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Next month’s program for the 2012 ADC Annual Conference in Monterey will be packed with high-profile speakers from across DOD, topped off by Secretary Panetta, who will deliver the meeting’s keynote address. Panetta, a native of Monterey, is intimately familiar with the gamut of issues affecting defense communities, particularly BRAC redevelopment, and growth and mission support. When Fort Ord was recommended for closure in the 1991 round of BRAC, he spearheaded the region’s response and initial recovery efforts …

ADC members will have an opportunity to usher in new leadership for the association next month at the Annual Conference in Monterey, Calif., when they vote on a slate of new candidates for board president and vice president, and three new candidates to join the board of directors. Bob Murdock, director of the office of military affairs for the city of San Antonio, has been nominated to become ADC’s next president. Murdock has been the vice president since 2010, and has served on the board since 2008 …

ADC has added an alternate format for receiving the daily version of DC 360 that will include the entire text of each story. As a result, the e-mail will be longer than the standard version of the Daily, but it eliminates the need to click through to ADC’s website to read the entire story. A number of readers have said it is frustrating to go to the website when many stories are only a couple of sentences longer than the excerpt in the original e-mail. Also, some DOD agencies and other organizations block employees from clicking on the html e-mail links that take you to the full story …

The deadline for members to submit nominations to join the ADC Board of Directors is Friday, June 15. ADC is seeking committed and motivated members to fill four seats on the Board, including two from the public sector and two from the private sector. If you, or someone you know, is willing to serve as an ADC leader, please respond to this call for nominations …

ADC is seeking committed and motivated members to fill four seats on the Board of Directors, including two from the public sector and two from the private sector. If you, or someone you know, is willing to serve as an ADC leader, please respond to this call for nominations. Candidates must be able to attend three to four meetings per year and commit five to 10 hours per month to board-related activities …

On June 13, ADC will host a limited-attendance event for industry to provide feedback, review pending projects and highlight the contribution of the private sector and communities in helping DOD meet its energy requirements. The ADC Energy Partnerships Forum will be held in conjunction with the Joint Army & Air Force Renewable Energy Industry Day taking place the previous day. Both events will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. The ADC Forum will extend the dialogue started the previous day by bringing together key players from the private sector, DOD and communities …

Secretary Panetta participated last week in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Defense Communities Caucus, addressing the possibility of new BRAC rounds and their potential impacts on defense communities. Nineteen members of the House attended the discussion, which also provided attendees with a forum to discuss the challenges and shortcomings of past base closure rounds with Panetta …

The Air Force Real Property Agency has produced a short news segment about the 2012 ADC Winter Forum that it has posted on YouTube. In a whirlwind 90 seconds, AFRPA correspondent Linda Geissinger hits on all the main themes covered at the conference. If you were in Miami, you’ll probably want to check it out — you just might be in it.

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Today marks the launch of ADC’s newest publication, the Journal of Defense Communities. The Journal will complement 360 Daily by providing a forum for ADC members and others to share in-depth accounts about their successes, best practices, as well as hurdles that remain to be overcome. The Journal will be a peer-reviewed publication covering the breadth of defense community disciplines …