Muni News
VOLUME 90, ISSUE 5  - SUMMER 2000

New Feature Highlighting Our Partners in King County
CityClub: Where People and Ideas Come Together

Founded in 1981, CityClub of Seattle offers members and guests informative public affairs programming. Each year, the Club presents over 40 forums. A non-profit organization with over 600 active members, its mission is fostering civic engagement in issues vital to our community through access to leaders, informative programming, fair debate and a lively exchange of ideas. To celebrate the Club 's 20th anniversary in 2001, a full year is planned under the theme "20 Years of Ideas that Changed Seattle & Where They Will Lead Us."

CityClub is known for its diversity of topics and commitment to nonpartisanship. Recent forums have featured local, national and international leaders and newsmakers in lively discussions on a wide variety of issues including:

• Regional and International Business
• The Environment
• Local and Municipal Public Policy
• Politics, Elections & International Affairs
• Arts & Cultural Affairs
• Health, Social Services & Housing
• Education
• Media & Technology

Most CityClub Forums take place at downtown locations, over lunch. Other forums occur in the evening at places like Town Hall. After Hours events highlight regional culture. They combine informal social time with substantive discussion or experience in unusual and unique locations - hard hat tours of new cultural facilities, private viewings of art collections and discussions with outstanding local chefs - to name a few. All events are open to the public.

Recently CityClub expanded to the Eastside. In February, an "Online Retailing" forum in Bellevue sold out and received rave reviews. The next Eastside After Hours event is on Sept. 21at Newcastle Golf Club: The topic is "Charting a Next Course After High Tech Success: What Do You Do When You Can Do Anything?" The panel will feature high tech "retirees" who are on to other pursuits - dot-com startups, venture capital, philanthropy, or community service.

The next Seattle event, which the Municipal League and other groups are co-presenting with CityClub, is September 8th. "Building a Muscular Democracy" features John Anderson, 1980 independent candidate for U.S. President, now President of the Center for Voting & Democracy. He is a passionate advocate for electoral change including proportional voting, public financing and more. League members qualify for discounted admission to the forum. For more information about CityClub events, call 206-682-7395.

Related Link

• Seattle CityClub web site