01/18/2001 05:07 PM House EDT

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC                                                                             
                 DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND TOURISM                                                                               
                        January 18, 2001                                                                                        
                           5:07 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW: DEPT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-1, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  LESIL McGUIRE,  Chair, called  the House  Special                                                               
Committee on Economic Development, Trade  and Tourism to order at                                                               
5:07 p.m.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members present  were Representatives  McGuire, Green,                                                               
James, Dyson, Crawford, and Guess.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
GREG  WOLF,   Director,  Division  of  International   Trade  and                                                               
Marketing  Development   (ITMD),  Department  of   Community  and                                                               
Economic  Development, gave  an overview  of the  division.   Mr.                                                               
Wolf  provided  detailed  handouts [three-ring  binders]  to  the                                                               
committee  members.   He  explained the  importance  of trade  to                                                               
Alaska's economy and  answered questions posed by  members of the                                                               
committee  regarding the  goals, activities,  and accomplishments                                                               
of the division.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE  announced the  next meetings  would be  3:30 p.m.,                                                               
January 24, 2001, for a  presentation by Wei, Jingsheng; and 5:00                                                               
p.m., January 29, 2001, for the formal organizational meeting.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR McGUIRE  adjourned the House Special  Committee on Economic                                                               
Development, Trade and Tourism at 6:18 p.m.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.