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Event |
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Wednesday
October 17, 2007 |
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10:00 |
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Board
Meeting & Lunch - Monticello Room |
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12:15 |
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Pre-Conference
Meeting -
Wilson Room |
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12:30 |
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Registration
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Prefunction
Salon A |
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1:00 |
4:30 |
Horton Cellars Winery Tour ($25 fee)
Information Here |
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1:00 |
2:00 |
Telecommunications and Public Utilities Regulations in
the US and Virginia - Salon A - Eric Hurlocker,
Hunton & Williams, LLP |
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2:00 |
3:00 |
Innovations in
Collection Practices and Potential Federal Offset of
Local Debt - Salon A - Frank O'Leary, Treasurer,
Arlington County, VA. |
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3:00 |
5:00 |
OPEB Trust
Roundtable - Salon A - Thomas Lowman, Bolton
Partners, Nelson Bush, The PFM Group, Joseph Mason, John
Ackerly & Cleighton Hilbert, Davenport & Company LLC,
and Patrice Brown, ICMA |
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6:00 |
7:00 |
Reception -
Salon A - Sponsored by:
KPMG
International
Reception Entertainment (Laurence Elder-Pianist) - Co-Sponsored by:
Public Resource Management
Group, LLC and Davenport & Company, LLC. |
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9:00 |
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Hospitality
Suite -
Rm. 234 - Sponsored by:
BB&T Capital Markets |
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Thursday
October 18, 2007 |
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7:30 |
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Registration
- Prefunction Salon A |
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7:30 |
8:30 |
Continental Breakfast
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Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom (Seating in Salon BC) •
Sponsored by:
Commerce Bank |
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8:30 |
5:00 |
Internet
Café - Monticello Room - Sponsored by:
Cherry Bekaert & Holland |
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8:30 |
8:45 |
Call to
Order/Colors/VGFOA Welcome - Salon BC - Rebecca
Owens, VGFOA President - (Colors - Charlottesville
Police Department Color Guard) |
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8:45 |
9:00 |
Welcome
- Salon BC - The Honorable David E. Brown, Mayor, Charlottesville, Virginia |
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9:00 |
10:45 |
Our
Economy: National, State, and Regional Outlooks - Salon BC - Mark Vitner, Wachovia
Bank and
Ray Owens, Federal Reserve Bank |
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10:45 |
11:00 |
Break -
Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom - Sponsored by:
Regions Bank |
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11:00 |
12:00 |
What To Expect
in the 2008 General Assembly Session - Salon BC - Mike Edwards, VACO and Neal Menkes, VML |
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12:00 |
1:30 |
Lunch
Buffet & 40th Anniversay Celebration (Innovations Award
Presentation - Joellen Kerns) - Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom
(Seating in Salon BC) - Sponsored by:
Suntrust Bank |
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1:45 |
2:45 |
Rating
Agencies - Salon BC - Amy Laskey, Fitch Ratings, Robyn Kapiloff
Rosenblatt, Moody's Investors Services and Karl Jacobs,
Standard and Poor's |
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1:45 |
2:45 |
OPEB Implementation Roundtable -
Salon A -
Moderator:
Carol
White, York County -
Panel:
John
Wallingford, Prince William County Schools, Terry Stone,
Hanover County, and John H. Tuohy, Falls Church. |
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2:45 |
3:00 |
Break -
Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom - Co-Sponsored by:
SB & Company, LLC and A.G. Edwards
Capital Markets |
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3:00 |
4:00 |
State
Government Financing Programs - Salon BC - Chip Bassett, Bassett
Financial Management, LLC, Rick Davis, Office of the Treasurer of
Virginia, Sheryl Bailey, Virginia Resources Authority
and Kent Dickey, Department of Education |
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3:00 |
4:00 |
Federal
Home Loan Banks: Mission, Markets and Liquidity - Salon
A - Denise de Bombelles, Federal Home
Loan Banks |
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4:00 |
5:00 |
Evolving Role
of the Debt Manager in Local Government - Salon BC - Len Wales,
Fairfax County, VA. |
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4:00 |
5:00 |
Performance
Audits under the new Yellow Book Standards - Salon A
- John Montoro, Cherry Bekaert & Holland, LLP. |
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6:00 |
7:00 |
Reception -
Salon A -
Sponsored by: Robinson Farmer Cox Associates
Reception Entertainment (Dave Lewis)
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Co-Sponsored by:
Commerce Bank and Hunton & Williams, LLP |
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9:00 |
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Hospitality
Suite - Room 234 - Sponsored
by: BB&T Capital Markets |
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Friday
October 19, 2007 |
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7:30 |
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Registration
- Prefunction
Salon A |
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7:30 |
8:30 |
Past
Presidents
Breakfast -
Ashlawn & Highlands Rooms -
Sponsored by: US Bank |
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Continental
Breakfast Buffet -
Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom (Seating in
Salon BC) -
Co-Sponsored by:
The PFM Group and Bank of America |
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8:30 |
12:00 |
Internet
Café - Monticello Room - Sponsored by:
Cherry Bekaert & Holland |
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8:30 |
9:30 |
Lessons
Learned from Embezzlement - Salon B - Sheila Minor,
Prince George County |
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9:30 |
10:30 |
Payables
Outsourcing: A Single Solution to Many Problems - Salon B -
Mike Longhi, Arlington County and Diane Battle, Wachovia
Bank |
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8:30 |
10:30 |
VSCPA Ethics
Course - Salon C - Marycarol White, York County |
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10:30 |
10:45 |
Break -
Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom - Sponsored by:
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP |
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10:45 |
12:00 |
Utility
Session - Capital Budgeting - Salon B - Bruce Grant, Western Virginia
Water Authority |
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10:45 |
12:00 |
What to expect
from your auditor and what your auditor expects from
you! - Salon C - John Gilberto and Doug Beelendorf,
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP |
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12:15 |
1:15 |
Lunch
Buffet with
Business Meeting & Recognition
of Walter Kucharski's Service to the Commonwealth -
Prefunction Jefferson Ballroom (Seating in Salon BC) - Co-Sponsored by:
Bingham Arbitrage Rebate
Services, Inc. and McGuire Woods, LLP |
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1:15 |
2:30 |
Tips for Quick Teambuilding - Salon BC
- Elizabeth Jamison, Radford University
Leadership Development Center |