Perdue
to deliver keynote
at Legislative Conference
 Beverly
Perdue, the seven-term state senator who became the first
woman elected lieutenant governor, will deliver the keynote
luncheon address at NCCBI's Legislative Conference on Feb.
22.
The half-day event, which will again take place at the
McKimmon Center on the campus of N.C. State University in
Raleigh, is open to all NCCBI members. A crowd of about 400 is
expected to attend.
Other major political figures invited to appear at the
conference include Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight,
House Speaker Jim Black, Senate Minority Leader Patrick
Ballantine, House Minority Leader Leo Daughtry and State
Treasurer Richard Moore.
Traditionally, the governor is the luncheon speaker at the
NCCBI Legislative Conference. But because this year's
conference falls so close to the NCCBI Annual Meeting on March
21, it was decided not to ask Gov. Mike Easley to address an
NCCBI function twice in so short a period of time. Easley has
accepted NCCBI's invitation to be the luncheon speaker at the
Annual Meeting.
NCCBI Chairman Mac Everett of Charlotte will preside at the
conference. NCCBI President Phil Kirk will deliver closing
remarks before the luncheon.
The chairs of NCCBI's seven policy committees will present the
positions their groups have studied over the past several
months. The recommendations, as reviewed and endorsed by the
association's Executive Committee, form the heart of the
legislative agenda that NCCBI will pursue in this year's
legislative session.
The Legislative Conference will begin with a continental
breakfast and end after the luncheon address.
The evening before the Legislative Conference, on Feb. 21,
NCCBI will again host a reception honoring members of the
General Assembly and other officials. That event, which will
run from 5:30 to 7 p.m., will be held at the Capital City
Club in downtown Raleigh. NCCBI is accepting sponsorships for
the Legislative Reception.
Last year, the Legislative Reception was moved to the new
Entertainment and Sports Complex in Raleigh, but an acceptable
date could not be worked out to hold the event there again
this year. Therefore, the reception will return to the Capital
City Club, where it was held for many years.
Costs for the conference are as follows:
 For NCCBI members, $35 to
attend just the reception, $80 to attend just the conference,
or $100 to attend all the events.
For non-members, the costs
are $45 to attend just the reception, $100 to attend just the
conference, or $120 to attend all the events.
NCCBI will mail complete information and registration
materials to all members in the weeks ahead.
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Hour
by hour at the conference
8:30
a.m.
Registration and continental breakfast
9 a.m.
Welcome by NCCBI Chairman Mac Everett
9:05 a.m.
Senate perspective from Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight
9:20 a.m.
House perspective from House Speaker Jim Black
9:35 a.m.
NCCBI legislative positions presented by Economic Development
Committee Chairman Lew Myers, Education Committee Chairman
Clark Plexico, Environmental Concerns Committee Chairman Ed
Scott, Health Care Committee Chairman Carla DuPuy, Legal
Issues & Workplace Policies Committee Chairman George
Teague, Taxation & Fiscal Policy Committee Chairman Lucius
Pullen, and Transportation Committee Chairman Marshall Henry
10:15 a.m.
Financial forecast by David Crotts, senior fiscal analyst in
the General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division
10:30 a.m.
House minority party perspective from House
Minority Leader Leo Daughtry
10:40 a.m.
Senate minority party perspective from Senate Minority
Leader Patrick Ballantine
10:50 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
Education outlook by Sen. Walter Dalton and Rep. Gene Rogers
11:20 a.m.
Transportation issues by Sen. Wib Gulley and Rep. Nelson Cole
11:40 a.m.
Legislative and administrative priorities by State Treasurer
Richard Moore
12:00 noon
Federal issues overview by a representative of the National
Association of Manufacturers
12:25 p.m.
Closing comments by NCCBI President Phil Kirk
12:35 p.m.
Wrap-up by NCCBI Chairman Mac Everett
12:40
Luncheon and keynote address by Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue
1:30 p.m.
Adjourn
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