APCO News

Congratulations to Russ Sinkler

He was another winner of an APCO Prize Pack full of cool APCO goodies for last week's drawing!  Enter for your chance to win by visiting http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=966212566860 to take our short survey!  Not only will you have the chance to get great APCO stuff, but you are also providing input that will help us to better serve you.

Interoperability and Other RF/Spectrum Issues on the Web

APCO maintains a resource website that reflects much of the interoperability initiatives and other spectrum activities going on across the U.S. designed to be a single source providing information you can use in your local developments.  If you have questions regarding these issues, give the "Frequency Coordination" link a try on the APCO Homepage or go directly to www.apcoafc.org .  If you have information you believe would be a benefit to the radio community identified within the spectrum side of APCO, contact Ron Haraseth, Director AFC at 386-322-2500 or harasethr@apco911.org.

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.  E-mail vanwoertk@apco911.org with the employee's name, mailing address and years of dedicated service.

APCO RETAINS to be featured at Illinois Chapter Conference

APCO Project RETAINS will be presented in two general sessions at the Illinois APCO Chapter Conference in Springfield, IL. There will be a two hour general session on October 23 that will provide instruction on the Effective Practices and a two hour general session on October 24 that will address the online Staffing and Retention Toolkit.  To  register for the conference or for more information on the 2006 IL APCO Chapter Conference visit http://www.911conference.org.  

For more information on Project RETAINS contact APCO's Comm Center and 9-1-1 Services Department at 911services@apco911.org.

Standards Development Committee Members Sought

APCO International is currently seeking individuals interested in serving on the APCO International Standards Development Committee (SDC). The SDC will be responsible for the overall development process and updating of the APCO International standards and proposals that are to become ANSI-certified standards.  To complete the online application follow this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=146117971E16526 . For more information on APCO International's role in standards development contact the Comm Center and 9-1-1 Services Department at 911services@apco911.org.

Check out your Member Profile

Login and confirm that we have your correct contact information at www.apconetforum.org/eweb, using your email address as your user ID and your APCO Member number as your password. Click on "update my information" and make any necessary changes.

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.

800 MHz Reconfiguration Webinar Series

Beginning in October, the 800 MHz Transition Administrator will offer Webinar sessions on various issues of interest and concern raised by the stakeholder community. Topics include Developing a Cost Estimate, Guidelines for Effectively Completing the Negotiation Phase, ADR, Reconfiguration Implementation, and Lessons Learned. See the Webinar schedule at http://800ta.org/content/news/webinars.asp for dates and times. 

Subscribe to the APCO Exchange

More than 15,000 public safety communications professionals will have the opportunity to answer your questions and give you feedback on issues affecting your role in public safety. Sign up now and you'll get advice on everything from staffing to software.  And you may have answers, advice, ideas or suggestions for someone else.  As public safety communicators, we must communicate! Visit http://www.apcointl.org/theexchange/index.cgi for more information.

Training and Certification

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! Visit www.grantwritingusa.com for more information.

Web Seminars

Supervisor Tool Kit Web Seminar Series - Join the APCO Institute each Wednesday at 2:00p.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. Web Seminar tuition is charged per login, not per person, at a very economical $59 for APCO International members and $79 for non-members.  Visit http://www.apcointl.com/institute/webinars.htm for more information.  The upcoming titles include:

Gossips, Complainers and Terminators, Oh my...Dealing with Problem Employees - October 18
What's the Problem with problem callers? -  November 1
So you want to be a Supervisor, Now What? - November 8
Creating & Maintaining a Successful Quality Assurance Program - November 15

FREE Seminars for Fire Communications Instructors

This FREE web seminar provides an overview of the new Fire Service Communications, First Edition student course and tips and information on how to teach the course using the resources provided in the Instructor's Guide Package. Upcoming web seminar dates are October 17, November 14 and December 12 (2:00 p.m. eastern).

FREE Seminars for PST1 Instructors

The web seminars provide an overview of the new PST1, 6th Edition student course and tips and information on how to teach the course using the resources provided in the Instructor's Guide Package. Upcoming web seminar dates are November 7 and December 5 (2:00 p.m. eastern).

Visit www.apcointl.com/institute/webinars.htm for more information.

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Broadband  Rebanding,
Interoperability 
and FCC Licensing

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Attend one of our co-hosted classes!

 Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 6th Edition
St. Francisville, LA  Nov. 13-17

Communications Training Officer
Boise, ID  Oct. 17 - 19

Communications Center Supervisor 
Greenville, SC  Oct. 18-20

Emergency Medical Dispatcher
St. Francisville, LA  Oct. 31- Nov. 3 

Fire Service Communications, 1st Edition (NEW)
St. Francisville, LA  Dec. 4 - 7

Telecommunicator's Role in Homeland Security
Bolingbrook, IL Oct. 19

Training at Your Desktop 

Public Safety Telecommunicator 1 - Instructor, 6th Edition
Starts October 25

Public Safety Telecommunicator 1, 6th Edition
Starts November 1

Communications Training Officer - Instructor
Starts November 1

Communications Training Officer
Starts November 15

Communications Center Supervisor
Starts October 18

EMD Concepts
Starts October 25

EMD Instructor
Starts November 1

Fire Service Communications, 1st Edition (NEW)
Starts November 15

Fire Service Communications - Instructor, 1st Edition (NEW)

Starts November 1

Check the registration page to reserve your spot today: http://www.apcointl.com/institute/
schedule_registration.htm.