This IDF session focuses on the economics, politics and issues affecting Eastern Washington. In the past few years, we have allowed the class to select either the peninsula region or central Washington region for Regional Issues weekend and then if Central Washington is NOT selected for Regional Issues, we fold in Central and Eastern Washington into the same weekend. Official schedules will be emailed to the class about one week prior to the session. Typically, programming for this tenth and final weekend has included the following:

• Tour of a winery
• Tour of a wind farm
• Tour of apple or cherry orchard
• Meetings with cattle ranchers and migrant farmer advocates
• Meeting with Spokane business and elected leaders
• Discussion on water rights issues
• Tour of a prison and talk with local law enforcement
• Discuss gun rights

Friday evening after work, we will drive to either Wenatchee or Yakima for the evening.  Saturday night will be an overnighter too either in Tri-Cities, Spokane or Walla Walla.  This is an overnighter wekend and hotels are will be provided by IDF. Transportation is NOT provided by IDF.

More details as we get closer to the weekend.

Our IDF Board meets monthly to plan programming and upcoming events. The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, except for August when the Board will have its annual retreat. The July Board meeting is largely social in nature without much planning or workload for the Board. The meetings will take place at Argo Strategies unless otherwise noted. Board Agendas will be emailed out to the listserv ahead of time.  Please contact Olivia Robinson, Board Chair, if you cannot attend.

It’s hard to believe it’s over. We just started!

This is the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2013. We’ll have speakers, a little ceremony, some awards and mostly just good company as we bid each well in this final day of the Class of 2013.

IDF 2013 Graduates, you are welcome to bring guests, siblings, spouses, significant others, parents. There is no cost to you.  This is, however, a fundraiser for our next great Class of 2014, so we ask extra guests to help underwrite the cost of graduation with a $20 donation for food/drink and a little left over for our scholarship fund.

For Alum and other distinguished guests, we’d like to ask for a $20 donation to help defer the costs of graduation. Every dollar raised will increase our net for the event and the balance will go directly into the Scholarship Fund for the Class of 2014.

Our IDF Board meets monthly to plan programming and upcoming events. The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, except for August when the Board will have its annual retreat. The July Board meeting is largely social in nature without much planning or workload for the Board. The meetings will take place at Argo Strategies unless otherwise noted. Board Agendas will be emailed out to the listserv ahead of time.  Please contact Olivia Robinson, Board Chair, if you cannot attend.