Alaska S Future Inc

Programs: Educating the public: alaska's future is devoted to educating the public. Public education and information concerning the state of alaska's fiscal gap, the implications of the same for future state services, the alaska permanent fund, the earnings account of the permanent fund and the future of the alaska permanent fund dividend program so that alaskans understand the current situation and implications of the same for the future. This education and information message is communicated as widely as possible by means of earned and paid media, website, speeches, meetings, interviews, direct mail, newsletters and the like. It is undertaken by members, officers and agents of alaska's future. Making sure the public has an understanding of the fiscal gap and its implications are central to the effort to revise the current use of earnings of the alaska permanent fund.

direct advocacy: utilizing resources to directly engage members of the alaska legislature and the executive branch officials to encourage them to support changes in the use of the earnings of the fund. These efforts are undertaken by paid lobbyists retained by alaska's future and by members, officials and others who support the goals of alaska's future. This effort is undertaken largely through personal meetings or contacts with the above officials. Again such direct advocacy will help alaska's future achieve its goal as the decisions on the use of the earnings of the permanent fund are made by the legislature and executive branch.

indirect advocacy: utilizing resources to urge individual alaskans to contact their elected officials to support change in the use of the earnings of the permanent fund. This is accomplished by a concerted widespread campaign using earned and paid media, website, speeches, meetings, interviews, direct mail, newsletters and the like. It is undertaken by members, officers and agents of alaska's future. It is anticipated that widespread support for the proposed change in the use of the earnings of the fund will be needed to persuade the elected officials to approve the proposed change.