In the new series, “I Have to Ask You“, our guest columnist responds to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. By Benjamin Bitter – LinkedIn and Twitter “No other success can compensate for failure in the home” ( J. E. McCulloch, Home: The Savior of Civilization [1924], 42). Like I’m sure many of … Continued
This is the first installment of a new blog series by Mai-Ling Garcia about her adventures as the Online Engagement Manager for the city of Oakland, California. Follow Mai-Ling on Twitter and Facebook! Here’s my advice to civic techies hoping to work with government: You are an entrepreneur. You have relentless enthusiasm for your technology … Continued
Yesterday, the ELGL Finance Committee reviewed and made tentative plans to approve a fiscal year 2018 budget. Their meeting is on Tuesday, June 20 at noon PDT at http://AnyMeeting.com/ELGL50 and it will also be recorded for electronic minutes. Please feel free to log on and listen in to their discussions and vote on the approved … Continued
We hope you can deal with change because we’re changing up new member introductions. ELGL has grown tired of everyone and everything being proclaimed as “the best ever.” From now on, we’ll only believe it if our members dub it so. Hold onto your keyboard and mouse. Our new members are here to inform you about the … Continued
This guest post is by ELGL member Don DeLoach. Don has more than 32 years of state and local government involvement. He was the former Chief Information Systems Officer for the City of Tallahassee, and was responsible for all of the city’s technology needs. He is also a former president of the Florida Local Government Information Systems … Continued
RSVP for a Supper Club June 29: Portland, OR Supper Club July 7: Phoenix, AZ Supper Club Your last chance to participate in a 2017 Supper Club. It’s guaranteed to be more fun than your family vacation. Up Next: 2017 Supper Club Season Host: I Want to Host Supper Club Guest: I Want to be a Supper … Continued
As we plan for ELGL Pop Up Conferences in the September and #ELGL18 Denver, we surveyed you for your opinion on vendor halls. We have not included vendor halls in our previous events and we wanted to know if we should consider changing this approach. Below are the first half of the survey results. We’ll release … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear ELGL members, A number of years ago, city of Beaverton chief administrative officer Randy Ealy gave a talk to a group of ELGL members. He talked about his career and the highlights of his work. He described driving home from a budget hearing, where his proposed budget was adopted, and rolling down the windows, … Continued
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 | 10:00 a.m. | http://anymeeting.com/elgl50 Learn from the experts at FLO Analytics about the Association of Washington Cities GIS Consortium. This unique program leverages multiple organizations to produce high quality GIS services for local governments. More about the program, from AWC: AWC’s GIS Consortium increases your capacity to utilize GIS technology … Continued
Today I shared the fiscal year 2018 proposed budget with the ELGL Finance Committee. It’s our first “real” budget and I’m excited that we’re on a path to long term financial sustainability. Notable items: I built in a salary for myself (!) and a contingency fund, as well as full funding for two conferences (#ELGL18 … Continued
