2006 Alaska Republican State Convention

2006 ALASKA REPUBLICAN PARTY STATE CONVENTION

The 2006 Alaska Republican Party State Convention kicks off on April 6th at the Westmark in Fairbanks with pre-convention activities, including an opening reception at 6:30 p.m. where Governor Murkowski will be the keynote speaker.

A full draft agenda is available at:

http://www.alaskarepublicans.com/pdf/2006-draft-agenda.pdf

Rhonda Boyles, Vice-Chair of the Alaska Republican Party will officially welcome all the delegates and alternates to the convention and the convention will officially beign Friday morning. Credentials will be closed at 10 a.m. sharp, so make sure you have registered and turned in your credentials by 10 a.m. Friday monring. There will be early registration and credentials beginning 1:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the Westmark.

The Convention Banquet will be held Friday night at 7:00 p.m. at Westmark. The keynote speaker will be Michael Zak, executive director of the Lincoln-Reagan Freedom Foundation and author of bestseller, "Back to Basics for the Republican Party".

Michael Zak lives in Washington, D.C., but is a native of Chicago. He is a graduate of Georgetown University of Foreign Service and the American Graduate School of International Management. Michael Zak has been a financial analyst in Chicago and New York, was a Foreign Service Officer, and policy analyst for the House Republican Policy Committee (Rep. Christopher Cox, Chairman), before joining the Lincoln-Reagan Freedom Foundation.

Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. delegates will have breakfast with the candidates for Lt. Governor, Troy Maulden and Sean Parnell. Delegates will have the opportunity to meet the candidates and ask them questions about their positions on issues and their resons for running.

Troy Maulden

Sean Parnell

John Binkley

Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. delegates will have breakfast with candidates for governor. This is one opportunity to talk to these candidates one on one and really get answers to questions you have of them.

Sarah Palin

For more information contact your district chairman, (District 11 is Todd Larkin @ 378-TODD), Rhonda Boyles @ 457-4555, or Bonnie WIlliams @ 455-6652.