January Luncheon: Sarah Mensah, Portland Trail Blazers COO ELGL is excited to announce the addition of Sarah Mensah, COO of the Portland Trail Blazers to the 2012 Speaker Series. Please join us on January 25, 2012 at the Rose Garden as Sarah discusses strategies for reviving an organization’s brand and financial viability. She will also discuss the importance in giving … Continued
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0jX8Od2Ao&w=560&h=315] Welcome New ELGL Members! Jolene Kelley, Communications & Administrative Manager Marion County Board of Commissioners Sean O’Day, General Counsel League of Oregon Cities Elisa Hamblin, Associate Planner City of Portland Laura Westmeyer, Assistant Planner City of Sweet Home
Rob Cornilles, candidate for U.S. Congress for Oregon’s 1st congressional district, will speak at a special Emerging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) meeting on January 5, 2012 at Café Allegro in Tigard. We will limit the audience to the first 50 ELGL members who RSVP. You can RSVP to oregonelgl@gmail.com. Non-ELGL members will be allowed to … Continued
Recommendations for ELGL January Book of the Month Must be somewhat gov’t or leadership related. Email oregonelgl@gmail.com or post in comments.
Check out six pictures from the ELGL lunch forum today. Courtesy of Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown’s Twitter Feed – @OregonSoS. https://picasaweb.google.com/111472653386587960932/OregonEmergingLocalGovernmentLeadersLuncheon# Sec. Brown also maintains a blog at http://www.oregonsosblog.us/. Update: Oregon Sec. of State Brown announced today that she is seeking re-election to a second term.
12/14 Meeting Agenda: Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown Kate Brown Agenda 12-14-11
The Google Story by David A. Vise Social phenomena happen, and the historians follow. So it goes with Google, the latest star shooting through the universe of trend-setting businesses. This company has even entered our popular lexicon: as many note, “Google” has moved beyond noun to verb, becoming an action which most tech-savvy citizens at … Continued
ELGL will present, as an organization, some ideas to ICMA for their “Call for Ideas” for the 2012 conference. If you are interested in serving on a work group to develop the ideas submitted under the ELGL name, please send an email to ELGL with your name and contact information. This workgroup will meet in … Continued
TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane will be the guest speaker on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at a joint luncheon between ELGL and the OMFOA Developing Professionals. The luncheon will begin at 11:45 a.m. in room 1E of the State’s main office building in Portland. The room is on the first floor, accessible through the cafeteria. … Continued
Please mark your calendars for Thursday, July 12, 2012, for an ELGL brown-bag session with former Oregon Governor and current Metro Councilor Barbara Roberts. Governor Roberts will share some of her insights and valuable lessons learned about leadership through four decades of public service. Previous to her service as Oregon’s first woman governor, she was … Continued
