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President's Message

Greetings my fellow MTAW Members, Associates & Visitors,

As I sit here trying to come up with my first letter as President, I’m reminded of when I first became a Municipal Treasurer. I didn’t know where to begin, but, I knew that there was a lot for me to learn. I soon found out that there was this GREAT ASSOCIATION of Municipal Treasurers (Municipal Treasurers Association of Wisconsin/MTAW) that would help guide me through my responsibilities as a Treasurer and help me learn what I needed to know. Becoming a Member of the Association was my first step toward a rewarding career as a Municipal Treasurer. MTAW is all about promoting the education of its members. MTAW offers 2 Educational Conferences (Spring & Fall) every year and a New Treasurers Class before the Fall Conference. The opportunity to meet and network with other Treasurers at these Conferences is a priceless resource that everyone can benefit from. With the ever changing rules and regulations affecting local government finance, these conferences cover topics that every Treasurer can benefit from.

For a practical “how to” in depth educational experience, The Treasurers Institute put on by the UW – Green Bay Local Government Education Department is absolutely wonderful. This Internationally Accredited Institute is a must for all Treasurers. This year’s Institute is being held July 8th – 13th. I urge all Treasurers whether new to the job or not, to attend this Institute. Upon completion of the three years of the Institute you will have completed the Educational requirement of the Certification offered by MTAW. For those who have already attended and graduated from the Institute there are three more educational opportunities for you offered by the Institute. The Alumni track allows you to pick and choose what classes you want to take so you can get up to date information on topics that affect you and your Municipality and is offered at the same time as the Treasurers Institute. There is also the Master Academy and Academy for Civic & Public Affairs. Both programs offer choices so you can customize your education to suit your needs.

As we begin to enter the Budgeting Season, please don’t forget to include monies for education. As mentioned before, there are changes coming at us all the time and a few dollars spent on education to avoid a potentially costly mistake is well worth it.

Until next time, remember we are always stronger as a group, than we are by ourselves and help is never more than a phone call, email or text away.

Sue Finstad, CMTW/CMC/WCMC
MTAW President