbreak wall at the entrance of the Mat-Su Senior Services building located at 1132 S. Chugach Street in Palmer. Plaques can be engraved with a saying of your choice, your name, business, family, or friends names (no memorials please). All proceeds from this fundraiser support the Palmer Senior Citizens Center’s mission to provide services for the health, safety, and welfare of seniors. For more information, contact 745-5454.

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