NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING/MEETING CALENDAR - JULY 12, 1999

The calendar appears every other Monday as an addendum to the Morning Report.

Entries are listed no earlier than FOUR months before the event, EXCEPT in
instances in which registration dates close much earlier.  

Asterisks (*) indicate new entries; pound signs (#) indicate revisions to
entries that have appeared previously.  

Brevity in entries is appreciated.

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Dates:      July 20 - 22 
Conference: Property Management Conference
Location:   Reno, NV
Details:    Designed to provide an update on the NPS personal property
            management program and the fixed assets subsystem.  Sponsored by
            WASO Property Management Office.
Closes:     On-site registration
Contact:    Ernestine Armstrong, WASO Property Office
Phone/fax:  202-565-1162; ---
E-mail:     Ernestine Armstrong at NP-WASO-ITC-MIB
Submitter:  Same

Dates:      August 8 - 12 
Conference: APCO International Conference and Exposition
Location:   Minneapolis, MN
Details:    International conference and exposition for the public safety
            communications community.  Designed to showcase public safety
            communications equipment and supporting technologies and provide
            a forum for presentations on public safety topics.  Special
            events are scheduled.  Registration is available online at email
            address.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    APCO International
Phone/fax:  --- ; ---
E-mail:     http://www.apcointl.org
Submitter:  Frank P. Weed, WASO

Dates:      September 7 - 10 *
Course:     Introduction to Managing NPS Legacy Information
Location:   NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details:    The focus of this course will be on learning how to identify,
            retain and manage valuable and legally-mandated information while
            learning how to dispose of the peripheral and/or valueless.
Closes:     July 23rd
Contact:    Diane Vogt O'Connor
Phone/fax:  202-343-1011; 202-343-1767
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      September 8 - 16 
Course:     Interpretive Curriculum Coordinator/Certifier Workshop
Location:   Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details:    Workshop to train field interpreters for the dual role of
            coordinator/certifier in support of the interpretive development
            program.
Closes:     July 15th
Contact:    Dave Dahlen
Phone/fax:  304-535-6215; 304-535-6408
E-mail:     Dave Dahlen at NP-HFC1
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      September 13 - 16 
Course:     Retrofitting for Accessibility
Location:   Gatlinburg, TN
Details:    Designed to educate maintenance professionals, facility managers,
            site access coordinators and planners on the barriers that can be
            eliminated to promote full access to recreation facilities for
            people with disabilities.
Closes:     July 12th
Contact:    Jodie LaRocque, National Center on Accessibility
Phone/fax:  765-349-9240; 765-342-6658
E-mail:     www.indiana.edu/~nca
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      September 13 - 17  
Course:     Community-Based Consensus Building
Location:   National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV
Details:    In-depth study of a process for building consensus on
            environmental issues that are often contentious and involve
            numerous parties.  A collaborative, problem-solving approach is
            used to reach consensus decisions.  Tuition is $650 for non-FWS
            employees, but the first two NPS applicants pay no tuition
            (first-come, first-served).
Closes:     August 6th
Contact:    Steph Smith or Peggy Sandretzky
Phone/fax:  Smith: 304-876-7485, Sandretzky: 304-876-7467; ---
E-mail:     www.fws.gov/r9nctc/nctc.html (for information)
Submitter:  Steph Smith, NCTC

Dates:      September 14 - 17 
Course:     Firearms Instructor Refresher (XP-FIRTP-902)
Location:   New River Gorge, WV
Details:    Applicant must have a Level I commission, be an experienced
            firearms instructor, and be in good physical condition (the
            session will include a stress course of fire).
Closes:     August 10th
Contact:    Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further
            info.
Phone/fax:  912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:     WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:  Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:      September 15 - 17
Conference: "Rethinking Cultural Publications: Digital, Multimedia, and Other
            21st Century Strategies"
Location:   National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution,
            Washington, DC
Details:    Ways in which institutions can share America's cultural heritage
            with diverse communities.  Designed to give participants the
            tools to develop all kinds of electronic and paper publications. 
            $240 prior to August 4th; $135 for a limited number of NPS and
            Smithsonian registrants.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Gay Tracy
Phone/fax:  978-470-1010; 978-475-6021
E-mail:     tracy@nedcc.org, or www.nedcc.org
Submitter:  Joan Bacharach, CSD/WASO

Dates:      September 20 - 24 *
Course:     Archeological Resources Protection Training
Location:   Santa Fe, NM
Details:    ---
Closes:     August 11th
Contact:    Tom Cherry
Phone/fax:  912-267-2795 or 2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:     WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:  Phil Young, IMRO

