It is hard to believe that October is already here. My first year as your CKCAC Executive Director has flown by. It has been a whirlwind of a year and we are looking forward to finishing the rest of the year strong.
Unfortunately, most of our current conversations across the agency are about the Federal government shutdown we are all experiencing. As of this writing, CKCAC has not had to make any adjustments to our operations. However, we need this shutdown to end soon or adjustments may have to be made. I would encourage you all to take a moment to let your elected officials in DC know how important it is for us to get our government back open. We all need this. Prior to the shutdown, House and Senate subcommittees who oversee funding many of our programs all passed mark-ups that are good for CKCAC programs. We are hopeful that those funding levels hold when the government re-opens and a final budget is eventually passed.
As I mentioned in my September newsletter, CKCAC did our first CKCAC Connection with Bryan Conover. CKCAC Connection is a chance for staff members to submit anonymous questions to me for me to answer live. The reviews of our first effort were positive, so we are going to attempt it again in October. gng Productions produced a video of this that we will share with our stakeholders, as well.
As always, thank you for all you do.