Chapter Officers Update

We want to remind all of the chapters and members that the "Super Saver" deal for the 2005 Annual Conference in Denver runs through January 14th. You might note that date is different than it was a couple of weeks ago. This extension is intended to give everyone a chance to register from their 2005 budgets.
APCO has started a new membership challenge. This time the challenge is from one chapter to another. Below are the key elements to the challenge.

1. Now until February 28, 2005. 2. Prizes to be awarded in each category are:

1.      Training in a box 2.      Training course through APCO Institute 3.      Conference registration 4.      Set of the APCO publications 5.      Signature series items. 6.      Free APCO membership for 1 year

3. To even the “playing field” we have broken the chapters into three categories, small, medium and large and within your category your chapter can win one of two ways:

1. Chapter with the most NEW Members 2. Chapter with the most Bring Back Members

4. Chapter Groups:

Small   Medium Large

Alaska Alabama Atlantic
Aust/New Zealand        Arizona CPRA
Idaho   Arkansas        Colorado
Kentucky        Indiana Florida
Mississippi     Iowa    Georgia
Montana Kansas Illinois
Nebraska        Louisiana       Michigan
Nevada Minnesota       Mid-Eastern
Mexico Missouri        N. Carolina
N. Dakota       S. Carolina     N. California
Oklahoma        Tennessee       Ohio
Oregon Utah    Pennsylvania
Pacific W. Virginia     Texas
S. Dakota       Wisconsin       Virginia
Wyoming         Washington
Chapter Presidents: please forward a message to your chapter members that the APCO scholarship period starts March 1. Applications will continue to be accepted through May 1st. Two scholarships are available to the membership - the Silent Key Scholarship and the Corporate Advisory Committee Scholarship, with only one application needed to qualify for either scholarship. These scholarships can be used toward attending APCO Institute classes, the APCO Virtual College and to attend the APCO International Conference. For more information, visit our APCO website at http://www.apco911.org/institute/FormsInformation.htm .
To better serve smaller agencies with more restrictive budgets in implementing APCO EMD, effective January 1, APCO will be offering a Standard Version of EMD Guidecards at a reduced rate. This version will differ from the regular custom version by reducing the amount of changes per set, thereby reducing the amount of man hours and expense to the APCO Institute. The Institute will also be introducing a new "Restricted Medical EMD Instructor Certification" that will allow agencies to certify a medically trained person to instruct the medical portion of the EMD course without the expense of a full EMD Instructor certification. These changes will help APCO provide the same services to smaller agencies with less funding that might otherwise not be able to implement EMD.
Gregg Riddle
Gregory T. Riddle
Executive Director West Suburban Consolidated Dispatch Center 400 Park Avenue River Forest IL 60305-1798 Tx 708-771-9110 Fx 708-771-9119