On June 14th, we attended the Wisconsin City/County Manager’s Association Conference at the Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells. We were greeted warmly by the other attendees, and were able to talk with them about local government, and our program. The keynote speaker was Pat Ibarra of the Mejorando Group. Mr. Ibarra is a former city manager now working as a consultant to local governments. The topic of his presentation was Employee Recruitment, and he focused on strategies for addressing the wave of retirements that is hitting local governments at all levels of their organizations. His dynamic, and humor-punctuated presentation was quite interesting, and certainly relevant to the goals of our program.
In the afternoon, we heard a presentation from WAMCAM, the Wisconsin professional organization for management assistants, about Brownfield Redevelopment Opportunities.
A little free time in the late afternoon afforded some of us the chance to experience the resort’s water parks (http://www.chulavistaresort.com/waterparks/index.htm), while others took an amphibious-vehicle tour through the Dells (http://www.dellsducks.com/). The day then ended with a social hour and dinner. Many thanks to WCMA for hosting us at their 2007 conference.
