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Message from the President – January 11, 2017

ATTENTION ACR MEMBERS:

Due to low attendance (we only have three people who have signed up), we are cancelling the ACR section of the Winter Conference. I have heard from a lot of states that they either received new Secretaries of State this last election cycle or have travel restrictions due to legislative sessions.

***** PLEASE NOTE: If you reserved a room at the JW Marriott, please let me know BEFORE you cancel. NASS has a waiting list and is looking to transfer rooms.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone in Indianapolis for the Summer Conference, July 7 – 10!   We still have two openings on the Website/Social Media Committee, one on the Program Committee, and one on the Archives Committee. Let me know if you are interested!

Hope to hear from you soon,

Emily

Message from the President – December 7, 2016

Hello everyone!

If you plan on attending the winter conference, please call or email me. So far we only have two people who have said they could attend.

Registration is now open for the NASS 2017 Winter Conference from February 15-18, 2017 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.

Click here to register online. (https://www.regonline.com/registration/checkin.aspx?EventId=1903991&MethodId=0&EventSessionId=&startnewreg=1)

Book your hotel here. (https://aws.passkey.com/event/16343155/owner/559/home)

Click here for winter conference details, including NASS meeting agenda, hotel information, exhibitor info and more.

Registration & Hotel: Deadline for the NASS Early Conference rate is January 24, 2017.

Emily

2017 NASS/ACR Winter Conference
February 15-18, 2017
Washington, DC

Conference Registration
Not open yet

Book the Conference Hotel
Conference hotel rate not determined
Conference Hotel will be the JW Marriott

Meeting Agenda
To be posted

Speaker Biographies
To come

2016 Conference Agenda

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Amended 7/28/2016

2016 Conference Meeting Agenda in pdf

Wednesday, July 13

Travel Day
airplane
Dinner
Dinner		 6:30 p.m.
acr ~ Those arriving on July 13 meet in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. for ACR group dinner!


Thursday, July 14

Conference Registration
44151a44ea3e55c7a6812edd4822585b Noon – 5:00 p.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby
Breakfast
Breakfast ~ On your own
Lunch
Dinner ~ On your own

SESSIONS START PROMPTLY AT 1:00 p.m.

acr1:00 – 1:45 p.m. ~ ACR Officers and Executive Committee Meeting ~ Room 203


acr2:00 – 2:15 p.m. ~ ACR Welcoming Statement by Kerry Radcliff, ACR President ~ Introduction of Officers and Executive Committee ~ Room 203

Break
break		 2:15 – 2:30 p.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby

acr2:30 – 4:30 p.m. ~ 2016 Edition of Who’s Who and What’s New ~ Room 203

EVENING EVENT
Welcome Reception
 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee State Capitol, 600 Charlotte Avenue (between 6th and 7th Avenues). Meet in the lobby of the Renaissance – .4 mile walk) 
42dc29980821682e138569e007a61e4cConference badge required

Friday, July 15

Conference Registration
44151a44ea3e55c7a6812edd4822585b Noon – 5:00 p.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby
Breakfast
Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. ~ Room 205

SESSIONS BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 9:00 a.m.
acr9:00 – 9:45 a.m. ~ Who’s Who and What’s New (continued) or a roundtable discussion of the use of plain-language in rule drafting ~ Room 203

BREAK
break		 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby

acr10:00 – 11:00 a.m. ~ First ACR Business Meeting ~ Room 203

2016 Summer 1st Business Meeting Agenda

MINUTES


acr11: 00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ~ Regional representatives roundtable discussion ~ Room 203

LUNCH
Dinner		 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. ~ NASS/ACR Lunch featuring The Honorable Bob Corker, U.S. Senator, R-TN ~ Room 205

acr1:30 – 2:30 p.m. ~ Regional representatives roundtable discussion ~ Room 203

acr2:30 – 3:45 p.m. ~ History of ACR ~ presented by Ken Hansen, Utah and Dan Procter, Texas ~ Room 203

BREAK
break		 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby

acr4:00 – 4:30 p.m. ~ History of ACR (continued) ~ presented by Ken Hansen, Utah and Dan Procter, Texas ~ Room 203

EVENING EVENTS
DINNER
Dinner  ~ Dinner provided by our friends at Thomson Reuters. The Flying Saucer. RSVP RSVP Denise at denise.kipfstuhl@thomsonreuters.com.
RECEPTION 
7:30 – 9:00 p.m. ~ At the Ryman Auditorium, 116 5th Ave. North, Nashville
ff163d2a2635e41c4500690401523d43Desserts and drinks will be served
42dc29980821682e138569e007a61e4cConference badge required

