So do we HAVE to RSVP?  Seems odd for an event hosted by our Representative and said to be "open to the public".  Of course, requiring an RSVP will limit how many members of the public attend (I guess that's the point).

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From: "Jonathan Rosenbaum" <jr@wvcompletestreets.org>
To: "Energy Committee" <ec@osenergy.org>, "Carol Nix" <almostnixie@cs.com>, "Sally Wilts" <sallywilts@yahoo.com>, "Liz Wiles" <liz_wiles@comcast.net>, "David W. Sturm" <davidsturm@ymail.com>, "Hannah Spencer" <hspencer@mix.wvu.edu>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 1:13:34 PM
Subject: May 30 - McKinley Climate Change Forum

May be an interesting event for some local Sierra Club members to attend:

Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) announced a panel of distinguished experts in the field of climate science will conduct a panel discussion in Fairmont.

What: Discussion on the Origins and Response to Climate Change

Who: The Office of Rep. David B. McKinley, P.E. (R-WV) and the West Virginia High Tech Consortium Foundation

Where: W.Va. High Tech Consortium Foundation, 5000 NASA Boulevard, I-79 Technology Park in Fairmont, WV

When: Thursday, May 30th from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This event is open to the media and the public. Please call 202-225-4172 for more information or to R.S.V.P.

Confirmed Attendees:

• Annie Petsonk, International Counsel of Environmental Defense Fund.

• Marc Morano, Executive Director and Chief Correspondent for ClimateDepot.com; former senior advisor, speech-writer and climate researcher for Senator James Inhofe.

• Jim Hurrell, Director, NCAR Earth System Laboratory.

• Myron Ebell, Director of Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute.

• David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Climate Change, The Heritage Foundation.

• Thomas Sheahan, Ph.D., MIT educated physicist and author.

• Dennis Avery, Director, Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute and author of “Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1,500 Years”.

• Sarah Forbes, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute.

• A. Scott Denning, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University.

• Dr. John Christy, Distinguished Professors of atmospheric science, and director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.