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MLK Jr. Message from Sarah Mensah, Blazers COO

Trail Blazers executive Sarah Mensah gives the keynote address Saturday during a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at The Red Lion at the Quay. Sarah will be the feature speaker at the ELGL Forum on January 25. MLK Jr. message: Work together Tribute’s speakers explain a dream of collaboration On a recent trip...

August Luncheon: Sean Robbins - CEO, Greater Portland Inc.

ELGL is excited to announce the speaker for our August meeting. Sean Robbins, CEO of Greater Portland Inc., will be joining us on August 1, 2012. The location and lunch details for this meeting will be sent out as the date approaches. Sean Robbins, CEO Sean joined the Greater Portland Inc. team in 2011 as...

RESCHEDULED: Patrick Quinton Luncheon

The ELGL luncheon with Patrick Quinton will be rescheduled. If you have already paid via PayPal, your payment will be refunded via PayPal. Please stay tuned for more information about the rescheduled date. Thank you for your understanding.

April Luncheon Update - Mike Golub, Portland Timbers COO

ELGL is excited to announce the addition of Portland Timbers Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mike Golub to ELGL’s 2012 Issue and Speaker Series. The Timbers COO will be the featured speaker on April 11, 2012 at 11:45am. The meeting will be held at JELD-WEN Field (1844 SW Morrison St., Portland, OR 97205). Mike will discuss the...

RSVP for ELGL Meeting with Patrick Quinton, PDC Executive Director

ELGL will be hosting Patrick Quinton, Executive Director for the Portland Development Commission, as a guest speaker at our meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The luncheon will be held in the PDC’s Commission Room located at 222 NW 5th Avenue, Portland 97209, first floor, Commission Room. Patrick will be speaking...

Questions for Patrick Quinton

Patrick Quinton will be discussing the PDC’s economic development strategy as well as economic development trends/issues specific to Greater Portland. If there are specific topics you think he should cover or would be most interesting to the audience please let us know. Email your questions to oregonelgl@gmail.com. ELGL has begun donating to a charity...

Agenda for ELGL Forum with Rob Cornilles

Meeting Agenda for ELGL Forum with Rob Cornilles Please make sure to give a warm welcome to Rob Cornilles' guests and staff members: LeeAnn Larsen, Sarah Smith, Mark Christie, Caitie Osborn, and Brian Jones who are attending today's forum.

ELGL Forum with Cornilles and Latest on Race for 1st Congressional District

As you know by now, Rob Cornilles will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's ELGL lunch forum. His opponent, Suzanne Bonamici declined ELGL's invitation. Reminder: RSVP for ELGL Forum with Rob Cornilles Since many of you are attending tomorrow's forum, ELGL wanted to provide the latest on the campaign. Please jot down any questions as there...

ELGL Book of the Week

How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul by Howard Schultz In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as the CEO eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company and became chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way,...

Details on ELGL Forum with Trail Blazers COO

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...

My Name Is . . . .

[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

ELGL Hosts Rob Cornilles on January 5

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...

Recommendations for ELGL January Book of the Month

Recommendations for ELGL January Book of the Month Must be somewhat gov't or leadership related. Email oregonelgl@gmail.com or post in comments.

Pics from Lunch Forum with Kate Brown, Oregon Sec. of State

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

12/14 Meeting Agenda: Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown Kate Brown Agenda 12-14-11

ELGL Book of the Month: The Google Story

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...

Last Chance - Sign Up for the 'ICMA Call for Ideas' Submission Workgroup

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...

ELGL & OMFOA Joint Meeting with TriMet GM Neil McFarlane

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....

July Luncheon: Former Governor Barbara Roberts

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...

December Luncheon: Secretary of State Kate Brown

ELGL Luncheon Speaker Series Secretary of State Kate Brown December 14, 2011 @ 11:45 West Linn Public Library1595 Burns StreetWest Linn, OregonAn RSVP will be required due to limited seating capacity.