SD Governmental Finance Officers’ School June 11, 12, & 13, 2014 j Cedar 11, Shore Resort j Oacoma, SD Preliminary Agenda
Wednesday, June 11 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY ONLY: Banyon Data Systems – Utility Billing & Point of Sale, Fund Accounting, Payroll and New Products will be available for Q&A (Informal, come and go Q&A sessions) Door Prizes will be given away throughout the school – must be present to win. Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Registration – Conference Center Lobby
12:45 p.m.
WELCOME by Oacoma Mayor Mike Schreiber
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Business Meeting
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Grant Research (information on the Foundation Center) Brenda Hemmelman, Collection Services Librarian, SD Dept. of Education/SD State Library After Brenda is done she will be in the Breakwater room until 5 p.m. for an informal, come and go Q&A regarding grants research and what the State Library has to offer to help you.
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Legislative Update Yvonne Taylor, Executive Director, SD Municipal League
2:30 – 2:50 p.m.
Break Sponsored by Banyon Data Systems, Inc.
2:50 – 4:00 p.m.
“What’s Yours Like?”
2:45 – 5:15 p.m.
Golf Tournament – Chamberlain Country Club 33848 Golf Course Road, Oacoma (one mile west of Quality Inn); $20/person, includes cart
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception (outside on the deck – Area group NEFOG – games) Sponsored by Stockwell Engineers The Miller Foster Band will be playing from 7 – 10 p.m. Sponsored by the City of Oacoma Hospitality room opens from 8:30 – 11:30 p.m. Sponsored by Dougherty & Company LLC
Thursday, June 12 7:15 – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet Sponsored by Infrastructure Design Group, Inc
8:15 – 9:45 a.m.
General Session Living with an Attitude of Altitude Keynote Speaker: Linda Henley-Smith “The Laugh Lady” Drawing upon her experiences as a teacher, counselor, author and trainer, as well as a lifetime in the entertainment business, Linda Henley-Smith provides an amusing and educational outlook on working, living, and surviving. Learn to manage the negative situations and people, get past the past, manage stress and deal with change. Her program is presented with humor, music, stories and an energy that is contagious.
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
‘Light’ Break Sponsored by Helms & Associates and Schmucker, Paul, Nohr & Associates
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions (Pick one; these sessions will be repeated in the afternoon) j Budgeting 1, 2, 3 Panel Fay Bueno, Finance Officer, City of Sturgis; Mike Carlson, Finance Officer, City of Vermillion; Carolynn Anderson, Finance Officer, City of Wall; and Karla Nordyke, Finance Officer, City of Timber Lake j Utility Billing & Collections A – Z Panel Jane Kleinsasser, Accounting Manager, City of Huron; Donna Bieber, Finance Officer, City of Java; Linda Hoberg, Finance Officer, City of Webster; and Meri Jo Anderson, Finance Officer, City of New Underwood j Constitutional Debt Limit and How it’s Calculated Ray “Woody” Woodsend, Senior Vice President, Dougherty & Company LLC Todd Meierhenry, Attorney at Law, Meierhenry Sargent, LLP
