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ELGL News and Notes

Join ELGL: Students (free), individuals ($20), and organizations ($250)

Newest Member: Stephen Jorgensen, University of Illinois

Upcoming Forums:

• January 24: ELGL Advisory Board Meeting

• January 29: ELGL Central Oregon Meet Up

• February 6: ELGL forum with Mark Zusman, Willamette Week Editor

The High Five

The Fiscal Cliff

• PBOT’s effort to cut budget could hit street lights, streetcar

• Yakima County: ‘It’s saving taxpayer’s money by consolidating services’

• Federal Way’s economy picks up slowly but surely

• County considering tax levy

• Polk district no longer can afford fire marshal

• A Widening Gap in Cities

• City of Independence survey indicates support for bond

Inside Portlandia

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• Tackling transit needs in Forest Grove (editorial)

• Foothills area urban renewal district could be dissolved by Lake Oswego City Council in February

• Hillsboro’s raise for City Manager Michael Brown puts him above national median, survey says

• North Plains mayor: End Recology’s ‘failed experiment’ of massive food composting (guest column)

• City buys land to improve creek, fish habitat

• Clackamas County commissioners approve Easton Ridge funding plan, plus audit of Housing Authority management

• Forest Grove’s citizen boards and commissions share accomplishments at annual reception

• Commissioner Amanda Fritz proposes sick leave rule targeting all Portland businesses

Outside Portlandia

• Bend Park Board member Dallas Brown resigns

• Survey shows Corvallis residents satisfied with city services

• City manager vs. mayor: Port Orchard leaders weigh how to govern

• Editorial: No reason to wait on recruitment

• Assistant city manager ‘retires’ abruptly, with no reason given

• Anger greets Seaside Golf Course sale idea

• Bend City Council kicks off year with a bang

• Open discussion on council candidates ‘isn’t necessary’

• Recalling Pain of Guns’ Toll, Mayors Urge Bills’ Passage

• Local Boy

• Mayors outline M-I challenges, needs

• Construction due on FC’s ‘pocket park’

The Career Center

• Evolving with the Millennial Generation – These are some of the practices that I have found successful in bringing the best out of this generation. Many of the principles I have adopted to remix the culture actually apply as much to our Millennials as it does to the rest of our workforce.

• Stop Using These 16 Terms to Describe Yourself – Picture this. You meet someone new. “What do you do?” she asks.”I’m an architect,” you say.”Oh, really?” she answers.

• The Most Important Interview Question of All Time – Over the past 30+ years as a recruiter, I can confirm that at least two-thirds of my hiring manager clients weren’t very good at interviewing. Yet, over 90% thought they were. To overcome this situation, it was critical that I became a better interviewer than them, to prove with evidence that the candidate was competent and motivated to do the work required. This led me on a quest for the single best interview question that would allow me to overcome any incorrect assessment with actual evidence.

Do Something

• Portlanders can help shape this long-range plan for the future of Portland’s communities and neighborhoods by participating in the update of the Comprehensive Plan. In February and March, City staff and partners will be sharing information and soliciting feedback through a series of community workshops in seven locations.

• Multnomah County youth invited to participate in annual summit against violence – Registration is open for young people 21 and under to attend a summit to address violence against youth. The Rob Ingram Youth Summit Against Violence hosted by the Multnomah Youth Commission will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 at the Ambridge Event Center, 1333 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

• Sustainability-What is it? What are your ideas for our community? On January 26th at 9am, the Forest Grove Sustainability Committee will host the Annual Town Meeting in the Community Auditorium. This year’s meeting will focus on sustainability, which encompasses all aspects of a community’s well-being; environmental, economic and social spheres with the understanding that all three are intertwined.

The World Wide Web

• Leavitt turns to Facebook for feedback – Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt missed Monday’s City Council meeting because he had the 24-hour flu, and he must have missed interacting with the public because on Tuesday he turned to Facebook for engagement.

• Using social media to enhance the federal mission – When you read the words Instagram and Pinterest, do they appear to be a foreign language? Do you know a “hashtag” from a “handle”?

• The New MySpace: Music Meets Social, Done Right – The new MySpace is pretty. It incorporates many of the trends in modern web design and social media — big visuals, responsive design, easy discovery — and gives them a clear focus: connecting through music. And it really works.

We recommend:

ELGL Facebook: My City Mobile App

ELGL Google+: The Hunger Project

ELGL Pinterest: GlobalGiving Foundation

ELGL Twitter: Niel Laudati

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