From: Leslie & Downe [rlsd@io.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:49 PM To: alices@ci.waco.tx.us; clarec@ci.waco.tx.us; hughm@ci.waco.tx.us; steve@ci.waco.tx.us; Ginae@ci.waco.tx.us; kathyr@ci.waco.tx.us; peggym@ci.waco.tx.us; vickiha@ci.waco.tx.us; danfar1028@aol.com; lawrence_cummings@amat.com; Joseph_Brown@baylor.edu; wlester@hputx.edu; jcmurr@ktc.com; lillianm@pointecom.net; djohnson@bushschool.tamu.edu; kmeier@polisci.tamu.edu; mrice@bushschool.tamu.edu; johnsnja@musc.edu; wwest@bushschool.tamu.edu; h-tucker@tamu.edu; jcerami@bushschool.tamu.edu; mjesoha@integrity.tamu.edu; dtkrejci@hub.ofthe.net; hearne@startel.net Subject: CenTex ASPA e-news--Mentoring Mixer this Friday Greetings fellow CenTex ASPA member! GOOD NEWS As a National Council member I have just received some good news from Erik Bergrud which I would like to pass on to you. Several long time ASPA leaders who work in New York City have been heard from and are OK: Ray Joseph, Jeanne Marie Col, Stephen Rolandi, and Michael Massiah. Also Doc Cooke, who works in the Pentagon, is OK. Let's remember them in this trying time and remember and do what we can for all who may not be as fortunate. See the statement by ASPA's leaders at http://www.aspanet.org. FALL MENTORING MIXER IS THIS FRIDAY! This Friday, the 14th of September, CenTex Chapter of ASPA is sponsoring its Fall Mentoring Mixer, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at the Stone House Grill, 6701 Burnet Road, Austin. Cash bar and great hors d’oeuvres. See online poster at http://www.main.org/aspa/ASPA%20Networking3.htm to print and place on a bulletin board in your office or school. Contact Kristine Mohajer at kristinemohajer@netscape.net to volunteer to help with the event, be a mentor or obtain more information. See you there! TEXAS ASPA CONFERENCE The Third Annual Texas ASPA Conference will be at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin on Friday the 19th of October. See online announcement and registration form (advance discounts end on the 1st of October) at www.main.org/aspa/reg2001.htm. Register now! AWARD NOMINATIONS The announcements page at http://www.main.org/aspa/new.htm includes new links to many innovation and excellence awards for which nominations are due soon. Has your agency, city, county, etc., done something exemplary lately? Why keep it a secret? Nominations for national ASPA awards are due the 19th of October, and Public Employees Roundtable's prestigious Public Service Excellence Awards are due on the 30th of November. Reuben Leslie, Jr. rlsd@io.com Webmaster, CenTex Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) http://www.main.org/aspa & National Council Member 12 September 2001