January 2012                                                                                                                    http://parca.samford.edu
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The PARCA Quarterly
PARCA News & Updates
PARCA Friends on the Move

 

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New Year Greetings from PARCA!

 

Dear PARCA Supporter,

 

January has been a very eventful month for PARCA, and in this edition of The PARCA Perspective we want to share information from our recent endeavors. 

 

The 2012 PARCA Annual Meeting last Friday hosted a number of informative speakers. One of them was David Thorpe, Director of Customer-Focused Government for the State of Tennessee, who spoke about improving governmental performance. To see a video of his remarks, click here.  Presentations from other meeting speakers can be viewed here.

 

Also, we have released our 2011 PARCA Annual Report, which describes the work we have been doing to improve state and local government in Alabama over the past year.

 

We appreciate your interest in PARCA and its work. Why not share this information with a friend or colleague who might want to join our mailing list?

 

Jim Williams

Executive Director

    

The PARCA Quarterly

  

What do Alabamians think?

 

Once again, the 2012 PARCA Survey provides a view of what Alabamians think about a number of hot button issues for the coming legislative session, including budget reform, immigration, local control of schools and oversight of local finances. To see the full results of the survey included in The PARCA Quarterly, Winter 2012, click here.

 

 

PARCA News & Updates

 

PARCA in the News

    

Our school performance studies have been making headlines across the state.

 

The PARCA Survey, presented at the annual meeting, produced several interesting stories. 

 

PARCA Friends on the Move

 

  • PARCA Board member Johnnie Aycock has been elected Executive Director of the Alabama Council on Economic Education.  To read more, click here.
  • UA System Chancellor and PARCA Board member Mac Portera is retiring after ten years as Chancellor.  More information can be read here.
  • PARCA Roundtable member David Bowsher has been selected partner of Adams & Reese, in charge of the firm's Birmingham office.  To read about his selection, click here.