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Subject: Conference Update and Reminder
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:41:28 -0500
Organization: IRI / ASPP
We are only 6 weeks away from the conference. If you haven't already
registered, please do so as soon as possible.
The fee for the conference is $199.00 (registration will be waived for
members of the media) and includes the reception Thursday night,
continental breakfast on Friday and Saturday, lunch on Friday and
Saturday, dinner Saturday night and all conference materials (partial
scholarships are available).
Following is an updated conference agenda (the formatting will be off
because it is being emailed). Please review it and let me know of any
questions or comments you have.
We have assembled many of the nation's leading authorities on
initiative and referendum. There is no doubt that you will benefit
greatly by attending this conference.
Thanks again and I look forward to hearing from you.
Dane
A Century of Citizen Lawmaking
Proposed Conference Agenda
* means invited but not yet confirmed
Thursday, May 6, 1999
7:30 pm Welcoming Reception
Speaker: Governor Kirk Fordice - (MS - Honorary Chairman, Initiative &
Referendum Institute)
Friday, May 7, 1999
8:00 am Conference Welcome
Speaker: Governor William Janklow - (SD - National Advisory Board,
Initiative & Referendum Institute)
8:30 am 1st session begins - Initiative and Referendum: From the
media's perspective
Moderator: M. Dane Waters (President, Initiative & Referendum
Institute) Panelists: Lou Jacobson (National Journal) / David Broder
(The Washington Post) / John Fund (The Wall Street Journal) / Peter
Schrag (Sacramento Bee)
9:45 am 2nd session begins - The history of initiative & referendum
Moderator: Dennis Polhill (Chairman, Initiative & Referendum
Institute) Panelists: Professor Kris Kobach (University of Missouri,
Kansas City) / Professor Andreas Auer (University of Geneva) /
Professor Dave Magelby (Brigham Young University) / M. Dane Waters
(President, Initiative & Referendum Institute)
11:10 am 3rd session begins - International initiative and referendum
Moderator: J. Ray Kennedy (Johns Hopkins University) Panelists:
Andreas Gross (Member of Swiss Parliament) / Bruno Kaufman (Germany)
12:15 pm Lunch begins
Speaker: Attorney General Edwin Meese III (National Advisory Board,
Initiative & Referendum Institute)
1:30 pm 4th session begins - Local initiatives in the United States
Moderator: Deb Phillips (Voting Integrity Project) Panelists: Mayor
Hal Daub (Omaha, NE - National Advisory Board, Initiative & Referendum
Institute *) / Professor Tari Renner, Ph.D. (Illinois Wesleyan
University) / Attorney Barry Fadem (Bagatelos & Fadem - San Francisco)
2:40 pm 5th session begins - Money in initiative and referendum: Does
it have an effect
Moderator: Professor Anne Campbell (U.S. Air Force Academy) Panelists:
Professor Elisabeth R. Gerber (University of California, San Diego) /
Bob Stern (Center for Governmental Studies) / Professor Elizabeth
Garrett (University of Chicago)
4:00 pm 6th session begins - Increasing voter participation in
initiative and referendum?
Moderator: Paul Jacob (President, U.S. Term Limits Foundation)
Panelists: Professor Ted Becker (Auburn University) / Marc Strassman
(Campaign for Digital Democracy) / Rick Arnold (National Voter
Outreach)
Saturday, May 8, 1999
8:00 am Morning remarks
Speaker: Joel Fox (President Emeritus, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. -
The effects of Prop 13)
8:30 am 7th session begins - Voters and Initiatives: Are they smart
enough to decide?
Moderator: Professor John Matsusaka (University of Southern
California) Panelist: Professor Todd Donovan (Western Washington
University) / Professor Dan Smith (University of Denver)
9:40 am 8th session begins - Legal issues: What regulations are
unconstitutional?
Moderator: John Boehm (General Counsel, Initiative & Referendum
Institute) Panelist: Attorney Paul Grant / Attorney Barnaby Zall
10:50 am 9th session begins - The courts and initiatives: What is
happening?
Moderator: Attorney Paul Grant Panelists: Craig Holman (Center for
Governmental Studies) / Attorney Steve Safranek (Thomas More Center
for Law & Justice)
11:55 pm Lunch begins
Speaker: Ron Faucheaux / Editor-in-Chief, Campaigns and Elections
Magazine
1:15 pm 10th session begins - National I&R: Has the time come?
Moderator: Mike Gravel (Philadelphia II) Panelists: Congressman Bob
Franks (R-NJ) / Attorney General Ed Meese*/ Doug Phelps (Chairman,
USPirg)
2:25 pm 11th session begins - I&R Legislation: What the states are
doing?
Moderator: Professor Bruce A. Larson (University of Virginia)
Panelists: Jenni Drage (National Conference of State Legislatures) /
Secretary of State Bill Jones (CA) / Governor Kirk Fordice (MS)
3:30 pm 12th session begins - Reforms made possible with I&R: Taxes
and Term Limits
Moderator: David Keating (Senior Counselor, Board Member, NTU)
Panelists: Paul Jacob (U.S. Term Limits) / Pete Sepp (National
Taxpayers Union) / Professor John Matsusaka (University of Southern
California) / Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform *) / Professor
Carolyn Tolbert (Kent State)
4:55 pm 13th session begins - Reforms made possible with I&R:
Environmental and Animal Rights
Moderator: Angelo Paparella (President, Progressive Campaigns)
Panelists: Wayne Pacelle (Humane Society of the U.S.) / Roy Morgan
(Americans for the Environment) / Wendy Wendlandt (USPirg) / Phyllis
Myers (State Resource Strategies)
7:30 pm Institute black-tie optional dinner
Speakers:Pre-dinner remarks: Bill Zimmerman - Executive Director,
Americans for Medical Rights Post-dinner remarks: Ward Connerly -
Chairman, American Civil Rights Coalition
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M. Dane Waters
Initiative & Referendum Institute
1825 I Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202.429.5539 / Fax: 202.986.3001 / Email:
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