The CSAC Institute: Educating, Engaging Our Members
I remember back to February 19, 2009, when we were nearing our first class of the CSAC Institute for Excellence in County Government. Bill Chiat (the newly appointed Institute Dean) and I had a meeting and openly wondered how many participants would attend; we had our fingers crossed this new educational foray would take root. Well, we made it past that first course where we had seven county supervisors in attendance. That number grew to 27 attendees for our second class in March. At that point, we knew we were on to something.
And here we sit more than six years later. The growth and positive impact of the Institute has moved well beyond our initial projections. In fact, today our major concern is ensuring it doesn’t grow too fast and impact the quality of our courses. A nice problem to have.