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Please reserve these dates on your calendar
Dec. 5: Small Business Advisory
Board meets at the Global TransPark in Kinston, 9:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m. Preceded by a reception and dinner the evening of
Dec. 4.
Dec. 8: NCCBI's Environmental
Concerns Committee meets at the Capital City Club in downtown
Raleigh, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Dec.
11: Executive Committee holds its quarterly meeting at UNC-Charlotte's
Barnhardt Student Activity Center, beginning at 12:30
p.m.
Jan.
24: General Assembly reconvenes for biennial long session.
Feb.
21: NCCBI Legislative Reception honoring new and returning
legislators and other political leaders, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Capital
City Club, downtown Raleigh.
Feb. 22:
NCCBI Legislative Conference, 8:30-2 p.m., McKimmon Center,
Raleigh.
See the Master
Calendar of all NCCBI events
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NCCBI’s policy committees are completing a three-month process
of reviewing, revising and developing legislative position
statements for the 2001-2002 legislative session. The
committees finalized their recommended position statements
during the last two weeks of November and will present them to
the NCCBI Executive Committee at its next meeting on Dec. 11
in Charlotte.
After the Executive Committee's review, NCCBI's official
positions on important public policy issues will be unveiled
and presented to top state political leaders during the
association's annual Legislative Conference. That important
event will be held Feb. 22 in Raleigh and will be preceded the
night before by our reception honoring new and returning
members of the General Assembly. Please
reserve those dates on your calendar and watch for more
information and registration materials arriving in your mail
from NCCBI.
During several meetings that began in September, the
committees began by reviewing their position
statements from the 1999-2000 session to determine what
positions need to be changed or maintained. Then, other
position statements were created to address new issues that
are expected to impact the business community during the
General Assembly’s upcoming long session, which convenes on
Jan. 24.
“The position statements provide a framework for our
lobbying efforts when we are monitoring legislation that could
affect businesses in North Carolina,” said NCCBI President
Phil Kirk. “Our committees are representative of the
cross-section of NCCBI’s membership and provide the various
perspectives we need to develop comprehensive positions on
business issues.”
NCCBI committees focus on education, transportation, economic
development, health care, environmental concerns and tax and
fiscal policy. The newly-created Legal Issues and Workplace
Policies Committee is a blend of what was the Governance,
Civil Justice and Employer/Employee Relations committees. The
three committees were merged last year when there appeared to
be significant overlap of relevant issues among the three
groups.
With a new governor and some new faces in the Council of
State, state House and Senate, committees have attempted to
take proactive positions on issues they believe will be high
priorities for the governor and other state leaders.
“Until the newly elected leaders take office and the
legislative committee chairs are named, it is difficult to
determine the specific topics that will be on the front
burner,” Kirk said. “But NCCBI is fortunate to have
committee members who know the political insiders and do a
great job anticipating what will receive attention during the
legislative session.”
After the Executive Committee reviews and officially adopts
the committees’ position statements, NCCBI will officially
unveil its legislative agenda for the next General Assembly at
its annual Legislative Conference on Feb. 22 at the McKimmon
Center in Raleigh. NCCBI’s annual Legislative Reception will
be held the night before, at the Capital City Club in downtown
Raleigh.
NCCBI members should watch their mail in coming weeks for a
brochure arriving that will contain complete information about
the Legislative Conference and registration information.
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