Saturday, July 16

Conference Registration
44151a44ea3e55c7a6812edd4822585b Noon – 5:00 p.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby
Breakfast
Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. ~ Room 205

acr

9:00 – 10:15 a.m. ~ Tennessee’s electronic filing of rules ~ presented by Cody York, TN ~ Room 203

BREAK
break		 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby

acr10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ~ Colborn Award Presentation and Demonstration, presented by Deanna Maiolo and Yvette Smallwood, Awards Committee Co-Chairs ~ Room 203

LUNCH
Dinner
 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.  ~ NASS/ACR Lunch, featuring NASS IDEAS Awards Presentation with remarks by Jack Soden, President and CEO of Elvis Presley Enterprises ~ Room 205

acr2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
~ 2nd ACR Business Meeting –  Room 203

2016 Summer 2nd Business Meeting Agenda

MINUTES

BREAK
break		 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby

acr3:00 – 4:15 p.m.
~ What happens to all those listserv questions, presented by Amanda Reeder, NC ~ Room 203

EVENING EVENT
DINNER
Dinner		 6:00 – 9:30 p.m.  ~ BBQ & Music at the Home of Old Hickory – The Hermitage
42dc29980821682e138569e007a61e4c Conference badge required
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Sunday, July 17

BREAKFASTBreakfast

 

  8:00 – 9:00 a.m. ~ NASS/ACR Breakfast ~ Room 205

acr9:00 – 10:30 a.m. ~ Rulemaking Guam style, presented by Geraldine A. Cepeda, Guam) ~ Room 203

BREAKbreak 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. ~ 2nd Floor Lobby 

acr10:45 – 11:45 a.m. ~ IT innovations for rulemaking, presented by Bruce Hoesly, WI ~ Room 203


acr11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ~ Closing Comments – Kerry Radcliff, ACR President ~ Room 203

LUNCH
Dinner
 12:15 – 1:45 p.m.
  ~ NASS Leadership Luncheon featuring Induction of National Officers & 2016 – 2017 President Denise Merrill, Connecticut Secretary of State ~ Room 205

Program Committee: Chair, Abby Hammond (NC), Robert Sumners (TX), and Linda Trujillo (NM)

ACR 2016 speaker biographies

2016 Winter Meeting Mobile Friendly

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[Agenda pdf 02/09/2016]
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODES AND REGISTERS SECTION
2016 WINTER MEETING AGENDA
JW Marriott, Washington, DC
February 10–13, 2016

Please note that this agenda is tentative and that all session times and topics are subject to change.

Wednesday, February 10
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration – Grand Foyer
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
ACR Officers and Regional Representatives Meeting – Kerry Radcliff, ACR President (Location to be announced)
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Reception (Hosted by Microsoft, 901 K Street NW, 11th Fl., Washington, DC)

Thursday, February 11 (ACR meets in the Treasury Room)
9:00 am – 9:15 am
ACR Welcome and Introduction of Officers – Kerry Radcliff, ACR President
9:15 am –10:45 am
Who’s Who and What’s New: Introductions, news, and updates from the states
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Morning break – Grand Foyer
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meet the New Director of the Federal Register – Oliver Potts, Director, Federal Register
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
NASS Conference Luncheon – Salon IV
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Digitizing the Federal Register (1936-1994 Digitization Project) – Mary Alice Baish, Superintendent of Documents, and Heidi Ramos, Planning & Development Specialist, Library Services & Content Management, Government Printing Office
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Afternoon break – Grand Foyer
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
North Carolina Rules Review project – Molly Masich, Codifier of Rules, and Abigail M. Hammond, Counsel to the Rules Review Committee, North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings
5:15 pm – 6:30 pm
Welcome Reception – Grand Foyer
2016 ACR Winter Meeting Agenda (Revised 1/8/2016) Page 2

Friday, February 12 (ACR meets in the Treasury Room)
8:15 am – 9:15 am
Breakfast – Salon IV
8:30  am – 11:00 am (tour begins at 9:30 am)
Field Trip: Visit to the Government Publishing Office (732 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 20401) – Leave the hotel at 8:30 am to take the Metro to Union Station; walk to GPO, arrive by 9:15 am
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
NASS Award Luncheon – Salon IV
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Administrative Conference of the United States: Studies on “Guidance” in the Rulemaking Process, Rulemaking Petitions, and Informal Rulemaking Record – Reeve Bull, Research Chief, Administrative Conference of the United States
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Afternoon break – Grand Foyer
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Encouraging Rule Information Sharing between Federal Agencies – Wendy L. Liberante, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
ACR Update/Status Report – Kerry Radcliff, ACR President

