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CENTRAL

NAA NAA

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 Level II Archery Inst. Clinic

Date: September 12-15, 2002

Location: YMCA YMCA
 in full Young Men's Christian Association

Nonsectarian, nonpolitical Christian lay movement that aims to develop high standards of Christian character among its members.
 Willson Outdoor Center

Bellefontaine, OH

Contact: Anne Brienza

800-423-0427

info@ymcawillson.org

Learn how to teach the NAA Level I course, maintain equipment, coach beginner archers, and create fun archery games These novelty forms of archery are generally regarded as amusements, and, as such, are not governed by organizationally-sanctioned rules. Broadhead Round
A variant of the animal round, a broadhead round features archers shooting broadhead-tipped arrows through various
. An eight-hour training that certifies a staff member to manage and teach an exciting archery program for beginners of all ages.

Illinols/Wisconsin Fall Workshop

Date: October 3, 2002

Location: Camp Wonderland Camp Lake, WI

Contact: ACA ACA - Application Control Architecture  Section Office

312-332-0833

acail@imzxx.net

Keynote presenter, Laurie Frank, will discuss Camp Community and Leadership, and lead an afternoon session on leadership. Additional afternoon breakout sessions will address the correlation between camp and community and leadership.

2nd Annual Camp Property Conf.

Date: October 8-10, 2002

Location: Camp Silverbrook West Bend West Bend, industrial city (1990 pop. 23,916), seat of Washington co., E Wis., on the Milwaukee River; inc. 1885, consolidated with Barton in 1961. Tools and dies, plastics, machines, dairy items, and leather products are made there. A two-year branch of the Univ. , WI

Contact: Dennis Block

282-334-9685

dblock@girlscoutsmilwaukee.org

For camp rangers, site managers, property directors, property staff supervisors, program directors, executive directors, and camp directors! Three one-day sessions can be taken individually or collectively. Guest faculty will include county park directors, land use planners, DNR See dynamic noise reduction and domain name resolver.  officials, professors, camp insurance associates, and Plant Facility and Maintenance Association representatives.

Fall Workshop

Date: October 17, 2002

Location: CYO CYO
abbr.
Catholic Youth Organization

CYO n abbr (US) (= Catholic Youth Organization) → JC f 
 Camp Christopher Bath, OH

Contact: ACA Section Office

800-837-2269

acaohio@juno.com

Includes: Project Wet; Low Ropes Training; Property Management; Food Service Management; Staff Recruitment from hiring and training through the end of season.

Certified Horsemanship horsemanship: see equestrianism.
horsemanship

Art of training, riding, and handling horses. Good horsemanship requires that a rider control the animal's direction, gait, and speed with maximum effectiveness and minimum effort.
 Association International Conference

Date: Oct. 31 - Nov. 3, 2002

Location: YMCA Camp Manitou-Lin Camp Manitou-Lin operated by the YMCA was founded in 1913 as a summer camp called Camp Optimist. The camp is at least 160 acres, and is situated as they say "on the shores of Old Lake Barlow". There are two main parts of camp.  Middleville, MI

Contact: www.cha-ahse.org

For leaders, instructors, and riding program directors for youth associations, clubs, riding stables, camps, colleges, and recreational programs with instructor and trail guide certification.

Annual Great Rivers Conference

Date: November 11-13, 2002

Location: Camp Carol Joy Holling Ashland, NE

Contact: ACA Section Office

888-748-3783

ACAGreatRiversExec@ACAcamps.org

Keynote speaker and presenter, Sam Sikes Sikes can refer to: People
  • Bill Sikes, a fictional character from the novel, Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
  • Cynthia Sikes, actress
  • Dan Sikes, golfer
  • Stuart Sikes, recording engineer
Places
  • Sikes, Louisiana
, will use experience-based training techniques to teach corporate teambuilding, leadership, total quality management, and statistics.

Midwest Environmental Education Conference

Date: November 21-24, 2002

Location: Andersen Center for Professional Education St. Charles, IL

Contact: www.eeai.net

Highlights the innovative progress Midwest states have made in environmental education and directly addresses the needs and issues which are prevalent as states move forward in the EE field. Features concurrent sessions, half- and full-day workshops, a keynote speaker, and more.

