The 28th North American Conference of the
Council of Georgist Organizations

July 9-13, 2008
in Kansas City, Missouri

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The Value and Importance of Land

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Millions of Immigrants fled from Europe, where land was expensive and wages were low, to America, where land was cheap and wages were high. As land prices rose and wages fell in the East, settlers underwent great hardship to find affordable land in the West. Kansas City was one of the gateways for freedom-seeking settlers.

Now that the frontier is long gone and land has become more and more expensive, how will ordinary people find the American dream?

Planned Events

Wednesday, July 9th

7:00-9:00 pm

Registration and Reception -- Beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres... greetings from your hosts Greg Young, Paul Justus and CGO President Ted Gwartney.

Thursday, July 10th

7:30-9:00 am	Registration
8:30-10:00 am	The Politics of Assessment
Moderator: Harry Pollard, director, Henry George School of Los Angeles; Dan Sullivan, director, Saving Communities; Frank Peddle, barrister, president of the Canadian Research Committee on Taxation; Ted Gwartney, Assessor, Greenwich Connecticut; Joshua Vincent, President, Center for the Study of Economics; Steve Gardner, Public Policy Research Center, University of Missouri
10:30 am-Noon	Concurrent Sessions
A: Assessment Revaluations: Frequency, methodology and implementation - Moderator: Chuck Metalitz, director, Henry George School of Chicago; Protecting the elderly from large increases, Brett Mandel, director, Philadelphia Forward; Public Relations of Revaluations, Ted Gwartney; Missouri Tax Commissioners invited. B: The Economic Bust of 2010 - Ed Dodson, former analyst, Fannie Mae; respondent: Nic Tideman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
12:00-1:30 pm	Lunch with Table Topics. Nicholas Rosen, Host.
1:30-3:00	Concurrent Sessions
A: Assessment Study Experiences - Moderator: Bill Batt, director, Capital Research; Ontario Assessment Review Board, Frank Peddle; Kansas City and St. Louis LVT studies, Joe Haslag, Show Me Institute, University of Missouri; Assessment study for Greenwich CT, Matt Harris, president, Geotrends B: Death by Debt Strangulation - Ed Dodson
3:30-5:00	Concurrent Sessions
A: School Finance Dialogue - Land value tax as a state and local school funding alternative Moderator Josh Vincent; Steve Gardner, Public Policy Research Center University of Missouri; Bill Batt; Ted Gwartney; Paul Harrell, CFO of North Kansas City School District B: Citizens' Dividend & BIG Movement - Moderator: Lindy Davies, director, Henry George Institute; Jeff Smith, editor, Progress Report; Alanna Hartzok, director, Earth Rights Institute
7:30-8:30	Open Mike

Friday, July 11th

7:30-9:00 am	Registration
8:30-10:00	Member Reports
10:30-Noon	Land Speculation in the Settlement of the West
Scott Walton, secretary, Henry George School of Chicago; Ed Dodson
12:05 pm	Tour Bus leaves for River Market Area
After having lunch on your own in one of many local restaurants, you'll tour the Arabia Steamboat Museum, and the National Trail Museum. We'll retuen to the hotel by 5:30, and dinner is on your own.
7:3-:8:00 pm	Open Mike
8:00-9:00	Cinema Sneak Preview
The new documentary on global poverty, sponsired by the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation

Saturday, July 12th

7:30-9:00 am	Registration
8:30-10:00	Concurrent Sessions
A: Business Meeting - CGO delegates and affiliate members only B: Open Mike
10:30-Noon	Concurrent Sessions
A: Georgist Taxation in a Mature Civilization - Mike Nickerson, director, The Sustainablity Project B: Beyond Left and Right - Chuck Metalitz , moderator; Dan Sullivan; Joe Bast, director, Heartland Institute; Frank de Jong, leader, Ontario Green Party; John Fisher, director, Henry George Foundation of Canada
Noon-1:30 pmn	Luncheon: Informing and Enthusing More People
Don Walton, author of Are You Communicating?
1:30-3:30	Concurrent Sessions
A: The Green Tax Shift - Frank de Jong, John Ikerd, professor emeritus, University of Missouri; John Fisher; Alanna Hartzok, moderator B: Toastmaster-Style Speeches - Hosted by Dan Sullivan and Pia DeSilva, CGO secretary
3:30-5:00	Concurrent Sessions
A: Green Tax Winners and Losers - Ann Zimmerman, singer-songwriter, environmental activist and lawyer; John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Alanna Hartzok, Frank de Jong; Joe Bast; moderator: Jeff Smith B: Point, Counterpoint: To pander or antagonize? - What should we do when non-Georgists expect concessions to their agendas? Lindy Davies, Cay Hehner, director, Henry George School of New York
7-ish	Gala Banquet
Dan Sullivan: "The Great Realignment"

Sunday, July 13th

8:00-9:00 am	Open Mike
9:00-10:00	Where Do We Go from Here?
Reflections on 21st-century Georgism: Lindy Davies, Frank Peddle, Cay Hehner, Gerry Shaw
10:30-Noon	Farewell Champagne Brunch
Toasts, remembrances, acknowledgements, zaniness.
Program subject to change without notice.