Saturday, February 13 (ACR meets in the Treasury Room)
9:00 am – 9:45 am
ACR Planning and Committee Morning: 2016 State and Federal Survey Project Planning Session – Emily Caudill, ACR Vice President
9:45 am – 10:30 am
ACR Planning and Committee Morning: 2016 Summer Conference Program Planning Session – Abigail M. Hammond, 2016 Summer Conference Program Chair
10:30 am – 11:45 am
ACR Planning and Committee Morning: Breakout Meetings of the Awards Committee, Nominations Committee, Archives Committee, and Website/Social Media Committee
11:45 am – 12:00 pm
Closing Comments – Kerry Radcliff, ACR President

 

ACR President: Kerry Radcliff (WA)
ACR Vice President: Emily Caudill (KY)
ACR Secretary-Treasurer: Chris Coffman (OK)

Executive Committee: Julie Yamaka (OR), Bruce Hoesly (WI), Linda Trujillo (NM), Yvette Smallwood (DE), Nancy Reddy (KS), Scott Eaton (NH), Robert Sumners (TX), Molly Masich (NC)

2016 Winter Program Committee: Julie Yamaka (OR), Chair; John Hyrum Martinez (Federal Register); Jane Chaffin (VA)

2016 Summer Program Committee: Abigail M. Hammond (NC), Chair; Robert Sumners (TX); Linda Trujillo (NM)

2016 Awards Committee: Dawn Connet (IO), Chair; Yvette Smallwood (DE); Deanna Maiolo (CO)
2016 Nominations Committee: Bruce Hoesly (WI), Chair; Scott Cancelosi (AZ); Jane Chaffin (VA)
2016 Website/Social Media Committee: Julie Yamaka (OR), Amanda Lopez (NM), Kristin Karr (CT)
2016 Archives Committee: Chris Coffman (OK), John Hyrum Martinez (Federal Register)
2016 Survey Committee: Emily Caudill (KY), Chair; Executive Committee members
ACR Webmaster: Scott Cancelosi (AZ)

 

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Conference Registration
Click here to register online!

Book the Conference Hotel
Book your hotel here!

Meeting Agenda
Mobile Friendly Agenda

Speaker Biographies
Click here for a pdf of the speaker bios!!

Meal Information
Date: Breakfast Lunch Dinner Comments
02/10/16 Not provided Not provided Not provided Travel Day
02/11/16 Not provided Provided Not provided Lunch provided by NASS
02/12/16 Provided Provided Not provided Breakfast and lunch provided by NASS
02/13/16 Not provided Not provided
Conference ends around noon

ACR President: Kerry Radcliff (WA)
ACR Vice President: Emily Caudill (KY)
ACR Secretary-Treasurer: Chris Coffman (OK)

Executive Committee: Julie Yamaka (OR), Bruce Hoesly (WI), Linda Trujillo (NM), Yvette Smallwood (DE), Nancy Reddy (KS), Scott Eaton (NH), Robert Sumners (TX), Molly Masich (NC)

2016 Winter Program Committee: Julie Yamaka (OR), Chair; John Hyrum Martinez (Federal Register); Jane Chaffin (VA)
2016 Summer Program Committee: Abigail M. Hammond (NC), Chair; Robert Sumners (TX); Linda Trujillo (NM)
2016 Awards Committee: Dawn Connet (IO), Chair; Yvette Smallwood (DE); Deanna Maiolo (CO)
2016 Nominations Committee: Bruce Hoesly (WI), Chair; Scott Cancelosi (AZ); Jane Chaffin (VA)
2016 Website/Social Media Committee: Julie Yamaka (OR), Amanda Lopez (NM), Kristin Karr (CT)
2016 Archives Committee: Chris Coffman (OK), John Hyrum Martinez (Federal Register)
2016 Survey Committee: Emily Caudill (KY), Chair; Executive Committee members
ACR Webmaster: Scott Cancelosi (AZ)

NASS Administrative Rules Organization Honors Iowa Office of the Chief Information Officer with 2015 Colborn Award

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Public Comment Website for Administrative Rules Earns Iowa CIO the 2015 Robert J. Colborn, Jr. Award

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For Immediate Release
July 21, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Administrative Codes and Registers (ACR), a section of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), has selected Iowa’s Office of the Chief Information Officer as recipient of the 2015 Robert J. Colborn, Jr. Innovation Award. It is the first time that Iowa has received the national honor.

