March/April County News now available for download. Click here!
And the winner is...
If you completed the NDACo member survey recently, you may have won a fancy, shmancy NDACo wind shirt. The three winning numbers are (drum roll please)
58554123
15302713
jerad8500
If you have one of those numbers, please call Michelle right away to select your size and color preference.
Congratulations to our three winners, whoever you are, and THANK YOU to all who completed the survey!
Record a Census PSA for Your Local Radio Stations
Simply call the dedicated voicemail at 720-533-4230 and leave your testimonial message about the importance of the census to your county. You can erase, re-record and offer multiple messages. Census staff will produce a professional PSA using their announcer and your audio quote, and ship it to the radio stations you desire. CLICK HERE FOR A BROCHURE WITH MORE DETAILS.
They can also use your testimonial in other audio broadcasts and print. Contact Jared Ewy at the Denver Regional Census Media and Broadcast Center: 720.371.7586 or e-mail: jared.r.ewy@census.gov
Register for the Human Resource Conference for Local Government
The first statewide conference entirely focused on Human Resource Management for local government will be held in Bismarck at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel April 21-22, 2010.
Who should register? Policy makers, human resource staff, business managers, auditors, supervisors and anyone who has a responsibility for managing people. The conference features nationally renowned keynote speaker Roxanne Emmerich, Sarah Herman (on legal issues) and five breakout sessions addressing recruitment/selection, compensation/benefits, employment relationships, risk management and public processes in human resource management. NDIRF members receive a discount on your registration!
Click here to go to the HR Conference Home Page.
The great thing about photos is there is no wind chill factor!
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Scholarship and EICG Applications Now Available
Application forms are now available for the 2010 NDACo Scholarship AND the Nationwide/NACo Scholarship. NDACo awards two $1,000 to children or grandchildren of county officials who are planning to attend a North Dakota undergraduate college or technical center. The Nationwide/NACo partnership now offers FOUR scholarships of $2,000 each to high school seniors.
For more information and the forms, simply use the "I want to..." tool to the left and choose the last item, "...apply for a scholarship." Or take the easy way out and just click www.ndaco.org/scholarship.
Excellence in County Government nomination forms are also now available. Pull down from the "About Counties" menu, or just click HERE.
