ELECTED OFFICIALS WORKSHOP
Maine Municipal Association will start its 2008 series of the Elected Officials Workshop in June at two locations. The workshop will be offered on June 17 at Spectacular Events in Bangor and on June 18 at the Holiday Inn Express in Saco.
This workshop will include information regarding municipal liability, the Right-to-Know law, home rule and ordinance authority, and other basic issues for selectmen and councilors. The EOW is especially helpful to newly elected officials.
Each workshop runs from 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Registration is $40, with a half price discount for newly elected officials.
For more information, contact MMA’s Training & Affiliate office, 1-800-452-8786 or go to the MMA website, www.memun.org
2008 MMA CONVENTION
Mark your calendars now for the 2008 MMA Convention, October 8-9, at the Augusta Civic Center.
This year’s convention will be a day-and-a-half event, like last year, starting off with a Wednesday luncheon. The guest speaker for this Opening Luncheon will be distinguished newspaper and television journalist David Broder. Called “the high priest of political journalism”, Broder writes a twice-weekly column on American politics for the Washington Post. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 1973, Broder is a regular TV commentator on Meet the Press, Washington Week and CNN’s Inside Politics.
Broder will provide insight on the upcoming November presidential election and how those results may affect state and local governments.
The 2008 MMA Convention will be loaded with information that all elected and appointed municipal officials can use. Don’t miss it. Updates on the convention will be put in future issues of the Townsman and posted on the MMA website, www.memun.org
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Maine Municipal Association will offer its “Labor and Employment Law” seminar on May 6 at Verrillo’s Convention Center in Portland.
Some top notch speakers have been lined up for this seminar, including attorneys Linda McGill, Glenn Israel and Matthew Tarasevich from Bernstein Shur, attorney Patricia McDonough Dunn from Jensen Baird and attorney Clare Hudson Payne from Eaton Peabody. MMA’s Director of Personnel Services & Labor Relations, David Barrett will also be a presenter.
Some of the topics planned include: 10 New Developments in Employment Law, the Family Medical Leave Act, New Disability Definition Under the Maine Human Rights Act, Union Issues, and Municipal Workforce Reductions. A Question & Answer session will also give attendees the opportunity to discuss more specific issues.
The seminar runs from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The registration fee is $60 per attendee. For more information, contact MMA’s Training & Affiliate office, 1-800-452-8786 or go to the MMA website, www.memun.org