Summer WTA Seminars

Invitation and agenda for Saturday Summer WTA Seminars
Featuring Open Meetings, Open Records and Ethics
from
Thomas W. Harnisch, WTA Education Director

This is an invitation to all Town and Village officials from the WTA and WTA Education Director Thomas W. Harnisch, to attend at one (1) of eight (8) Saturday Seminars at eight (8) locations in June, July and August for an exciting, unique and educational WTA Seminar. The WTA has arranged to have these eight (8) sessions on Saturdays at excellent locations throughout the State. These Saturday sessions were arranged for any Town or small Village Officials who can not attend sessions during the week. These sessions were arranged also for Town or Village Officials to attend and then, hopefully, learn the three (3) “basics” of Town and Village governance – Open Meetings, Open Records, and Ethics. No Town or Village Official can properly meet his or her fiduciary duty to his or her Town or Village without a clear and full understanding of these three (3) “basic” areas for Town or Village governance.

The WTA would especially urge each Town or Village Board to have attend these sessions those Town or Village Supervisors, Clerks and Treasurers who may not regularly attend Municipal educational sessions.

The locations selected for these eight (8) meetings should all be pleasant summer locations. A Town or Village Officer can select to attend these sessions at any one of these eight (8) locations.

MORNING SESSION

WTA Attorney Carol Nawrocki, WTA Attorney Lee Turonie, or WTA Executive Director Rick Stadelman will provide presentations on The Open Meeting Laws and Open Record Laws in Wisconsin.

AFTERNOON SESSION

WTA Education Director, Thomas W. Harnisch, will speak on Ethics and Criminal Liability for Town and Village Officials.

LOCATIONS

The agenda for all sessions will be the same at the following eight (8) days and (8) locations:

Saturday, June 7, Spring Green (House on the Rock Resort)

Saturday, June 21, Green Bay (Rock Garden Banquet & Conference Center)

Saturday, June 28, Amery (The Amery Golf Course)

Saturday, July 12, Stevens Point (New Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center)

Saturday, July 19, Eau Claire (Sleep Inn & Conference Center)

Saturday, August 2, Cable (Lakewoods Resort & Lodge)

Saturday, August 9, Minocqua (AmericInn of Minocqua)

Saturday, August 23, Elkhorn (Moose Creek Bar & Grille)

AGENDA

8:00 a.m. –8:45 a.m. Registration

8:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Open Meeting/Open Records – Attorney Carol Nawrocki/Attorney Lee Turonie or WTA Executive Director Rick Stadelman

10:30 a.m. –10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:45 p.m. Open Meeting/Open Records (Continued) – Carol/Lee or Rick

11:45 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Ethics and Criminal Liability – WTA Education Director Thomas W. Harnisch

2:15 p.m. Adjourn

This workshop is intended to address both the basics of the three topics and some of the most current issues. There will be plenty of time for those attending to ask questions and learn from what other town and village officials are facing.

Link to Registration Form