Basic Camp Director Course

Date: April 6-10, 2003

Location: Camp Henry Horner Henry Horner (November 30, 1879 – October 6, 1940) was a Democrat governor of Illinois, serving from 1933 to 1940. He died in office.

First elected in 1932, Horner served during the difficult years of the Great Depression.
 Ingleside, IL

Contact: Marilyn Allison

765-342-8456, ext. 328

mallison@ACAcamps.org

A four- and one-half-day course for camp directors with less than five years experience. The course is designed to present specific content in thirteen core management areas--Participant Development & Behavior, Risk Management, Health & Wellness, Target Population & Diversity, Transportation, and more. The expertise, knowledge, and diversity of the participants are integrated into highly interactive learning sessions that focus on real situations, problems, and solutions.

INTERNATIONAL

International Symposium on Society and Resource Management

Date: October 10-13, 2002

Location: Hotel Miralonga

La Maddalena “Maddalena” redirects here. For other uses, see Maddalena (disambiguation).
La Maddalena (Gallurese: A Madalena) is a town and comune located on the island with the same name, in northern Sardinia, part of the province of Olbia-Tempio.
, Sardinia, Italy

Contact: Office of Conf. Services

Colorado State University Colorado State University, at Fort Collins; land-grant with state and federal support; chartered 1870, opened 1879 as an agricultural college, assumed present name in 1957. There is a veterinary teaching hospital, an agricultural campus, and a research campus.  

970-491-7501

ocsreg@lamar.colostate.edu

Symposium goals -- To present new research findings that enhance our ability to manage parks and protected areas. Extend networking and collaboration among PPA PPA 1. Palpation, Percussion & Ausculation 2. Pittsburgh pneumonia agent 3. Postpartum amenorrhea 4. Price per accession 5. Pure pulmonary atresia  management professionals with special attention given to improving the links among Europe, North Africa, and America. Promote effective management of PPA on a global scale.

6th International Camping Congress

Date: January 5-10, 2003

Location: La Trobe University 1. u/r = unranked

2.AsiaWeek is now discontinued. Student life
During the 1970s and 1980s, La Trobe, along with Monash, was considered to have the most politically active student body of any university in Australia.
 

Bundoora

Melbourne, Australia

Contact: Linda Pulliam

434-248-6800

icc2003@cav.asn.au

www.icc2003.cav.asn.au

Sponsored by the International Camping Fellowship, the camping Association of Victoria, and the Australian Camping Association, camping professionals from around the world will gather to explore the value of camping, networking, sharing of camping standards and programs, and exploration of the Australian environment and outdoor programs. The Congress Web site will be updated regularly.

NORTHEAST

ARC First Aid Certification Training

Date: Every 2nd Saturday Monthly in 2002

Location: 7244 Rising Sun Ave., Floor 1 Philadelphia, PA

Contact: Ms. Wakeeta

215-722-8848

csn4schools@aol.com

American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross.  Training, CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac
, Accident Prevention in the Workplace, Disease Prevention, and more staff development and certification trainings.

Creating the Ideal Camp Culture

Date: October 1 -3, 2002

Location: Mohonk Mountain House The Mohonk Mountain House is a historic and distinguished American resort hotel located atop the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County, New York. Its prominent location in the town of New Paltz is just beyond the southern border of the Catskill Mountains on the western side of the  New Paltz, NY

Contact: Jani Brokaw Williams

845-621-2193

CKMinisink@aol.com

Choosing the path of your future! A three-day, experiential training led by Jeffrey Leiken and Joseph Riggio. Specific steps in realizing your idealized i·de·al·ize  
v. i·de·al·ized, i·de·al·iz·ing, i·de·al·iz·es

v.tr.
1. To regard as ideal.

2. To make or envision as ideal.

v.intr.
1.
 vision of your camp culture. Attendance limited to ensure that each camp represented gets the personalized attention it needs and deserves.

Nonprofit Conference

Date: October 16, 2002

Location: Virginia Commonwealth University Formed by a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968, VCU has a medical school that is home to the nation's oldest organ transplant program.  Student Commons Richmond, VA

Contact: Rebecca Halloran

rmhallor@vcu.edu

6th annual conference especially for nonprofit organizations.

