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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. |
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 Annual Conference & Trade Show
Remember: Early bird member registration deadline is March 10. Includes all sessions and events on Wednesday and Thursday, and the closing keynote on Friday. $269 - After March 10, registration increases to $289. Non-member full conference registration is $329. More
Conference Hotel: Space is limited.
Group name: Washington Recreation & Park Association
Single/Double $112 - includes breakfast (425) 455-5240
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Call for Sessions - Mid Year
The WRPA Conference Education Committee (CEC) is seeking dynamic speakers and leaders who can share knowledge, experience, and best practices related to the parks and recreation field for our Mid Year Conference & Trade Show, November 9, 2012 in Everett. Deadline for session proposals is March 1, 2012. More
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Aquatic Facility Operator Course
March 21-23, 2012: This course provides in-depth instruction in all facets of aquatic facility opertaion and management. The AFO course is specifically designed to meet the needs of those working in public, semi public and municipality pools and water park facilities. The AFO program offers a unique discussion of risk management, not usually directed towards operations personnel. More/ Register
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Legislative Report:
WRPA is working to get a Local Parks appropriation in the Jobs Package. The overall package in the House is about $1.3 billion. The overall package in the House is about $1.3 billion. The links below show you the project lists, combined summary, and the two bills that impact us. Long way to go on this - House and Senate have disagreements over financing sources, categories, overall expenditure level. For questions please contact Doug Levy at levy4@msn.com or 425-922-3999.
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Land Aquisition Forum
The 4th Annual State Land Acquisition Coordinating Forum will be on March 13th from 9:00-4:00 in room 172 of the Natural Resources Building. The forum is focused on coordinating grant requests; state agencies will present their acquisition "wish lists" for potential funding in 2013. More
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Membership News
We are exploring a new "All-Inclusive" Agency Category and invite an Administration-level representative from your agency to join us for a focus group discussion. The focus groups will meet on March 16th via conference call as follows:
- 9:00am: Agency Level 1-4 (Under 2.5 mil operation budget)
- 10:30am: Agency Level 5 (2.5 - 10 million operating budget)
- 2:30pm: Agency Level 6-8 (10 million and above operating budget)
Please RSVP to Brit britk@wrpatoday.org and we look forward to you joining the discussion.
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| NRPA Legislative Forum
March 27-29, 2012 - Washington, D.C.
The NRPA National Legislative Forum on Parks and Recreation provides you the chance to join the conversation, get in front of key decision makers and influencers, and make known the importance of park and recreation agencies. Washington won't change without you - More |
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Teaching Safe Springboard Diving
May 20, 2012: Patti Southerland will be offering this course on how to teach diving that is safe, fun and informative for beginners-advanced level diving! The goal of the clinic is to help new instructors teach young swimmers to become divers or maybe young gymnasts how to become divers! More / Register
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WRPA Forums
We are working to fine tune the forums before we upload our membership later this month. If you want to check it out start here. Remember you must log into the WRPA web site to see and access the forum pages.
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Quick View of Upcoming Training
Visit our registration page for more information on all these trainings.
- Mar 14-16: CPSI
- Mar 21-23: Aquatic Facility Operator Course
- May 02: WRPA Annual Conference & Trade Show
- May 20: Springboard Diving
- June 09: Westside Summer Skillbuilder (save the date)
- June 09: Aquatic Skillbuilder (save the date)
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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
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Upcoming Section Meetings
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Mar 14: TeensMar 16: AquaticMar 28: FacilityConnect 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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| WRPA Legislative Platform |
Announcing the WRPA official 2012 Legislative Platform. Please share this with your legislators and community leaders. We encourage you to emphasize those of particular importance to your agency and include local examples. |
| PRORAGIS |
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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