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By Brian Hensel, Membership Chair, Rocky Mountain Chapter & Emily Brock, Chapter History Chair

The American Public Works Association Rocky Mountain Chapter has a high retention rate of 92%. Identifying the exact reason that retention is so high in the Rocky Mountains is not an exact science, but the membership committee believes there are a few contributing factors that should not be overlooked.

Membership means belonging, and APWA Rocky Mountain works to ensure that every member belongs at all times. A large part of this comes through personal connections made at the annual spring conference and the relation-ships that ensue throughout the year. Making contact with members is a leadership priority that not only keeps retention high but recruit-ment natural. To help reinforce relationships, Rocky Mountain Chapter sponsors member-ship recruitment booths at other public works related conventions outside of APWA. Running our booth is a team effort with assistance from new members, committee chairs, and board members. The APWA vendor booth becomes a lively reunion space where folks enjoy each other’s company and attract new members.

Additionally, recognizing member priorities is important to retention. APWA Rocky Mountain realizes that as the economy suffers, entities are forced to make tough decisions about their budget and professional organizations might be on the chopping block. To ensure that circum-

stance does not negatively affect membership, in 2011 the annual spring conference is planned in conjunction with the American Water Works Association/Montana Water Environment Asso-ciation’s annual conference, an event member’s also often attend. This is the type of creative solution that folks in the Rocky Mountains have come to expect from APWA. Companies and municipalities have expressed appreciation that APWA Rocky Mountain clearly has their interest in mind by helping cut down on travel expenses, resulting in higher retention rates.

As in life, membership comes from both the public and private sectors. A variety of person-alities produce a talent pool that the Board of Directors draws from for committee work. APWA Rocky Mountain strives for members to become involved in decision making as early as possible. Working for the organization encour-ages accountability for its success. All members are encouraged to participate on a committee in some capacity, learning more about APWA and paving the way for a board membership. This ladder helps new members become acquainted with the history of the organization as well as fostering future leadership.

APWA Rocky Mountain successfully retains members because it holds enjoyable events where everyone belongs, it seeks opportunities throughout the year to reunite members socially, decisions honor member needs, and today’s new members are treated as tomorrow’s leaders.

The Newsletter for Chapter Leaders February/March 2011

APWA Bridges 1 February/March 2011

This Month’s Focus: MEMBERSHIP

In This Issue

1 Maintaining Membership in the Rocky Mountains

2 Second Quarter Technical Committee Report

8 APWA Chapter Diversity “Tool Box”

10 National Engineers Week

10 March 16 - Chapter Presidents Webcast

11 Education Calendar

Maintaining Membership in the Rocky Mountains


This newsletter is published bimonthly by the APWA Chapter Relations Department and provides insider information on APWA activities for chapter leaders.

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APWA has several volunteer committees to assist in the management of the Association and its works. The most substantial of these are the nine Technical Committees that deal with specific public works areas. Technical Commit-tees are the “centers of expertise” for their assigned subject areas; their primary purpose is to provide direction and oversight to programs, services and products within their specific area of expertise to support the strategic plan and APWA goals and objectives.

Each committee has a face-to-face meeting at Congress and in the spring; most committees have monthly conference calls. APWA commit-tees offer members the opportunity of public service on a national scale and a chance to participate in the process of constructive change in the public interest.

Technical Committees have several responsi-bilities in common, including:• Writing or soliciting articles for their commit-

tee’s featured issue of the Reporter• Writing and reviewing Position Statements

and Guidance Statements that advocate for public policies

• Posting monthly items to the infoNOW communities and monitoring postings from members

• Discussing projects and services which could impact the APWA budget

• Receiving regular reports from various APWA Boards, Committees and Task Forces

» APWA Board of Directors » Center for Sustainability » Education Committee

Emergency Management Committee

The Emergency Management Committee continues to maintain a high profile on behalf of APWA and public works by serving on nearly 20 external working groups, consortiums, committees and task forces. While some of these activities are undertaken by former committee members, the bulk of the meetings attended

and follow-up efforts are carried out by current committee members. Recognizing the need to engage additional members, the committee is currently developing a subcommittee struc-ture. Subcommittees will be responsible for monitoring and commenting on issues which pertain to Mitigation, Prevention, Preparedness and Planning, Recovery, and Response. In an effort to enhance chapter relations, reports from subcommittees (through the full committee meeting summaries) will be shared with chapter emergency management contacts.

