Helping parks and recreation advocates help parks and recreation. (Citizen-Board Member Branch).The Citizen-Board Member Branch has been in existence for 32 years and continues to locally offer education and training programs to more than 8,400 park and recreation board members and volunteers across the nation. "One of our priorities this year is to learn more of the interests and needs of this diverse group," says C-BM President Bob Robertson Robertson, who batted and threw right-handed, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1967-76), Seattle Mariners (1978) and Toronto Blue Jays (1979). . "The development and implementation of new programs will require creative and cooperative planning by all committees in the branch. Additionally we will enlist en·list v. en·list·ed, en·list·ing, en·lists v.tr. 1. To engage (persons or a person) for service in the armed forces. 2. To engage the support or cooperation of. v. the help of regional councils and state affiliates to encourage more citizen volunteers to join the National Recreation and Park Association and the C-BM Branch." The Citizen-Board Member branch has streamlined its committees, which will meet at the NRPA NRPA National Recreation and Park Association NRPA Natural Resources Protective Association (Staten Island, NY) NRPA Niagara Regional Police Association (Canada) NRPA National Rifle and Pistol Association Legislative Forum on Parks & Recreation on Feb, 28. The C-BM Board will meet on March 1. For a complete listing of forum events and meetings, visit the NRPA Web site (www.nrpa.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. ). "I encourage agency directors, state affiliates and regional councils to invite citizen board members and volunteers to attend the NRPA Legislative Forum on Parks & Recreation, especially Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. Hill Day [Thursday, Feb. 27], when NRPA helps members visit with their local congressional officials to discuss issues regarding parks and recreation," says Robertson. During the legislative forum, the branch will begin planning for the 2003 National Congress & Exposition exposition or exhibition, term frequently applied to an organized public fair or display of industrial and artistic productions, designed usually to promote trade and to reflect cultural progress. in St Louis, which will be held Oct. 22-25. The C-BM Education/Training/Congress Program Committee will review methods for developing training materials for workshops and training sessions at conferences to help citizens successfully support their parks. A program priority is implementing regional training programs for board and commission members, elected officials and other community activists and volunteers about the benefits of parks and recreation through the Discover the Benefits[TM] program. |
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