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Meetings are weekly on Fridays at noon at Famous Dave's restaurant, 2915 North Reserve Street in Missoula. Come at 11:30 if you are ordering lunch (expected). Famous Dave's opens at 11 am. Please feel free to invite friends that might enjoy participating in our weekly meetings. So we can inform the restaurant of our anticipated attendance, please RSVP to Jim Royan in advance. Cell: (406) 550-3349, Email: royan.1@netzero.net

Friday, June 27, 2025 - Speaker - Anne Marie Gurney, Care Net of Missoula

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Anne Marie Gurney will discuss how Care Net of Missoula, a Christian, non-profit organization provides confidential, free, pregnancy services, pregnancy counseling, and parenting classes in Missoula. Explore their services at https://www.carenetmissoula.org/ or on Facebook .

Friday, June 20, 2025 - Speaker Judge Dan Wilson, Candidate for 2026 Candidate for Montana Supreme Court

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Dan has been a Flathead County state district court judge since 2017. He is again running for Supreme Court in a non-partisan race in 2026. He pledges to respect the Constitution and rule of law and not to legislate from the bench. Check out Dan's campaign page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WilsonforJustice/ .

Friday, June 13, 2025 - Speaker - Joel Baird, General Manager at Missoula Community Access TV

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Joel will discuss how MCAT provides free equipment, training, studio use, cameras, and distribution help to individuals and organizations in Missoula who want to create media shows and clips. Find out about Missoula Community Access TV at https://mcat.org .

Friday, June 6, 2025 - Speaker - Christel Palmer, Air Traffic Control Manager

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Christel Palmer has been the Air Traffic Control Manager at the Missoula Montana Airport since 2022. She will tell us how all the air traffic control facilities at the airport operate to maintain safety, and efficient flow of air traffic. It will be great to get an insider's view of the air traffic control system, upcoming changes, and past practices. If you are interested in what is happening specifically at the Missoula airport, check out their website .  

Friday, May 30, 2025 - Speaker - Brandi Atanasoff, candidate for Mayor of Missoula

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Brandi, a candidate for the mayor of the City of Missoula will talk about her ideas on running the city, including taxes, homelessness, and affordability and answer questions about why she is running and the expertise and experience she could bring to the office. Find out more about Brandi on her website  brandiatanasoff.com . By the way, you can keep tabs on all the Missoula municipal candidates running in 2025 on the elections office candidate filing (which closes June 11) website for judges, city council and mayor at here (click on the tabs at the bottom to see the different races). Municipal elections are mail in only and non-partisan, the primary is September 9 and the general is November 4.