Taking Names for ASFPM Scholarship Wait List

Hello all,

It's been a while since we have posted a new message, but hopefully this announcement is worth the wait!  We would like to announce that we will be starting a wait list for conference registration scholarships.  The scholarships would be available to any "local official"  interested in attending the 2013 Association of State Floodplain Manager’s (ASFPM) conference.  The term "local official" includes local or regional planners, community staff, NPO or NGO employees, state employees, students, etc. 

This year, the ASFPM conference will be held in Hartford, CT from June 9-14^th.  1995 was the last time the ASFPM conference was held in New England so this is a great opportunity to be part of an international flood conference with typically well over 1,200 participants.

Right now, all of our scholarships have been offered, however, it is very likely that additional money may be available. Therefore, we are soliciting interested people for a wait list if the additional money does come through, which appears likely to happen.  

If you are interested in adding your name to the wait list, please contact Rebecca Pfeiffer by Friday, April 5^th  (rebecca.pfeiffer@state.vt.us).  We should have an idea by that time how many additional scholarships may be available.  Once we know the number of additional available scholarships, we will extend an invitation to those on the wait list on a first-come, first-served basis.

The scholarships will pay for either the “local official” registration fee of $385 to attend the Full Conference or a One-Day registration fee of $250.  All other travel expenses (hotel, meals, parking, mileage, etc.) incurred to attend the conference will not be covered under this scholarship and will be the sole responsibility of the conference registrant.  

If you have been interested in obtaining your Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) certification, there will be 2 exam review sessions offered as a workshop with the exam being offered following the workshop.  The person taking the exam would need to register for the CFM exam before the conference, so for more information regarding the CFM exam please contact Rebecca Pfeiffer.

Please note:

-      The registration covers one workshop or field tour.  If you are selected to receive a scholarship and select more than one workshop or field tour, you will be responsible for the additional charges.  TBD on whether you pay for add-ons upfront or when you show up at the conference. 

-         If you are interested in signing up for the one day registration, please be aware that the one day does not include a workshop/field tour

If you are interested in attending the conference and will need hotel accommodations, I highly recommend booking your hotel room as early as possible.  Both conference hotels offer government employees a per diem rate of $104/night.  The links to reserve a hotel room can be found on ASFPM's conference web page: http://asfpmconference.org/.  Local government employees are also entitled to the government employee rate.