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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT:
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Welcome to 2007-2008 Idaho Juvenile Justice Association.
We are looking forward to a great year full of growth
and accomplishments. Our conference in Boise was very
successful and we appreciate everyone's comments in
the evaluations. This feedback helps us improve each
year and is very beneficial to the Board. Your input
allows us to build on our strengths and address issues
of concern that may need our attention.
We must give great thanks to the Juvenile
Justice Commission for their continued support. Our
conference would not be possible without them. Also,
we would like to thank all the counties, Administrators,
Department of Juvenile Corrections, and other agencies
for their continued support of this conference. Input
and feedback in regard to ways our conference can
assist with Juvenile Justice training in our state
is always welcome. Our membership continues to be
at an all-time high and we are motivated to maintain
and even increase this level of membership as we reach
out to juvenile justice workers in all areas of the
state.
This year our conference will be in
Lewiston. We are very excited about some changes to
our conference format. First, in response to your
feedback, we are working to develop track or course
work for training purposes. This will take hard work
and collaboration with ICA but we hope to have at
least one or two tracks in place this year. Based
on the feedback we get from members this year, we
will decide if this is the direction we want to continue.
We want you to know we do address issues
of concern that are brought to our attention. One
of the most common suggestions is that we have coffee
breaks during the conference. In order to respond
to this request, we plan to discuss increasing the
conference registration fee a small amount to meet
this demand.
We also plan on reviewing and changing
some of our forms to make them more efficient for
members. In addition, we will also continue moving
toward maximizing electronic communication and utilization
of our website.
IJJA and ICA are working collaboratively to continue
to improve our communication and teamwork. This will
include having an additional joint meeting with the
ICA Board this year. We continue to be committed and
motivated to put on another successful conference.
We hope that you will join IJJA for another great
year!!!
Linda Hurd
IJJA President
2007-2008
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