PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Dear MCANJ Member:
What a hectic year it has been, so far!
Since the end of 2011, and into 2012, MCANJ Executive Board Members have been communicating and meeting with State Senators and Assembly people, and with representatives of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, concerning important bills in the Legislature.
We have met with Senator Donald Norcross concerning his “Common Sense Shared Services Act”, which will affect tenure for Municipal Clerks; and Senator Loretta Weinberg concerning her proposed changes to the “Open Public Records Act” and the “Open Public Meetings Act”. We have met with other Legislators, and will continue to do so, to ensure that any legislation is an enhancement, rather than a detriment, to the law, and to the Municipal Clerk’s profession, and to the public interest.
Our 2012 Annual Education Conference will be held March 27 – 30th at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. I encourage everyone to register, and attend, and earn Continuing Education Units, network with your peers and State Officials, get legislative updates, and take information back, to improve your town and office. CEUs have been applied to the Department of Community Affairs in every discipline, and click on the “What’s New” section in the right hand corner of the MCANJ Website, for additional Conference Information.
The theme for the 2012 MCANJ Education Conference is “New Jersey Municipal Clerks --- Leading the World in Education”! We have chosen this theme to foreshadow the May 2013 IIMC Conference, which will also be held at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City; while also promoting the high importance that New Jersey Municipal Clerks place on professionalism and continuing education.
During the 2012 MCANJ Education Conference, the Municipal Clerks’ Association of New Jersey will be celebrating our 85th Anniversary. We will take a moment to celebrate at the Conference Banquet with birthday cake and in other ways, and we will invite Past MCANJ Presidents to attend. You will not want to miss what is going to be a worthwhile Conference!
The registration for the 2012 Education Conference has been extended to March 4th, so send in your forms to 2nd Vice President John Mitch, as soon as possible, even if the purchase order is to follow.
Due to the necessity to attend to the aforementioned pending legislation, the experimental teleconference MCANJ Advisory Board Meeting was not held this past January. We will probably attempt to hold this unique teleconference Advisory Board Meeting in June. In the meantime, the next Advisory Board Meeting will be held on March 30th at the MCANJ Education Conference.
I look forward to seeing you at the Conference, and if I can be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to call me at 973-340-2001, or email me at garfieldclerk@optonline.net.
Drew Pavlica
2012 MCANJ President