Dates:      September 20 - 23 *
Conference: EPA Region 3 Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
            Conference
Location:   Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
Details:    Over 45 different hazmat workshops and training sessions, over 65
            presenters.  Registration is $95, includes reception and banquet.
            Registration is available on line at website.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Al Brown, EPA (or conference hotline, 877-804-CEPP)
Phone/fax:  215-814-3302; ---
E-mail:     www.epacepp.com, or brown.alan@epa.gov
Submitter:  Same

Dates:      September 20 - 24 
Course:     Instructors' Workshop for the Interpretive Development Program
Location:   DOI Training Center, Albuquerque, NM
Details:    Workshop for individuals interested in serving as regional
            instructors for interpretive competencies for entry-level
            employees and other interpretive staff.
Closes:     July 22nd
Contact:    Dave Dahlen
Phone/fax:  304-535-6215; 304-535-6408
E-mail:     Dave Dahlen at NP-HFC1
Submitter:  Mary Bonacorda for Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      September 21 - 24 *
Course:     Historic Park Roads Roundtable
Location:   Glacier NP, MT
Details:    The course will address the park road design/construction
            process, discuss case studies, and determine how park employees
            can influence the process to protect and treat historic park
            roads and their associated cultural landscapes.
Closes:     July 20th
Contact:    Cari Goetcheus
Phone/fax:  202-343-8148; 202-343-8152
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      September 21 - 23 
Course:     Environmental Crimes Investigations (ECITP-901)
Location:   Denver, CO
Details:    Participants will be required to conduct a pre-course assignment
            researching their state's environmental laws.
Closes:     September 12th
Contact:    Regional employee development specialists; FLETC for further
            info.
Phone/fax:  912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:     WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:  Wiley Golden, FLETC

Dates:      September 22 - 23 *
Seminar:    Interpreting the Civil War Through Current Scholarship and
            Electronic Access
Location:   University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Details:    The seminar will enable participants to convert documents to
            electronic information systems and enable them to construct a
            Civil War history via which visitors choose which documents to
            follow, permitting them to create their own narrative through
            computer links.
Closes:     September 7th
Contact:    Marie Tyler McGraw
Phone/fax:  202-343-5380; 202-343-1244
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      September 30 *
Conference: Call for proposals for The Third National Conference on Women and
            Historic Preservation
Location:   Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC 
Details:    The conference will be held May 19-21, 2000.  
Closes:     Call for proposals for presentations on any aspect of women and
            historic preservation, particularly on those that address "the
            intersections of gender, race, class, ethnicity and sexuality in
            the context of historic preservation or which provide an
            international basis for comparison."
Contact:    Gail Dubrow, Preservation Planning and Design Program, University
            of Washington, Box 355740, Seattle, WA 98195-5740
Phone/fax:  206-685-4170; ---
E-mail:     www.caup.washington.edu/WomenPres, or womenpres@hotmail.com
Submitter:  Vivien Rose, WORI

Dates:      October 25 - 28 
Meeting:    "Crossing Divides," Annual Meeting and Exposition, Geological
            Society of America
Location:   Denver, CO
Details:    Focus on the cross-disciplinary nature of the geosciences,
            encouraging a scientific program that crosses divides among the
            various disciplines of science, education and society.  $255 for
            non-members, $210 for members - but NPS interpreters can register
            at the K-12 professional rate of $25.
Closes:     Abstracts: July 12th; pre-registration: September 17th
Contact:    Bruce Heise or Jim Wood
Phone/fax:  Heise: 303-969-2017, Wood: 303-969-2149; ---
E-mail:     http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/99/index.htm
Submitter:  Jim Wood, GRD

Dates:      October 25 - 29 *
Course:     The Chief Ranger
Location:   Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details:    The second edition of this leadership course focuses on strategic
            thinking necessary as a member of a management team. 
            Participants will understand the roles and responsibilities of a
            chief ranger in resource-based division, park and service
            management programs.  Selection criteria is weighted toward chief
            rangers with less than two years' experience and those
            anticipating becoming chief rangers in their next career move.
Closes:     TBA
Contact:    Brion Fitzgerald, GETT, or Joe Evans, ROMO
Phone/fax:  Fitzgerald: 717-334-1124 x 434, Evans: 970-586-1218; ---
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name
Submitter:  Same

Dates:      October 30 
Seminar:    "Cold War Thaw - 1959," Fourth Annual Eisenhower Seminar
Location:   Gettysburg NMP, PA
Details:    Commemorates the 40th anniversary of the historic meeting between
            President Eisenhower and Premier Kruschev at Camp David and
            Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm.  General Andrew Goodpaster,
            Eisenhower's adviser on foreign affairs, will be among the
            speakers.  $35.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    EISE
Phone/fax:  717-338-9114; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Jim Roach, EISE

Prepared by the Division of Ranger Activities, WASO, with the cooperation and
support of Delaware Water Gap NRA.

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