Other actions taken by the committee this quarter include:• Monitored a number of timely legislative

issues, through the efforts of the committee’s APWA Government Affairs Manager

» DHS Grants » National Flood Insurance Program » NFIP Reform comments » Mitigation Alliance » Midterm Elections » Cyber Security Evaluations » Appropriations for FY 2011 » Public Safety Alliance and the D Block

• Selected and submitted three education session topics for the 2011 Congress in Denver

• Agreed to hold their 2011 face-to-face committee meeting in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Chapter meetings in Vancouver, Washington

• Continued to provide comments on a range of federal documents

• Received regular reports from Emergency Management Think Tank

• Continued to represent APWA through participation on various national working groups, consortiums, councils, and external appointments and provided brief reports to the committee

» Stafford Act Coalition » Strategic Foresight Initiative » USAID/ASCE/ACEC meeting » Homeland Security Advisory Committee

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Second Quarter Technical Committee Report


(continued from page 2) » HSPD-8: National Preparedness Goal,

Target Capabilities, Universal Task List, NIMS and NPR Update Credentialing: DHS Committee

» SAFECOM » Homeland Security Consortium » National Advisory Committee (NAC)

Report » Interagency Radio Work Group (IRWG)

sub group on PW » Criticality Industry Stakeholder Workshop » FEMA National Preparedness Task Force » FEMA education products designed for

public works » The Infrastructure Security Partnership » EPA Discussion Group for Recovery/Reim-

bursement for Water Sector » National Level Exercise 2011 (NLE 11)

Exercise Committee » Emergency Services Sector Training » National Incident Management

Consortium » National Fire Protection Association

(NFPA) Technical Committee on Profes-sional Qualifications for Incident Command Positions

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Emergency Management Committee, see the committee’s October, November and December meeting summaries on the committee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/EmergencyMgmt/.

Engineering & Technology Committee

The role of this committee is among the broadest within APWA. By its very nature, there is little in the realm of the public works profes-sion that does not involve either engineering or technology. Accordingly, the greatest challenge they face each year is finding the appropriate focus for their resources and efforts. During the past four years they have seen their focus shift from the traditional public works activi-ties to a newer focus on issues surrounding the environment and sustainable practices, whether in the vertical (structural) environment or in

the horizontal (pavement/utility) environment. This new focus is reflected in the work currently underway to assist in the development of a hori-zontal construction Green Scorecard for roads, sidewalks and utilities which would be similar to the LEED or Green Building standards utilized in traditional vertical facility construction. The committee continues to follow and support the joint efforts of APWA, ASCE, and ACEC in the development of a new rating system.

Other actions taken by the committee this quarter include:• Selected and submitted three education

session topics for the 2011 Congress in Denver

• Confirmed Friday, February 21, 2011 as the meeting date for the face-to-face meeting to be held in Kansas City, MO

• Followed the activities of the Engineers Joint Contract Document Committee and arranged an update of the documents for a congress educational session in Denver 2011

• Submitted standard functional titles for public works positions in the areas of engi-neering and technology

• Developed the Click, Listen and Learn topic “ Weather Reports - Where to Get Them & How To Use Them”

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Engineering and Technology Committee, see the committee’s October, November and December meeting summaries on the committee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/Engineering/.

Facilities and Grounds Committee

The Facilities and Grounds Committee devoted a significant portion of their monthly conference calls this quarter to improving the committee’s relationship with the membership, one of their 2010-11 goals. The committee moved their spring meeting up a month, to February 11th, and changed the location from Kansas City to Los Angles to meet with Chapter representatives in the southern California area. (continued on page 4)

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(continued from page 3) Tying another of the committee’s goals to President Crombie’s focus on sustainability, the committee and chapter representatives toured the LEED certified Los Angeles Public Library after the business portion of the meeting.

In an effort to showcase sustainability projects, the committee worked with national staff and the Sustainability Center to identify small facilities and grounds projects that will be featured in an upcoming Click, Listen and Learn program sponsored by the committee. A call for “Small Budgets, Big Results” Facilities and Grounds Sustainability Projects was issued to the membership in early January.

Other actions taken by the committee this quarter include:• Submission of five education session topics

for the 2011 Congress in Denver.• Producing a pocket guide for roadside trees

and urban forestry management• Began discussions on what may be their next

publication project: “Sustainable Practices in Building Maintenance Tool”.

