01/30/1997 10:10 AM House ITT

   HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND TOURISM                  
                        January 30, 1997                                       
                            10:10 p.m                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
OVERSIGHT HEARING:  STATE FUNDED INTERNATIONAL TRADE ACTIVITIES                
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-3, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
97-4, SIDE(S) A                                                                
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Cowdery, Chairman, convened the House Special                   
Committee on International Trade and Tourism meeting at 10:10 p.m.             
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Cowdery, Mulder, Kott and Elton.  Representative(s) Phillips and               
Joule arrived as the meeting was in progress.                                  
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
REPRESENTATIVE COWDERY summarized the events of the previous                   
meeting.                                                                       
                                                                               
ROBIN ZERBEL, Representative, World Trade Center of Alaska,                    
discussed the programs and the results of the World Trade Center of            
Alaska.  She answered questions regarding her testimony.                       
                                                                               
JOSEPH BEEDLE, President, Goldbelt Incorporation, discussed his                
involvement with the World Trade Center of Alaska and answered                 
questions on his testimony.                                                    
                                                                               
BEN BARRERA, Vice President, Corporate Relations, National Bank of             
Alaska, discussed his involvement with the World Trade Center of               
Alaska and answered questions on his testimony.                                
                                                                               
BERND GUETSCHOW, Honorary Consul of Germany, urged assistance of               
state government to strengthen Alaska's presence in Germany and                
answered questions on his testimony.                                           
                                                                               
WILLIAM HENSLEY, Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner,                     
Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCED), presented              
an overview of DCED's activities in international trade and                    
answered questions.                                                            
                                                                               
DEBBIE SEDWICK, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Trade and                  
Development, DCED, answered questions regarding DCED's finances.               
                                                                               
RODGER PAINTER, Board Member, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute               
(ASMI), discussed ASMI's export program and answered questions                 
regarding ASMI.                                                                
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 11:18 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 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.