
Cathy Giessel
124:55 - 125:21
"Our next meeting, I'm announcing right now, is for the Senate Resources Committee. So a few members are still here. That's going to be on October 14th at 10 AM here in this room, as well as on Teams. The subject of that meeting will be the DNR public and charitable use conveyances and the options relating to the appearance of executive branch officials."
“Our next meeting, I'm announcing right now, is for the Senate Resources Committee. So a few members are still here. That's going to be on October 14th at 10 AM here in this room, as well as on Teams. The subject of that meeting will be the DNR public and charitable use conveyances and the options relating to the appearance of executive branch officials.”
- Speaker
- Cathy Giessel
- Timestamp
- 124:55 – 125:21
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- October 8, 2026
From the transcript
So this concludes our meeting. Our next meeting, I'm announcing right now, is for the Senate Resources Committee. So a few members are still here. That's going to be on October 14th at 10 AM here in this room, as well as on Teams. The subject of that meeting will be the DNR public and charitable use conveyances and the options relating to the appearance of executive branch officials.
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