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2006 Fall Conference Program 


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Day Start End  Event

Wednesday October 4 2006

Wed. 1:00   Board Lunch & Meeting - Pocahontas A
Wed. 4:00   Registration - Crystal Court
Wed. 6:00 7:00 Wine Tasting Reception   •  Musical Entertainment by Obligato Music (Entertainment co-sponsored by MAXIMUS & VGFOA Reception Co-Sponsored by PBGH, Morgan Keegan & VGFOA - Crystal Ballroom ABC

 Wed. evening

Hospitality Suite    Sponsored by:  BB&T Capital Markets • Parlor Suite 248

Thursday October 5, 2006

Thur. 7:30  

Registration  • Crystal Court     

Thur. 7:30 8:45

Breakfast   •  Sponsored by AG Edwards Capital Markets   Crystal Ballroom ABC      

Thur. 8:45 9:00 Call to Order/Colors-by William Fleming H.S. Air Force Jr. ROTC/VGFOA Welcome - Terry Adams, President, VGFOA   Roanoke Ballroom AB
Thur. 9:00 9:15 Welcome -  Honorable Gwendolyn W. Mason, Council Member, City of Roanoke  • Roanoke Ballroom AB
Thur. 9:15 10:30

Legislative Update - Mike Edwards, Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs, VACO & Suzette Denslow, VML  
Roanoke Ballroom AB

Thur. 10:30 10:45 Break     Sponsored by Commerce Bank  • Crystal Ballroom ABC
Thur. 10:45 12:00 Our Health - Ed Daley, City Manager, Winchester & David Ziegler, Executive Director, Our Health  
Roanoke Ballroom AB
Thur. 12:00 1:15

Lunch     Sponsored by SunTrust Bank  • Shenandoah Room

Thur. 1:30 2:45

Utilities - An Asset Checkup - Bruce Grant, Western Virginia Water Authority  • Roanoke Ballroom FGH

Thur. 1:30 2:45

Variable Rate Debt - Marcus Smith, AG Edwards  • Roanoke Ballroom AB

Thur. 2:45 3:00

Break    Sponsored by Regions Bank  • Crystal Ballroom ABC

Thur. 3:00 4:00

Community Development Authorities - Jimmy Sanderson, Davenport & Company, LLC  • Roanoke Ballroom AB

Thur. 3:00 4:00

Assessing Risk in Federal Grants - A Legal Perspective - Edward (Ted) T. Waters, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP  • Roanoke Ballroom FGH

Thur. 4:00 5:00

Telecommunications Act - Joe Mayer, Virginia Department of Taxation  • Roanoke Ballroom FGH

Thur. 4:00 5:00

School Funding Formulas - Sherman Stovall, Director of Management & Budget, City of Roanoke & Brent Robertson, Budget Director, Roanoke County  • Roanoke Ballroom AB

Thur. 6:00 7:00

Reception  - Musical entertainment by Alan Watson (Entertainment Sponsored by PRM Group LLC • Reception Co-Sponsored by Cherry, Bekaert & Holland & VGFOA  •  Crystal Ballroom ABC

Thur. 7:00 9:00

Banquet    Keynote speaker, Dr. Chris Chmura, President, Chmura Economics & Analytics   • Co-Sponsored by KPMG LLP & VGFOA  • Shenandoah Room 

 Thur. evening

Hospitality Suite      Sponsored by:  BB&T Capital Markets  • Parlor Suite 248 

Friday October 6, 2006
Fri. 7:30  

Registration  • Crystal Court

Fri. 7:30 8:30

Breakfast    Sponsored by Wachovia Bank, NA  • Crystal Ballroom ABC

Fri. 7:30 8:30

Past Presidents Breakfast  Virginia Room

Fri. 8:30 10:30  VSCPA Ethics Course - Marycarol White, York County - Additional fee required  • Roanoke Ballroom FGH
Fri. 8:30 9:30

News From the Rating Agencies - Robyn Kapiloff, Moody's, Amy Laskey and Ken Weinstein, FitchRatings, and Karl Jacob and Danielle Leonardis, Standard & Poors  • Roanoke Ballroom AB

Fri. 9:30 10:30 Getting From Here to Retirement - Janice L. Moncier, Financial Planning Manager, ICMA-RC Services  • Roanoke Ballroom AB
Fri. 10:30 10:45 Break    Co-Sponsored by: Davenport & Co. LLC and Bingham Arbitrage Rebate Services   
Crystal Ballroom ABC   
Fri. 10:45 12:00 OPEB Roundtable - Vivian McGettigan, Fauquier County, Susan Quinn, Fairfax County, John Wallingford, Prince William County School Board, & Dan Homan, Wachovia Retirement Services  • Roanoke Ballroom AB
Fri. 10:45 12:00

Rev Up Your Revenues-Collections Strategies for Local Governments - Dana Long, Manager of Billings and Collections, City of Roanoke & Greg Gentile, Govolution  • Roanoke Ballroom FGH

Fri. 12:00 1:15

Lunch  & Business Meeting    Sponsored by:  PFM Asset Management LLC  • Roanoke Ballroom C

Fri. 1:15 2:30 Emotional Intelligence: The New Measure of Leadership - Elizabeth Jamison, Director, Leadership Development Center, Radford University  • Roanoke Ballroom AB
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