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Sarasota News Leader February 22, 2013 New wrinkles this year are $5,000 prizes for Best Partnership with a Local Business and Best Overall Campaign, the release notes. Area professionals will judge these categories, which will showcase nonprofit creativity and the ability to engage community partners, it adds. A repeat feature this year will be the awarding of hourly prizes to random donors, to keep the excitement going throughout the Challenge, the release says. Page 83 gift is $25) by debit or credit card at www. givingpartnerchallenge.org. Jerde explains in the release that the 36-Hour Giving Challenge is designed to ensure the community utilizes the information-rich Giving Partner profiles to inform their contributions. ���The Giving Partner allows local nonprofits to broadly share their needs and the vital services they provide in Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto and Charlotte counties,��� says Donations are 100 percent tax-deductible. Jerde. ���Our goal has been to make philanAnyone who wishes to give during the chal- thropy accessible, fun and easy for the entire lenge may make a secure donation (minimum community.��� SARASOTA REPUBLICAN CLUB TO MEET ON MARCH 6 Former state Sen. Lisa Carlton will moderate a panel discussion among the six candidates contending for City Commission during the Sarasota Republican Club���s monthly dinner Wednesday, March 6, at the Sarasota Yacht Club, 1100 John Ringling Blvd., Sarasota, the club has announced. As a finale, each candidate will ask a question of the others in a ���sixty-second challenge round,��� a club news release says. The social hour will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets are $30 for members and $35 for non-members. CORRECTION For additional information and reservations, visit www.SarasotaRepublicanClub.com or contact Donna Arenschield at 312-5279. The event is open to the public, the release says. The candidates scheduled to participate are Suzanne Atwell (current mayor of Sarasota), Susan Chapman, Richard Dorfman, Linda Holland, Kelvin Lumpkin and Pete Theisen. Current issues and the long-term future of Sarasota will be among topics to be discussed, the release adds. establish a residency requirement of one fulltime employee or one corporate officer or managing partner or principal owner residing in Sarasota, Charlotte or Manatee counties. However, that vote was put on hold while county staff assessed views of more area firms on a variety of measures. An article in the Feb. 15 issue of The Sarasota News Leader titled, Split Views, did not make it clear that Sarasota County had no local preference stipulation regarding company employee residency until the County Commission voted on a requirement during The relevant requirement the commission its Feb. 12 meeting. settled on during its Feb. 12 meeting was five During its Nov. 13, 2012 discussion of how full-time employees or one corporate officer companies could gain local vendor prefer- residing in Sarasota, Charlotte or Manatee ence, the commission tentatively voted to counties.