New York Metropolitan Chapter ASPA NEWS

The American Society for Public Administration, ASPA, is a national professional organization dedicated to better government and excellence in the public service.

Chapter News

NY Metro Chapter ASPA Program Event on Transportation at the Transit Museum

[Tentative] Date: March 25, 2009

Please look on the Chapter Web Site at www.nymetroaspa.org for updated information.

National ASPA News

ASPA Announces 2009-2010 National Council Election Results

The 2009-2010 National Council Election was held November 5, 2008-January 5, 2009. This year marked the first time ASPA conducted its election electronically which proved to be successful. ASPA would like to thank all of the candidates for their commitment to the society. ASPA is pleased to announce the results for the 2009-2010 National Council Election. Congratulations to the winners:

Vice President: Erik Bergrud, Park University

District 1: George Dougherty, University of Pittsburgh, GSPIA

District 2: Jennifer Alexander, CSU College of Urban Affairs

District 3: Kendra Stewart, College of Charleston

District 4: Dwight Vick, West Texas A&M University

District 5: Catherine Horiuchi, University of San Francisco

Bylaw Changes Voting Results

The Publications Committee bylaw change was accepted by the ASPA membership.

The Nomination and Elections Committee bylaw change was accepted by the ASPA membership.

These bylaw changes will take effective immediately.

Bio for Incoming National ASPA Vice-President Erik Bergrud

Erik Bergrud, director of the International Center for Civic Engagement and special assistant to the president for University projects on civic engagement at Park University, has been elected national vice president of the American Society for Public Administration. Bergrud will be formally installed in March and will ascend to the association’s presidency in spring 2011.

From 1992-2005, he served in a variety of ASPA roles, including chapter president, National Council member and, for seven years, as an employee in the national office.

After having left the ASPA staff to return to an administrative position at Park University, he has remained engaged in the Society, having co-chaired a Chapter/MPA Task Force and serving currently as SCPM vice chair and as a member of Strategic Imperative Group #4.

Bergrud has been actively involved in several other national and international public administration associations, including the International Public Management Network and the United Nations Public Administration Network. He is an associate member of the National Academy of Public Administration's Standing Panel on Social Equity in Governance. In 2008, he co-edited his first book, Civic Engagement in a Network Society.

Bergrud, who earned a master of public affairs degree from Park in 1994, has received several public administration honors, including the Stanley Fisher Award, presented to the outstanding M.P.A. student in the Kansas City area, and the Conference of Minority Public Administrators' Presidential Leadership Award.

Bergrud serves currently on the boards of directors of the Hispanic Economic Development Corporation and the International Relations Council. In addition, he is scheduled to graduate in June from the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's Centurions Leadership Program.

During the election, Bergrud set forward a vision of ASPA as a dynamic organization in which members are learners as well as teachers, in which programs and publications inspire all to the ideals of democratic processes, and in which ASPA members aspire to servant-leadership.

Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Bridging Opportunity and Challenge

Join ASPA in celebrating 70 years of service at its 2009 Annual Conference, March 20-24, 2009 in Miami, Florida. ASPA and the Hyatt Regency Miami will host over 1,100 federal, state and local government officials and employees, scholars, practitioners, new professionals and students. These individuals will come together for training, networking, exchanging ideas and learning about best practices in the field.

The conference theme - Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Bridging Opportunity and Challenge - will explore and develop innovative practices for public administration to address the growing diversity of communities around the country. It emphasizes the importance of context and culture on the sustainability of innovations, and ASPA's role in supporting public administration globally from a U.S. perspective.

Visit the conference website to register and to find out more information about the conference and all it has to offer. The site will be updated as more information is confirmed regarding sessions, workshops, meetings and other conference events.

Conference Lodging & Travel Information

LODGING

The 2009 ASPA Annual Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Miami. A limited number of sleeping rooms are available at a discounted group rate of $149.00 plus applicable taxes. Triple and quad rates are slightly higher. These discounted rates are available three days prior to the conference and three days post conference.

