There will also be information, on traffic control and planning models relating to traffic. For treasurers and finance directors, there will be software for accounting and payroll systems. The world we operate in one year is going to be very different in another year because of changing technology. The private sector is changing much more rapidly than we are, and yet, they're our partners. So there is a major educational lag between the way we're doing business and the way the public expects business to be done.
Crossroads is our first effort to educate our members on how to function in a digital world.
It's an effort that's been a long time in the making. Hague conceived of what would become Crossroads 2000 before her election to King County's Council seven years ago. Her position with the council followed four years on the Bellevue Planning Commission and four years on the Bellevue City Council. While on the Planning Commission, which often pitted neighborhoods against the downtown business community, she fostered regional collaboration in the recommendations made to the City Council. That effort coincided with her stint as a King County employee.