SUMMER SESSION 2010

A Public Purchasing Seminar with INSURANCE ISSUES

June 23rd, 24th, & 25th, 2010

La Quinta Beach Front Resort
7000 Padre Blvd.
South Padre Island, Texas

Other Host Hotels:

All instructional sessions will be held at the La Quinta Beach Front Resort at South Padre Island, Texas. Persons planning to attend should make guest room reservations with the La Quinta Beachfront Resort. The La Quinta Beachfront Resort has set aside a block of rooms at $159.00 for seminar participants. Their phone number is 956-772-7000; please give them our Group No. NAPM/RGV. Please note, this is the host hotel.

Holiday Inn Express
Phone: 956-761-8844
Group Code: NAP, Room Rate: $159.00 per room
(Holiday Inn Express will provide a shuttle going to La Quinta Beachfront)

Howard Johnson Hotel
Phone: 1-800-446-4656
Group Code: NAPM/RGV, Room Rate: $95.00 per room

This seminar is designed for persons having administrative responsibilities in the area of insurance management and advanced principles of purchasing, especially applicable to all areas of the public sector including school districts, counties, municipalities, council of governments, state agencies, and other special governmental districts.

This seminar is intended to highlight the latest developments that are essential in the purchasing management of our government institutions; be abreast of the current popular purchasing methods, the new rules and regulations, and the methods of evaluation to handle the modern taxpayer's attitudes, particularly in periods of economic skepticism.

This seminar is designed for risk managers, directors of finance, directors of purchasing, purchasing clerks, buyers, warehouse supervisors, elected officials, and anyone interested in learning more about the purchasing profession, This program is applicable to all areas of the governmental sector.

This seminar is divided into three sections. General sessions will be held on Wednesday, June 23rd and Friday, June 25th. Participants will select to attend the class of his/her choice on Thursday, June 24th.

1. Members of the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) will receive fifteen (15) hours of continuing education. They may be applied toward the ISM C.P.S.M. and/or A.P.P. program requirements. ISM's consent to provide a program number for this educational event is not an endorsement of this program or its content by ISM.
2. Texas State Board of Accountancy (CPA's): Participants will earn 16 continuous professional education (CPE) hours.

LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION

Ground Transportation

Spouses Program

Fishing?

REGISTRATION - June 23rd - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

June 23rd  9:00 a.m. -   5:00 p.m. Program Schedule
June 24th  8:00 a.m. -   5:00 p.m. Program Schedule
June 25th  8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Program Schedule
                1:00 p.m. -   3:00 p.m. Group Session

$200.00 Per Person for ISM Members
$200.00 Per Person for TASBO Members and CPA's
$225.00 Per Person for Non-ISM

REGISTRATION - Forms

Adrian Garcia Phone: (956) 361-6390, Fax (956) 361-6398
e-mail: agarcia@sbcisd.net
Janie Gonzalez Phone: (956) 361-6186
e-mail: jgonzalez@sbcisd.net
Melonie Perry Phone: 1-800-695-2919
e-mail: melonie.perry@tasb.org