Join NAPC!
The National Association of Planning Councils
welcomes the involvement of planning councils, other organizations involved in human
service planning and community development, and other interested individuals and groups.
Membership
Benefits /
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Your Invitation to Join NAPC
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT ...
Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the National Association of Planning Councils (NAPC), I am
writing to invite you to become a member. We welcome your interest and
involvement.
The National Association of Planning Councils consists of
forward-thinking organizations throughout the United States that serve as a
catalyst for community change by engaging people in creating greater access
to quality health and social services and supporting opportunities for all
to enter the economic mainstream. We know that your organization shares our
interest in building strong and caring communities throughout the country.
We do this by supporting planning councils and like organizations across the
nation, helping them carry out their mission, connecting them with
colleagues, sharing ideas and programs that work, offering consultation and
assistance, and holding outstanding conferences for members.
You'll find information about
membership, and a New Member Application Form, here on our
website. For more information, please feel free to contact me or
our Administrator, Sharon Clark.
We look forward to welcoming you as a member in the near future!
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Benefits of membership
There has never been a
better time to be a member of NAPC!
Every year, NAPC's
National Conference
brings
members together to build knowledge and networks.
NAPC sponsors this
website
(www.communityplanning.org),
introducing planning councils and quality community planning concepts
to people worldwide
... and it includes direct e-mail links to each member, as well as links to members'
websites.
NAPC's
Members of the Month receive national recognition for their organizations and their work by being
featured on the NAPC website.
NAPC's
e-newsletter and member bulletins provide timely
updates ... about conferences, events, resources, data, publications, trends, and
online resources from many national sources.
NAPC builds
national
dialogues & working relationships with other national groups ... providing members additional avenues for a national presence for their work.
NAPC's exciting national
social indicators
initiative
... provides powerful new measures of community needs
and progress. Read the
report.
NAPC offers
information, consultation
and training on community planning
- history, principles & models ...
to clarify and promote the work of planning councils; members can use it with their constituency groups,
placing their own organizations' work at the local level
in an impressive historical and broad national context.
NAPC surveys its members on
high-interest topics
related to community planning, for presentations at the conference and online. Some survey results are available only to members.
NAPC still does what it has always done so well:
It provides its members with a network of colleagues
who are engaged in similar kinds of work, and confronting similar challenges,
in other communities all across the country
... opening doors for each member to know about, link with,
and learn from other experienced practitioners
in the complex and rewarding world of community planning.
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Member
Testimonials
READ
More testimonials!
"NAPC offers the opportunity to learn from and share with colleagues across
the country."
Karen Wulfkuhle, Executive Director
United Community Services of Johnson County - Lenexa, Kansas
"NAPC is our link to colleagues around the country. It provides an
opportunity to get fresh ideas and information on common problems. As
technology makes the world smaller, it is increasingly important to understand
how local issues vary and converge in different communities, and how others
are addressing those issues. NAPC is a quiet, cost-effective medium that makes
this possible."
John A. Begala, Executive Director
Federation for Community Planning - Cleveland, Ohio
"Our membership in NAPC has broadened our exposure to national trends and
innovation. Regular meetings with other Planning Councils energize and
encourage us to work harder and smarter to achieve the desired outcomes of
critical social planning. Citing membership in the NAPC on all our printed
material adds credence to our position in the local market and underscores the
importance of Planning Council activities."
Mary Louis Campbell, President
The Planning Council - Norfolk, Virginia
Membership Categories & Dues
NAPC recently revised its membership categories to better include participation by
interested individuals and by various kinds of organizations which are not
traditional planning councils but wish to affiliate with NAPC. Interested
individuals are also welcome.
Organizational Members
The NAPC member dues rate is tied to the organization’s total
annual budget (see chart on membership form).
Individual Members
Sustaining,
Contributing, and Supporting Members are member
organizations whose leaders believe strongly in NAPC and choose to pay dues at
higher levels ($1500, $750, $500) to support NAPC's work.
Checks may be made payable to the National Association of Planning Councils
and mailed to: NAPC, 11118 Ferndale Road, Dallas, TX 75238, along with the
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Membership Form for new & renewing members.
Organizations who are NAPC members at the time of the annual conference qualify for the discounted "Members" conference
registration fee, plus substantial discounts for additional people attending
from your organization.
NAPC welcomes your interest and involvement.
We encourage you to join us!
NAPC wishes to be able to offer partial
conference scholarships to help new
or smaller councils, or others facing financial challenges, to attend the
national conference. Members are invited to make voluntary contributions to this
fund; this may be done along with membership renewal or at any time.
Questions? Call
or e-mail NAPC: 214 / 342-2638 ... toll-free 1-888-298-7459 ... e-mail
napc@communityplanning.org.
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