The hotel also has a limited number of rooms available at the prevailing government rate at the time of check-in. Appropriate government identification may be requested at check-in. Conference rates are available three days prior to the conference date and three days post conference.

Reservations must be made by March 1, 2009 to qualify for the group rates. You must identify yourself as being with ASPA or the American Society for Public Administration in order to receive the discount. Reservations made after March 1, 2009, will receive the discount on an availability basis only.

TRAVEL

Discounted air travel has been arranged with American Airlines and its partner airlines. Reservations may be made online or by phone. Phone reservations will incur an additional fee. The phone number is 800-433-1790. To register online, click here. The authorization code is A9739AC. Discounted fares are available from March 17–27, 2009. Book your flights early to get the best available rates. Certain restrictions may apply.

RENTAL CARS

Discounted car rentals for conference attendees are available through Avis. Visit Avis and enter the Avis Worldwide Discount number J946659, or call Avis directly at 1-800-331-1600 to obtain the best possible car rental rates.

Honorary Conference Chair

Donna Shalala, this year’s honorary chair, has been President of the University of Miami since 2001. Dr. Shalala has long been a friend and supporter of ASPA. She is ASPA’s first Senior Executive Counselor. In this role, she advises ASPA’s leadership and plays an active part in ASPA’s initiative to involve students in public administration.

A leading scholar on political economy of state and local governments, she has held professorships at several universities and in 1993 she was U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). In June 2008, President Bush presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, acknowledging her numerous contributions to national security, world peace, and cultural endeavors.

2009 Public Service Career Expo

Thursday, March 5, 2009

2:15 pm - 3 pm: Employer Registration & Setup

3 pm - 6 pm: Career Expo

Metropolitan Pavilion South

125 West 18th Street

New York, New York

Fees:

$50 Early Bird (Deadline 1/31/09) / $50 Consortium Alumni Employer

$75 Standard

Registration Deadline:

Friday, February 20, 2009

For additional information, please contact NYU Wagner's Office of Career Services at 212-998-7474 or wagner.ocss@nyu.edu.

To register your organization for the 2009 Public Service Career Expo on March 5^th, please visit: http://wagner.nyu.edu/careers/employers/

You are invited to participate in the 2009 Public Service Career Expo hosted by New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and seven other nationally prominent public policy institutions. As you may know, NYU Wagner’s annual Public Service Career Expo brings together representatives of public service organizations and agencies for informal meetings with hundreds of master's degree candidates and alumni. By participating in this exciting event, employers increase their visibility with peer organizations while making initial contacts with interested and qualified individuals from across the U.S.

This year, graduate students and alumni attendants of the Expo will be from an impressive array of university programs that focus on the public sector, including:

· NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

· Carnegie Mellon's Heinz School of Public Policy & Management

· Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy

· The George Washington University, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration

· Georgetown University's Georgetown Public Policy Institute

· Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs

· University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

· University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

(Please note that your organization does not need to be actively recruiting for open positions at the time of the Career Expo.)

New York Historical Society Exhibitions

The New-York Historical Society is located at 170 Central Park West between 76th Street and 77th Street. It is open to the general public Tuesday through Sunday and on selected holiday Mondays. It is also open on Mondays during special exhibitions for school and adult groups. N-YHS facilities, galleries and auditorium are wheelchair accessible; a wheelchair accessible entrance is located at 2 West 77th Street. The N-YHS provides guided tours of the galleries several times a day and special tours for small and large groups may be arranged. The Society web site is www.nyhistory.org.

GRANT AND LEE IN WAR AND PEACE

Casting a dramatic new light on the events that defined a nation, from the conflicts and rivalries of a fast-growing young republic to the fitful efforts at reconstruction after a terrible Civil War, the New-York Historical Society will present the major exhibition Grant and Lee in War and Peace from October 17, 2008 through March 29, 2009.

Organized by the New-York Historical Society in collaboration with the Virginia Historical Society, the exhibition explores the most critical decades in American history through the lives of two towering men. By telling the stories of Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), commander of the Union armies and later 18th President of the United States, and of Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), commander of the Confederate forces, the exhibition brings to life not only these two compelling figures but the forces that have shaped America, in their time and our own.

