Schedule

9:00 - VCOG Annual Meeting
9:15 - Lobbying the Legislature
10:45 - Access on campus
12:00 - Lunch
12:30 - Speaker, Daniel Gilbert
1:10 - Government technology
2:25 - Del. Mark Keam and Del. Jim LeMunyon
2:45 - FOIA bootcamp

Panelists:

• Bobbi Bowman, The McLean Ear
• Mark Caramanica, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• Barry Condrey, Chesterfield County
• Maria Everett, Virginia FOIA Council
• Craig Fifer, City of Alexandria
• Leslie Fuentes, MuniGov2.0

• Daniel Gilbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter from the Bristol Herald Courier
• Dick Hammerstrom, Free Lance-Star
• Larry Hincker, Virginia Tech
• Robert Holloway, Yorktown citizen
• Ron Koch, Citizens Coalition for Police Accountability
• Dr. Kandise Lucas, State Coalition for Justice for Civil Rights
• Brian McNeil, The Daily Progress
• Sen. John Miller, Newport News
• Holli Ploog, CGI
• Jeff Schapiro, Richmond Times-Dispatch
• Dana Schrad, Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police
• Emily Seibert, VITA
• Ginger Stanley, Virginia Press Association
• Katie Thisdell, JMU Breeze
• Virginia Citizens Coalition for Police Accountability
• Chris Whyte, Vectre Corporation

Dinner and After-Dinner Program

Thursday, Oct. 21: Join VCOG board members, access advocates and supporters of open government at the Commonwealth Suites Hotel for dinner and an after-dinner discussion on access to criminal investigative records, featuring Dana Schrad and Ron Koch of the Citizen Coalition for Police Accountability.

VCOG Conference and Annual Meeting

Friday, Oct. 22: Join VCOG at the Virginia State Capitol, where we will hold panels/discussion, recognize winners of our FOI awards for citizens, press and government, and conduct a brief annual meeting to elect officers and at-large board members.

Sponsors
(And a special thank you to Del. Sal Iaquinto for sponsoring our use of the Capitol) 

• Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond ($250)
• Alpha-Omega Wealth Management, Richmond ($500)
• The Associated Press, Richmond ($500)
• BaconsRebellion.com ($100)
• Christian & Barton, Richmond ($250)
• The Daily Progress, Charlottesville ($750)
• Media General, Richmond ($500)
• The News Virginian, Waynesboro ($250)
• Privasoft, Arlington ($50) 
• PWHD Capitol Consulting Group, Richmond ($250)
• Reed-Elsevier ($250)
• Richmond Free Press ($100)
• Richmond Times-Dispatch (in-kind)
• The Society of Professional Journalists - Virginia Chapter ($100)
• The Vectre Corporation, Richmond ($250)
• The Virginia Association of Trial Lawyers ($250)
• Virginia Lawyers Weekly ($100)
• The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk ($500)
• Virginia Press Women ($100)
• The Virginian Review, Covington ($50)
• Joseph Walton, Powhatan ($100)
• Washington & Lee School of Journalism and Mass Communication ($300)
• WTVR ($250)
• WWBT ($350)