UPCOMING EVENTS
Message from Fall Conference Committee Chair Melissa Blessing
2022 FALL CONFERENCE ~ OCEAN CITY
We are happy to say we are back at The Grand in Ocean City again on October 11 and October 12, 2022 for the Mid-Eastern APCO Fall Training Symposium.
The training tracks are in place! On Tuesday, there will be a full day of training with sessions from Adam Timm of The Healthy Dispatcher on “The Power of Resilience: How to Beat Dispatcher Burnout” and “Sustaining a Customer Service Culture”. On Wednesday, there will be the Public Safety Communications Awards breakfast and then Gatekeeper Training for Suicide Prevention. The day will end about 12:00.
The cost of the symposium is $50 for APCO Members and $60 for Non-APCO Members.
On Tuesday, there will be a continental breakfast and box lunch and a free networking event/mixer at the hotel from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. At the networking event/mixer, there will be light refreshments, a cash bar, and lots of giveaways. (Pre-registration is requested.) Wednesday morning will start with a hot buffet breakfast in conjunction with the Public Safety Communications Awards.
The Public Safety Communications Awards nominations are also now open! Take a moment to recognize the exceptional work done by those in your agencies or departments every day. The link for nominations is https://www.mideasternapco.org/awards. It is all online and nominations are due by September 7th. Once again, the award categories are: Director, Line Supervisor, RF Technologist, Team Award, Technologist, Telecommunicator, and Trainer.
Register NOW for your room at The Grand because they do sell out quickly at our group rate. $64 City View Guest Room per night, $74 Partial Ocean View Guest Room per night, and $94 Direct Ocean Front Guest Room per night. You can call to reserve your room at 410-289-6191 and mention APCO. The block of rooms is held until September 12th or they sell out.
We will also have vendors on site with giveaways and will send out more information as they are confirmed. If you know any vendors or sponsors that may be interested, please have them contact Richard Morris, Senior Account Manager at Motorola Solutions. richard.morris@motorolasolutions.com or 443-285-9965
If you have any questions, please contact Melissa Blessing @ mlblessing@harfordpublicsafety.org or 410-638-4946.
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