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Facilities and Grounds Committee, see the committee’s October, November and December meeting summaries on the commit-tee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/Facilities/.

Fleet Services Committee

This quarter the Fleet Services Committee is focusing a portion of their efforts on strength-ening relationships with chapters. Committee members are currently working with previous Snow Conference and Congress speakers to adapt timeless programs into a series of educational programs. When completed, this seven-part program will consist of prepared slides and scripts which can be used by chapters to provide free training for their members. An additional benefit of the program is that it will provide an opportunity for current Certified Public Fleet Professionals (CPFP) to earn credits

toward recertification by making these presenta-tions within their chapter.



• Began planning for a Workshop Wednesday program at the 2011 Congress

• Worked with APWA staff and the Winter Maintenance Subcommittee to identify and develop fleet-related topics for the Snow Conference

• Agreed to hold their 2011 face-to-face committee meeting in conjunction with the Snow Conference in Spokane, Washington

• Will work with the Winter Maintenance Supervisor Certificate program members to provide feedback and information for fleet-related issues

• Continue to represent public works fleet professionals on the FEMA Resource Typing project

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Fleet Services Committee, see the committee’s October and November meeting summaries on the committee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/Fleet/.

Leadership & Management Committee

The Leadership and Management Committee experienced a great degree of turnover with this year’s appointments – three new members, a new chair, a new At-Large Director and a new staff liaison. With all these new faces, the committee chose to hold their “spring” face-to-face meeting in the fall. Eight hours of in-person discussion enabled the members to identify their own strengths as they set a new course for the committee.

A brainstorming discussion to plan for the coming year focused on what each member thought was the focus of the committee when they came on board as a new member. (continued on page 5)

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(continued from page 4) Using the statements from members and recognizing that times change, the committee updated the Leadership & Manage-ment Committee Mission Statement as follows: To promote strategies that provide effective leadership and management for the delivery of public works services for our communities.

Other actions taken by the committee this quarter include:• Developed a committee job description• Developed a subcommittee structure to build

capacity for the more strategic activities the committee should be focusing on

• Undertook an update to the current core competencies which will reflect changing times (watch for announcements regarding this living document)

• Established the topics and schedule for future On-Line Mentoring Calls

• Determined the topic of the next series of articles to appear in The Reporter - The Road to Excellence


• Identified potential speakers for the February 14 Click, Listen & Learn program – Team Dynamics: Stepping up to the “New Normal”

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Leadership and Manage-ment Committee, see the committee’s October, November and December meeting summaries on the committee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/Leadership/.

Solid Waste Management Committee

The Solid Waste Management Committee has been working on a new publication concerning organic waste composting that will be a great resource for communities that want to be in the forefront of sustainability with a zero waste initiative.



• Sponsored a Click, Listen, Learn program in November entitled “Organics Recycling: Going Beyond Yard Waste”

• Monitored legislative and regulatory issues including the Safe Drug Disposal Act and the EPA’s draft guidance for handling of unused pharmaceuticals at medical facilities

• Planned their spring face-to-face meeting in Phoenix on March 17 to include a tour of area solid waste facilities with members of the Arizona Chapter

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Solid Waste Management Committee, see the committee’s October and December meeting summaries on the commit-tee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/SolidWaste/.

Transportation Committee

The Transportation Committee represents the largest single practice area within the member-ship of APWA. Transportation funding and legislation, streamlined project delivery process and a new Every Day Counts initiative are just a few of the areas of interest of the committee. To give local public works professionals a voice in all of these developments, the committee has set the following goals for the coming year:• Streamline federally funded project delivery • Stabilize and increase federal funding • Improve transportation safety • Promote sustainable transportation • Support Winter Maintenance activities • Improve member communications • Increase our input on federal legislation • Educate our members on the latest transpor-

tation issues and innovative practices • Increase partnerships with those conducting

related activities (continued on page 6)

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(continued from page 5) Actions taken by the committee to accomplish

its goals include:• Sent important transportation related infor-

mation to the chapter transportation liaisons• Selected and submitted three education


• Confirmed March 29 and 30, 2011 as the meeting date for the combination spring meeting, transportation summit and FHWA partnership meeting in Washington, D.C.

• Submitted standard functional titles for public works positions in the areas of transportation

• Solicited members to help the FHWA beta test their rating tool

• Attended transportation summits across the country

• Provided topic development on the Click, Listen program “Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Networks - Are You Ready?”

