From our series of speeches from government leaders to various panels on the arts, education and technology, Friday Forums engage audiences in issues of significance, prominence, urgency and humanity. City Club forums guide citizens in the ways of civic affairs, giving complex subjects relevance and clarity. City Club welcomes members and nonmembers to Friday Forums.

	No Forum Friday, July 3 Happy Independence Day!
Program Date	Friday, July 10
Title	Changing Government, Changing Lives
Speaker(s) and Topic	Bruce Goldberg The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) works to help Oregon’s most vulnerable people and families. Its responsibilities include assisting low-income families, providing mental health and youth counseling and aiding seniors and people with disabilities. DHS recently received a windfall of state and federal funds to help meet the greatly increased demand for important health and human services. On July 10, Dr. Bruce Goldberg, director of DHS, will discuss the agency’s drive to provide help in a more effective manner and its attempts to ensure that Oregonians get the best value for their public dollar. He will outline how these efforts are impacting services and what these changes — paired with a significant budget increase — mean for Oregon’s most vulnerable citizens. Bruce Goldberg M.D. has been Director of the Oregon Department of Human Services since November 2005. He previously served as head of the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research.
Location	The Governor Hotel, 614 SW 11th Ave.
Time	Doors Open 11:30 AM Lunch 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Program begins at 12:15 PM Program concludes at 1:15 PM
Parking & Public Transportation	A SmartPark garage is located one block away from the Governor Hotel at 730 S.W. 10th Ave. The Governor Hotel is accessible by bus, Portland Streetcar and MAX light rail. Bike parking is on-street. Please be prepared to park your bike wherever you find racks downtown and then walk to the venue.
Cost & Payment Options	Luncheon tickets are $16 for City Club members and up to two guests, $20 for nonmembers.  Limited coffee/tea table tickets are $5 and are available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis  General seating is free for members and $5 for nonmembers, and is available at the door on a first-come, first-served basis.
Reservations	Reservations required for lunches only; reservations close at 2 p.m. on the Wednesday prior to the event. General seating and coffee/tea table tickets will be available at the door. To reserve a lunch via telephone, individuals (members and non-members) should call our voice mail reservation line, 503-228-7231, ext. 110. A limited number of lunch tickets are generally available at the door. Reservations for lunch are strongly encouraged. Tickets for coffee and tea and general seating are on a first-come, first-served basis. Luncheon tickets reserved after the 2:00 PM Wednesday deadline will be subject to an additional $4 charge.
Sponsors	Friday Forums this quarter are sponsored by: Stoel Rives, LLP

Check our City Club Calendar for upcoming

Friday Forums.

Purchase Tickets for upcoming Friday Forums. Topics include:

• 6/26 - Attorney General John Kroger
• 7/3 - No Forum (4th of July Weekend)
• 7/10 - Bruce Goldberg, director, Department of Human Services
• 7/17 - Preston Pulliams, president, Portland Community College

Listen Online 

From here, you can listen online to the two most recent Friday Forum programs (new programs are posted each week):

June 19, 2009

Cap-and-Trade: Can it Work?

Representative Peter DeFazio, 4th Congressional District

Click here to play MP3 file.

June 26

Upholding the Law: An Address By Oregon Attorney General John Kroger

Click here to play MP3 file.

 

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You can also purchase audio CDs ($10) and VHS videotapes or DVD
videos ($15) of this program. To order with credit card, contact City Club at
503-228-7231, ext. 100. To order by check, send a check with your request to:

City Club of Portland

901 S.W. Washington St.

Portland, OR 97205

Broadcast Schedule

Taping and broadcasting is funded in part by the Donald Sterling City Club Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.

Cable Television

Portland Community Media
Channels 30 & 11

Channel 30
Delayed broadcast same Friday, 8:00 PM
Sundays, 4:30 PM

Channel 11

Delayed broadcast following Friday, 12:15 PM

Washington and Clackamas counties only receive the Channel 11 broadcast.

PAX Television (Channel 22)
Rebroadcast on Saturdays, 6:00 AM

Oregon Wireless Instructional Network (Oregon WIN)
Delayed broadcast following Thursday, 7:00 PM
for more information, visit http://oregonwin.org/schedule.htm

Radio

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB)

KOPB, Portland (91.5 FM)
Delayed broadcast, Fridays, 7:00 PM

Statewide broadcast; find your station at www.kopb.org

Benson Polytechnic High School

KBPS, Portland (1450 AM)

Delayed broadcast, Saturdays, 9:00 AM

 

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Audio CDs, VHS video cassettes and DVD videos are available for purchase at the City Club office ($10 audio; $15 video).  Please email City Club or call (503) 228-7231, ext. 100 for more information.

How to Propose a City Club Forum

City Club welcomes your ideas. To propose a program, please follow the instructions below, then mail, fax, or e-mail the information to:

Program Committee
c/o Friday Forum
City Club of Portland
901 SW Washington St.
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 228-7231, ext. 100
Fax: (503) 228-8840
Email: FridayForum

Written proposals should include:

• A letter outlining the proposed topic and or speaker(s).
• A biography of the proposed speaker(s).
• Promotional or background materials on either the topic or speaker.
• Contact information, including address and phone number, for each proposed speaker.
• Ideas for promoting the program, including examples of groups you believe would be interested in attending.

Forum Selection Criteria

Friday Forum program selection is made by City Club's Program Committee. The primary criteria for selecting programs are listed below.

• Speaker Criteria
  • Established speaking ability. The speech length should be no longer than 30 minutes, or in the case of a panel discussion the 30 minutes needs to be divided among panelists. The speaker should be able to answer 20-25 minutes of questions from the audience.
  • Credibility and expertise of speaker(s) on the proposed topic.
  • Name recognition and prominence of speaker(s).
  • Lack of “hidden agenda” or self-promotion.
• Subject Matter
  • Clearly-defined and concise subject
  • Timely
  • A topic of broad interest to Club members and the community.
  • Important
  • Locally relevant
  • Relationship to overall programming
  • Appropriate for a radio audience. (Visual aids are discouraged.)
• Other Considerations
  • Format (panel, single speaker, debate, etc.)
  • Marketing possibilities (partnering, co-sponsorships, etc.)
  • Source of the recommendation