TAKING THE OATH: THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

In honor of the forthcoming presidential inauguration on January 20, 2009, Taking the Oath will revisit the United States' momentous first presidential inauguration and exhibit significant artifacts from that day, including Washington's inaugural chair and the Federal Hall balustrade. On April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the country's first president in New York City, the nation's capital from 1785 to 1790. Standing on the balcony of New York's Federal Hall to overlooking crowds gathered on Wall Street, Chancellor Robert R. Livingston delivered the oath of office to Washington in a precedent-setting ceremony. The day began with cannon blasts and church bells tolling across the city, and at noon, Washington was ceremoniously conveyed to Federal Hall in a horse-drawn coach, escorted by militia, members of Congress, other eminent citizens, and a chorus of cheering crowds. Washington's inauguration was the only one celebrated in New York City, but the proceedings gave rise to many traditions that survive to this day, including the formal inaugural procession, a swearing-in ceremony held outdoors, and a celebratory ball.

A NEW PRESIDENT TAKES COMMAND: FDR’S FIRST HUNDRED DAYS

What can America expect of a new President's first months in office? How might the new administration gain support from the public? What social, economic and political forces might be in play as the President frames an agenda and puts it into action?

With questions such as these occupying people's minds as America looks ahead to January 2009, the New-York Historical Society offers a fascinating and compelling parallel to the past. Beginning December 13, the Historical Society will present the exhibition A New President Takes Command, exploring President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's history-making First Hundred Days in office.

"No President in the past century took office in such difficult circumstances as did Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and no President moved ahead more quickly and forcefully," said Dr. Louise Mirrer, President and CEO of the New-York Historical Society. "This new exhibition provides much-needed perspective on what we ourselves might see during the first months of President Obama's administration, and can help the public understand how we have succeeded as a nation, in spite of dispiriting times."

Presented by the Historical Society in collaboration with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, the exhibition is based on "Action and Action Now": FDR's First Hundred Days, currently on display there through the Fall of 2009. This is the first in a series of collaborative installations drawing upon the rich collections of the FDR Presidential Library and Museum at Hyde Park and the New-York Historical Society.

"We are delighted to be able to work with the N-Y Historical Society to use the President's own archive to help Americans today draw the judgments that shape contemporary civic life. That is exactly why FDR founded his presidential library in 1941," said Dr. Cynthia M. Koch, director of the FDR Presidential Library and Museum. "I hope this exhibit will encourage people to travel up the Hudson to see our exhibit in Hyde Park and learn more about the First Hundred Days and how Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's work affects our lives today."

A New President Takes Command marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt's first inauguration and the beginning of the New Deal. Designed to evoke the desperation of the Great Depression, followed by the hope and energy of a nation rebuilding, the exhibition displays rarely seen documents, photographs, artifacts, and newsreels drawn from the archives of the Roosevelt Library and Museum and from the New-York Historical Society collection.

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated in March 1933, nearly 13 million Americans—one in four workers—were jobless. In some cities, unemployment reached more than 80% of the work force. Nineteen million people depended upon meager relief payments to survive. Workers lucky enough to have jobs earned, on average, only two-thirds of what they had been making in 1929, at the start of the Depression. Many had lost their homes and their savings: four thousand banks collapsed in the first two months of 1933.

In his first speech to the nation as Chief Executive, FDR addressed this crisis by telling Americans "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He then launched into an opening one hundred days in office that marked a turning point for a troubled country.

The speed and scope of Roosevelt's actions were unprecedented. Many later Presidents have used the "First Hundred Days" as a measure for their own administrations. But none has matched FDR's agenda or its achievements. In less than four months, the Roosevelt administration stabilized the banks and the economy, saved homes and farms from foreclosure, and instituted a vast range of programs to address the dire needs of the people. Most important, the first Hundred Days restored hope and, in the process, preserved democratic government in the United States.

A New President Takes Command will remain on view at the New-York Historical Society through May 3, 2009.

Limits to Term Limits?

