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;?A-6 CITY OFFICIALS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN CCLI The League of California Cities is pleased to invite all city officials to participate in the second year of the League's exciting new program, The California Civic Leadership Institute (CCLI). Eight city officials from around the state completed the inaugural 2005 CCLI program, which included a pair of seminars featuring some of the most prominent minds at work in policy and politics in California. Presented by the League Partners Program, CCLI is designed to educate small groups of city officials on the pressing infrastructure issues facing cities across the state, including housing, energy and transportation, history and primacy of local government in California, and the importance of maintaining local control. The program's goal is to help cultivate future legislators to have a better understanding of these issues, and develop lasting bonds among our state's rising leaders. Since 2006 is a busy electoral year, the League is offering its 2006 CCLI curriculum to city officials interested not only in this year's elections, but in those several cycles down the road. This year's program agenda is ideal for those already within leadership roles at the League, or for anyone interested in becoming a statewide advo- cate of local government. Any mayor, council member or professional city staff may nominate a current city official to participate in the CCLI. Nominations may also come from any of the League's constituency groups, or from the League Partners Program. Nominations must successfully convey the governance skills and accomplishments of the nominee, and should highlight any and all contribu- tions toward League goals and/or the League's mission of protecting local control. Nominees will then be mailed an application packet, in which they will be asked to compose an essay outlining their individual goals and interests in the program. The nomination form is available at www.cacities.ora/ccli. Nominations should be submitted no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, PAGE 2 - PRIORITY FOCUS January 13, 2006 - Issue #2 February 3, to the League's Public Affairs Depart- ment Director, Mike Madrid, at mmadrid@cacities.org or by fax at (916) 658- 8240. Please contact Mike at (916) 658-8272 if you have any questions. ........................ NLC WANT CITIES TO 'TEST DRIVE' NEW NATIONAL CITY NETWORK National League of Cities' new National City Network (NCN) has issued a request for propos- als (RFP) for cities and towns interested in partici- pating in a Pilot Cities Program to test compo- nents of NCN. The new website network implements the vision of Washington D.C. Mayor Anthony Will- iams, the 2005 president of the National League of Cities (NLC). NCN is designed to be an informa- tion-sharing resource among elected city officials, city management and engaged citizens. Compo- nents of NCN include a web portal with links to documents and videos, a TV channel, government access cable channels, and other informational tools. The goal of the Pilot Cities Program is for cities and towns to evaluate the existing features and benefits of NCN and develop and test proce- dures for creating, aggregating and distributing video content for NCN TV. Those cities that are selected to participate would also take part in evaluating the web portal and giving feedback on the portal's ability to deliver useful information. Benefits to participating cities will include a guided introduction to NCN features and benefits, including the ability to showcase city-produced content, along with the opportunity to guide and influence the future of NCN. For more information on the program, and an application form, visit www.nationalcitvnetwork.oro. The form and information are located under the "Spotlight" section on the right-hand side of the screen, under the heading, "Be a Pilot City in the National City Network." Proposals will be accepted until Tuesday, January 31. Visit the League's Official Website-www.cacities.org ,...,. .--,.,.-".,-,..-"""..--,.""".., ..,.,