ALN Newsletter 2 August 2022

Special Event Issue A Culture of Value – Power from Associations will be held on Friday 16 September at the National Academy of Sciences’ historic building, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will have the highest positive impact when the efforts of professional associations, trade associations, and their members promote asset management best practices so infrastructure investments will provide the greatest return on taxpayer dollars. A day of in-person progra...
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ALN Newsletter 26 July 2022

Earl Jackson, CFO, Denver City and County Transportation and Infrastructure will be a featured speaker at the in-person event on Friday 16 September at the National Academy of Sciences’ historic building, 2100 Constitution Avenue, NW. “A Culture Asset Leadership – Power from Associations” will also include success stories from the DoD, Australian government, the water industry, and more. Register here. If you want to sponsor activities or volunteer to assist, please email info@AssetLeadership.n...
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ALN Newsletter 19 July 2022

New ALN Organizational Member Mott McDonald will be presenting on the New York Academy of Sciences’ “Infrastructure Architecture Framework” that the organization sponsored. (See more below in Sources.) The in-person presentation will be on Friday 16 September at the National Academy of Sciences’ historic building, 2100 Constitution Avenue, NW. “A Culture Asset Leadership – Power from Associations” will also include success stories from the DoD, Australian government, the water industry, and mor...
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ALN Newsletter 12 July 2022

Things are shaping up for “A Culture Asset Leadership – Power from Associations”- an in-person event Friday 16 September from 8 – 4 pm at the National Academy of Sciences’ historic building, 2100 Constitution Avenue, NW. We have invited the New York Academy of Sciences to present its “Infrastructure Architect Framework” to help owners of civil infrastructure systems design and manage complex assets to improve sustainability and resiliency. Other distinguished speakers from noted organizations h...
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ALN Newsletter 5 July 2022

For those of you in the U.S., we hope you had a relaxing 4th of July weekend with family and friends. For those of you in Canada, we hope you had a relaxing Canada Day weekend with family and friends. For all the rest of you, we also hope you had a relaxing weekend with family and friends. Now, it is time to look forward to being together in person with our work friends. “A Culture of Asset Leadership – Power from Associations” is the theme for upcoming activities, with a highlight being an ...
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ALN Newsletter 28 June 2022

Save the Date: Friday 16 September – The ALN will have an all-day, in-person event at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington, D.C. on Constitution Avenue with engaging keynotes, topical panels, executive speakers, and more. Our planning committee is organizing dynamic programs, including an Association Dinner on Thursday 15 September and other educational activities. We will announce details as they are finalized. If you want to sponsor activities or volunteer to assist, please...
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ALN Newsletter 21 June 2022

In last week’s edition on ALN Th@3 pm ET, we were remiss not to mention the pivotal roll of Nick Knoke, ALN Director, Technology. Mr. Knoke has been the technical foundation of the program, has edited excellent highlight videos from the programs, and provides numerous critical services for the ALN.  He also trained ALN Technical Consultant Kevin Decker to step up and provide production support and editing. Many thanks to Nick and Kevin! A virtual CAMPUS for Asset Management (...
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ALN Newsletter 14 June 2022

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The Asset Leadership Network responded to the start of the 2020 Pandemic by publishing a weekly web newsletter and launching the weekly ALN Th@3 pm ET web discussion. We are now responding to moving out of the Pandemic by planning a combination of web and in-person events in Washington, D.C. in September and November 2022. We are also taking a break from the ALN Th@3 pm Eastern web program until after the Fourth of July - but we are highlighting some of the more than 75 programs below. ...
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ALN Newsletter 7 June 2022

The Government Finance Officers Association’s first in-person conference in 2 years started in Austin, Texas on Sunday with Chief Executive Chris Morrill relating a story about how his wife and he were among the first Peace Corps workers into Ukraine in the early 1990s after The Wall came down. Dressed in the winter clothing "uniform" of the former Soviet region, locals still saw they were Americans because of the light of freedom in their eyes. Mr. Morrill then encouraged the audience to remem...
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ALN Newsletter 31 May 2022

In this special edition of the ALN Newsletter, we first want to remember those who provided the last full measure of devotion to our country as a continuation of yesterday's Memorial Day tributes. Then we want to say that while our “ALN 2022 Spring Summit: Microgrid Asset Leadership” had a focus on Ukraine, we know war fighters are needed are needed right now to stop unjust aggression, not planners. But we do want to show support in the way we can by addressing how asset management can help ...
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