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Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
Newsletter

August 11, 2004

To:
  Neighborhood Council Leaders
From:
  Greg Nelson, General Manager, DONE
E-mail:
  gnelson@mailbox.lacity.org

Planning the Next Congress, Part 2. More Training Transcripts Available.

PLANNING THE NEXT CONGRESS, PART 2.

About a half-dozen of you showed up to the first meeting of Neighborhood Council leaders to discuss how to structure the next Congress of Neighborhoods on October 9. There were making good ideas discussed during the two-hour session. A second meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 18 at 6:00 p.m. As before, there is free parking in the City's Lot 7, which is between Temple Street and First Street on Judge Aiso Street (aka San Pedro Street). The meeting will be held in our training center at 305 East First Street. Please RSVP to Olivia Roby at oroby@mailbox.lacity.org.

MORE TRAINING TRANSCRIPTS AVAILABLE.

On our Web site, you have always been able to click on Training and find a collection of edited transcripts from previous workshops that had been presented as past Congress of Neighborhood events. Now, we have added 15 more transcripts, and removed a couple that had become outdated.

The subjects include:

Making Meetings Work,
How to Get Certified,
Using CityView Channel 35,
The Brown Act (an excellent and comprehensive session),
Developing and Improving Your Own Bylaws,
Effective Leadership, Emergency Preparedness,
Running the Best Elections,
Financial Disclosure,
"New Thinking, New Schools",
Effectively Communicating Your Message,
Getting the Most from Public Works,
Neighborhood Councils and the Media,
and two sessions on Communicating with Stakeholders.

http://www.lacity.org/done/workshop_transcripts.htm

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Greg Nelson

gnelson@mailbox.lacity.org

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213 / 485-1360
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done@mailbox.lacity.org email

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