PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA              Item No.      5j 
ACTION ITEM               Date of Meeting   September 11, 2012 

DATE:    August 30, 2012 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Mary Gin Kennedy, Director of Commission Services 
SUBJECT:  Additional Request for Authorization for International Travel in 2012 
ACTION REQUESTED:
Request Commission authorization of the revised Commission's 2012 international travel plan. 
BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to Section 2 of Resolution No. 3195, the Port Commission annually authorizes possible
Commission international travel that can be anticipated for the year. Any additional international
travel not included in the original request must be approved separately by the Commission in a
public meeting. 
The Tourism Sales Mission to the United Kingdom and Germany and the Governor's Trade
Mission to India and South Korea were not included in the original authorization last January
and are being added to allow a Commissioner to participate. 
1st Quarter 
Customer Calls                        Asia 
2nd Quarter 
Trade Development Alliance/ 
Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce 
International Study Mission                Chile and Panama 
3rd Quarter: 
Seattle's Convention and Visitor Bureau        United Kingdom and Germany (new) 
and the Port of Seattle's Tourism Sales Mission 
4th Quarter 
Governor's Trade Mission                India and South Korea (new)