The Iowa CIO’s office received this year’s Colborn Award for its Iowa Public Comment Website for Administrative Rules (https://rules.iowa.gov/), which enables citizens to be more informed and engaged in the state’s administrative rule making process while streamlining the method for commenting on proposed rules.

“Since taking office, our administration has made government transparency a priority,” said Iowa Governor Terry Branstad.

“The new administrative rules website developed by Iowa’s Office of the Chief Information Officer allows citizens to read, review and comment on rules from any place there is an internet connection. With the emergence of technology in our daily lives, government, too, can adapt to better serve the taxpayers.”

Iowa’s Public Comment Website for Administrative Rules is based on a collaboration between legislative and executive branch leaders, using key design criteria and creativity to make the site simple to use and mobile-friendly.

“This is our mission – to provide quick access and efficient services, and we are proud and quite fortunate that we have the staff to be able to deliver these innovative, responsive and meaningful solutions” said Bob von Wolffradt, Chief Information Officer for the State of Iowa.

Presented during the ACR’s annual conference, held July 9 through 12 in Portland, Maine, the Colborn Award annually recognizes a state program that demonstrates creativity and innovation in providing public access to, or management of, administrative rules. The award also highlights improved efficiency and delivery of services to citizens, businesses and other governmental entities.

The award’s namesake, Robert J. Colborn, Jr., founded ACR and served as the administrator of the Maryland Division of State Documents from 1974 through 2001.
2015 ACR Robert J. Colborn Jr. Committee

  • Deanna Maiolo, Chair – Manager, Colorado Administrative Rules Program
  • Jane Chaffin – Emeritus ACR President, Registrar of Regulations, Virginia Division of Legislative Services
  • Molly Masich – Codifier of Rules, North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings

Past Colborn Award Recipients
2014 – Colorado Administrative Rules Program
2013 – Utah Division of Administrative Rules
2012 – Award not issued
2011 – Florida Division of Library and Information Services
2010 – New Mexico State Records Center and Archives Administrative Law Division
2009 – Virginia Division of Legislative Services
2008 – Arkansas Secretary of State
2007 – Colorado Secretary of State
2006 – Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
2004 – Office of the Federal Register
2003 – Missouri Secretary of State, Administrative Rules Division
2002 – Virginia Department of Planning and Budget
For more information, visit www.administrativerules.org.

About NASS
Founded in 1904, NASS is the oldest, nonpartisan professional organization of public officials in the U.S. Members include the 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa and Puerto Rico. NASS serves as a medium for the exchange of information between states and fosters cooperation in the development of public policy. The association has key initiatives in the areas of elections and voting, state business services, digital archiving, international relations and state securities regulation, as well as several well-established awards programs.

The organization also offers two issues-based membership sections for state government professionals:

For media questions, contact:
Kay Stimson
NASS Director of Communications
202-624-3528 (o) | 703-869-5868 (c)
nass@sso.org

Visit www.nass.org.  Follow us on Twitter: @NASSorg.  Get Facebook updates at: www.facebook.com/pages/National-Association-of-Secretaries-of-State-NASS/17949954131. Nonpartisan voting info at www.CanIVote.org

Need to reach NASS?  Call our main line at 202-624-3525.

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Links to presentations added 10/21/2015

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Wednesday, July 8

TRAVEL DAY

Those arriving on July 8 meet in the lobby at 6:30 p.m. for ACR group dinner!

Thursday, July 9

Noon – 5 p.m. ~ Conference Registration (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)

  • 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. ~ ACR Officers and Executive Committee Meeting ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. ~ ACR Welcoming Statement by Kerry Radcliff, ACR President ~ Introduction of Officers and Executive Committee ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 1:15 – 2:45 p.m. ~ 2015 Edition of Who’s Who and What’s New ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. ~ Afternoon Break (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)

AFTERNOON EVENT ~ Tour of Maine Historical Society Featuring Magna Carta Exhibit ~ 3:30 –

5:00 p.m.

