MME Displays Resilience in a Tumultuous Year 
John Shay | MME President

As I write this article on the last day of 2020, I think back on such a momentous year. It seems like forever ago that we all met in person at the Winter Institute in Gaylord, when COVID seemed like an acronym for a secret military weapon. How things have changed! What hasn’t changed is my appreciation for the hard work and resiliency that you have shown in the past year. Read more.

Professional Development Committee Update
Julius Suchy | Chair, Professional Development Committee

Please register today for our MME 2021 Virtual Winter Institute happening next week. The virtual format enabled us to secure some top notch speakers, including Doug Griffiths, author of 13 Ways to Kill Your Community; Sheryl Sculley, former San Antonio city manager and author of Greedy Bastards: One City’s Texas Size Struggle to Avoid a Financial Crisis; and Nicole Lance, CEO of Lance Strategies. Don’t miss out on these great speakers and topics planned. Read more about our 2021 Summer Workshop being planned, the Midwest Leadership Institute, our MME coaching program, and our scholarship guidelines. 

Deadline to Sign Up for Committees is Jan. 29

As part of our organization’s Vision 2020 Strategic Plan, we made some important changes to our committee structure, including the creation of some new committees. We need your voice on these committees, so if you’d like to serve please let us know by Friday, Jan. 29. To complete the committee interest survey, please click here. View the updated board and committees page here.

As you peruse your respective social media sites, please consider "following" MME's Twitter page - @MIMunicipalExec. And as you post about your fantastic community, feel free to use the hashtag #MME so that we can all hear about and enjoy how great your community is doing. Check out our Twitter page.

New MME Members

New applicants for MME membership from the months since the last MME E-Newsletter was distributed are listed by category on the Member News page of our website. Any objections that would impact their membership status or category should be submitted to MME within 60 days of the date of this publication. Objections should be addressed to the Ethics Committee Chair, Mark Rambo, at rambom@kentwood.us. 

View the latest list of new MME members.

Save the Date for Future MME Events 

Summer Workshop
2021 - July 20-23, Rochester/Auburn Hills
2022 - July, Holland
2023 - Frankenmuth (tentative)

Winter Institute
2021 - Jan. 26-28, Virtual
2022 - Troy
2023 - Grand Rapids (tentative)

Member News

Member News features recent job changes, retirements and remembrances for MME members. It also highlights new MME and ICMA members. Have someone you'd like to add? Email the details to webposting@mml.org.