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Lobbypalooza 2008
Registration Form Now Available!
Lobbypalooza 2008 is here with all the info you need to improve your skills and be a better informed lobbyist for your clients. The date is Friday April 25, 2008 and the registration form is below. Listed are all the confirmed speakers at this time. Several more speakers may be added. Please get in your registration early as space is limited.
Click here to download the registration form (PDF)
Lobbying Disclosure Regulations - We Need Your Input!
The LOBBYING DISCLOSURE REGULATIONS COMMITTEE published proposed rule making in the January 19th edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The proposed regulations can be found here.
PAGR will be submitting comment to the committee based on member input. Please submit comments to PAGR via email by February 10, 2008.
And if you want to attend the PAGR meeting on Monday, February 4 at 11:30 am at the Firehouse, please Contact PAGR by 1 pm on Friday, February 1, 2008.
PAGR Membership Meeting
Our first PAGR Membership Meeting of the year will be Monday, February 4 at 11:30 am at the Firehouse Restaurant in Harrisburg. Our guest will be Auditor General Jack Wagner. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Christine by Thursday, January 31. New this year -- lunch for members is FREE! If you bring a guest, they will be charged $20. Please remember to RSVP!
Quarterly Expense Reports
There are Updated DRAFT Quarterly Expense Reports on the Department of State's website, www.dos.state.pa.us. To access, click on "Lobbying Disclosure".
Important Message for all Lobbyists:
Effective immediately there is a $10.00 fee for all Commonwealth ID badges (new ones and renewals). Please see the attached for details.
You heard it here first - thanks for being a PAGR member!
Renewal Letter (PDF) | Application (PDF)
Attention PAGR Members:
There are now new Online Filing Forms for the Registration Statements for Lobbyists, Lobbying Firms and Principals, along with instructions. The Department of State has also updated other documents on their Web site and placed new documents there.
You heard it here first - another benefit of your PAGR membership. Thanks for your support.
Click here for more information (PDF)
Mentoring Opportunity
From October 20-23, public relations professionals will gather in Philadelphia for the national PRSA (Public Relations Society of America) conference. These professionals will have a wide variety of professional development opportunities available to them. I would like a representative of PAGR to join me in a presentation called (at least at this point), "So you want to be a lobbyist?"
Once I find a co-presenter or co-presenters, I will write a proposal to submit to PRSA/New York. It is a competitive process. If the proposal is accepted, PRSA will then set a firm date/time.
I'm a public relations professor here at DePaul University in Chicago and an accredited public relations counselor. Some of my research interests involve lobbying. I would handle the academic side of the presentation, going through the scholarly literature on lobbying. There is no financial incentive for me. I have been a member of PRSA for quite some time, and am on the PRSA Health Academy National Board of Directors. I'm interested in the professional development of PRSA members.
My hope is that a member of PAGR will see this as an opportunity to speak to those who might wish to enter the field of lobbying. Naturally, we expect a high number of attendees from Pennsylvania given the location of the conference.
Thanks for your help. My contact information is below.
Kurt Wise -- Ph.D., APR
773-325-7306
kwise1@depaul.edu
2007/2008 Legislative Directory
Order your 2007/2008 Legislative Directories today through PAGR.
The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry’s convenient, pocket-size quick reference is available to all PAGR members for just $7.50 a copy.
Click here to download an order form (PDF)
ATTN: PAGR Members
Here is what you have been waiting for.
On the Department of State's website at http://www.dos.state.pa.us/campaignfinance, in addition to its Frequently Asked Questions, Summary of Act 134 and Registration Forms, the Department has now posted a Notice to Lobbyists, which provides additional information on lobbying registration and reporting, for both calendar year 2006 and the new lobbying disclosure law that takes effect on January 1, 2007. The Notice to Lobbyists is located here.
Click here for more information
ATTN: PAGR Members
Need to renew your Commonwealth ID badge? Here's how.
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