Spend a January evening like an out-of-town tourist — at an Old Town Scottsdale patio bar — with some out-of-town tourists from SPJ: the Society’s national leadership.

Paul Fletcher

National President Paul Fletcher of Virginia Lawyers Weekly in Richmond, Va.; President-Elect Lynn Walsh of KNSD-TV in San Diego and other members of the Executive Committee — it makes decisions about the governance of the Society of Professional Journalists in the absence of the national board of directors — will be in Scottsdale for their semi-annual meeting in Scottsdale Jan. 29-30.

But they want to meet you, local members of SPJ as well as all other Arizona journalists who would like to stop by, at a reception at Boondocks, 4341 N. 75th St., at Stetson Drive, in Old Town Scottsdale, starting at 6 p.m. Here’s a link to a map of the neighborhood around Boondocks. There’s also a map embedded below.

Lynn Walsh

Friday. Jan. 29. SPJ national headquarters and the Valley of the Sun chapter will be buying the first rounds of appetizers; you pay for your own beverages.

Also on hand will be your Valley of the Sun SPJ chapter board, whose members include Robert Leger, 2002-03 national SPJ president and current president of the Sigma Delta Chi Foundation.

Come and meet them at a Friday fun night in Old Town. It’ll be a night of talking about media, past, present and future, and a chance for you to let the people who are at the forefront of media is

Robert Leger

sues what you think — and to share a few stories among friends. We’ll also be sharing information about the upcoming April 29-30 SPJ Western Regional Conference at the Heard Museum in Phoenix!

Plenty of free street parking — Scottsdale has no parking meters by city tradition — as well as nearby free public parking lots.