COMING EVENTS


BoiseCFR Annual Membership Renewal

Note: Membership renewal notices for this  coming season will be mailed to you in August. Dues payment can be made to BCFR, P.O. Box 2572, Boise, Idaho 83701.

 BoiseCFR Meetings

Meetings are for members and invited guests. If you are not a member and would like to get further details about attending a meeting as a guest or joining, please go to our Membership page and fill out the simple form to receive more details about attending a meeting and joining the BoiseCFR.

 Reservations for BoiseCFR Dinner Meetings

All persons attending a dinner meeting need to RSVP their attendance at least two days before the meeting.  You can get information about making a reservation on our Reservations page.

Meetings are for members and invited guests. If you are not a member and would like to get further details about attending a meeting as a guest or joining, please go to our Membership page and fill out the simple form to receive more details about attending a meeting and joining the BoiseCFR.


BoiseCFR Covid-19 Dinner Meeting Protocol

Since there is still a threat of Covid-19, worldwide, the BoiseCFR Board is asking only fully immunized persons attend our dinner meeting. We have reduced the number of members at each dinner table, and have increased the spacing between tables. Masks are optional.


BoiseCFR March Meeting

Date:            Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Time:           7:00 p.m. MT - Dinner (Social hour starts at 6:00 p.m.)

Place:          Riverside Hotel- Room TBD   (click for hotel meeting room info & map)

Cost:            $35.00, including tax and tip.                       
                       Please make checks payable to the Boise Committee on Foreign Relations.

                         Please see the above note from the BoiseCFR Board on the present Covid-19
                         protocol for our dinner meetings.

                         Please return reservations within two days before the meeting.
                         You must rsvp to make certain there will be sufficient seating and meals.

Speaker:     Vangala Ram

Topic:          "The Persian Empire Redux: Iran and the Modern Middle East"

Vangala Ram , is an intelligence and Foreign Service professional, retiring from the U.S. Foreign Service as a Senior FSO recently, after a distinguished twenty-seven career, earning several awards along the way, such as the Superior Honor Award (SHA).

Mr. Ram’s tours in the Foreign Service included nine overseas diplomatic assignments in Banjul, Amman, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tunis, Riyadh, Seoul, Cologne, Kabul, and Herat. Some of his key positions included Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Senior Civilian Representative (SCR), and Office Director for Regional Security and Arms Transfers in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/RSAT).

Mr. Ram served as the Department of State Chair at the National Intelligence University (NIU) and later taught graduate school there for several years. Mr. Ram has served as a Senior Analyst (de facto DNIO), at the National Intelligence Council (NIC), and as a Cyber Subject Matter Expert (SME) at USCYBERCOM.

He is the new Program Director for the American Committees on Foreign Relations


FUTURE BoiseCFR DINNER MEETINGS

We are working on an April speaker. Because we did not have a December or January meeting, we will attempt to schedule an early June meeting as a makeup meeting.


Boise Committee membership renewal notices for our 2022-2023 season were mailed in August.  If you are not a member and are interested in joining the Boise Committee, please go to our Membership page to get more information about joining.

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