<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The Center for Governmental Services at Auburn University extends a special invitation to PMF's and PMI/PMF alumni to join them for their conference next month in New Orleans.<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Governmental CGS" <<a href="mailto:gebpcgs@auburn.edu">gebpcgs@auburn.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="MARGIN: 4px 4px 1px; FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <div align="center"><font size="3"><strong><font size="4">Join us in New Orleans</font></strong> </font></div> <div align="center"><strong><em><font size="5">Advancing Transparency and Trust in Governments</font></em></strong></div> <div align="center"><font size="3"><em>Governmental Excellence and Best Practices, 2009</em> conference</font></div> <div align="center"><strong><em><font size="3"></font></em></strong> </div> <div align="center"><font size="4"><strong>With conference kick-off speaker, James Carville.</strong></font></div> <div align="center"><font size="3"></font> </div> <div align="center"><font size="3">Monday and Tuesday April 27 and 28, 2009.</font> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"><font size="3">The conference is during the week between the </font></div> <div align="center"><font size="3"><strong>Jazz and Heritage Festival</strong>.</font></div> <div align="center"><font size="3"></font> </div> <div align="center"><font size="3">The conference location is the historic Hotel Monteleone, in the heart of the French Quarter. </font></div> <div align="center"><font size="3">Special overnight room rates are available for conference registrants.</font></div> <div align="center"><font size="3"></font> </div> <div align="center"><font size="3">Additional information about the conference is attached and can be found at:</font></div> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/governmentalexcellence/"><font size="3">http://www.auburn.edu/outreach/governmentalexcellence/</font></a> ,</div> <div align="center"><font size="3"> as well as on the <em>Call for Papers and Presentations</em>, attached. </font></div> <div align="center">The deadline for submissions is Friday March 20, 2009.</div> <div align="center"><font size="3"></font> </div> <div align="center"><font face="Tahoma"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></span></font> </div> <div align="center"> </div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>