Watch you email in coming days for a packet of materials to read prior to our meeting in Denver. These materials are intended to stimulate your thinking, to invite conversation, and to let us hit the ground running when we gather for Shaping our Future: Transformational Leadership! In addition, we will include a link to a discussion board on our website for members to post thoughts, hopes and dreams for ACPE. We can't wait to see you in Denver! 

In April, the trustees of the Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund approved a $7,500 grant to equip ACPE's new digital classroom. This award follows a $5,000 grant in December 2015 from the Mary Allan Lindsey Branan Foundation for the same purpose. These funds, combined with the $25,000 grant from the F.I.S.H. Foundation, sets ACPE well our way to providing richer distance learning opportunities and expanding ACPE's multi-faith curriculum offerings through the online ACPE Academy. We hope to receive additional funding to round out the total cost of this project-and hope that we have received this good news in time for our Annual Conference in Denver!

Key audience: Those responsible for personnel budgets for ACPE programs

 

Background: As many of you have heard, the Department of Labor is changing the FAIR Labor Standards Act (FLSA), initiating new rules governing overtime compensation. Beginning January 1, 2017, the base salary for one to be considered "exempt" will rise to $47,892, much more than our residency stipends. All non-exempt staff are eligible for...