Commissioners                                                                   Tay Yoshitani 
Gael Tarleton 
Chief Executive Officer 
Commission President 
Tom Albro                                      P.O. Box 1209 
Bill Bryant                                Seattle, Washington 98111 
John Creighton                               www.portseattle.org 
Rob Holland                                     206.787.3000 
APPROVED MINUTES 
COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 17, 2012 
The Port of Seattle Commission met in a special meeting Tuesday, January 17, 2012, in the fourth
floor board rooms of the Seattle World Trade Center, Seattle, Washington, for the purpose of
holding a Commission retreat to discuss operational issues.   Commissioners Albro, Bryant,
Creighton, Holland, and Tarleton were present. 
CALL TO ORDER 
The special meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Gael Tarleton, Commission President. 
The following topics were reviewed and discussed at the Commission retreat with the assistance of
Kevin Bush, facilitator, Teams & Leaders: 
Communications exercise; 
Roles and responsibilities of Commission officers; 
Posting Commissioners' travel, expenses, and other information on the Port website; 
Commission ethics policy and Port travel and credit card policies; 
Portfolios and outside board assignments based on the Century Agenda goals; 
Chief Executive Officer 2012 Goals & Objectives; 
Commission meeting issues (work sessions, policy discussions, public comment); and 
Commission office staffing. 
The special meeting was recessed at 11:00 a.m. and reconvened at 11:15 a.m. The special
meeting was again recessed at 12:25 p.m. for lunch and reconvened at 12:55 p.m. 
ADJOURNMENT 
There being no further business, the special meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m. 

Tom Albro 
Secretary 
Minutes approved: March 13, 2012.