HOTEL ROOM BLOCK FOR 2024 CAMA CONFERENCE TO BE LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2023

The 50th Annual CAMA Conference will be held from Monday, June 3 to Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta (prior to the FCM Conference being held in Calgary from June 6-8, 2024). The Golf Tournament and other Pre-Conference activities will begin on Monday morning and the Conference Program will end after the President's Dinner on Wednesday evening. Delegates typically arrive on Sunday and depart on Thursday.

CAMA has negotiated a Conference rate at the Fairmont Banff Spring Hotel and the room block will open in September 2023.

Watch for a Special edition of e-Brief later this week for a summary of the 2023 Conference including presentations and other information.

CAMA LAUNCHES TOOLKIT FOR THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Having appreciation for the role of the Executive Assistant in local government, the CAMA Board developed a “Toolkit for the Effective Executive Assistant to the Chief Administrative Officer” which was launched during a presentation at the 2023 CAMA Conference at the Deerhurst Resort.

This Toolkit was compiled, produced and authored by Jennifer Goodine, CAMA Executive Director (and former Office Administrator to the CAO and Mayor of the City of Fredericton), with the assistance of a National Committee of local government Executive Assistants that work, or have worked, with CAOs and senior managers from across Canada, from all size municipalities.

The primary audience of this Toolkit is the Executive Assistant to the CAO in local government, which includes existing Executive Assistants with experience in the role, as well as new Executive Assistants with minimal local government experience. There is also a separate CAO Chapter that focuses on how a CAO or senior manager can effectively use their Executive Assistant to improve their own productivity and build a successful partnership.

Please forward this Toolkit to your Executive Assistant and all your administrative staff as the skills highlighted are transferrable. Your senior leadership team can also benefit from reading the CAO Chapter. It is a public document and can be found on the CAMA website.

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L’ACAM LANCE SA TROUSSE D'OUTILS D'EFFICACITÉ POUR LES ADJOINTES DE DIRECTION DE DG

Conscient de la valeur du rôle que jouent les adjointes de direction dans les administrations locales, le conseil d’administration de l'ACAM a conçu une trousse d’outils d’efficacité pour les adjointes de direction de DG qui a été lancée à la conférence 2023 de l’association, au Deerhurst Resort, au cours d’une présentation.

Cette trousse a été compilée, produite et rédigée par la directrice générale de l’ACAM, Jennifer Goodine (auparavant administratrice du DG et du maire de la Ville de Fredericton), avec l’aide d’un comité national composé d’adjointes de direction d’administrations locales qui travaillent ou ont travaillé avec des DG et des hauts dirigeants de diverses municipalités du Canada, toutes tailles confondues.

Cette trousse d’outils sera utile aux adjointes de direction des DG d’administrations locales, qu’elles soient chevronnées ou novices. Il existe également un chapitre distinct sur le CAO qui se concentre sur la manière dont un CAO ou un cadre supérieur peut utiliser efficacement son adjoint exécutif pour améliorer sa propre productivité et établir un partenariat fructueux.

N’hésitez pas à transmettre cette trousse d’outils à votre adjointe de direction ainsi qu’à l’ensemble de votre personnel administratif, les compétences mises en lumière pouvant être transférées à d’autres fonctions. Votre équipe de direction peut aussi tirer profit de la lecture du chapitre dédié au DG. Ce document est accessible publiquement et peut être consulté sur le site web de l’ACAM .

WEBINAR: "LAUNCH OF CAMA'S TOOLKIT FOR THE EFFECTIVE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CAO, BUILDING ADMINISTRATIVE EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CREATING PARTNERSHIPS AND A WORK-LIFE BALANCE"

Wednesday, June 21st at 2:00 p.m. EST

Jennifer Goodine

CAMA Executive Director

Gary Kent

CAO, Region of Peel, ON

Dianna Leeder

Personal Life Coach

Executive Assistants, CAOs, Senior Managers and all local government employees are welcome to join this FREE webinar to get a high-level overview of the new "Toolkit for the Effective Executive Assistant to the CAO" by Jennifer Goodine (CAMA Executive Director), hear from Gary Kent, CAO for the Region of Peel, about the importance of building a successful partnership with your Executive Assistant, and Dianna Leeder, personal coach will provide you with some tools that will help with work-life balance in this highly demanding profession. Bring your questions and your scenarios for a Q&A moderated by Dianna Leeder. Click here for more information.

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WEBINAR: NG9-1-1 - THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EST

Speakers:

Joann Fox, NG9-1-1 Industry Manager, Esri Canada

Robert Harris, NG9-1-1 Data and Solutions Manager, Esri Canada

Sharon Koch, Business Analyst, Esri Canada

Who Can Attend this Webinar? CAMA Members and Their Employees. Non-Members are also welcome to attend.

Who Will Benefit from this Webinar? CAO’s, Public Safety Employees, Police, Fire, Emergency Operations Centre employees, Corporate Services employees.

Registration Cost: FREE but registration is required using this link.

Click here for more information.

About the Session:

Across Canada, the public safety 9-1-1 community is facing a critical, pivotal moment in its history. The existing 9-1-1 system was designed in an era of landline telephones and assumes the calls are coming from fixed, known addresses. Today, most emergency calls originate from smartphones and IP devices, often while away from home. As a result, these changes are driving this historic evolution to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1). Timely aggregation of authoritative (local government) GIS data for NG9-1-1 is required to provide high accuracy address location verification, call routing, resource allocation and analysis capabilities. Please join us as Esri Canada’s NG9-1-1 subject matter experts provide an overview of the following:

• NG9-1-1 – What it is and why it matters

• NG9-1-1 Stakeholders

• NG9-1-1 Roles & Responsibilities

• The NENA Data Model

• NG9-1-1 Timeline

• Initial Local Government Authority considerations

WELCOME TO OUR NEW BUSINESS PARTNERS

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THE VALUE OF PUBLIC SERVICE

By Randall Reid, ICMA Southeast Regional Director

With respect and civility, we can answer any question and respond to any challenge our communities face.

We find ourselves today as public sector leaders working in an era of dynamic global economics, stormy political discourse, and facing yet another crisis in confidence in our public institutions. Memories of 9-11 sacrifices of public servants and the countless examples since have faded as we debate the causes of our national afflictions and diminished financial security and face the current rhetoric frequently condemning the public sector. That said, I continue to feel an undiminished pride in working as a professional in local government. Click here to read the full article.