APCO News
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Telecom Week Clothing
There is a section of our APCO Store dedicated to National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (April 8-14). Visit the Telecom Week Store to purchase clothing specific to 2007's National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. Keep an eye out for more to come on NPSTW! Visit http://apcointl.com/membership/store.php for more information.
Honor Your Retirees
Does your comm center have an employee with 20+ years of service who is retiring soon? Let us know and we will send a letter of congratulations from APCO President Wanda McCarley. Email hardyd@apco911.org with the employee's name, mailing address and years of dedicated service.
APCO Accepting Nominations for PSAP and CALLS Awards
APCO International is seeking nominees for this year's awards. The deadline for nominations is April 1. For more information on the PSAP Awards, visit http://apcointl.com/membership/awards.php. For more information on the CALLS Award, visit http://www.apcointl.com/about/pbx/CALLSprocesscriteria.htm.
APCO Seeking 9-1-1 Call Tapes
APCO International is working on a project to educate the public about the dangers of using 9-1-1 for non-emergencies. If you have any tapes of non-emergency calls to 9-1-1 that can be broadcast on national media please contact Courtney McCarron at mccarronc@apco911.org or 202.833.9600.
From Washington
800 Alert Mentoring Survey
APCO would like to create a Rebanding Mentoring network where those agencies that are well into the process would register their agency contact information along with a system profile. Such categories as size of system, type of system, manufacturer, demographics (city, county, state operations) and technology would be used to create potential matches for other agencies in order to provide a list of contacts and agencies with similar criteria in order that they may learn from previous agencies
experiences. Visit http://www.apcointl.org/frequency/800RB/mentoringsurvey.htm for more information.
APCO and NENA Seek Acceleration of 9-1-1 Funding
Last week, APCO and NENA sent a letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee urging them to accelerate funding for the ENHANCE 9-1-1 Act and supporting the 9-1-1 Modernization Act. Visit
http://72.242.39.234/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.apcointl.com/ebulletin/911_Modernization_Act_Support_letter_FINAL_02-05-07.doc for more information.
APCO Supports Public Safety Broadband Network
APCO International sent a letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee expressing their support for a nationwide public safety broadband network prior to their hearing on the subject last week. Visit http://72.242.39.234/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.apcointl.com/ebulletin/McCarley_Ltr_Inouye_Stevens_2-6-07.pdf
for more information.
Conferences and Meetings
2007 Atlantic Chapter Conference Call for Papers
Proposals for quality presentations are now being accepted for the 2007 Atlantic Chapter Conference and Business Meeting being held at the Mystic Marriott in Mystic, Conn. October 29-31. All proposals must be submitted by June 1. For more information email jvannais@ci.east-hartford.ct.us or call 860-291-7568.
2007 PA APCO Annual Conference
The 2007 Pennsylvania APCO Annual Conference will be held March 26-28 at the Willow Valley Resort and Conference Center in Lancaster, PA. The Call for Presentations deadline is February 1. For more information visit www.paapco.org.
APCO 2007 Gulf Coast Regional Conference
The Tennessee Chapter of APCO International is proud to host the 2007 Gulf Coast Regional Conference, May 14 - 17. For more information visit www.tnapco.org.
2007 Western States Regional Conference
The 2007 Western States Regional Conference (WSRC) will be held Feb. 26 - March 1, 2007 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. For more information, and to register for the conference, please go to www.cpra.org.
Training and Certification
Baltimore Pre Conference Course Registration Special
Save $20 on any pre-conference course with registration received by March 2. Discount applies to both members and non-members. Combined with the APCO membership discount, members receive a total savings of $40 off every registration. For more information or to register visit our website at http://www.apcointl.com/institute/schedule_registration.htm.
Receive High Quality Grant Writing Training at a Discount
Grant Writing USA provides the most highly sought after grants training in America and now, through a partnership with APCO Institute, APCO members can receive a $25 discount upon entering "APCO" when registering for any Grant Writing USA course! For more information on courses in your area, visit www.grantwritingusa.com.
Web Seminars
Join the APCO Institute each Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. for quality training and fun interaction with your peers. Each web seminar is one hour long and qualifies for one continuing dispatch education (CDE) credit. For more information or to register, log onto the APCO Institute website at http://www.apcointl.com/institute/webinars.htm. Upcoming titles include:
The Sins of the Supervisor - February 21
Improving Public and Media Relations - February 28
Motivating Employees - March 7
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