LRL & RACSS Joint Professional Development Seminar
Richmond, Virginia
The Omni Hotel Richmond
October 10 - 13, 2001
Agenda
Wednesday, October 10 || Thursday, October 11
Friday, October 12 || Saturday, October 13
Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Thursday, October 11, 2001
8:00 - 12:00 |
Registration |
8:00 - 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30 - 9:00 |
Welcome and Introductions: Virginia hosts, and LRL & RACSS Officers Speakers:
Virginia Lt. Governor John Hager (invited)
Robert Erickson, Nevada (RACSS Chair)
Nan Bowers, Nevada (LRL Chair)
Cheryl Jackson and E.M. Miller, Jr., Virginia Host Committee |
9:00 - 11:30 |
Joint Plenary: Work Styles: Insight into Self and Others? Speaker:
Dr. Susan Wilkes, Virginia Workplace Initiatives |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break |
11:30 - 11:45 |
Run-to-your-room-to-refresh Break |
11:45 - 1:30 |
Bus trip to Charlottesville (box lunches on the bus) |
1:30 - 3:30 |
Joint Program and tour at LEXIS Law Publishing
Program Topics include:
- electronic research for legislative staff
- current search and legal database enhancements
- editorial process (session law to statutes)
- short visit to LEXIS printing facilities
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4:00 - 5:45 |
Tour of Monticello (courtesy of LEXIS Law Publishing) |
6:15 - 8:00 |
Group Dinner at the Ivy Inn, Charlottesville |
8:00 |
Buses return to Richmond |
Friday, October 12, 2001
8:00 - 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30 - 9:45 |
Joint Plenary: When Leadership Counts Speaker:
Ron Carrier, JMU |
9:45 - 10:00 |
Coffee Break |
10:00 - 11:45 |
LRL workshop—Leadership: What Lies Within? Speaker:
Gail Warren, VA State Law Library RACSS workshop—Small Team Leadership: The Art of Delegation Legislative Staff Panelists:
E.M. Miller, Jr., Virginia
Nancy Roberts, Virginia
Pepper Strum, Nevada
David Sallach, New Jersey |
11:45 - 1:00 |
Joint Plenary Luncheon Keynote speaker:
Ramona Kenady, Oregon, 2001 NCSL Staff Chair |
1:00 – 1:15 |
Run-to-your-room-to-refresh Break |
1:15 - 1:30 |
Vans transport guests to tours (guests may also walk) |
1:30 - 3:00 |
RACSS and LRL-choice of program tours:
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3:00 -3:15 |
Vans transport guests to Capitol (guests may also walk) |
3:15 - 3:30 |
Refreshment break at the Capitol (Courtesy of our Virginia hosts) |
3:30 – 5:00 |
LRL—Knowledge Management Speaker:
Donna Scheeder, Congressional Research Services RACSS—Using Teleconferencing for Legislative Committee Meetings Legislative Staff Panelists:
to be announced |
5:00 - 5:15 |
Vans transport guests back to hotel (if needed) |
evening |
Guests are on their own for the evening, but both LRL and RACSS plan to hold informal Dutch Treat dinners at local restaurants. |
Saturday, October 13, 2001
8:00 - 8:30 |
Buffet Breakfast |
9:00 - 11:00 |
RACSS—Leadership for Challenging Circumstances Speaker:
Bob O'Neill, National Association of Public Administrators LRL—Business Meeting |
11:00 -11:30 |
Seminar Evaluations and Wrap-up |
12:30 - 8:30 |
Optional Social Event: Colonial Williamsburg ($40 fee) |
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