By Lynn Tipton, FCCMA Executive Director
What a pleasure to see so many of you in Seattle, and to have such a great turnout for the Florida dinner! Now we are two weeks into our new fiscal year in the Sunshine State, and delighting in slightly lower temperatures and longer afternoon shadows. Daylight savings time clock-changing comes next, and before we know it we’ll be in December. Your association hopes that in the midst of these busy weeks you’ll find time to renew your dues, update your membership information if you haven’t already, complete your four (4) hours of required ethics training, if you haven’t already done so (and noted it on the website) and, hopefully attend one or more of the district-based training programs put on with Dr. Bob Lee and the Center for Florida Local Government Excellence (CFLGE). Each district of FCCMA hosts one or more of these trainings per year, and it is our sincere hope that by bringing educational and professional development closer to you, it will be easier, more cost effective and better for you and your key management staff. Once the hectic budget adoption season passes, I know many of you try to get your schedules open enough for some ‘you’ time – and rightfully so. Getting to workshops not only provides you with necessary education, but also great networking. I hope to see you at some of these events around the state and please let your district directors know of topics, subjects and concerns you have so that we can work with your ideas as we create these sessions. As the southern expression states it best: happy fall, ya’all!
