What a busy week it has been! At HRchitect we have been spending a lot of time planning for the big HR Technology Expo to be held here in Frisco next Thursday, March 6. HR and technology professionals throughout the southwest will gather to network and participate in the region’s largest HR technology event of the year to be held at the Frisco Convention Center on March 6, 2008. If you are interested in attending this great event, visit www.ihrim-dfw.org for more information and to register.

This past Monday night was another successful Town Hall meeting with one of the larger crowds. I’ll have a recap of some of the highlights in next week’s version of the newsletter.

“Mornings with Matt” is continuing each Wednesday and thank you for everybody who has stopped by “It’s A Grind” at the SW corner of Tollway and Lebanon. These will continue to take place from 7:30-8:30am each Wednesday so feel free to stop by any time to chat about city issues, or anything you would like to talk about.

Wednesday night we attended an event at the Verizon Wireless Club at Pizza Hit Park where FC Dallas unveiled their new uniforms for the upcoming season. It was a fantastic event and we made some new friends.

Tonight, I did concession duty for the Centennial Girls softball team.

Tomorrow is Leap Day so for those of you who were born on Leap Day and enjoy a birthday party every few years – Happy Birthday!

The campaign for Mayor of Frisco is going great and only 60 days until early voting starts so please vote early and ask all your friends and colleagues to do the same.

I hate to cut this short but I have to get working on my weekly newsletter.

As we have been doing in the past few blogs, here are some more Newsletter comments:

“You do a great service to the community with your ever-informative newsletters.  We in the Frisco area truly owe you a debt of gratitude for providing such in-depth information about the community. It serves as a kind of "glue" to bind all of us together.  We are all in your debt and I, for one, am very grateful, indeed, for you and your knowledge and your generosity in sharing it with thousands in your community.” - Donna, February 2008

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“Mornings with Matt” officially kicked off today at It’s A Grind! I will be there each Wednesday morning from 7:30-8:30am and feel free to stop by any time and talk about any issues related to our great city or just to socialize. I’m always looking for more ways to communicate and reach out to citizens and if this continues to work well, I will continue to do it as long as citizens want to come out and talk. It’s A Grind is located at The Shops at Starwood (SW corner of Tollway and Lebanon).

Last night’s City Council meeting went about six hours long (ending a little before 11:30) as we had 9 different proclamations honoring many of our great citizens, young and old, and programs. We also had a lot of reports and presentations including a presentation from the North Texas Commission about transportation funding issues throughout North Texas. Also, we got our annual review from Community Waste Disposal who continues to do a great job for our city.

At the Council meeting we also discussed the creation of a multicultural committee, which I am a huge proponent of. We live is such a wonderfully diverse community and I have been meeting with folks for quite some time now on this issue and now it is time to step it up. Before the meeting ended, we went back into executive session to do the City Manager’s annual review. George Purefoy is an absolutely amazing City Manager and we are blessed to have him here in Frisco.

Of course it is tough to go right to sleep after these meetings so it was another late night and early morning.

Right after the “Mornings with Matt” event this morning, Rick and I headed to a couple of HRchitect prospect calls in Carrollton and Southlake. I love my job and business is doing great!

This evening, as with most evenings, Erika and I have several events to attend to, including a Frisco-Online mixer at Loft 610. We just love getting out and meeting with people and if we haven’t met you yet, we look forward to meeting you some day soon!

As we have been doing in the past few blogs, here are some more Newsletter comments:

“Thx again for the newsletter and your community involvement and leadership.” – Mike, November 2007

“Thanks for putting the newsletter together. It's always full of great information.” – Fred, November 2007

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