NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING/MEETING CALENDAR - NOVEMBER 9, 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.

Please note that information on fire training can be found on the multi-
agency fire training schedule posted at www.nifc.nps.gov/mats/matsframe.asp.

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Dates:      FY 2000 
Course:     Risk Management (Occupational Health and Safety) Scholarship Fund
Location:   Various
Details:    The program will provide up to $600 for participants to apply
            toward the tuition of risk management training.
Closes:     December 3rd
Contact:    Mary Robinson
Phone/fax:  304-535-6732; 304-535-6408
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      FY 2000
Course:     Administrative Competencies Fund - FY 2000
Location:   ---
Details:    Cost-shre funding to provide local training opportunities for
            administrative and office management support positions.
Closes:     December 3rd
Contact:    Jan Gauthier
Phone/fax:  304-535-6402
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      November 29 - December 2 
Meeting:    1999 Congress on Recreation and Resource Capacity
Location:   Snowmass Village, Aspen, CO
Details:    The congress will focus on recreation and resource capacities on
            public lands and waters.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Susan Scott Lundquist
Phone/fax:  970-491-4865; ---
E-mail:     susanlun@lamar.colostate.edu, or www.cnr.colostate.edu/nrrt
            /capacity
Submitter:  Susan Scott Lundquist

Dates:      November 18 - 20 *
Meeting:    Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
            Committee
Location:   Hilton Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, UT
Details:    The agenda for this meeting will include disposition of
            culturally unidentifiable human remans and discussions of the
            dispute between the Hopi Tribe and Chaco Culture NHP.  Open to
            the public.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Archeology and Ethnography Program, WASO
Phone/fax:  202-343-4101; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Frank McManamon, WASO

Dates:      December 6 - 10
Course:     Universal Design: A Design Process for All People, All Abilities,
            All Ages
Location:   Houston, TX
Details:    This NCA course will focus on accessibility aspects of the
            universal design process.
Closes:     November 9th
Contact:    Tracy Snodgrass, National Center on Accessibility
Phone/fax:  765-349-9240; 765-342-6658
E-mail:     nca@indiana.edu
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      December 7 - 8 
Course:     Interpreting the Civil War through Current Scholarship and
            Electronic Access
Location:   Charlottesville, VA
Details:    The goal of the workshop is to enable participates to construct a
            Civil War history in which visitors and viewers choose which
            documents to follow, permitting them to create their own
            narrative.
Closes:     November 19th
Contact:    Marie Tyler McGraw
Phone/fax:  202-343-5380; 202-343-1244
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      December 13 - 17 
Course:     Search Management Instructor Training Course
Location:   Las Vegas, NV
Details:    Participants will be trained to serve as search management
            instructors.
Closes:     November 15th
Contact:    Ken Phillips
Phone/fax:  520-638-7792; 520-638-7838
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      January 19 - 21 *
Conference: "Resource Stewardship: Meeting the Challengesin 2000 and Beyond"
Location:   Valley Forge NHP, PA
Details:    The conference will provide an opportunity to reflect on resrouce
            work, share successful approaches, and prepare for meeting the
            challenges of stewardship in 2000 and beyond.  Sponsored by the
            NPS, George Wright Society and Conservation Study Institute.
Closes:     No closing date, but registration fees discounted before December
            10th. Abstracts due by November 15th.
Contact:    Conference website: www.portup.com/~gws/ner20000.html
Phone/fax:  --- ; ---
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Bob Krumenaker, NERO

Dates:      January 24 - February 1 
Course:     Interpretive Curriculum Coordinator/Certifier Workshop
Location:   Mather Training Center, Harpers Ferry, WV
Details:    Field interpreters will be trained in the dual role of
            coordinator/certifier in support of the interpretive development
            program.
Closes:     November 15th
Contact:    Dave Dahlen
Phone/fax:  304-535-6215; 304-535-6408
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      January 24 - 28 *
Course:     Cultural Resources Protection and Fire Management Planning
Location:   Tucson, AZ
Details:    The course will deal with the issue of evaluating fire effects on
            cultural resources and will help with the cooperative rewriting
            of fire management plans.
Closes:     December 3rd
Contact:    Trinkle Jones
Phone/fax:  520-670-6501 x239; 520-670-6525
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      January 31 - February 4 
Course:     Visitor Use Management for Managers
Location:   NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Details:    The course is designed to equip managers with the tools needed to
            oversee complex administrative aspects of visitor use management,
            including special parks uses and permitting, emergency
            operations, and fee management.
Closes:     ---
Contact:    Chuck Anibal
Phone/fax:  304-535-6215; 304-535-6408
E-mail:     On cc:Mail by name.
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      February 1 - 4 *
Course:     OSHA 600, Occupational Safety and Health for NPS Supervisors
Location:   Raleigh, NC
Details:    The course will train supervisors in recognition of hazardous
            conditions and unsafe behaviors.
Closes:     December 3rd
Contact:    Linda Giles, Risk Manager, SERO
Phone/fax:  404-526-3108 x650
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  Joyce Howe, STMA

Dates:      February 7 - 11 
Conference: Criminal Investigator conference
Location:   FLETC, Glynco, GA
Details:    Class will be from Tuesday morning through Friday noon.  The
            theme will be media/law enforcement relations.  Media consultant
            Rick Rosenthal will present his highly-regarded program.  Other
            presentations will be on NPS internal investigations, legal
            updates, WASO Ranger Activities, DOI perspectives and NPS case
            reviews.
Closes:     January 12th
Contact:    Wiley Golden, FLETC
Phone/fax:  912-267-2245; 912-267-3188
E-mail:     WASO FLETC-NPS at NP-WASO
Submitter:  Brian Smith, FLETC

Dates:      February 23 - 25 *
Course:     Mid-Career and Pre-Retirement Training for Law Enforcement
            Officers
Location:   Pensacola Beach, FL
Details:    The course will cover entitlements specifically related to law
            enforcement personnel, including 6c benefits.  Spouses are
            strongly encourged to attend - at no additional cost.
Closes:     November 30th
Contact:    Nancy Wilson, Personnel Officer, GUIS
Phone/fax:  850-934-2611; 850-932-9654
E-mail:     ---
Submitter:  JR Tomasovic, GUIS

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

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