Business Matters December 2017 | Page 11

Government Affairs The Government Affairs Committee is an advisory group made up of chamber business members that develop public policy positions for the Board of Directors to consider. The committee only considers positions consistent with the chamber’s values, principles and policies established by the Board of Directors. ADVOCACY We’re your voice on issues that affect business, and we maintain direct contact with leaders in all level of government. Legislative Priorities Our 2017 Federal and State Legislative Agen- das can be found on- line at unitedcorpus- c h r i s t i c h a m b e r.c o m / public-policy. For more information regarding chamber advocacy ef- forts, please contact Ginny Cross, VP of Government and Com- munity Relations at gin- ny@unitedcorpuschris- tichamber.com. CB to DC Each year, the Chamber takes a delegation of mem- bers and community lead- ers to Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Coastal Bend. We meet with deci- sion makers on Capitol Hill, gather information and tell our story. ( 2017 CB to DC delegation pictured to the left). APRIL SUNDAY 1 MONDAY 2 TUESDAY 3 Easter Sunday 8 9 10 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 4 5 6 South Texas Military Facilities Task Force Quarterly Meeting Diversity Summit Government Affairs Committee 11 12 13 SATURDAY 7 2018 TRC 14 FINAL DAY Infrastructure Committee Small, Diverse and Emerging Business Council 15 16 Chamber 101 Business off the Clock LCCA Annual Toast Executive Committee 17 18 19 20 Chamber Champions Meeting Buenos Dias 22 23 Finance Committee 24 25 26 21 President OTJ Winging 27 28 Education and Workforce Committee LCC Class 46: Picnickin’ & Politickin’ Practical Servant Earth Day 29 30 GET TO KNOW YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS & CANDIDATES! REGISTER TO ATTEND PICNICKIN’ & POLITICKIN’ AT UNITEDCORPUSCHRISTICHAMBER.COM CHAMBER EVENT DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. FOR THE MOST ACCURATE CALENDAR OF EVENTS, VISIT UNITEDCORPUSCHRISTICHAMBER.COM.