BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20100314T020000 RDATE:20100314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100316T220230Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100407T180000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100407T160000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100316T220230Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100316T221755Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458449 DESCRIPTION:The Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN)\, Software Association of Oregon (SAO) \, Oregon Business Association (OBA) and the Portland B usiness Alliance are presenting the 2010 Gubernatorial Candidate Forums. Tech America will be a supporting organization for the forums \;\n&# 13\;\nOregon’s economy is facing great challenges. The state is struggli ng with serious budgetary shortfalls and that is exacerbated by an unemp loyment rate that is hovering above 10 percent. With the recent passage of measures 66 &\; 67 many Oregonians question what the impact will b e for Oregon businesses. Policies that support and encourage business gr owth and economic development are a top-of-mind priority for many Oregon ians. These candidate forums are intended to provide an opportunity for members of the business community to ask the candidates from each party what they would do to help support business and economic growth in Orego n. \;\n \;\nThe Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate forum will take place on Wednesday\, April 7 at Portland General Electric’s auditorium located at 121 SW Salmon St\, 2WTC in Portland. It will feature Democrat ic candidates Bill Bradbury (www.bradburyfororegon.com) and John Kitzhab er\, (www.johnkitzhaber.com). \;\n \;\nThe Republican Gubernatoria l Candidate forum will take place on Tuesday\, April 27 at the Multnomah Athletic Club 1849 SW Salmon St. in Portland. It will feature Republica n candidates Allen Alley (www.allenalley.com) and Chris Dudley (www.chri sdudley.com). \;\n \;\nTickets are required for onsite attendees a nd individual live stream access. Registration is recommended for satell ite venues. \;\n \;\nThe gubernatorial candidate forum will be hel d prior to the primaries and will be moderated by Laural Porter of KGW N ews (twitter.com/lauralkgw). Check-in begins at 4:00PM. The program will begin at 4:30 PM and will run to 6:00 PM. Tickets are $20 for members o f presenting or supporting organizations and $40 for non-members. We enc ourage attendees to pre-register online using the link below. \;\n 3\;\nThe forums will be streamed live over the web. Individual web strea m tickets can be purchased for $10 in advance\, but business community m embers outside of the Portland area may attend a satellite event in thei r local area at no charge. \;\n \;\nFor more information about the forums\, or to register for either of these events\, please go to: \ ;\n \;\nDemocratic Candidates Forum: www.sao.org/event/dgp \;\n 3\;\nRepublican Candidates Forum: www.sao.org/event/rgp \;\n \;\nF ollow the discussions on twitter: #pdxGDP &\; #pdxRGP. \n\nTags: poli tics\, oen\, democratic\, republican\, gubernatorial\, local\, forum\, c andidates\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458449 URL:http://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=138 SUMMARY: Gubernatorial Candidate Forum - Democratic Candidates LOCATION:World Trade Center: 121 SW Salmon\, Portland Oregon 97204 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR