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• TO: Samantha Orduno, Clerk - Administrator FROM: Don Brager, Finance Director - Treasurer DATE: April 21 , 1993 SUBJECT: Advanced Government Finance Institute I have received notification from the Government Finance Officers Association that I have been selected to attend the 1993 Advanced Government Finance Institute to be held July 18-23, 1993 at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The Advanced Institute is described as: °A week-long university based program, especially designed for senior-level finance officials and other policy makers in public finance, features a faculty of professors, government officials, and private sector consultants. In a stimulating academic environment, the Institute provides them a forum were they can explore with faculty members and colleagues the longer term forces that will shape the future and destiny of their jurisdictions. The intensive program of lectures, seminars, roundtable discussions, and small group exercises will focus on: • The emerging economic, demographic,fiscal,and technological environments in which state and local governments must operate during the coming years; • Compelling national issues; such as urban and health care policies, that will strongly impact state and local government plans and financial operations; • Trends and developments in capital financing, budgeting, and accounting; • Management styles, communication with the public, and leadership strategies. " Participation in the Advanced Government Finance Institute is limited to 50 attendees. The 1992 Advanced Institute brought together participants from 19 states, Ontario, Puerto Rico, and Australia. More than one-third of them were the chief or assistant chief financial officer of their jurisdiction; 14 percent were the treasurer or comptroller; and 12 percent were the director or assistant director of the budget. Participants came from cities both large and small; from counties; townships and villages; school