EVENING EVENT ~ Welcome Reception, Portland Museum of Art (conference badge required) ~ 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Friday, July 10

7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ~ Conference Registration (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. ~ NASS/ACR Breakfast, Casco Bay Hall

  • 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. ~ Who’s Who and What’s New (continued) or a roundtable discussion ~ Does your state mandate a uniform numbering scheme or formatting of rules, and if so is it by statute or policy? ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. ~ Morning Break (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)
  • 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. ~ First ACR Business Meeting, Kerry Radcliff, ACR President Proposed Bylaw Amendments for Discussion lead by the Bylaws Committee Member Abigail Hammond and the 1st reading of Liz Cloud’s Retirement Resolution by Deanna Maiolo, Awards Committee Chair ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ~ Rulemaking Northeastern Style ~ Don Wismer from Maine (Maine ACR Presentation) and Michael Morrell from New Hampshire (New Hampshire Presentation) will discuss their state’s rulemaking ~ Oxford/Somerset Room

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ~ NASS/ACR Lunch featuring Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell and his new memoir, The Negotiator, Casco Bay Hall

  • 1:45 – 2:45 p.m. ~ Vendors – Who Are We and What Do We Do? ~ Denise Kipfstuhl and Daniel Eckert from Thomson Reuters (Thomson Reuters Presentation); Karen Schneider from Bloomberg BNA Inc. (BNA Presentation); and Crystal Bryant and Kathy Hough from Wolters Kluwer (Wolters Kluwer Presentation) ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. ~ Afternoon Break (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)
  • 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ~ Update from Connecticut on How They Are Modernizing Rules Review ~ Christopher Drake and Kristin Karr ~ Oxford/Somerset Room

Afternoon Event
Dinner on your own or meet for “pre-game” cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m. at the Port of Call Lounge.

Evening Event
7:00 – 10:00 p.m. ~ Portland Sea Dogs Baseball Game

Saturday, July 11

7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ~ Conference Registration (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)

  • 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. ~ NASS/ACR Breakfast, Casco Bay Hall
  • 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. ~ OFR Tech – Presentation describing the technologies used at the Office of the Federal Register (OFR Presentation) ~ John Hyrum Martinez ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. ~ Morning Break (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)
  • 10:45 a.m. – Noon ~ Colborn Award Presentation and Demonstration, presented by Deanna Maiolo,  Awards Committee Chair ~ Oxford/Somerset Room, Colborn Award presented to Iowa for its public comment website for administrative rules. Learn more.

12:15 – 1:45 p.m. ~ NASS/ACR Lunch, featuring NASS IDEAS Awards Presentation with remarks by Retired U.S. Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, Travis Mills Foundation, Casco Bay Hall

  • 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. ~ 2nd Business Meeting ~ Voting on Proposed Bylaw Amendments; Committee Updates from the Archives Committee (Chair Chris Coffman, ACR Secretary/Treasurer); Social Media Committee (Chair Ken Hansen); and the Website Committee (Chair Emily Caudill, ACR Vice President); Final reading of Liz Cloud’s Retirement Resolution and presentation of Certificates of Appreciation (by Deanna Maiolo, Awards Committee Chair and ACR President Kerry Radcliff) ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 3:30 – 3:45 p.m. ~ Afternoon Break (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)
  • 3:45 – 4:15 p.m. ~ Roundtable discussion ~ Where Do We Go From Here? ~ Sign up for next year’s committees, etc. ~ Oxford/Somerset Room

EVENING EVENT
5–9:30 p.m. ~ LOBSTER BAKE ~ Lobster Bake at Peak’s Island

Sunday, July 12

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. ~ NASS/ACR Breakfast, Casco Bay Hall

  • 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. ~ UELMA: It doesn’t apply to me, but I am still compliant – Discussion of the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act including its requirement for authentication, preservation, and access. ~ John Hyrum Martinez ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 10:00 – 10:15 a.m. ~ Morning Break (Foyer ~ Lobby Level)
  • 10:15 – 11:45 a.m. ~ Engaging Citizens through Social Media – Introduction to social media engagement including developing a strategy, legal implications, handling negativity and resources for social media govies ~ Dawn Connet~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 11:45 a.m. – Noon ~ Closing Comments – Kerry Radcliff, ACR President ~ Oxford/Somerset Room
  • 12:15 – 1:45 p.m. ~ NASS Leadership Luncheon featuring Induction of National Officers & 2015 – 2016 President Tom Schedler, Louisiana Secretary of State ~ Casco Bay Hall

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ACR Summer Conference – July 9-12, 2015 – Portland, Maine

The conference information is now archived. Visit the Agenda page for copies of the presentations.

Agenda Mobile Friendly ~ Click here.

Message from the President

Our summer conference will be in Portland, Maine from July 9 at 1 p.m. through July 12 at noon. We will be staying at the Holiday In at the Bay.

