The Colorado State Supreme Court announced today that in a 4-1 decision, Amendment 54 was in violation of the First Amendment, and therefore should be removed from the Colorado Constitution.

It is that time of year again, when SDA issues its request for conference speaker proposals! The 2010 SDA Annual Conference will be held at the Keystone Resort and Conference Center September 22nd-24th, and SDA is looking for session topics and/or great speakers for this year’s agenda.

Last week’s SDA Liability Pool Workshops, focusing on Cyber Liability and Property and Liability provided two great days of training for SDA members. Both of the training sessions were held in the Denver Metro area, and were very well attended. The well versed speakers discussed applying risk management to everyday district hazards, when and how to conduct and investigation, managing supervisor liability, cyber liability loss prevention, what constitutes prudent protection, data breaches, and much more.

Chances are good that if you have contacted the SDA office, then you have had the pleasure of knowing our Manager of Membership Services, Georgia Kraemer. Georgia is celebrating her 10 year anniversary with SDA this year and the Special District Association is grateful for her years of dedication to special districts and to our members.

Before Georgia joined the SDA staff, she worked in membership services for the Northwest Metro Chamber of Commerce and owned a custom photo lab for over 20 years.

The SDA is proud to announce that online Designated Election Official Training is now available on the SDA website! The training, hosted by elections expert Micki Wadhams from Collins Cockrel &Cole PC, covers topics including: