Merrett Stierheim Address, Miami Charter Debate Top Leadership Miami Opening Conference Oct. 29-30.MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- Miami-Dade County Manager Merrett Stierheim's "State of the County Address" and a three-way debate on the City of Miami Charter Amendment will enliven en·liv·en tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens To make lively or spirited; animate. en·liv  en·er n. the Leadership Miami opening conference
at the James L. Knight center James L. Knight Center is a 4,686-seat concert hall and theatre in Miami Florida. It is named in memory of James Landon Knight, the newspaper publisher whose businesses included The Miami Herald. It is part of the Miami Convention Center. this Friday, Oct. 29.Media members are welcome to attend the sessions at Ashe Auditorium. The conference should provoke thought and inspire story ideas. Class members have often used the occasion for sharp, penetrating questions. An agenda for conference events is attached. Photo opportunities will be available. Mr. Stierheim's address will begin at 11 a.m., and questions are encouraged. His address will directly precede a noon luncheon and three-way charter amendment debate moderated by political writer Jim DeFede of the New Times. The charter change, which would change the relative power of the mayor and the city commission, is scheduled to come to a city-wide vote Tuesday, Nov. 2. Former City of Miami and City of Miami Beach Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. Manager Jose Garcia-Pedrosa will argue in favor of the charter change. Mr. Garcia-Pedrosa is a partner at Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A. Attorney Tucker Gibbs and Miami Commission Candidate Johnny Winton of WynCo Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate) REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real Property. Partners, Inc. will argue against the proposed change. Sergio Rodriguez of the City of Miami Beach will argue for a third way, with a strong city manager-commission form of government. From 3-4 p.m., a varied panel of leaders in journalism, law, and social work will share their visions for what Miami-Dade could be and how it can improve. Miami Herald President Joseph Natoli will moderate a panel that includes: Ken Roberts, publisher of World City Business; George Knox George Knox (14 January, 1765-13 June, 1827) was an Irish Tory MP in the United Kingdom Parliament. He represented Dublin University 1801-1807, having previously represented the University in the Irish House of Commons. , partner at Adorno & Zeder, P.A.; Anita Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally , former local head of the Florida Department Florida is a department (departamento) of Uruguay. Population and Demographics As of the census of 2004, there were 68,181 people and 21,938 households in the department. The average household size was 3.1. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. of Children and Families, who will soon leave for an equivalent post for the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Department of Children and Families, and Don Browne Don Browne is the president of Telemundo, an American Spanish-language television network based in Hialeah, Florida.[1] • • , general manager of NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. 6/WTVJ-TV. Leadership Miami is a nine-month executive leadership development and community service program co-sponsored by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and participating organizations. For more than 20 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time program, founded by the late Bill Colson, has cultivated leaders from all segments of the community by educating, developing and encouraging them to be active in South Florida's affairs and in the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. For more information, contact Sandy Klukas at (305) 577-5445 or Mia Cavaco at (305) 577-5453. For more help on the conference and Leadership Miami, please contact: Liane li·an·a also li·ane n. Any of various climbing, woody, usually tropical vines. [Alteration of French liane, probably from lier, to bind, from Old French; see liable.] Ventura at (305) 373-9345 lventura@greatermiami.com, or Mark Sell at Mark Sell Communications at (305) 374-8874 mwsell@aol.com. -0-
First-day agenda follows (optional for release):
Opening Conference
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1999
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Breakout Session - Team Building
(Ice Breaker - Spot Tag) and discuss program
agenda
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Welcome Kathleen Deutsch, Broad and Cassel,
Program Chair Jose Cancela, Radio Unica,
GMCC Chairman
EXPLORING OUR ROOTS
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dr. Marvin Dunn, Florida International
University
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Film - AOur Miami, The Magic City
UNDERSTANDING TOMORROW's CHALLENGES TODAY
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. AState of the County Address
Merrett Stierheim, County Manager,
Miami-Dade County
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch - Charter Amendment Debate
Moderator: Jim DeFede, New Times
Panel Members: Tucker Gibbs, Attorney
Johnny Winton,WynCo Realty Partners, Inc.
Jose Garcia -Pedrosa, Ruden, McClosky,
Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A.
Sergio Rodriguez, City of Miami Beach
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Breakout Session - Self-Assessment
(Myers-Briggs)
VISIONING: MIAMI 2000
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Moderator: Joseph Natoli, The Miami Herald
Panel Members: Ken Roberts, World City
Business, George Knox, Adorno & Zeder, P.A.
Anita Bock, Los Angeles County Department of
Children and Families Don Browne, NBC6/WTVJ
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Breakout Session - Visioning
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Wrap up/Closing Remarks
5:30 p.m. Reception at Miami City Club
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