FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Marlena
Villers
214.977.6658
FOIFT
to Sponsor Responsible Rights Seminar
in
Lubbock
The
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will host a Responsible
Rights seminar on Friday, October 28, from 8:45 a.m. to
3:00 p.m., at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, 1501 Mac
Davis Lane.
Responsible
Rights: Government in the Sunshine is a
traveling symposium designed to develop and enhance understanding
of the changing landscape of open government. The
seminar will include in-depth discussions of the Texas Public
Information Act and the Texas Open Meetings Act and address
current hot topics in these two areas. It is directed
toward the general public, government employees, elected
officials and representatives of the media.
Scheduled
presenters include Houston-based attorney Joseph Larsen
of Ogden, Gibson, White, Broocks & Longoria, L.L.P.;
Gary McLaren of Richards, Elder, Srader, Phillips &
McLaren, L.L.P. in Lubbock; and Hadassah Schloss, cost rules
administrator for the Office of the Texas Attorney General.
The
cost of the seminar is $20 if you register by October 21,
or $25 at the door. Students may attend the seminar
free of charge with a valid student I.D. Advance registration
is recommended for everyone due to limited space.
No meals will be arranged or provided as a part of the seminar,
but a 90-minute lunch break will be included in the schedule.
To
register, contact the FOIFT office at 214.977.6658,
or print the registration form available on the FOIFT Web
site at www.foift.org and fax or mail it to the FOIFT at
214.977.6666,
400 S. Record St., Suite 240, Dallas, TX 75202.
The
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, a nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization, works to encourage, sponsor and
facilitate a greater appreciation, knowledge and understanding
of the First Amendment. The FOIFT strives to preserve
the freedoms necessary in a democratic republic by educating
media and legal professionals, educators, students, public
and government officials and individual citizens about their
rights and responsibilities as citizens. For more
information, call 214.977.6658,
or visit our Web page, www.foift.org.
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