3/29/09 - 4/4/09

*  Annual Oregon American Israel Public Affairs Committee Dinner, Mittleman Jewish Community Center

*  Meeting with Nuin-Tara Key and other PSU students, to talk about neighborhood planning in West Portland Park

*  Meeting with Commissioner Fish regarding Permit Center consolidation

*  Phone call with Jack Hoffman, Mayor of Lake Oswego

*  Attended Human Rights Commission meeting

*  Call from Bill Bradbury, former Secretary of State, regarding the Columbia River Crossing rally on Sunday

*  Meeting with Portland Business Alliance: Bernie Bottomly and Mike Kuykendall, regarding downtown Business Improvement District, Sidewalk Obstruction Ordinance, and Service Coordination Team code enforcement

*  Meeting with staff from bureaus providing non-emergency information and referral phone services, to review potential changes needed or desired in relation to budget decisions

*  Speaking with students at PSU (two events)

*  Neighborhood Livabity In Old Town lunch with Officer Jeff Myers and other staff

*  Meeting with Gale Castillo and other staff of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, regarding Small Business Technical Assistance program in relation to City budget

*  Welcome commente at Neighbors West Northwest/Sisters of the Road Cafe for citizen advocacy training

*  Visit with Central Northeast Neighbors coalition board

*  Trip to Salem to lobby with legislators against HB 2405, a bill that would pre-empt local regulation of some Internet/phone services

*  Meeting with Mark Bartlett and Paul Leistner, citizen activist

*  Meeting with Dr. Dapo Sobomehin, Director of Operation Easy assistance to high-risk youth

*  Meeting with Councilor Norman Thomas of Troutdale, who serves on the Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission

*  Meeting with PSU group (RAPP) working on police-community relations

*  Meeting with Andrew McGough of Workforce Solutions, Inc.

*  Lunch with Nancy Chapin, who goes to even more Neighborhood Association and Business Association meetings than I do.  She won the  lunch at the Lloyd District Community Association auction.

*  Meet-and-greet at the Bipartisan Cafe, 7901 SE Stark, Saturday 4/4/09 from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

*  Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association annual dinner at the Convention Center.  My friend and neighbor Steve White died of ALS a couple of years ago.

Number of dinners at home with family: 2 of 7