From: Leslie & Downe [rlsd@io.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 12:50 AM To: yolandaa@tded.state.tx.us; matt.allard@dhs.state.tx.us; efa451@aol.com; lynn.altemery@trs.state.tx.us; Ray Alvarez; horacles@mail.utexas.edu; ganderson@tmrs.org; randerson97@hotmail.com; b5andrew@aol.com; kapfel@mail.utexas.edu; brianarmstrong1911@yahoo.com; k.ashworth@mail.utexas.edu; kaustin2728@austin.rr.com; elb214@evl.net; Howard Balanoff; dbarrera1@utb1.utb.edu; rbarrios@mcginnislaw.com; darryl.beatty@co.travis.tx.us; susanb@gwmail.plano.gov; Julia.Beechinor@DHS.state.tx.us; Becky Berryhill; gerard.bickham@ci.austin.tx.us Subject: MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE -- ACT NOW ======================================================================= CENTEX CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (ASPA) http://www.main.org/aspa e-Blast! 2 April 2002 ======================================================================= DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS IS APRIL 8! By now you should have received your snail-mail edition of the March/April CENTEX PA NEWS. Did you know it is also available online for the first time? See http://www.main.org/aspa and click on the new newsletter link. As noted on the web, in print and in this e-Blast!, nominations for CenTex ASPA's annual public service awards -- for outstanding administrator, elected official and both scholar and practitioner researchers -- are due April 8...THAT'S NEXT MONDAY! See President Roberta Byram's CENTEX PA NEWS column about the special significance of this year's observance at http://www.main.org/aspa/NLMAR02/mar02p3.htm and the nomination form at http://www.main.org/aspa/NLMAR02/nomform02.doc. Criteria for awards are online at http://www.main.org/aspa/criteria.htm (for research), at http://www.main.org/aspa/criteria-pa.htm (for public administrators), and at http://www.main.org/aspa/criteria-elected.htm (for elected officials). Note different mailing addresses for each type of award with committees chaired by Rossana Barrios, Kanice McQueen, and Dr. Pat Shields. For more information about the awards, contact Joya Randle at 512-502-0672 or 512-350-7786 or email at JHAYES1@dot.state.tx.us. Make a difference by honoring public servants! PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK IS MAY 6-12 -- MEET THURSDAY APRIL 4 TO JOIN IN PLANNING OBSERVANCES CenTex ASPA's annual public service awards will be presented on Thursday May 9 at Texas Land and Cattle Company at 5:30 PM. Watch for more details about the banquet on the website and in the newsletter. A meeting has been called for Thursday, April 4th, at 12:15 at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT-Austin, for all members of CenTex Chapter and guests interested in helping ASPA and other organizations -- governments, businesses, neighborhood associations, schools and other professional societies -- observe PSRW. Help plan and publicize poster distribution, proclamations, elected official involvement, government office fairs and open-houses, and recognition for public servants everywhere. Contact Ken Matwiczak at 471-7566 or Reuben Leslie at 475-8109 or 837-6181 for more information. See more about PSRW also at http://www.theroundtable.org and CENTEX PA NEWS article at http://www.main.org/aspa/NLMAR02/mar02p4.htm. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL ELECTED AT ANNUAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 22 Roberta Byram became President and Ken Matwiczak was elected Vice President at the annual meeting on February 22. See complete story at http://www.main.org/aspa/NLMAR02/mar02p1.htm. The March/April edition of the CENTEX PA NEWS, page 2, online also at http://www.main.org/aspa/NLMAR02/mar02p2.htm, includes names, phone numbers and email addresses of all Officers and Council Members, including these 11 new ones: Becky Berryhill, Michelle Cruz, Valerie LaCour, Sherri Greenberg, Don Hall, Don Henderson, Reeta Holmes, Melissa Martinez, Kanise McQueen, Paul Sanchez, and Carole Terry-Gonynor. Congratulations and thanks to these new leaders and all those re-elected or continuing in office. CENTEX CHAPTER OF ASPA MEMBERS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE At the ASPA National Conference, March 23-26, 2001 in Phoenix, AZ (see http://216.149.125.141/2002conf/) a major symposium honored Texas A&M Professor Paul Van Riper; former CenTex Chapter President, Glen Hahn Cope, became national ASPA President; and Steven Morgan and Bill Billingsley received prestigious awards. See more detail in CENTEX PA NEWS of March/April (online at http://www.main.org/aspa/NLMAR02/mar02p4.htm and watch for more in the May/June edition. TEXAS ASPA CONFERENCE 2002 WILL BE SEPTEMBER 6 The 4th Annual Texas ASPA Conference will be held at the Bush School at Texas A&M on Friday September 6, 2002. At the same time, a special issue of Public Administration Review (PAR) will focus on the events and aftermath of September 11th as well as with the Texas Certified Public Manger (CPM) Conference. Co-host will again be SWT's William P. Hobby Center for Public Service. For more information, contact Howard Balanoff at hb02@swt.edu, Ken Matwiczak at kmat@mail.utexas.edu, Roberta Byram at roberta.byram@ci.austin.tx.us or Susan A. Mathews CPS@tamu.edu. For the story and pictures from the 3rd annual conference, see http://www.main.org/aspa/NLMAR02/mar02p3.htm. CENTEX PA NEWS DEADLINE FOR ADS, STORIES, AND LETTERS IS APRIL 12! Please send short notices about your government agency's successes and challenges and upcoming events to both the webmaster and the newsletter editor by April 12 for the May/June issue. And please let the CenTex ASPA communications team -- that's yours truly and CenTex Chapter's new Webmaster, Cherry Beth Luedtke, at 512-627-2502 or CLUEDTKE@austin.rr.com -- know what you think about our continuing efforts to integrate our chapter's print and online publications. THANKS! ======================================================================= e-Blast! is the occasional email bulletin of the CenTex Chapter of ASPA ======================================================================= Reuben Leslie, Jr. Newsletter Editor, CenTex Chapter of ASPA rlsd@io.com 512 837-6181