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Texas City Management Association
City Management Clinic

Together, Finding Solutions!
February 19-20, 2009

Stagecoach Inn -- Salado
The Texas City Management Association (TCMA) City Management Clinic is scheduled for February 19-20, 2009, at the Stagecoach Inn in Salado. This annual educational opportunity includes a luncheon on Thursday, a networking social that evening, and sessions on Thursday and Friday.
Please Note: Due to space restrictions, the workshop is limited to the first 80 paid registrations.
Hotel Information:

The Stagecoach Inn in Salado is located at 401 Stagecoach Road (on IH-35 North), just 16 miles south of Temple and 48 miles north of Austin. Please make your hotel arrangements by calling 800-732-8994 and identifying yourself as a TCMA City Management Clinic participant. For all reservations made by February 4, a limited number of standard rooms (single or double) are available at a rate of $70; deluxe rooms (single or double) are also offered at a rate of $89.

Registration and Fees:

Register for the clinic by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4, and receive the discounted early registration fee of $145. You will save $20 off the standard registration fee! For registrations received after 5:00 p.m. on February 4, the registration fee is $165. The registration fee includes your tuition, course materials, daily refreshments, two continental breakfasts, a networking luncheon on Thursday, and a networking social on Thursday evening. Please copy the attached registration form for colleagues, if needed. The TCMA City Management Clinic will be limited to the first 80 paid registrations.

Dress Code:

The dress code for all workshop functions is business casual. Please remember that meeting room temperatures vary and plan accordingly.

Car Rentals (two choices):

AVIS discounts are available by making reservations online at www.avis.com or by phone at 800-331-1600. The Avis World Wide Discount (AWD) Number is J867208.

Enterprise Corporate Class discounts are available at www.enterprise.com or by calling 800-736-8222. Your Corporate Class number is Y21222 and can be accessed by entering the association acronym, TEX, at the Corporate Reservation section of the Web site.

Special Accommodations:

Please let us know on the registration form if you need special accommodations of any kind. WE WANT TO HELP! In order to respond to any special requests, we would appreciate as much advance notice as possible. Thank you.

If you have any questions, please contact Kyle Jung with the TCMA staff at 512-231-7400, ext. 450, or e-mail tcmainfo@tml.org.

Agenda
Thursday, February 19

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Budget Contingency Plans

Speaker: Tom Muehlenbeck, City Manager, Plano

10:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m. - Noon

Technological Literacy for Managers
(Web Site Requirements, ADA Compliance, E-Government, and Transparency of Records)

Speakers: Gus Roman, IT Director, Bryan, and Brooks Bennett, Technology Specialist, Round Rock

Noon - 1:15 p.m.

Networking Luncheon at the Stagecoach Inn

1:15 - 2:30 p.m.

Personal Leadership: Leaving a Lasting Legacy
Legacy leadership is not accidental; it is intentional. How do you want your service as a leader to be remembered? Regardless of what you do as a leader, you will leave a legacy—the important thing is to consider how you would like to be remembered and to work toward those things that ensure the realization of that vision. This session will examine some of the important attributes of those leaders who have left a lasting, positive legacy. Legacy leadership is about dedicating yourself to making a difference and appreciating that others will inherit what we leave behind. Considering these issues now allows for all of us to become better leaders now.

Speaker: Randy Garner, PhD, Professor of Behavioral Sciences, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 - 4:00 p.m.

Ethics: How Real Public Servants Act

Speakers: Bob Turner, City Manager, Tyler; Terry Roberts, City Manager, Brenham; and James Fisher, City Manager, Murphy

4:30 p.m.

Networking Social at Stagecoach Inn Club
Friday, February 20

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Media Relations in a Constant News Cycle

Speakers: Tom Bryson, Director of Communications, Farmers Branch; and Sharon Logan, Community Information Officer, Coppell

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Successful Organizational Development: Mentoring, Coaching, and Succession Planning /div>

Speaker: Ron Holifield, Executive Director, North Texas Municipal Alliance<

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 - Noon

Legislative Update

Speaker: Frank Sturzl, Executive Director, Texas Municipal League

Noon

Adjourn

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Three Ways to Register

(Your registration will not be processed until payment is received.)

  1. Register online.
  2. Download and fax a .pdf version of the registration form to 512-231-7495.
  3. Mail the .pdf version of the registration form to:
    TML Administrative Services
    1821 Rutherford Lane, Suite 400
    Austin, TX 78754-5128