While there are no litter boxes for “furries,” (people who dress up as dogs or cats), the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage has accommodated the National Education Association’s Delegate Assembly and changed the sign on a men’s bathroom to make it an “all-gender” bathroom.
There’s still a women’s restroom on the floor just below the lobby level where Fletcher’s pub is located, but the other bathroom, formerly for men and boys, has a new sign on it, because management did not want to deal with NEA complaints, according to Must Read Alaska sources.
The annual conference runs Thursday through Saturday night at the Captain Cook Hotel.
The Thursday agenda includes:
10:00 – 4:00 pm NEA-ALASKA/RETIRED Policy Assembly – For all Retired delegates – Adventure Room, Lower Lobby Level
12:00 – 7:00 pm DELEGATE CHECK-IN – All Delegates and Guests Please Check-In with Steering & Rules – Receive Credentials &
DA Notebook – Main Lobby Level
4:00 – 5:00 pm NEW DELEGATES – Welcome & Orientation – Endeavor Room
4:00- 5:00 pm Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee- Voyager Room
5:00 – 6:00 PM Special Interest Meetings:
Education Support Professionals – Quarter Deck, Tower I, 10th Floor
LGBTQ – Endeavor Room
Conservative Caucus – Voyager Room
Black Caucus – Quadrant Room
Hispanic Caucus – Club Room I, Tower I, 10th Floor
Thursday, January 16, cont.
Asian/Pacific Islander Caucus – Resolution Room
Native American/Alaska Native Caucus – Easter Island Room
Educators with Disabilities Caucus – Club Room II, Tower I, 10th Floor
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner on your own
The 69th NEA-Alaska Delegate Assembly will begin at 7:00 pm.
Discovery Ballroom, Main Lobby Level – Seating by Regions
7:00 – 8:15 pm GENERAL SESSION I- Discovery Ballroom, Lobby Level
Welcome – Tom Klaameyer, II, President
Pledge of Allegiance
National Anthem
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes from 68th Delegate Assembly
Introductions – Tom Klaameyer, II
- NEA-Alaska Board of Directors and Past Presidents
Adoption of the Standing Rules
*End of Session Filing Deadline: NEA-Director
8:30 – 9:30 PM Regional Caucus Meetings:
Region I – Resolution Room
Region II – Quadrant Room
Region III – Easter Island Room
Region IV – Voyager Room
Region V – Endeavor Room
Region VI – Aft Deck
Region VII – Quarter Deck, Tower I, 10th Floor
Region R – Adventure Room
Asian/Pacific Islander Caucus – Resolution Room
Native American/Alaska Native Caucus – Easter Island Room
Educators with Disabilities Caucus – Club Room II, Tower I, 10th Floor
The complete agenda is at this link.