• Supported the Winter Maintenance Subcom-mittee in its activities

» Developing a Winter Maintenance certifi-cate program and manual

» Developing a Winter Maintenance Click, Listen and Learn Program “Lessons Learned from Extreme Weather Events”

» Monitoring winter maintenance related questions on InfoNOW communities

» Providing public information by way of articles, interviews and broadcasts

» Updating the Winter Maintenance web page

• Supported the Sustainable Transportation Subcommittee in its activities

» Developing specifications for sustainable materials

» Submitting 5 education sessions for congress 2011 in Denver

» Developing 3 articles for the transporta-tion issue of the Reporter

» Developing an upcoming Click, Listen and Learn program on recycled materials

» Coordinating sustainability efforts with ASCE, ITE, TRB, FHWA, FTA, and USEPA and with APWA’s Center for Sustainability

» Following legislation on S. 3602 “Safe Treatment of Polluted Stormwater Runoff Act”, EPA regulation of Fly Ash, and Complete Streets

» Updating the subcommittee web page• Supported the Roadway Safety Subcommittee• Developing a subcommittee mission

statement » Coordinating with FHWA, TRB,

AASHTO, LTAP, and Winter Maintenance Subcommittee

» Developing 4 articles for the transporta-tion issue of the Reporter

» Following the Toward Zero Deaths program and developing a congress session on the topic

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Engineering and Technology Committee, see the committee’s October, November and December meeting summaries on the committee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/Transportation/.

Utilities and Public Right of Way Committee (UPROW)

The Utilities and Public Right of Way Committee commonly known as UPROW is uniquely structured. To provide more oppor-tunity for member participation and input, the committee has four established and active subcommittees: Construction Practices, Right of Way Management, Damage Prevention, and Gas Industry Right of Way (GIROW). The Damage Prevention subcommittee is also the major point of contact with One Call Systems International (OCSI) and the Common Ground Alliance (CGA).

This quarter the UPROW Committee focused on the update of two APWA publications: “How-to Book on Utility Coordination” and “Excavation in the ROW: A Guide to Coordina-tion and Regulation”. Both publications are being reviewed, updated and expanded and may be combined into a single publication.

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(continued from page 6) Other actions taken by the committee this

quarter include:• Discussed potential candidates for the Public

Works position on the Common Ground Alliance Board of Directors.


• Confirmed March 14 as the meeting date for the 2011 spring face-to-face meeting to be held in Kansas City, MO

• Followed developments in telecommunica-tions on the national level

• Followed developments in statewide franchising

• Participated on the PIPA task team• Held a conference call for the Right of Way

Management subcommittee• Held a conference call for the GIROW

subcommittee• Held a conference call for the Construction

Practices subcommittee• Held a conference call for the Damage

Prevention subcommittee• Submitted standard functional titles for

public works positions in the areas of right of way and utilities

• Identified potential speakers for the May 12 Click, Listen & Learn program “Sustain-able Utility Construction: Methods and Techniques”

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Utilities and Public Right of Way Committee, see the committee’s October, November and December meeting summaries on the committee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/RightOfWay/.

Water Resources Management Committee

The WRMC welcomed three new members to the committee at Congress: Bob Moylan, Eric Labelle and Deana Donahue. Members have been busy with all of the legislative and regula-tory initiatives put forward concerning water. Each of these initiatives requires research and

comment by the committee in order to protect fellow APWA members from the onslaught of increased regulatory actions that do not adequately address affordability or efficacy. As stewards of the environment, the committee welcomes the introduction of technological advances to improve water quality, while striving to include real world assessment of benefit, asso-ciated costs and the impact that each of these enhancements have on respective ratepayers, especially in a challenging economy.

In addition to legislative or regulatory-specific tasks, the Committee’s other activities include:• Completed and published the “Core Attri-

butes” document with a host of other water related professional organizations. “Core Attributes”, which can be downloaded for free from the APWA website, is a first of its kind handbook outlining the basics funda-mentals of effectively managing a Wastewater Collection Systems.

• Developed and passed a Resolution calling upon President Crombie and the APWA to seek funding to set up a conference of profes-sional stakeholder organizations working in the business of watershed management for the purpose of collectively developing a new model for effectively managing watersheds well into the foreseeable future.

• Planned their annual face-to-face meeting to coincide with the monthly meeting of the Sacramento Chapter in March.