The NASS room rates are $199. Rooms will go fast, so make early reservations. To make reservations, call 1-800-345-5050 and identify yourself as part of the National Association of Secretaries of State Summer Conference to receive the group rate. Hope to see you there!

Kerry Radcliff ACR President
Posted April 9, 2015

Conference Chair Message

Hi ACR members,

Greetings from the 2015 Summer Conference Program Committee!

Have you made your reservations to attend this year’s conference in Portland, Maine, from July 9th through the 12th?

Early registration ends on Tuesday, June 9, so please get your registration in.

The Program Committee has been busy putting together an interesting agenda for you.  Some highlights:

  • Are you wondering how Connecticut’s Regs Modernization project has progressed since we heard about it last year?  We’ll get an update.
  •  The publishers in attendance will tell us what they do with our register and administrative codes.
  • John Martinez will give us federal updates.

And more!

If you have any suggestions or want to present something to the group, please let us know.

We look forward to seeing everyone in Portland next month.

Denise Kipfstuhl  – Program Chair
Kerry Radcliff
Robert Sumners

Conference Registration

Registration Types:

  • ACR members
  • NASS/ACR Corporate Affiliate/Platinum, Gold, Silver
  • NASS/ACR Corporate Conference Sponsor
  • NASS/ACR Corporate non-members

Please Note: Attendees representing a company that are NOT a NASS corporate affiliate or conference sponsor should register as “corporate non-members” or contact Stacy Dodd at (202) 624-3525  about becoming a NASS Corporate Affiliate.

If you sign up as a corporate affiliate or corporate non-member, please contact an ACR officer as your name does not appear on the ACR registration list.

  • NASS Website ~ Summer Conference Information – Registration is now open! CLICK HERE

Room Registration

Reserve your room now! Book early.

Summer Conference – National Association of Secretaries of State

Holiday Inn by the Bay
88 Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 775-2311

The NASS/ACR group rate at the Holiday Inn by the Bay is $199 per night for a double room, $209 per night for a king room (based on availability) and $214 per night for an executive room (based on availability) plus 8% room tax. Please book early to ensure you secure a room.

You must make reservations by June 8, 2015, to receive the discount rate.  To make reservations, call 1-800-345-5050 and identify yourself as part of the National Association of Secretaries of State Summer Conference to receive the group rate. This discount rate is available for the meeting dates based on hotel occupancy levels.

Room reservations must be cancelled by 6 p.m. on the scheduled arrival date to avoid late charges.

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2015 ACR Committee Appointments

2015 ACR Program Committee
This committee is charged with putting together the summer conference agenda and contacting presenters. The chair introduces speakers at sessions and procures sponsors for ACR breaks and events not on the NASS schedule.

  • Chair: Denise Kipfstuhl
  • Member: Robert Summers
  • Member: Kerry Radcliff

2015 Archives Committee

  • Chair: Chris Coffman
  • John Hyrum Martinez
  • Ken Hansen

2015 Colborn/Awards Committee
This committee reviews Colborn Award submissions; prepares retirement proclamations and certificates of appreciation.

  • Chair: Deanna Maiolo
  • Member: Jane Chaffin
  • Member: Molly Maisch

2015 Website Committee
This committee maintains the ACR website with updated posts.

  • Chair: Emily Caudill
  • Member: Ken Hansen
  • Member: Scott Cancelosi

2015 Social Media Committee

  • Ken Hansen
  • Linda Trujillo
  • Bruce Hosley

2015 By-Laws Review

  • Chair: Yvette Smallwood
  • Linda Trujillo
  • Abigail Hammond

Background: ACR Emeritus President Scott Cancelosi emailed proposed amendments to the bylaws to the ACR Listserv on June 5, 2014, and emailed revised proposed amendments on June 23, 2014. The amendments were discussed at the annual conference first business meeting on July 14, 2014, and due to significant discussion were tabled at the second 2014 business meeting.

The 2015 Committee have proposed the following amendments based on feedback in 2014 and 2015 – See the proposed amendments here.

2015 Survey Committee 

  • Chair: Standing Appointment ~ ACR VP Emily Caudill
  • Executive Committee Members

 

 

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2015 ACR Conference Corporate Attendees
Thanks for attending our ACR Sessions!
Thomson Reuters ~ Denise Kipfstuhl and Daniel Eckert
Bloomberg BNA Inc. ~ Karen Schneider
Wolters Kluwer ~ Crystal Bryant and Kathy Hough

ATTENDANCE ~ See Business Meeting minutes