Conference HighLights

January 18-19, 2002
Salt Lake City, Utah

Our seventh National Conference featured Ken Bowers (Utah) and Grant Solomon (Arizona) as our featured speakers.  We also made headway on a National Platform.

Platform Committee

We met all day Friday in Platform Committee Session in a board room at the Salt Lake County government offices in Salt Lake City, Utah.  We worked diligently on the Legacy and Family sections of the proposed platform.  We felt like (we thought) what the founding fathers must of felt like when they drafted our freedom documents.

Evening Social

Friday evening we held a restaurant social at Frontier Pies in Sandy (Salt Lake) Utah.  We enjoyed dinner and visiting with those who attended, and listened to impromptu talks by two of our Saturday speakers. 

Business Meeting

We met Saturday morning in the Salt Lake County Commission Chambers, Salt Lake City, Utah.  We alternately convened as the National Committee and as the Platform Committee.  We continued work on the proposed platform, and adopted the Legacy and Family sections by the National Committee.  Other sections were deferred to future National Conferences.  We heard state reports from Arizona, Minnesota, and Utah.

Freedom Forum

At Saturday mid-afternoon we held our Freedom Forum in the Salt Lake County Commission Chambers.  Ken Bowers, an author, spoke on "The New Elites."  Grant Solomon, our Arizona State Chair, spoke on "Educating the Constitution."

Evening Forum

Saturday evening we had a light dinner at the Salt Lake County government offices and heard additional speakers.  Dan Hansen of the IAP of Nevada, Utah IAP Chair Will Christensen, former US House (Utah) candidate Mike Lehman, and former US Senate (Utah) candidate Carlton Bowen all spoke.

Most of the addresses by our Conference speakers are published on our web site.