• Selected and submitted three education session topics for the 2011 Congress in Denver.

• Planning a joint meeting with the Solid Waste Management Technical Committee to discuss and develop an organizational posi-tion regarding pharmaceutical waste disposal and its impact on landfills and the watershed.

For more information on the discussions and actions of the Water Resources Manage-ment Committee, see the committee’s October, November and December meeting summaries on the committee’s web page at http://www.apwa.net/About/TechSvcs/Water/.

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APWA Chapter Diversity “Tool Box”The American Public Works Association recog-

nizes, appreciates and fosters the synergy which is created when the work environment values the differences in individuals and practices inclu-siveness and open communication.

Appointed by the president and comprised of members of the association, the Diversity Committee advances the diversity issues throughout the association, placing value on all individuals and the different perspectives of those individuals, and promoting the process for all to feel included as part of the whole. Diversity includes race, gender, creed, age, life-style, national origin, disability, personality, educa-tional background, and income level.

At the 2010 Annual Convention in Boston, the APWA Diversity Committee appointed a sub-committee to assemble a “tool box” in support of diversity programs at the chapter level. Please review the following information for ideas on how to expand or begin to support diversity within your chapter.

Diversity Resource Guides:• Diversity PowerPoint PPT (Creating Solutions

by Embracing Diversity, North Carolina Chapter Conference, June 18, 2009)

• APWA Diversity Resource Guide Volume II, August 2003 PDF

» Gender Gap in Engineering/Public Works » Wage Gap by Gender and Race » Differences in Gender Communication » Diversity of APWA Members » Cultural Etiquette and Customs » disABILITY Information and

Considerations » Obesity Discrimination » Understanding Basic Beliefs of Major

Religions » Chapter Newsletter Diversity Quotes » Volunteer Motivations by Generation » Triumphs » Basic Core Competencies for Public Works

Directors » APWA Standards of Professional Conduct

• APWA Diversity Resource Guide Volume I, May 2001 PDF

» Why Diversity is Important

» Global Understanding » Cross-Cultural Communication » New Member Welcome/Orientation » Chapter Program Ideas » Newsletter Articles & Quotes » Exercises » Multi-Cross Generational Statistics &

Information » Religious Days of Major Religions » Triumphs

Diversity Brochures• Diversity & You “A Guide for Chapter

Diversity Liaisons” PDF • Top Ten Ways to Increase Diversity of

Membership and Leadership at the APWA Chapter Level PDF

• Top Ten Ways to Increase Diversity of Membership and Leadership at the APWA National Level PDF

Progressive Women in Public Works• Progressive Women in Public Works Essays

CD (Link to 50 women in public works essays) PDF

• “Recognizing the benefits of women in public works” - Reporter Article, 3/06

• Women in Public Works 2006 Survey LINK• Breakfast of Champions PDF• “A Woman’s Place is... Wherever she Wants

to Be” Reporter Article, 12/05• “Women Face Unique Retirement Chal-

lenges” PDF• “Extraordinary Women Engineers, Final

Report” LINK

Bridging the Generations• Tip Sheet for Reaching Out to the Retiring/

Retiree Generation PDF • Learning Objectives (Diversity Thinking) by

Gary Batis PowerPoint• Productivity Through Generational Diversity

(2009 Congress) PDF

Reporter Articles• Reporter articles focusing on diversity (2003

to Present) LINK (continued on page 9)

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(continued from page 8) Bridges Online: The Newsletter for Chapter Leaders • Bridges articles (2002 to Present) LINK

Webcasts• Engaging New Students and Young Profes-

sional Members, 2009• Survivor’s Guilt, 2010

Best PracticesThe following list of best practices includes

actions, tips and samples provided by chapters from across the county:• Reprint articles in chapter newsletters

(Northern California Chapter includes excerpts from APWA Chapter Diversity Resource Guide II, 2003 in their chapter newsletter PDF)

• Ask a chapter member to write an article for your chapter newsletter:

» Diversity article such as in Hawaii (PDF) » Reflections on a retiring Baby Boomer » Advice from a member who is retiring to

a young professional coming up in the profession

» Ask young professionals to interview members who are retiring on the changes they have seen in the workplace over their career and have the young professionals provide their own perspective of changes they anticipate over their career span

• Refer to the template for interviewing chapter members for an article in your chapter news-letter (form provided to Chapter Liaisons)

