Date: 09/11/2007

Time: Meeting: 12-2pm, Lunch: 12pm, and Presentation Starts @ 12:45pm

Cost:

Member Cost $20.00
Non-member Cost $25.00

Topic: Public Records Request - Oregon Senate Bill 554

Location:
Ernesto?s Italian Restaurant
8544 SW Apple Way
Portland OR 97225

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Presentation Description:
Therese Bottomly, Managing Editor of the Oregonian, will be speaking about Oregon Senate Bill 554 -- http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0500.dir/sb0554.en.pdf the recently passed Oregon legislation that provides new requirements for public agencies in responding to public records requests from both the media and members of the public. The bill was introduced at the request of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Ms. Bottomly will discuss the bill's intent from the media standpoint. Perhaps just as important, she will provide insight on what a member of the news media expects when they approach an agency with a request for information. She will also be able to act as a sounding board for concerns that we, as records custodians, have when we are on the receiving end of a public records request. The presentation should give us a view into the "mind of the media" -- insight that should help us build a two- way relationship of respect and cooperation that can make all our jobs easier. To make your reservations, please sign up online and make sure to choose your food choices: The choices for lunch are: Chicken Picata Fettuccini Primavera Lasagna Chicken Parmigiana

Speaker Biography:
Therese Bottomly is a managing editor at The Oregonian, the Pacific Northwest's largest daily newspaper, where she also has worked as a copy editor, reporter, Sunday editor and senior editor for news and planning. As managing editor, she is responsible for readership and standards, training, the copy desk, corrections and several local columnists. In addition to her current responsibilities, she is the public records and legal affairs liaison for the paper, handling retraction demands, subpoenas and prepublication review. For the past several years, she has worked with reporters and editors to open government records to the public. She is a board member of Open Oregon, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting public access to government meetings and records. As part of that work, she is developing a website that is a resource for smaller newspapers and working journalists across the state. She is also a member of the Oregon Bar-Press-Broadcasters Council, which works to resolve conflicts between the media and the bar. With the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, she persuaded Oregon's Legislature to make open for public scrutiny records related to any death or serious injury of a child in state custody. She was a Pulitzer juror in 2006 and 2007. She holds a journalism degree from the University of Oregon. Her husband, Mike Francis, is an associate editor on The Oregonian's Editorial Board. They live in Portland with their daughter, Elise.