AICP News

The next AICP exam will be given May 10-24, 2010.  After that, registration opens in June for the November 8-22 exam window.  To help get ready for the exam, APA Minnesota is offering a test preparation workshop.  Four members who passed the exam in November 2009 will offer their insights on the exam itself and how they prepared for it.

The workshop will be:          

        Wednesday, March 3, 2:00 – 4:00 pm

        SRF Consulting Group           Lake Superior Conference Room    2nd floor

           One Carlson Parkway

        Plymouth, MN 55447

Refreshments will be served, so please let Jeff Smyser know if you will attend so we can bring enough!

We also are planning a social gathering after the study workshop in a nearby bistro.  All work and no play makes planners really dull!

The chapter also has the “Chapter Presidents Council Study manual for the AICP Examination” on CD for $10.  Make checks payable to APA Minnesota and mail to:

            Jeff Smyser

            City of Lino Lakes

            600 Town Center Parkway

         Lino Lakes, MN 55014

Questions?

Jeff Smyser, AICP

City Planner

APA Minnesota Professional Development Officer

651-982-2425

651-982-2499 fax

jeff.smyser@ci.lino-lakes.mn.us

Digital Capture Now Available from the National Conference!

You asked, we answered: APA members are always on the lookout for new and innovative ways to stay on the cutting edge of planning, and find simple ways to obtain the necessary CM credit required to keep their credentials up-to-date. Digital Capture is a new way to experience sessions from the APA’s 2009 National Planning Conference, held in Minneapolis April 25-29. In Digital Capture, PowerPoint presentations from individual speakers are synced with audio from their 2009 National Planning Conference sessions for viewing online.

Users can even earn CM credit by viewing approved sessions, and completing an acquisition of content survey at the conclusion. Digital capture is affordable and easy to use. At only $40 for each session, or the complete library for $995, a user can round out all necessary CM credits from the comfort of their own home, or office!

Visit http://www.planning.org/conference/previous/2009/digitalcapture.htm for complete information.