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For Immediate Release

VANCOUVER PORT COMMISSION SETS FIRST MEETING OF 2008

January 3, 2008 -- VANCOUVER, Wash.-A new face will be behind the dais Tuesday, Jan. 8, as Jerry Oliver takes his seat as a member of the Vancouver Port Commission.

Oliver will join incumbents Brian Wolfe and Nancy Baker in the year’s first regular meeting of the commission.

Action items for Tuesday’s meeting include the election of Board Officers for 2008; Appointment of Staff; and Organization Assignments.

Board Officer Elections
Port of Vancouver USA Board officers are elected each year at the first commission meeting in January for the calendar year.

Staff Appointments
The commission will consider the annual appointment of staff for appointments to the positions of executive director, general counsel and auditor, for the year 2008, or until such time as the commission determines that changes would be needed.

Organization Assignments
Commissioners have a list of organizations that the Port of Vancouver USA holds memberships in, as well as whom from the port holds representation and voting rights within each organization. The commission will review the assignments and consider whether changes are deemed necessary to those assignments.

The public session of the commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., in the Commission Room at port headquarters on Lower River Road in Vancouver. The meeting will be televised live on CVTV, and will be streamed live on www.cvtv.org.

At A Glance
Who: Vancouver Port Commission: Brian Wolfe, Nancy Baker, Jerry Oliver
What: Regular meeting of the Vancouver Port Commission
When: Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Where: Port of Vancouver USA Commission Room
Quick Facts: The first meeting of the New Year … It is Jerry Oliver's first meeting as a port commissioner ... the meeting will be televised live on CVTV Channel 21, and will be streaming live on www.cvtv.org