Maine
NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR MAP AWARDS Time to think about your nominations for MAP Awards!
Every year, planners and their work are acknowledged through the Maine Association of Planners (MAP) awards program. The program is designed to recognize a special person, organization, or project for its contribution to the field of planning. Award categories are Citizen Planner, Professional Planner, Project or Program of the Year, and Plan of the Year.
The Awards Committee is actively seeking nominations for this year which will be awarded at the MAP Annual Meeting in the spring. You can find the criteria and nomination form on the AWARDS page (link below).
SAVE THE DATE MAP SPRING CONFERENCE
Friday, May 10, 2024
The Pub at Baxter
120 Mill St, Lewiston, ME 04240.
MAP is pleased to host its 2024 Spring Conference at The Pub at Baxter Brewing in Lewiston! We are planning this one day conference to provide opportunities for engagement, collaboration, and (re)establishing partnerships with your colleagues, new and old, throughout Maine.
We often hear the term “resilience” used when discussing climate change and adapting to more intense weather, but it could also mean bouncing back after an economic downturn, a pandemic, or some other challenge that forces communities to take stock of where they are and how they can move forward. At the 2024 Spring Conference, we will consider what it means to be resilient and how planners can help their communities be responsive to external forces outside of our control.
Read more in the Call for Sessions and submit your idea by March 29, 2024!
If you have any questions, please contact Erin Zwirko, MAP Professional Development Officer, at mappdo@nnecapa.org.
New Board Members Welcome to MAP's New Board Members
Erica Bufkins (AVCOG), Jennifer King (EMDC), Natasha Kypfer (Portland), Averi Varney (HCPC), Joan Walton (DACF/MPAP) and Matthew Williams (Ellsworth) have joined the MAP Board.
MAP is excited to welcome our new board members, expanding our knowledge, energy and geographic representation. Thank You!
How to join...... MAP Listserv
The MAP Listserv is a great resource for tapping the knowledge of fellow planners and sharing information about relevant planning news, events, and opportunities.
MAP uses Google Groups for it's Listserv. If you'd like to join the Listserv, here are the instructions to participate in MAP's GOOGLE GROUP:
To Join the Google Group:
1. Visit https://groups.google.com/g/maine-association-planners. You may want to bookmark this URL as you can return here to view and search archived messages once you are a member.
2. Click “Ask to join group”
3. When you request to join, you will be given the option to select email preferences from the following options:
a. No Email: You won't receive messages to the group in your Inbox. You can visit the group's discussion archive to read messages.
b. Abridged Email: Once a day, you'll get a summary of new messages.
c. Digest Email: Once a day, you'll get full email messages bundled into a single message.
d. All Email: You'll receive each message sent to the group separately.
4. You can link to your Google profile, if you have one.
To post to the listserv:
1. Email maine-association-planners@googlegroups.com.
a. Please add this address to your address books and safe sender lists
2. Only members of the group can post messages. Spammers will be removed.
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