New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt.  Fall Professional Seminar Creating Camp Culture

Date: November 1, 2002

Location: Crowne Plaza This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article.  Natick, MA

Contact: Diane Chaisson

508-647-2267

diane@ancane-camps.org

Bob Ditter's symposium has been transformed into this one-day conference for camp professionals and their allies on topics important to the healthy growth and development of children in the camp environment. Featuring Deborah Meier Deborah Meier (1931– ) is often considered the founder of the modern small schools movement. After spending several years as a kindergarten teacher in Chicago, Philadelphia and then New York City, in 1974 Meier became the founder and director of the alternative Central Park , Michael Thompson Michael Thompson may refer to:
  • Mike Thompson, United States politician
  • Michael Thompson (Canadian politician), Canadian politician
  • Michael Thompson (horn player), French horn player
  • Mychal Thompson, former NBA basketball player.
, and Bob Ditter.

7th Annual Keystone Regional Camping Conference

Date: November 10-11, 2002

Location: Penn Stater stat·er 1  
n.
A resident of a particular state or type of state. Often used in combination: Lone Star staters; farm staters; the struggle between slave staters and free staters.

Noun 1.
 Hotel Penn State, PA

Contact: Michael Chauveau

215-886-5385

acakeystone@i-bob.com

Two jam-packed days filled with great learning and networking opportunities for all camps and camp staff. Exhibitors offer an early start on next season's purchasing with specials unique to this show. Big enough to cover in-depth learning but with limited registrations to keep it personal and friendly.

Basic Camp Director Course

Date: March 8-12, 2003

Location: Camp Clearpool Carmel, NY

Contact: Marilyn Allison

765-342-8456, ext. 328

mallison@ACAcamps.org

A four-and-one-half-day course for camp directors with less than five years experience. The course is designed to present specific content in thirteen core management areas -- Participant Development & Behavior, Risk Management, Health & Wellness, Target Population & Diversity, Transportation, Site & Facilities, Leadership, Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , Mission/Purpose, Program Design & Activities, Business & Finance, Marketing, and Food Services food services Hospital services A 24/7 department in a hospital that provides for the nutritional needs of inpatients–eg, those needing special diets, preparing meals and transporting them to the floor and, through the cafeteria, the hospital staff and . The expertise, knowledge, and diversity of the participants are integrated into highly interactive learning sessions that focus on real situations, problems, and solutions.

Basic Camp Director Course

Date: March 23-27, 2003

Location: Canonicus Camp & Conf. Center

Exeter, RI

Contact: Marilyn Allison

765-342-8456, ext. 328

mallison@ACAcamps.org

A four-and-one-half-day course for camp directors with less than five years experience. The course is designed to present specific content in thirteen core management areas--Participant Development & Behavior, Risk Management, Health & Wellness, Target Population & Diversity, Transportation, and more. The expertise, knowledge, and diversity of the participants are integrated into highly interactive learning sessions that focus on real situations, problems, and solutions.

SOUTHEAST

Basic Camp Director Course

Date: September 19-23, 2002

Location: Camp Skyline Ranch Mentone, AL

Contact: Marilyn Allison

765-342-8456, ext. 328

mallison@ACAcamps.org

A four-and-one-half-day course for camp directors with less than five years experience. The course is designed to present specific content in thirteen core management areas -- Participant Development & Behavior, Risk Management, Health & Wellness, Target Population & Diversity, Transportation, and more. The expertise, knowledge, and diversity of the participants are integrated into highly interactive learning sessions that focus on real situations, problems, and solutions.

Southern States Regional Conference

Date: September 23-25, 2002

Location: Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel & Conf. Ctr.

Chattanooga, TN

Contact: Don Wood

828-263-0934

info@southeastcamps.org

Regional conference sponsored by the ACA Heart of the South and Southeastern Sections. Southern hospitality with dynamic educational sessions and unique networking opportunities. Special opening event at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanoogal

WEST

Ninth Annual Wilderness Risk Management Conference

Date: October 24-26, 2002

Location: John Ascuaga's Nugget Nugget

A 15 year Gold FHLMC (Freddie Mac) bond; similar to a Dwarf.
 Resort and Casino

Reno, NV

Contact: Cheryl Jones

307-335-2210

wild.risk@nols.edu

wrmc.nols.edu

Learn about field and administrative risk management practices. Sponsored by the Wilderness Risk Management Committee, National Outdoor Leadership School, American Camping Association, Outward Bound U.S.A., Student Conservation Association, U.S. Forest Service, Association for Experiential Education The Association for Experiential Education, or AEE, is a nonprofit, professional membership association that promotes experiential education.[1] References

1. ^ [1]Association for Experiential Education. Retrieved 8/18/07.
, and other outdoor-related organizations.

