A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT- December 2020
Dear Colleagues, I wanted to thank everyone for their participation in the Fall Virtual Conference. We had a turnout of nearly 300 members and the very active participation of our sponsors as well. I wanted to thank all our sponsors for their continued support and attendance at the Fall Conference. In particular I wanted to think our Palladium Sponsor Clifton Larsen Allen (CLA) who again allowed us to use their virtual platform for the conference and also provided their very talented staff Karen Jaquish, Tami Craig, and Julie Rubelowski to prepare for and support the production.
We are completing our preparations for the January 29th Virtual Winter Conference and have already secured the ever popular Anirban Basu who will provide us with his perspective for the 2021 Economic Outlook and, we hope, the post-Pandemic World and U.S. Economy. We will also have our annual GASB update and hear from Emily Brock, the Director of GFOA’s Federal Liaison Center, on the priorities and legislative outlook of the Biden Administration and the 117th Congress in 2021. We always strive to provide the best in continuing government finance education for our members, so we invite your active participation in the Program Committee and all our Affinity Groups.
At the last Maryland GFOA Board meeting on Friday November 6th we decided to explore the benefits of establishing a Budget and Fiscal Policy Affinity Group. If you are interested in participating in this Affinity Group or would like to be on the Committee that plans for the upcoming Affinity Group meetings, please contact me or Jane Ramsey from our contact information provided on our website.
Joe Beach, President
Maryland Government Finance Officer’s Association
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Lloyd W. Jones Scholarship
The Maryland GFOA Executive Committee at its regular meeting on May 2, 1997, approved the establishment of the Lloyd W. Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Lloyd Jones was a past president of the Maryland GFOA and held vital City, County and State finance posts in addition to the many other organizations which he served as a volunteer. He was a most exemplary public servant in his positions as Director of the Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund, Director of the Department of Assessments and Taxation, Director of the Maryland Lottery, Chief Accountant for Baltimore City and Director of Finance of Carroll County.To honor Lloyd and the principles he stood for, Maryland GFOA annually awards a scholarship grant to a government employee to attend the MDGFOA Summer Conference who otherwise would not be eligible to attend at their employer’s expense.
The scholarship consists of one Annual Summer Conference registration with 2- night, standard accommodations at the Conference Hotel, plus $200 to help defray the cost of attending the conference. It also includes a one-year membership in the MDGFOA. The award items are subject to change.
To be eligible, nominees must be employed by the State or a local government in the practice of governmental financial management, who have made an outstanding contribution to their organization in the performance of their duties during the past year. Nominations may be made by any Active Member, with the final selection by the Maryland GFOA Executive Board.
To be considered for the 2021 Lloyd W. Jones Scholarship, you must submit the nomination form no later than April 1, 2021
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