foreign tech worker visas / HOA board qualifications / golf course

The discussion topics for the September 8, 2008 meeting are:

1. H-1B visas. American companies recruit foreign born and trained engineers, scientists and high tech workers to help staff their businesses. US law limits the number of such new recruits to 65,000 annually. Should the quota be increased?
2. Resident Board member qualifications for the HOA Board election, Monday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m. Note: A Board candidate forum was held Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 6 - 9 p.m., ahead of our discussion meeting.
   

Our Pete Anderson gave a thorough golf course update.

Regarding item #1:
Wikipedia: H-1B visas

Regarding item #2:
September View pages 10 and 11, for limited statement.
BallotBoxServices login ID: scsh74 . Click on View Candidates at the top for detailed completed questionnaires from the 8 candidates. With his very impressive resume, one of my own picks is Roland Dilda.  Cumulative voting is in effect, so you can cast 2 votes for one candidate.

alternative energy / price of oil

The discussion topics for the August 25, 2008 meeting are:

1. The November ballot initiative Prop 10 to authorize the sale of $5 billion in general fund bonds to provide alternative energy rebates and incentives, covering only vehicles powered by natural gas.
   
2. Is it good or bad for the price of oil to be high?
   

Regarding item #1:
Ballotpedia: Prop 10
Natural Gas: A Primer, Newsweek- NG Vehicles
From my blog on Peak Oil: (T. Boone) Pickens Plan

Regarding item #2:
From my Peak Oil blog: ethics
From another blogger: explaining the oscillations