287 in Marrow Bay — the 2026 conference
The 63rd annual conference drew 287 attendees from 141 municipalities, the largest since 2019 and 19% up on 2025.
Wilhelmina Ashe, Town Clerk of Cranemoor, received Records Officer of the Year for clearing a nine-year disposition backlog — and, more to the point, for writing down how she did it in a form four neighbouring towns have since copied. Harriet Nowicki received the Halloran Award.
Eleven members were awarded the CCRO and three the CCRO-M.
What rated highest
The Thursday panel — three clerks talking, without varnish, about a records request that went wrong in their own municipality — was the highest-rated session in the association’s history of running the survey. It returns in 2027.
The comment that appeared most often in the free-text responses was some version of “I thought it was only me.”
What rated lowest, and why we are saying so
The Wednesday breakout on licensing workflows was rated 2.9 of 5. The content was sound and pitched at municipalities four times the size of the ones in the room. The Education Committee has taken the point: 2027’s small-municipality sessions are explicitly labelled by population band so nobody has to guess.
2027
Lindenport Harbour Center, 13–16 April. Registration opens in the member area on 1 December, and the room block is held until 13 March.