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NAEP Annual Conference Update
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The Board of Director Elections for 2010 have been concluded!
At the January Board of Director's Meeting it was announced that Harold Draper, Gary Kelman and Ronald Lamb were reelected to the Board of Directors for the term ending 2013. Marie Campbell of California also won a seat on the Board as a new member. A total of 11 members were nominated to serve on the board but only four seats were up for election. Kristen Maines who has served on the board for several terms and has been a valuable asset to the Association will stay active in the NAEP by serving on one of the many Working Groups or Committees. We thank all of those who expressed an interest in serving on the NAEP Board of Directors and encourage you all to reapply next year. Our Board of Directors elections are run in fall of each year for four positions.
The NAEP Board of Directors is composed of 12 elected at-large NAEP Members, a NAEP Representative from each of the NAEP Chapters, and four Ex-offico members. Chapters get one NAEP Representative for each 150 NAEP General Members in their area. The board meets quarterly at various locations around the Country. Between meetings the Association is managed by an Executive Committee composed of the Association's Elected Officers and the immediate Past President. These officers form an Executive Committee that meets by tel-conference twice monthly.
The Elections Committee now turns its efforts to the annual election of our NAEP National Officers: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. That elections process should be concluded by the end of March. The National Officers and new Board Members will be installed at our Annual Meeting in April.
Industry News, Events and Announcements
NAEP Members Receive Discount fro NEPA Training - March 30-31, 2010
Northwest Environmental Training Center offers a $100 discount for NAEP members. "Writing the perfect EA/FONSI or EIS," a 2-day training program, is presented by NAEP member Owen L Schmidt. The next course is in Phoenix, March 30-31, 2010. This training course will present the NEPA practitioner a set of practical skills for preparing either an Environmental Assessment (EA) / Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and includes all the required content, as well as skills for safely leaving out content that is not necessary. Thus the descriptor “perfect” refers to both the necessary and unnecessary content. NEPA lessons learned will come from various project examples. Major themes include: how to make the findings required by law; timing the NEPA process to the decision making process; all eight good legal reasons not to prepare an EIS; scoping a reasonable range of alternatives; writing the “perfect” cumulative effects analysis; and the administrative record. Information provided includes a substantial handout with graphic models, case lists that support the models, and sample documents as well as presentation of graphical illustrations of the models. Each attendee will be able to take the handout home to serve as a reference in the workplace. Contact: <http://nwetc.org/pol-302_03-10_phoenix.htm> or NWETC (206)762-1976.
U.S. Institute for ECR: 2010 Training in Lakewood, CO
Professionals, the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution is offering an opportunity in 2010 to provide collaboration and conflict resolution training that will be held at 12300 West Dakota Avenue in Lakewood. The U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution, part of the Udall Foundation, is an impartial Federal agency that was created to provide training and help people work collaboratively to address environmental conflict, including transportation challenges. Find more about us at www.ecr.gov. We invite FTA to take part in this series of trainings. This is an opportunity to bring collaboration and conflict resolution training to your staff as well as to resource and regulatory agencies and non-governmental stakeholders with whom you work.
Our 2010 courses scheduled in Denver include:
California AEP 2010 Annual Conference
Mark it in your calendars and plan on joining CAEP for an exciting Conference in Palm Springs, to be held at the Hotel Zoso, an exceptional 4-star boutique hotel in vibrant downtown Palm Springs, only a short distance from I-10 and the Palm Springs International Airport (special room rate only $179/night). In addition to pre-conference workshops on Sunday March 14, the Conference will explore a diverse range of topics, with an emphasis on practical applications, including Greenhouse Gas Emissions, the water/energy nexus, LEED/sustainability, CEQA/NEPA practice, legislative updates, case law updates, public participation, the latest in computer modeling and GIS tools, and regulatory permitting.
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Environmental Practice - Call for Papers
Environmental Practice is seeking submissions for the September and December 2010 issues. EP vol. 12 no. 3 will not have a specific theme and is a great opportunity for you to submit articles on a variety of topics and submissions are due by April 1, 2010. EP vol. 12 no. 4 will focus on wastewater and submissions are due by July 15, 2010.
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Environmental Practice is seeking submissions for the March 2011 issue. EP vol. 13 no. 1 will focus on energy and submissions are due by August 1, 2010.
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