• Establish and implement tips for welcoming new members

» Arizona Chapter agenda for quarterly new member orientation (revise to accom-modate your own chapter’s events and programs)

» Tips on how to welcome new members and get them involved from Diversity Resource Guide, Volume I PDF

» Tips on engaging women members at the chapter level from the Diversity Resource Guide, Volume II PDF

• Welcome new members at chapter meetings through a Welcoming Committee or a First Timer’s Meeting – use these to network/connect with first timers so they keep coming back to future programs

• Link to “Diversity Resources” on your chapter website LINK

• Use “inclusiveness quotes” as filler for chapter newsletters (provided to Chapter Liaisons)

• Tips for engaging women at the chapter level (provided to Chapter Liaisons)

• Utilize retired members through mentoring of younger members. Keep retired members involved in committee work and ask them to promote APWA membership to local agencies in your area

• Include a speaker/topic about diversity at the next Chapter conference

• Establish Diversity focused Chapter Awards » Diversity Exemplary Practices Award by

KC Metro Chapter (PDF) » Diversity Award by Michigan Chapter

(PDF) » New England Chapter Diversity Exemplary

Practices Award DOC• Establish a Chapter Diversity Committee

» Arizona Chapter Diversity Committee Event Calendar (Events)

» Kansas City Metro Chapter Diversity Committee (Committee)

» Nevada Chapter Younger Member Committee (Committee)

» Oregon Chapter Diversity Committee (Committee)

Diversity issues vary among all chapters, but some exist everywhere. Diversity should be discussed, not ignored, if we hope to create a more inclusive and accepting workplace.

Please share your diversity practices and successes with the APWA Diversity Committee so others may learn from your experience.

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APWA a proud supporter of Engineers Week would like to congratulate the National Engineers Week Foundation for promoting the importance of engineering and the value of an engineering education these past 60 years. February 20-26, 2011 marks the 60th anniversary

of National Engineers Week and February 24, 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. If your chapter would like to get involved please visit the website at www.eweek.org.

There will be a chapter president’s webcast facilitated by Brian Van Norman, Director of Chapter Relations on Mach 16, at 2:00 pm central time. Topics will include resources for

the chapter president, overview of APWA and services provided. If you would like to participate in this free webcast please contact Rhonda Wilhite at [email protected] to register.

National Engineers Week

March 16 - Chapter Presidents Webcast

http://www.eweek.orgmailto:[email protected]


For more information about these programs or to register online, visit www.apwa.net/Education. Program information will be updated as it becomes available. Questions? Call the Professional Development Department at

1-800-848-APWA. If you have expertise in any of the upcoming live topics, please use the online Call for Presentations form to describe your expertise and perspective on the topic. www.apwa.net/callforpresentations.

Education Calendar

February / March / April 2011

February 1 Public Fleet Professional Study Guide Part 3 – Rebroadcast

February 2 Stormwater Manager Certification Study Guide Part 3 – Rebroadcast

February 3-4 PSMJ’s Public Works Project Management Bootcamp – Seattle, WA

February 10EDUCATION AT YOUR DESKTOP

Decision Making For Sustainable Public Works Infrastructure: Triple Bottom Line Approach – Live

February 10-11 PSMJ’s Public Works Project Management Bootcamp – Denver, CO


Gray Water Reuse and Rainwater Harvesting – Rebroadcast


Team Dynamics—Stepping up to the “New Normal” – Live

March 1EDUCATION AT YOUR DESKTOP

ADA: Project Civic Access—It may be headed your way... – Rebroadcast

March 8-9 Stormwater Management Workshop – Charlotte, NC

March 10-11 PSMJ’s Public Works Project Management Bootcamp – Boston, MA


Pavement Preservation – Rebroadcast


Gravel Roads – Live

March 24-25 PSMJ’s Public Works Project Management Bootcamp – Costa Mesa, CA


Organics Recycling: Going Beyond Yard Waste – Rebroadcast

March 29 Self Assessment Using the Management Practices Manual - Vancouver, WA

April 7EDUCATION AT YOUR DESKTOP

Solar Strategies for Public Works – Live

April 10-13 North American Snow Conference – Spokane, WA


MUTCD Changes Every Local Agency Needs to Know – Rebroadcast


Out of the Box Funding Options for Public Fleets – Live

= Click, Listen, & Learn programEDUCATION AT YOUR DESKTOP

= Web-Based Training

= Live Workshop
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