If you care about open government, public records, freedom of information or Sen. John Kefalas, then you’ll want to clear your calendar on  March 16.

Tickets are on sale for the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition workshops and luncheon that day at the Denver Consistory

To register, click here.

Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, will receive with the Sue O’Brien Award for Public Service, and Ruth Anna, a long-time CFOIC board member, will accept the first Ruth Anna Citizen Champion Award.

“CFOIC is recognizing Sen. Kefalas for doing so much during his time in the legislature to make public records more accessible and more affordable for Coloradans,” Jeff Roberts, the executive director of the organization, tells Colorado Politics.

“He was a prime sponsor of legislation that capped research fees for Colorado Open Records Act requests. Another bill required that digital records be emailed to requesters so they don’t have to drive long distances to pick them up. And last year, he sponsored the important bill that makes digital records available to the public in useful file formats so those records can be analyzed and better understood.”

Former Denver TV reporter Eli Stokols, now an MSNBC political analyst, will provide insights about the White House.

Tickets to the noon lunch are $30 each.

The price is also $30 to attend the workshops – on the Colorado Open Records Act, the state Criminal Justice Records Act, the open meetings law and court access – from 9 a.m. to noon.

People attending from outside the metro region can attend the lunch and workshops for $40.

From 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., the coalition is planning “a reverse press conference,” where attendees can question reporters.