Leadership Training
Another Opportunity for OCP
Our last scheduled training for OCP in Minnesota is May 8-9. For all you officers that are not attending this training but still need to get certified, you have until the end of May. You can find other dates and locations on the LTD Website http://www.gwrra.org/regional/Training/events.htm you can attend any of them. Otherwise a new communication came out for training at Wing Ding:
Wing Ding 32 Des Moines, IA
Officer Certification Program
Monday June 28 8am—6pm
Tuesday June 29 8am–1pm
To register, please contact:
Kathy Orr
LTD4U@comporium.net
704-560-0697
Registration will remain open until May 25, 2010.
The Wing Ding OCP will conclude in time for Members to enjoy the International Couple selection on Tuesday 6/29. Class is a one and a half day training session and includes one student manual per couple. An electronic Study Guide will be provided about 10 days prior to class.
Completed Training in Bemidji
We had 12 more people at the Bemidji training. It went very well and that brings our total to 47 trained. Thanks everyone for taking the time to attend!
- Tammy & Brian Anderson
Finished a Class in Carrington, ND April 10-11
This weekend was a very successful OCP training class in Carrington, ND. We had 17 people attend from all the chapters in ND as well as some new people looking to possibly start a new chapter. It was a great class and we are very appreciative for everyone showing up and making it fun.
Our next class is this weekend, April 17 & 18 in Bemidji. We are looking forward to training another 11 officers.
Our last scheduled class is May 8 & 9.
The location is:
Maplewood Fire Department #3
2100 McMenemy Street
Maplewood, MN
http://www.tcmfd.com/maplewood/index.html
We will start promptly on:
Saturday 8:30am finishing at 5:30pm
Sunday 8:00am – 1pm
If you can’t make either of these classes, please check out the LTD page on GWRRA.org for dates in other states. There will also be a class offered before Wing Ding in July.
Great Training March 27-28 in Austin, MN
We completed our first session for MN in Austin last weekend. Thank you to all that attended. We had 18 participants, great turn out!
Our next class is this weekend, April 10 & 11 in Carrington, ND. With help from Kevin Heap we hope to train an additional 15 officers and also certify Kevin Heap as a OCP trainer! If you are attending this training we look forward to meeting all of you!
North Dakota- Carrington, ND
When: Saturday, April 10 (8am-5pm) &
Sunday, April 11 (8am-12pm)
Location: Chieftain Conference Center
60 4th Ave S
Carrington, ND 58421
701-652-3131
Next Training:
Northern MN- Bemidji, MN
When: Saturday, April 17 (8am-5pm) &
Sunday, April 18 (8am-12pm)
Location: Bemidji Bus Garage (contact Tammy or Brian for map)
RSVP BY: Monday, April 5
Hotels in the area:
Bemidji, MN Holiday Inn Express Hotel - www.hiexpress.com – (218) 751-2487
Hampton Inn - www.hamptoninn.com – (218) 751-3600
AmericInn of Bemidji, MN - www.americinn.com – (218) 751-3000
Super 8 Bemidji - www.super8.com – (218) 751-8481
Best Western Bemidji Inn - www.bestwesternminnesota.com – (218) 751-0390
Ruttger’s Birchmont Lodge, Bemidji - www.ruttger.com – (218) 444-3463
Quality Inn - www.qualityinn.com – (218) 444-7700
Officer Certification Program Training Opportunites
Here is information on the locations and dates for the upcoming OCP Training. We have finally been able to lock down the locations and dates for 3 sessions (please look at all three dates) and are still working on the location for Minneapolis area, tentatively looking at May 8 & 9. Please remember this training is required for all Directors and Asst Directors by August 31, 2010, so the sooner you can get to a session the better.
One of the previous attendees had to say this:
“I can honestly say that this was one of the absolute best (non-riding) individual trainings that I have gone to since joining GWRRA and I dare say that everysingle person within this organization could learn at least 1 thing in this class. I surely learned more than one.” — Glenn and Terri Young WA-I
Please RSVP for the session you can attend by replying to this message. I will need to know your title and chapter when you RSVP. I am also copying the Wisconsin and Iowa Trainers for forward to their chapters if they would like to participate in a session close by.
Here is what we know:
Southern MN- Austin, MN
When: Saturday, March 27(8am-5pm) &
Sunday, March 28 (time to be determined)
Location: Austin Community Center
Austin Oak Park Mall
1301 Eighteenth Ave. NW
Austin , MN 55912
Phone: 507-437-7634
RSVP BY: Wednesday, March 17
List of Attendees:
Bruce & Sue Hemphill
Martin & Darlene Jensen
Dave & Linda Angell
Dean Kittelson
Don & Rita Schlosser
Leonard & Marilyn Woelfel
Todd Newkirk
Roy & Carol Bremseth
Hotels in the area:
Holiday Inn Hotel Austin - www.holidayinn.com – (507) 433-1000
Super 8 Austin - www.super8.com – (507) 433-1801
Days Inn Austin - www.daysinn.com – (507) 433-8600
North Dakota- Carrington, ND
When: Saturday, April 10 (8am-5pm) &
Sunday, April 11 (8am-12pm)
Location: Chieftain Conference Center
60 4th Ave S
Carrington, ND 58421
701-652-3131
RSVP BY: Monday, March 29
List of Attendees:
Hotels in the area:
701-652-3131
Northern MN- Bemidji, MN
When: Saturday, April 17 (8am-5pm) &
Sunday, April 18 (8am-12pm)
Location: Bemidji Bus Garage
Address to come
RSVP BY: Monday, April 5
List of Attendees:
Hotels in the area:
Bemidji, MN Holiday Inn Express Hotel - www.hiexpress.com – (218) 751-2487
Hampton Inn - www.hamptoninn.com – (218) 751-3600
AmericInn of Bemidji, MN - www.americinn.com – (218) 751-3000
Super 8 Bemidji - www.super8.com – (218) 751-8481
Best Western Bemidji Inn - www.bestwesternminnesota.com – (218) 751-0390
Ruttger’s Birchmont Lodge, Bemidji - www.ruttger.com – (218) 444-3463
Quality Inn - www.qualityinn.com – (218) 444-7700
Minneapolis Area
As soon as I get confirmation on the location, I will forward an email with the location and dates. If you would like to attend one of the other sessions instead feel free to sign up.
Date: March 15, 2010