Bloomberg and the 2009 Mayoral Election

Baruch College Survey Research and the New York Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research host a discussion of polling and predictions about New York City and The Mayor's re-election Campaign.

Featuring:

Micheline Blum, Baruch Survey Research

Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute

Ester Fuchs, Professor Public Affairs

and Political Science, Columbia University

David Chen, City Hall Bureau Chief, The New York Times

Date & Time:

February 11, 2009, 6:00 - 8:30 pm

Location:

Baruch College

Newman Vertical Campus

55 Lexington Ave (at 24th St)

14th Floor, Room 14-220

RSVP and registration are required.

By phone at 646.660.6851

New Chapter Members

The Chapter welcomes our newest members: Susan Amsterdam, Arthurene Baugh, Donna Beulieu, Marco Castillo, Lakshmi Cheemalapati, Jean Diaz, Todd Ely, Maribeliz Ferrer, Sally Frank, Olivia M. Frazier, Paulette Gayle, Hellen Gold, LaToya Hall, Aaron Huertas, Tiffany Jefferson, Michelle Lopez, Marianne Luhrs Pollay, Rashann Melton, Daniel Nicholas, Adolphus Nwaghanata, Chanelle Pearson, Tanika Steele, Tara Tate, Reina Tomita, and Janice R. Tosto.

Chapter Events:

March 25, 2009 (Tentative): Chapter Program Event on Transportation at the Transit Museum (Please check Chapter Web Site at www.nymetroaspa.org for update and details)

Regional and National Events:

February 8 – 12, 2009: Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA) 2009 National Conference (Location: Las Vegas, NV) (Information: www.natcompa.org)

February 20, 2009: Texas ASPA and Certified Public Manager (CPM) Conference (Location: Texas State University’s Higher Education Learning Center in Round Rock, TX) (Information: www.txstate.edu/cpm)

March 19 – 22, 2009: National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) 13^th Annual Conference: Building a Health Care Workforce for the Hispanic Community (New York Marriot at the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City) (Information and Registration: www.nhmamd.org)

March 20 – 24, 2009: ASPA Annual Conference – Governance in the Midst of Diversity: Bridging Opportunity and Challenge (Location: Miami, FL)

April 2 –5, 2009: 67th Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) National Conference (Location:  Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago) (Information: www.mpsanet.org)

April 17, 2009: Third Annual Conference: Best Practices and Beyond By and For Professional Practitioners (Location: Coral Gables (Miami), FL) (Information: www.aspaonline.org/southfla)

May 4 – 8, 2009: Public Service Recognition Week

NY Metropolitan Chapter ASPA

Governing Board

2008 - 2009 Elected Chapter Officers:

President: Stephen Rolandi

Vice President: William A. Allen

2008-2009 Appointed Chapter Officers:

Treasurer: Chris Meyer

Communications: Usha Narasimhan

2007-2008Chapter Council:

Deborah Bula (July 2007 - June 2009)

Patricia L. Caines (July 2008 - June 2010)

Paul Gallo (July 2007 - June 2009)

Pilar Gorordo-Rolandi (July 2007 - June 2009)

Emmanuella Mathurin (July 2008 – June 2010)

Lorraine Motola (July 2008 - June 2010)

Steven Parker (July 2008 - June 2010)

Pamela E. Ransom (July 2008 - June 2010)

Ex-Officio Chapter Officer:

Immediate-Past President: Jeanne-Marie Col

NY Metropolitan Chapter ASPA

Mailing Address:

New York Metropolitan Chapter ASPA

c/o Mr. William Ciaccio

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

2 Broadway, Fourth Floor

New York City, NY 10004

NY Metropolitan Chapter ASPA

e-Mail Address:

Webmaster@nymetroaspa.org

NY Metropolitan Chapter ASPA Web Site:

http://www.nymetroaspa.org/index.html

National Council/District 1 Representative:

William Ciaccio (William.ciaccio@nyct.com)

ASPA National Office:

1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 840

Washington, D.C., 20004

Phone: 202-393-7878 FAX: 202-638-4952

National ASPA Web Site:

http://www.aspanet.org