Western Association of Independent Camps (WAIC WAIC Western Association of Independent Camps
WAIC Warfighting Analysis & Integration Center
WAIC Water to Air Intercooler
) 2002 Conference

Date: November 7-10, 2002

Location: Pasadena Hilton Pasadena, CA

Contact Robin Sprague

waicoffice@aol.com

WAIC is an organization of independent camps in the western U.S. who meet annually to share and learn together. Peg Smith, executive director of the American Camping Association is the featured speaker.

Rocky Mountain Section Fall Conference

Date: November 13-14, 2002

Location: La Foret Conference & Retreat Center

Colorado Springs, CO

Contact: Angela Langhus

888-926-2267

rmexec@yahoo.com

Peg Smith, ACA executive director, and Linda Erceg, Association of Camp Nurses, will deliver keynote speeches. Representatives from the U.S. Forest Service will be on hand to discuss permitting and other related land use issues. Other session topics include helping your summer staff deal with stress, employment issues, and legislative updates.

ACA Northern California Section Winter Conference

Date: January 16, 2003

Location: Concord, CA

Contact: Tina Myers

800-362-2236, ext. 03

aca@vkam.com

A one-day conference with a lunch keynote by Maria Coleman, ACA national president. Workshops focus on professional development for camp administrators. Topics include marketing, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , staff recruitment, and round-table discussions for experienced and first-time supervisors.

ACA Camp Director Institute

Date: February 13-19, 2003

Location: YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park, CO

Contact: Marilyn Allison

765-342-8456, ext. 328

mallison@ACAcamps.org

The CDI CDI compact disc interactive: a system for storing a mix of software, data, audio, and compressed video for interactive use under processor control  gives experienced camp directors the opportunity to examine, refine, and demonstrate consistency between their camp philosophy and operational components. It is tailored for directors with six or more years of responsibility for the operation and management of a camp or conference center or who have completed the BCDC BCDC Bay Conservation and Development Commission (San Francisco, California)
BCDC Bureau of Communicable Disease Control (Massachusetts)
BCDC Bernalillo County Detention Center
 and have at least three years experience.

Basic Camp Director Course

Date: February 15-19, 2003

Location: YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park, CO

Contact: Marilyn Allison

765-342-8456, ext. 328

mallison@ACAcamps.org

A four-and-one-half-day course for camp directors with less than five years experience. The course is designed to present specific content in thirteen core management areas--Participant Development & Behavior, Risk Management, Health & Wellness, Target Population & Diversity, Transportation, and more. The expertise, knowledge, and diversity of the participants are integrated into highly interactive learning sessions that focus on real situations, problems, and solutions.

Basic Camp Director Course

Date: March 30 - April 3, 2003

Location: Pilgrim Pines Camp & Conf. Ctr.

Yucaipa, CA

Contact: Marilyn Allison

765-342-8456, ext. 328

mallison@ACAcamps.org

A four-and-one-half-day course for camp directors with less than five years experience. The course is designed to present specific content in thirteen core management areas -- Participant Development & Behavior, Risk Management, Health & Wellness, Target Population & Diversity, Transportation, and more. The expertise, knowledge, and diversity of the participants are integrated into highly interactive learning sessions that focus on real situations, problems, and solutions.

List Your Training Event on the Web

Submissions to the professional development calendar are welcome.

Go to www.ACAcamps.org/education/calendar.htm, click "add to the list," and enter your information. Or, send the name of the event, date, location, contact, and a brief description to:

Calendar, ACA Professional Development, 5000 State Road 67 North, Martinaville, IN 46151 -7902; 765-342-8456, ext. 328; fax 765-342-2065; mallison@ACAcamps.org
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