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Greetings!
Greetings!
The WRPA E-news is distributed twice a month to our total membership. Its our tool for providing timely news and information you need regarding current events, grants, training, and great ideas to add value to your work day. |
Action Alert Continues...
It is VERY IMPORTANT that our members understand that if they are recipients of any type of grant, loan or earmark in the 2011-2013 Capital Budget, they need to get those funds under contract and be moving ahead with projects or risk being swept into a stop project situation for projects not ready. For more information contact Doug at levy4@msn.com. |
One of the Best Ever!
 Mid-Year Conference & Trade Show
October 19, 2011 - Seattle WA.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the WRPA Mid Year Conference & Trade Show. This is going down in history as one of the best Mid Years ever. Reports are the speakers were excellent, our trade show featured interactive and new exhbitors, and people were just really happy in the new location. Our silent auction brought in over $2,000 and helped create great postivie energy at the event. Congratulations to our award recipients (see On The Move below) Thanks again to our conference sponsors: Allplay Systems; Northwest Playground Equipment and Precor Commercial Fitness!
Mark you calendars... next year's event will be on Friday November 9, 2012 at the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center in Everett. |
WRPA Resources Pages
Introducing the WRPA resource pages, your place for Washington park and recreation best practices, policies, strategies, products and trends. The following resources are available to give you the confidence to tackle impending issues and challenges that the profession is currently facing. Resources help you to strengthen management decisions. Recently added content:
- Mid Year Presentation on Marketing Facilities
- RCO - Allowable Uses draft
- RCO - Streamlining for the Board
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WRPA Risk Management School
January 11-12, 2012 - Shoreline WA This program made possible in partnership and scholarship support with these leading organizations in Washington State risk management. Over seventy scholarship opportunities are available! Contact your agency risk pool provider for details. Scholarships / Register / More |
WRPA Today: Last Call For Content
Our winter issue of the WRPA Today magazine (January distribu  tion) will include our legislative agenda and concepts about the future funding for parks. Please consider sharing groundbreaking and newsworthy information from your agency as part of our district news. Send to britk@wrpatoday.org by November 3rd to be included in our editorial review for this issue. To view our fall WRPA Today in either pdf or digitized mode visit our magazine archive. More |
WRPA Scholarship Opportunities
Please visit the WRPA scholarship site for information on scholarships available right now for the Risk Management School ($199 value - 3 available) and the PNW Resource Management School ($1,100 value - 1 available). Deadline for both is December 1, 2011. |
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Call for Nominations/Awards
The Washington Recreation & Park Association has seven established awards to recognize organizations and individuals (both volunteers and professionals) for their contributions to the Park and Recreation field. WRPA also offers a spectrum of Spotlight Awards to recognize excellence in park and recreation projects, services and media. Nominations are now open and will close on Friday, February 24, 2012. More |
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Call for Conference Speakers
The Conference Education Committee (CEC) is now recruiting for keynote speakers and for general session speakers for Mid Year 2012 and Annual Conference 2013 and beyond. We need your ideas, contacts and suggestions to help build amazing conferences. More |
On The Move
Congratulations to the following three Facility Service Section award recipients who were recognized at the WRPA Mid Year Conference & Trade Show on October 19th in Seattle: Janet Peterson, Burien, for customer service; South Bellevue Community Center, for Innovative Facility Practices; and Rachel Gilbert, Burien, for Outstanding Professional. Lucky folks at Mid Year included John Dunn, Tukwila, winner of the 50/50 raffle and Pam Olson, Mill Creek, who won a free 2012 Annual Conference registration. Introducing Jennifer Flores, formerly Jennifer Iverson, WRPA staff, and congratulating her on a beautiful Vegas marriage! Governor Gregoire appointed Mark Brown to the State Parks and Recreation Commission, effective immediately. Brown, 61, is a governmental affairs professional who brings years of public and private sector experience to the Commission. He is president of Connections Public Affairs and has public and private sector clients throughout Southwest Washington. He is former Mayor of the City of Lacey and also previously served as director of the Washington Department of Labor and Industries.
Over 70 folks from Washington State are attending the NRPA Congress in Atlanta this week. On Wednesday NRPA presents Christopher Williams, Seattle Parks & Recreation Interim Superintendent with the R.O.S.E. award recognizing him for exceptional leadership. Adrienne Caver-Hall, Seattle Parks, is the president of the Ethnic Minority Society. Jessi Richardson, Director Sammamish Parks & Recreation serves on the NRPA program committee. Courtney Brown is attending the NRPA Congress on a diversity scholarship award. Hopefully they will all connect at the PNW Regional Social tonight at Der Biergarten from 9:00pm-11:00pm. Sponsored by SiteLines Park & Playground Products and Northwest Playground Equipment. |
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Call for Conference Speakers
The Conference Education Committee (CEC) is now recruiting for keynote speakers and for general session speakers for Mid Year 2012 and Annual Conference 2013 and beyond. We need your ideas, contacts and suggestions to help build amazing conferences. More |
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Upcoming Trainings - Plan
See below for a list of trainings WRPA is offering over the next six months. Plan ahead and if you're able to use 2011 year end funds you will be one step ahead of 2012. Another strategy is to explore the scholarship opportunites for the Risk Management School. Unless otherwise noted all trainings are open for registration. Visit our registration page for more information on all these trainings.
- Nov 2: Pruning Part 2 (full)
- Nov 9-11: CPSI
- Dec 8: Small Equipment Repair & Maintenance (registration will open later this week)
- Jan 11-12: Risk Management School
- Jan 12: This Is IT! (Save the date)
- Jan 24-25: Summit on Future Funding For Parks
- Feb 23: Athletic/Fitness Section Retreat (Save the date)
- Mar 3: Facility Section Workshop (Save the date)
- Mar 14-16 CPSI
- Mar 21: Aquatic Facility Operator Course
- May 02: WRPA Annual Conference & Trade Show
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WRPA is a 501c3 not-for-profit professional and public interest organization. WRPA is dedicated to providing resources for the public and our members who create community through people parks and programs. Thank your for your membership in WRPA.
Sincerely,
Brit Kramer, CPRP, CAE
Executive Director
Washington Recreation & Park Association |
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Section Meetings |
Connect with your colleagues at the next section meeting. Visit the section web page to find agendas and directions posted the week before each meeting. *Remote access via "gotomeeting" scheduled. |
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PRORAGIS, short for Park and Recreation Operating Ratio and Geographic Information System, is NRPA's cutting-edge, online management tool, designed specifically for public park and recreation agencies -- and free to all members of NRPA! www.nrpa.org |
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