Economic Freedom Calendar, 2010
First Quarter '10
January 5 - Free People, Free Markets (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).
January 15 - Food for Thought Luncheon - Steve Hyde and BJ Scott on the "healthcare safety net". 11:30 to 1:30 at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. Cost-$20. Register at http://events.SignUp4.net/Hyde-Scott.
Feb 2 and Mar 2 - Monthly PPEC meetings (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).
Feb 2 debate: Peak Oil - Implications for the Economy
February 23 - Food for Thought Luncheon - author Randal O'Toole on his new book, Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It. Cost $20. Register at http://events.SignUp4.net/OToole .
March 5 - Colorado Council for Economic Education - Annual Southern Colorado Luncheon featuring Mark Snead, Ph.D., Denver Federal Reserve, Tucker Adams, Ph.D.,The Adams Group, and Neal Rappaport, Ph.D.,AFA Professor of Economics with moderator Jerry Bruni on the topic of "The Economic Outlook 2010 -- From Colorado Springs to Beijing". Cost underwritten by the Woodford Foundation, attendance limited to 90. Register at http://events.SignUp4.net/CCEE2010.
Thursday, March 11 Innovation Success Summit Dinner Conversation sponsored by CSGI - Pelican Institute President Kevin Kane on education in New Orleans with particular attention to charter schools in the area. At the Downtown Antlers Hilton, 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. Cost $35. Register at http://events.SignUp4.net/CSGIDinner.
Second Quarter '10
April 6 - Free People, Free Markets (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).
April 8 - School of Public Affairs Leadership Institute/Creating Networks in Nonprofit and Local Government with Delore Zimmerman and David Osborne, offered by CSGI in collaboration with the UCCS School of Public Affairs. (www.uccs.edu/~csgi).
April 9 - Half day morning session on "Civil Society" with Osborne and Zimmerman sponsored by Cheyenne Mountain Civic Solutions.
April 28 - Food for Thought Luncheon - featuring John Andrews on the topic of "Tax Freedom Day". 11:30 to 1:30 at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, cost $20. Registration site available about mid-March.
May 4 and June 1 - Monthly PPEC meetings (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).
May 8 - Peak Freedom Festival at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort featuring keynote speaker Michelle Malkin, luncheon speaker Mike Rosen, and afternoon films by the Acton Institute, presentations by Chuck Asay, Paul Prentice and others, and "Liberty on the Rocks" Happy Hour, an opportunity for networking and information distribution amongst liberty-oriented organizations. Luncheon cost $35, dinner cost $75, both for $95.
Third Quarter '10
July 6 - Free People, Free Markets (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).
August 5-6 - First Annual PERC Free Market Environmentalism Event in collaboration with CSGI and the UCCS Center for Economic Education. Two-day program at Penrose House available at no charge for 50 teachers and upper level college students, Terry Anderson at dinner August 5th speaking on "Greener Than Thou: Are You Really an Environmentalist?" Dinner cost $65, registration site available about July 1, application information for the seminar available on or before April 1.
Aug 3 and Sep 7 - Monthly PPEC meetings (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).
August 18 - Food for Thought Luncheon - Father Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute, speaking on the topic, "Does Social Justice Require Socialism?" At the Cheyenne Mountain Resort, 11:30 to 1:30, cost $20. Registration site available about a month prior to the event.
September 18 - Second Annual Mises Circle event:"The Delusion of Good Government". See Events on the Mises Institute website, www.mises.org.
Fourth Quarter '10
October 5 - Free People, Free Markets (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).
November 2 and December 7 - Monthly PPEC meetings - (www.pikespeakeconomicsclub.com).