Report from San Diego - Chapter Presidents Council Meeting
Submitted by apala-admin on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 13:24
During February, former Louisiana Chapter President Stephen Villavaso, FAICP, J.D. attended the Executive Committee winter meeting of the Chapter Presidents Council held in San Diego. "It was amazing." says Villavaso - who also encourages us to truly read our issues of Planning Magazine. Key highlights from the San Diego meeting include:
- New guidelines and models for the APA Great Places Awards Program
- Watch for updates on the APA Code of Ethics and the AICP Code of Ethics: watch both!
- CM credits for Planning Pro Bono work: the AICP Board will discuss and possibly vote on this in Phoenix
- New partnership models for Chapter/University relations: assigning a chapter liaison to EVERY university in the state, whether there is a formal planning program or not.
- Chapter Tax issues: a new initiative to encourage Chapters to form individual 501 ( c ) 3 organizations and a new reminder to EVERY chapter to file their tax forms ON TIME!!!! Watch out for individual chapter penalties from IRS!
- New structures and systems for planning and managing the National Conference: the full roll-out for the new system will be in 2018 at the National Conference in New Orleans!
- Finally and most important…..our Chapter has until the spring of 2017 to move to a “% of income-based dues structure”. The is new dues system that was adopted by the chapters in 2014 with a three year roll out. The deadline is spring of 2017! The Louisiana Chapter will need to amend our bylaws, inform the membership and conduct a major information/ membership drive to make sure this has a positive impact on our Chapter!
Thank you Stephen for keeping us informed!