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:20100331T212840Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100427T180000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100427T160000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100331T212840Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100409T142631Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250458507 DESCRIPTION:Multnomah Athletic Club \;\n1849 SW Salmon St. \;\nPort land\, OR 97 - \;\n \;\n \;\nThe Oregon Entrepreneurs Network ( OEN)\, Software Association of Oregon (SAO)\, Oregon Business Associatio n (OBA) and the Portland Business Alliance are presenting the 2010 Guber natorial Candidate Forums. Tech America will be a supporting organizatio n for the forums \;\n \;\nOregon’s economy is facing great challe nges. The state is struggling with serious budgetary shortfalls and that is exacerbated by an unemployment rate that is hovering above 10 percen t. With the recent passage of measures 66 &\; 67 many Oregonians ques tion what the impact will be for Oregon businesses. Policies that suppor t and encourage business growth and economic development are a top-of-mi nd priority for many Oregonians. 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 a nd economic growth in Oregon. \;\n \;\nThe Democratic Gubernatori al Candidate forum will take place on Wednesday\, April 7 at Portland Ge neral Electric’s auditorium located at 121 SW Salmon St\, 2WTC in Portla nd. It will feature Democratic candidates Bill Bradbury (www.bradburyfor oregon.com) and John Kitzhaber\, (www.johnkitzhaber.com). \;\n \; \nThe Republican Gubernatorial Candidate forum will take place on Tuesda y\, April 27 at 1849 SW Salmon St. in Portland. It will feature Republic an candidates Allen Alley (www.allenalley.com and Chris Dudley (www.chri sdudley.com). \;\n \;\nTickets are required for onsite attendees and individual live stream access. Registration is recommended for satel lite venues. \;\n \;\nThe gubernatorial candidate forum will be h eld prior to the primaries and will be moderated by Laural Porter of KGW News (twitter.com/lauralkgw). Check-in begins at 4:00PM. The program wi ll begin at 4:30 PM and will run to 6:00 PM. Tickets are $20 for members of presenting or supporting organizations and $40 for non-members. We e ncourage attendees to pre-register online using the link below. \;\n \;\nThe forums will be streamed live over the web. Individual web st ream tickets can be purchased for $10 in advance\, but business communit y members outside of the Portland area may attend a satellite event in t heir 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 \;\nRepublican Candidates Forum: www.sao.org/event/rgp \;\n&# 13\;\nFollow the discussions on twitter: #pdxGDP &\; #pdxRGP. \;\ n \;\n\n\nTags: community events\, education\, networking\, oen event s\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250458507 URL:http://www.oen.org/events.aspx?id=139 SUMMARY:Gubernatorial Candidate Forum - Republican Candidates LOCATION:Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC): 1849 Sw Salmon St\, Portland OR 9 7205 US SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR