CONFERENCE Friday, September 28 Saturday, September 29 SCHEDULE Sunday, September 30 Monday, October 1 Tuesday, October 2 The Mark of the Quad Cities Moline

Dealing with Government Finance Challenges

Conference Welcome to the IGFOA Annual Conference, Q & A and Welcome to Moline! What does my Conference 2001 Annual Conference Committee at a Glance Registration include? Conference Registration in- Friday 8 am–5 pm Certification Testing Radisson-Mississippi Room cludes admittance to any of Saturday 10 am–5 pm Pre-Conference Seminar The Mark Room C the Conference sessions 6–9 pm Saturday Shindig Dinner Finney’s Sunday, September 30 through Tuesday, October 2, the IGFOA Sunday 10 am–5 pm Conference Golf Outing Indian Bluffs Course Annual Business Meeting, and 11 am–2 pm Botanic Center Walk/Tour Botanic Center the Vendor Showcase. 1–5 pm Vendor Showcase Conference Lobby Registration also includes the 3–6 pm Welcome Reception The Mark Room A following meals and social 4:30–5 pm First-Time Attendees The Mark Classroom 3 & 4 events: 4–5 pm Program Committee Radisson-John Deere Room Sunday, September 30: 6:30–9:30 pm Mississippi Dinner Cruise Celebration Cruise Welcome Reception, Dinner 9:30 pm–Midnight Hospitality Suites Radisson and Sheraton and Entertainment, Hospitality Monday 7–8:30 am Women’s Network Breakfast The Mark Room A Suite; Monday, October 1: 7–8:45 am Breakfast The Mark Concourse Breakfast, Lunch, Fargo Fun 7:30 am–5 pm Vendor Showcase Conference Lobby Night, Hospitality Suite; 7:30–8:30 am Associates’ Meeting The Mark Rooms A & C Tuesday, October 2: 8:45–1015 am Opening Session/Keynote The Mark Rooms D, E, & F Breakfast, Brunch 10:15–10:45 am Morning Break Conference Lobby The following events require 10:30 am–noon Employee Benefit Enhancements separate registration and and Taxability The Mark Room A payment: 10:30 am–noon GASB 34—The Plan of Attack The Mark Rooms B & C • GFOA Certification Testing, Noon–1:15 pm Recognition Lunch The Mark Concourse Friday, September 28 1:30–2:45 pm Employee Recruiting and Interviewing Techniques The Mark Room A • Pre-Conference Seminar, 1:30–2:45 pm GASB 34—Management Discussion Saturday, September 29 and Analysis Dissected The Mark Rooms B & C • Saturday Night Shindig, 2:45–3:15 pm Afternoon Break Conference Lobby Saturday, September 29 3–4:15 pm Focus on Finance: Orientation, Appraisal, & Supervisory Techniques The Mark Room A • Conference Golf Outing at 3–4:15 pm GASB 34—Behind the Scenes The Mark Rooms B & C Indian Bluffs Golf Course, 4:15–5 pm Mentoring Program Roundtable The Mark Room A Sunday, September 30 4:15–6 pm GASB 34—Municipal Implementation Roundtable The Mark Room C • Botanic Gardens Tour, 4:15–5 pm GASB 34—Special District Sunday, September 30 Implementation Roundtable The Mark Room D 6:30 pm–Midnight Fargo Fun Night return transport begins at 9 pm Fargo Bowling Alley Do I have to wear my nametag? Tuesday 7:30–9 am Continental Breakfast Conference Lobby 8–9 am Women’s Network planning meeting The Mark Room A Nametags are required for 8 am–noon Vendor Showcase Conference Lobby admittance to all Conference 8–9 am Technology and Communication sessions, meals, and activities. Committee Showcase The Mark Rooms E & F Some activities may require 8–9 am Past Presidents Breakfast Meeting Radisson–Mississippi Room separate tickets. Nametags 9–10:30 am Fiduciary Issues Facing and tickets will be provided Retirement Plan & Deferred at Conference check-in. Comp Sponsors The Mark Room D 9–10:30 am GASB 34—Capital Asset Considerations The Mark Rooms E & F Unless otherwise noted, all 10:30 am–noon Brunch/Annual Business Meeting The Mark Rooms A,B & C sessions will be held at The Mark of the Quad Cities, Registration Open in Conference Lobby 1201 River Drive, Moline. Saturday, September 29: 8:30 am–4 p;, Sunday, September 30: 9 am–5 pm, Monday, October 1: 7 am–4 pm Friday, September 28 Sunday, September 30 Conference

Pre-Conference 9 am – 5 pm Q & A Conference Registration Open activities Where can I park and The Mark Conference Lobby 8 am – 5 pm how much will it cost? Conference attendees may GFOA Certified Public Finance Officer Fourteenth Annual IGFOA Golf Outing* park at The Mark of the Program Testing* Indian Bluffs Golf Course, Milan Quad at no additional charge. Pre-registration required transportation on your own The Radisson on John Deere Commons, Scramble starts at approximately 10 am What should I wear? Mississippi Room, second floor, refer to assigned tee times Business casual attire is 415 River Drive, Moline Coordinator: Brian Barnes, Finance Director, appropriate for all Conference Proctors: David Ellison and George Valentine City of Bloomington sessions and events.

Sunday Social* Feeling lost in the crowd? Saturday, September 29 11 am – Noon In an effort to reduce Pre-Conference Walk along the Mississippi to the Quad “first-time awkward-ness,” Cities Botanic Center a First-time Attendees activities Noon to 2 pm Welcome will be held during Lunch and Tour; transportation on your own the Welcome Reception on 8:30 am – 4 pm $12/person, includes Admission, Gourmet Sunday, September 30, Conference Registration box lunch, and Tour of Money Trees from 4:30 to 5 pm. The Mark Conference Lobby Coordinator: Trisha Steele, Assistant Finance Director, Village of Downers Grove This is an opportunity to meet 10 am – 5 pm other new attendees as well Pre-Conference Seminar* 1 – 5 pm as those involved with putting Conference Room C Vendor Showcase open the Conference together. Moderator: Marianne Shank, IGFOA Conference Committee IGFOA Executive Director 3 – 6 pm members, Membership Speakers: Wilson Campbell, SEA Project Welcome Reception and Vendor Showcase Committee members and mem- Coordinator, Governmental Accounting Conference Room A bers of the IGFOA Executive Standards Board The Mark of the Quad Cities Board will be available to Brian Barnes, Finance Director, City of Kick back, catch up with friends and colleagues, answer questions throughout Bloomington enjoy a game of cards, or try to build the best the Conference. Greg Wass, Partner, FPT&W, Ltd. house of cards! Look for anyone wearing an 6 pm – 9 pm Ask Me About IGFOA button Saturday Night Shindig* *Additional fee required and feel free to join right in. Finney’s 1510 River Drive, Moline Casual food, beverages, and relaxation just a short walk across River Drive from The Mark Your feedback and sugges- See next page for more Sunday activities, tions are important! Be sure including the Welcome Reception and Vendor to complete and return your Showcase, First-time Attendees Welcome, Conference Evaluation form! Dinner and Entertainment and Hospitality Suite.

Agenda, times and events subject to change- check signs on-site

“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.” —Emerson Keynote speaker Sunday, September 30 Monday, October 1

Brian Wesbury is Chief See previous page for Golf Outing 7:00 am – 4 pm Economist at Griffin, Kubik, and Sunday social information Conference Registration Open Stephens & Thompson, Inc., Conference Lobby a -based investment 4:30 – 5 pm bank. The Chicago Tribune First-time Attendees Welcome 7 – 8:30 am has called him “Chicago’s Classrooms 3 & 4 Rise and Shine Session most prominent New Era Reduce “first-time awkwardness,” douse the co-sponsored by the Women’s Network Economist.” In 1998, the Wall anxiety, and meet other new attendees and Conference Room A Street Journal ranked him as those involved with putting the Conference to- Moderator: Julie O’Brien, Comptroller, Lake the third most accurate U.S. gether. IGFOA Conference Committee members, County economic forecaster. Membership Committee members and IGFOA Speaker: Louis Kosiba, Executive Director, Executive Board members will be available to Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF). Wesbury is regularly featured answer questions throughout the Conference. Start the day with a hearty breakfast and on CNBC and CNN-fn and com- Look for anyone wearing an Ask Me About insights from the IMRF Executive Director! ments weekly on economic IGFOA button and feel free to join in. Gather issues for WPTT radio in at the First Time sign. 7 – 8:45 am Pittsburgh. In Chicago, he Host: Gary Szott, IGFOA President, Finance Breakfast Buffet may be seen on Channel 11’s Director, Village of Bloomingdale Concourse “Chicago Tonight” or heard Kim Schiller, Membership Committee Chair, on WBBM radio. Finance Director, Village of Lisle 7:30 – 8:30 am Associate Members Meeting His regular monthly column 4 – 5 pm Conference Room B & C “The Outlook” appears in The Conference Program Committee Meeting Discuss recommendations to modify the American Spectator magazine. The Radisson on John Deere Commons, Associate dues structure and find out how you In addition, he is a contribu- John Deere Room, first floor, can be more involved in IGFOA tor to the editorial page at 1415 River Drive, Moline Discussion Leader: Ted Steinbrecher, President, , and Moderators: Jeff Rowitz, Conference Chair, Group1 Resources, Inc. and IGFOA Associate his comments and writing and Finance Director, Village of Northbrook Representative have appeared in Barron’s, Brian Caputo, Conference Program Co-chair Investor’s Business Daily, and Director of Finance/Treasurer, City 7:30 – 5 pm Forbes, and the U.S. News of Aurora Vendor Showcase Open and World Report. Conference Lobby 6:30 – 9:30 pm Wesbury’s first book, The New Mississippi Dinner Cruise 8:45 – 10:15 am Era of Wealth: How Investors and Entertainment Opening Session and Keynote Can Profit from the 5 Economic Celebration Cruise, 2501 River Drive, Conference Rooms D, E, & F Trends Shaping the Future, was Moline. Dinner cruise with live entertain- Moderator: Jeff Rowitz, Conference Chair, published by McGraw-Hill in ment. The ship begins boarding at 6:30 Finance Director, Village of Northbrook October 1999. pm and departs promptly at 7 pm, return- ing to the dock at 9:30 pm. Transportation City of Moline Welcome In 1995 and 1996, Wesbury will be provided from The Mark and return- Mayor Stanley F. Leach served as Chief Economist for ing to the conference hotels. Included in the Joint Economic Committee Conference registration fee. IGFOA Welcome of Congress (JEC), chaired by Gary Szott, IGFOA President, and Finance Senator Connie Mack of 9:30 pm – Midnight Director, Village of Bloomingdale Florida. While at the JEC, IGFOA Hospitality Suites Keynote Speaker Wesbury advised members of Radisson on John Deere Commons, Brian S. Wesbury First Vice President, Congress on economic issues 1415 River Drive Chief Economist, Griffin, Kubik, relating to federal budget, tax, hosted by the IGFOA Downstate Chapter Stephens & Thompson, Inc. trade, and monetary policy. Four Points Sheraton, Rock Island, 226 17th Street 10:15 – 10:30 am hosted by the IGFOA Chicago Metro Morning Break Conference Lobby All meeting room assign- Chapter ments are subject to change — be sure to check signage outside each room. CONCURRENT SESSIONS CONCURRENT SESSIONS Vendor 10:30 – Noon 1:30 – 2:45 pm Showcase Employee Benefit Enhancements Employee Recruiting and Interviewing and Taxability Techniques participants Conference Room A Conference Room A Civic Systems, LLC Moderators: Michelle Saddler, Executive In this session explore the importance of Director, IMET and Kenneth McConnaughay, hiring the right candidate and retaining FPT&W, Ltd. Vice President Investments, Morgan Stanley employees. Learn about Behavioral-based ICMA Retirement Corporation Dean Witter Interviewing and how to develop a consistent Illinois Municipal Retirement Speakers: Jim O’Connor, Founding Principal, interview based on thorough job knowledge. Fund Retirement Plan Advisors, Inc. Moderators: Kathryn Booth, Finance Director, Karen Sanchez, Director of Employee Benefits Village of Bartlett Illinois State Treasurers Services, Sikich Gardner Nola Boea, Group 1 Resources, Inc. Office Laurie Hoffman, Director of Human Resources, Speakers: Kimberly Watson, Human Resources Illinois Metropolitan Sikich HR Solutions Training Specialist, Lake County Investment Fund Mark Horner, Human Resources, Lake County Municipal Software Inc. 10:30 – Noon GASB 34 – The Plan of Attack 1:30 – 2:45 pm Munis Conference Room B & C GASB 34 – Management Discussion and Nationwide Retirement The Plan of Attack offers a refresher on the Analysis Dissected Solutions new reporting requirements and explores con- Conference Room B & C Oak Brook Bank siderations in determining how to implement Explore GASB 34’s Management Discussion GASB 34. Early implementers and auditors will and Analysis requirements and other changes Public-Sector Solutions offer tips. Ways to communicate and incorpo- to the report format and contents. Retirement Plan rate management and elected officials in Moderator: Pamela Figolah, Finance Director, Advisors, LCC developing a plan will also be discussed. Village of Roselle Segall Bryant & Hamill Moderators: Hella Tomczak, Vision21 Speakers: Heather Acker, Virchow, Krause Sikich Group, LLC Enterprises and Co., LLP Speakers: Bill Stafford, Finance Director, Salomon Smith Barney City of Evanston 2:45 – 3 pm Standard & Poor’s Irwin Lyons, Director of Governmental Afternoon Break rating Agency Conference Lobby Services, Miller, Cooper and Co., Ltd. Third Millennium David Hilquist, Vice President Finance, Associates, Inc. Oakton Community College Jon Batek, Management Services Director, Attention speakers: Village of Glen Ellyn Speaker ready room is available in Classrooms 3 and 4 from Noon – 1:15 pm 7 am to 4:15 pm on Monday, IGFOA Recognition Luncheon and from 8 am to 11 am on Concourse – second level Tuesday. Join us in applauding the volunteers that con- tributed their time and talents to provide Future IGFOA IGFOA services throughout the past year. Annual Conferences IGFOA Volunteers are encouraged to sit with their fellow committee or chapter members at 2002: designated table. Come learn more about the September 20-24 work of various committee’s and IGFOA ser- Collinsville vices. Member tenure pins will be awarded. Presided by: Gary Szott, IGFOA President, and 2003: Finance Director, Village of Bloomingdale September 26-30 Peoria

“I am a very foolish fond old man, 2004: September 24-28 Fourscore and upward, not an hour more or less; Springfield

And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my Locations and dates are perfect mind.” subject to change. Check —Shakespeare: King Lear IV, vii 60 www.igfoa.org for details. While in the Quad Cities, CONCURRENT SESSIONS 4:15 – 5 pm don’t miss the beauty of the GASB 34 Roundtables Mississippi River. 3 – 4:15 pm by Implementation Stage A Focus on Finance Dept Staff: Join in a lively discussion of the challenges The glacier that formed the Orientation, Appraisal & Supervisory and opportunities of implementing the New mighty river also formed Techniques Reporting Model rapids that were difficult for Conference Room A early travelers to navigate. The goal of this session will be to provide Municipalities Implementing Next Year Early settlements, including guidance regarding what to do with a new for 2001-2002 the Quad Cities, emerged at employee once he or she has been hired. Conference Room C the head and foot of those The issues will include how to orient a new Discussion Leader: Irwin Lyons, Director of rapids because they were nat- finance department employee, with a sample Governmental Svcs, Miller, Cooper and Co., Ltd. ural places to dock steamboats checklist from a local municipality; how to and drop off goods. conduct that first appraisal, and some hints Special District Implementation Issues on different supervisory behaviors that relate Conference Room D One way to enjoy the river to different employee behavior types. Discussion Leader: Rita Trainor, Dir. of Finance is on the beautiful trails Moderators: Trisha Steele, Assistant Finance and Human Resources, Elmhurst Park that run along it. Director, Village of Downers Grove District Mary Britton, Finance Director, Village of The new Great River Trail in Matteson 6:30 – Midnight Illinois runs 60 miles between Speakers: Greg Zimmerman, Director of Human Fargo Fun Night Rock Island and Savanna, Resources, Village of Downers Grove Fargo Bowling Alley and Clint’s Pizza, mostly directly along the James Aydt, Human Resources Management 4204 23rd Avenue, Moline River. The trail offers breath- Director, Village of Hoffman Estates Kick back with colleagues for casual fun! taking views of the river, and Darts & Billiards, Improv by Comedy Sportz, excellent camping and histori- 3 – 4:15 pm Refreshments galore, Food & more food. cal sites. Both RiverWay and GASB 34 – Behind the Scenes Witness the Government versus Associate the Great River Trail have Conference Room B & C tournament! Bowling from 9 pm to Midnight – paved surfaces. Peer behind the scenes for a look at changes no charge for bowling or shoes! in accounting practices and procedures, finan- Transportation will be provided from The Mark On the Iowa side of the cial management software changes and other and conference hotels with return transporta- Mississippi, RiverWay new pronouncements and their effect on the tion to the conference hotels from 9 pm to features more than 30 miles New Reporting Model. Midnight. Included in Conference regis. fee. of trails for riding, roller Moderator: Pamela Figolah, Finance Director, blading and walking. Village of Roselle Speakers: Janet Matthys, Senior Manager, You can get up close and per- McGladrey & Pullen, LLP IGFOA thanks sonal with the mighty river its outstanding aboard the Channel Cat Water Taxi. Experience the power and 4:15 – 5 pm service providers: mystique of the river as it Mentoring Program Roundtable Irene Aubry, Representative sweeps around the great river- Conference Room A Adval Communications, LLC bend and flows east to west Come learn about IGFOA’s mentoring 630/322-8990 800-746-6000 Program. Meet Mentors and Proteges to for one of only a few times John Elmendorf meet and share ideas. Find out what it over its length. The service is Elite Recognition Services is all about! available weekends through 630/262-0866 www.eliterecognitionstore.com October, with docks at John Moderator: Kim Schiller, Membership Deere Commons and Ben Committee Chair, and Finance Director, Steve Hess Butterworth Parkway in Moline Village of Lisle Fox Valley Graphics and several locations in Iowa. 847/223-1610 Jill Koch Koch Creative Services 847/223-1825 www.kochcreative.com Dale Reynolds Skokie Valley Bindery Mailing Services 847/497-4833 Hella Tomczak Vision21 Enterprises 708/923-6007 www.vision21enterprises.com

Tuesday, October 2 CONCURRENT SESSIONS Oh, Deere! 9 – 10:30 am 7:30 – 9 am With his invention of the Fiduciary Issues Facing Retirement Plan Continental Breakfast “self-scouring” sod-busting and Deferred Compensation Plan Sponsors: Conference Lobby steel plow, Vermont transplant What You Should Know John Deere changed the face Conference Room D 8 – 10:30 am of the prairie—Moline. Vendor Showcase Open As legislation and market forces fuel the trend towards more Defined Contribution plan usage Conference Lobby By the time Deere moved his and expanded Deferred Compensation plans in company to Moline to take the government sector, what are your respon- 8 – 9 am advantage of the river for sibilities as plan sponsors? As more employee IGFOA Technology and Communication transportation, he was produc- assets are invested in these plans, what finan- Committee Showcase ing 400 of the plows per year. cial/investment education and advice do they Conference Room E & F Besides using the River for require? This session will include a discussion Learn about the Technology and transportation, he used it for about pension laws impacting these plans in Communication Committee’s plan to improve his factory, too: the River Illinois and fiduciary responsibility of plan communications with and amongst IGFOA generated power for his sponsors, the Department of Labor’s position members. Find out what is new at production. www.igfoa.com and learn what the Technology on employee education, and employee com- munication and education models, including Committee has in store. One man’s dream blossomed “Education versus Advice.” Discussion Leader: Robert Fialkowski, Director into one of America’s largest Moderators: Dave Zahller, Retirement Plan of Finance, Village of Deerfield companies and one of the Advisors world’s most identifiable Mark Nannini, Director of Finance and 8 – 9 am brand names. Women’s Network Planning Meeting Administration, City of Rolling Meadows Speakers: Tim Blair, Illinois Pension Laws Conference Room A Historical tours related to Commission Deere and other Quad Cities 8 – 9 am Christopher McGrath, CEO, Retirement Plan attractions depart from the IGFOA Past Presidents’ Breakfast Meeting Advisors, Inc John Deere Commons, located Radisson on John Deere Commons, on the banks of the Mississippi. Mississippi Room, second floor, 1415 9 – 10:30 am The Commons is at the site of River Drive, Moline GASB 34 - Capital Asset Considerations Deere’s original factory. Moderator: David Cook, IGFOA Past-President Conference Rooms E & F and Assistant Village Manager/Director of What’s required and what steps are needed While you’re at the commons, Administration, Village of Hinsdale to comply with the infrastructure reporting check out the interactive agri- requirements of GASB 34? cultural adventure inside a Moderator: Paul Mehring, Director of glass-encased architectural Check out the Collinsville Accounting and Budgeting, Village wonder. It’s the largest agri- of Palatine cultural exhibit in the world. exhibit and make plans for Speakers: TBA the 2002 Annual Conference! 10:30 – Noon In downtown Moline, the John IGFOA Annual Business Meeting Deere Collector’s Center gives Brunch will be served visitors the opportunity to Conference Rooms A, B, & C experience the lifestyle and IGFOA Annual Business Meeting heritage represented by a Presided by Gary Szott, IGFOA President, 1950’s John Deere dealership. Finance Director, Village of Bloomingdale Guests see vintage Deere equipment and memorabilia, as well as interactive exhibits.

The corporate headquarters of Deere and Company has a farm implement museum with free I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal admission. for the American people. —Franklin Roosevelt, 1932

IGFOA Thanks the 2001 Featured Annual Conference Sponsors ABN AMRO North First Tennessee Nationwide Salomon Smith America Capital Markets Retirement Barney Linda Rafanello Tom Cafferty Solutions Mary L. Tomanek Robert K. Costello Leo Berardi Ron Tomanek American National David J. Kiwaiko Craig Berk Bank Cary Sewall Chuck Johnson Sikich Group, LLC Mirsada Durakovic Paul Mollmann Jeff Beals Tom Hackett Harris Bank Joel D. Burns Rebecca Jackson A.G. Anglum Oak Brook Bank Jim Hillestad Aileen Kocanda Greg Bins John Falduto Laurie Hoffman Joachim E. Rick John Mattern John Hurd Fred Lantz Helene J. Wanat Terese Krafcheck Brian LeFevre Bank of America Jim McGrath Chad Lucas Dennis Hughes Illinois Jill Wokurka Gary Neubauer George Kalas Metropolitan Karen Sanchez Mark Monroe Investment Fund Pandolfi, Topolski, James R. Savio Diane Zeller Scherer Michelle Saddler Weiss & Co., Ltd. Heather Scholl Bert Nuehring LaSalle Bank N.A. Julie Trump Bank One James L. Pandolfi Bill Vincent David Atkins John AbuNassar Denise Shireman Neil Witek Stuart Goodpasture Nedra Hadley John Weber Amy Wulf Fred Ash Susan Harris Peter Coburn Phil Lewis PMA Financial Speer Financial Steve Eitel Wayne H. McMillan Network, Inc. Inc. Todd Krzyskowski Todd Sholeen Steven J. Cousins Barbara Chevalier Debra R. Parker Joseph Sifferlen James O. Davis Daniel D. Forbes Laurence Richey Jim Turco Michael R. English Kevin W. McCanna Sarah H. Webb Robert J. English David F. Phillips Bansley and McGladrey Kiener, LLP & Pullen LLP Retirement Plan Standard & Poor’s Frank S. Gadzala John George Advisors, LCC Ratings Group Robert J.Hannigan Jeff Heap Jim Ladlie Sarah Eubanks Michael D. Huels Janet Matthys Joshua Schwartz Spiro C. Hountalas Paul A. Merkel Cynthia Sah Betty Van Wyk, CFP Jane Hudson Steven Sawatski David Zahller John Kenward Chapman and Donald F. Theobald Cutler Robert W. Baird Robert W. Thoma & Co., Inc Patricia M. Curtner Deborah L Mack Lynda K. Given Tom Coverick Kelly Kost Mesirow Financial Thomas Flatland Timothy McGree Robert Ackerman Thomas J. Gavin Lara Facchini Robert E. Lewis Kenneth Grossman Mark Toledo IGFOA Thanks the 2001 Annual Conference General Sponsors Abacus Financial Deloitte & Touche Group 1 Mischler Financial R.V. Norene & Group, Inc. Michael Mayo Resources, Inc. Group, Inc. Associates, Inc. Judith Ann Calner Matthew Klemp Scott C. Kersh Ronald V. Norene Tina M. Smigielski Ehlers & Associates Ted Steinbrecher Larry D. Rankens John Miller Inc./Assoc Municipal Allegiance Capital, Consultants Illinois Development Morgan Stanley Philip Rootberg Inc. Steve H. Larson Finance Authority Dean Witter & Company, LLP Penny McKenzie Beth Ruyle IDEAL Fund Kenneth R. David Barrash Kurt Phares David Hozza Kathy Thomas McConnaughay Michelle Notini Altschuler, Melvoin Fifth Third Bank Kirkpatrick Pettis Municipal S. B. Friedman & Glasser LLP Susan Wade Bill Morris Software, Inc. & Company Janet I. Chase Barry R. Anderson Steve Friedman Martin H. Friedman First American Asset Lauterbach Richard Plese Jill Steen Management & Amen, LLP Bank Calumet Lynne Harrington Ron Amen NatCity Third Millennium Sam Montella Sherry Lauterbach Investments, Inc. Associates, Inc. First Midwest Bank Nancy Pauley Doug DeAngelis James Leader The Bank of New York Stephen Henley Ann Koch Dedra M. Delaney MBIA Municipal Williams Associates Fitch Investors Service Corp Northern Trust Architects, Ltd Capital Gains Michael D. Belsky M. Corinne Larson, CCM Securities, Inc. Mark S. Bushhouse Incorporated Joseph O’Keefe David W. Witthohn,CFA Peter E. Tamayo Lori J. Miller Gary Karshna Griffin, Kubik, Miller, Cooper Providence Capital Wolf & Company, LLP Crowe, Chizek and Stephens & Thompson & Co., Ltd. Resources John DeLand Company LLP James Rachlin Frank Costabile Stanford A. Rollins Michael Senko Daniel A. Berg Irwin A. Lyons Louis G. Karrison