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AGENDA
ADMINISTRATIVE  CODES AND REGISTERS SECTION
First Business Meeting
Agenda
Minutes

Second Business Meeting
Agenda
Minutes

AGENDA
2015_Conference_Meeting_Agenda (pdf)

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
  • Agenda ~ Proposed Bylaw Amendments For Discussion | Comments Received in 2014
  • Business Meeting Minutes – First Business Meeting Minutes 2015 Summer Conference
• 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
  • Agenda | Proposed Bylaw Amendments
  • Business Meeting Minutes – secondmeetingminutes15.pdf
• 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
  • Presentation Materials
    • Draft Iowa Plain Language Comment Policy
    • Engaging Citizens Through Social Media
    • Social Media Strategy template
    • SAMPLE Iowa DOT Comment Policy
• 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