This two-day workshop also offers attendees an opportunity to network and learn with one another.

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Workshop Format

This workshop is highly interactive and structured so you can ask the questions you need answered for your district. You’ll learn from presentations, case studies and other media. You’ll also receive a book with useful and practical information for application back on the job.

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Training Resources

Government Code Section 6250-6270

Bill Number 474, the Public Records Retention Act

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Faculty

David McMurchie, JD, McMurchie Law
David McMurchie is the managing partner of the Public entity Department of the firm of McMurchie Law. Mr. McMurchie has twenty-four years of experience in representing various types of special districts including water, community services, cemetery and recreation and park districts. Mr. McMurchie also serves as general counsel for the California Special Districts Association comprising more than 900 special district members and the California Association of Recreation and Park Districts.

David Aranda, General Manager/Board Secretary,
Stallion Springs Community Services District
Over the past nine years David Aranda has been intimately involved with independent special districts. He serves as general manager for Stallion Springs Community Services District and currently sits as Board Chair for a joint powers authority and an associate director for a resource conservation district. He was a member of the CSDA Board of Directors for seven years, and has served as the president of the Special District Leadership Foundation since its inception in 1999. He currently serves as CSDA’s education chair has been instrumental in developing CSDA’s Special District Governance Academy. David earned his designation as Special District Administrator (SDA) in 2001.

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PROGRAM AGENDA

Instructors: David Aranda, David McMurchie & Hedy Aref

 

Day One

8:30 – 9:00am
Registration

9:00 – 9:30am
Welcome and Introduction

9:30 – 11:00am
Communication with your Board

11:00 – 12:00pm
Getting Board Members Up to Speed

• New Board Member Packet & Orientation
• Training New and Seasoned Board Members
• Assist All Board Members

12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch & Round Table Discussions

1:00 – 4:00pm
Brown Act:
Open Meetings
Closed Sessions
Notices and Agendas
Rights of the Public
Remedies

Day Two

8:00 – 8:30am
Registration

8:30 – 10:00am
Ordinances – Resolutions – Minutes - Agendas

10:00 – 10:10am
Break

10:10-11:15
Record Retention /Public Records Issues

11:15 – 12:15pm
The Efficient Board Secretary – Electronic Document Management

12:15 – 12:30
Wrap-up- (Box Lunches Provided)

 

REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT! Select: March 27-28, 2008 – Emeryville, CA April 24-25, 2008 – Ventura, CA August 14-15, 2008 – Shasta, CA November 20-21, 2008 – Bakersfield, CA

 

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