APWA AZ Newsletter 2022 June
Public works are the services and infrastructure required to sustain quality community life. |
UPCOMING EVENTS Jun 9, 2022 June 15, 2022 August 3-5, 2022
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Good Advice It is hard to believe a year has almost come and gone. As I near the end of my Presidency I am so grateful to have been a part of this organization for over 14 years. I have truly benefited professionally and personally from being a member of AZAPWA. As many of you know I will be retiring soon (don’t worry I will complete my duties as past president before I fade into the horizon) and wondered what words of wisdom or good advice I could impart to my colleagues in this last message. Let me start by being thankful for the good advice I received from three resolute AZAPWA chapter leaders (David Fabiano, Andy Goh, and Loretta Flick) who encouraged me to run for a board position which set me on this path to becoming your Chapter President. What a rewarding experience this has turned out to be. Thank you three and everyone else for pushing me to take this journey. Next, I would like to remind everyone what an amazing year it has been. This chapter continues to run as the little engine that thinks it can AND DOES! Even with residual pandemic challenges, we managed to provide informative luncheon programs, successfully reconfigure our state conference as virtual, return to host an amazing holiday party raising $2,500 dollars for St. Mary’s Food Bank, hold two road clean up events, award scholarships to students, sell out our PWI certificate training, and host the National President. No wonder Arizona is known as a real “shining star” among other APWA chapters. I would also like to thank my board and executive officers for their support. Amanda McGennis, Sandy Niebel, Angel Cobb, and Kristin Tytler, you made my job easy, and I cannot thank you enough for your contributions to the chapter. Delegates, Wendy, Dave and Al, thanks for keeping us on track with national, providing updates, getting our reports in on time. This is why we continue to “Stand Out” as a Chapter. Our branches (Southern and Northern) are beginning to return to normal. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Nancy, Bill, and Steve. Watch the newsletter for upcoming meetings in Tucson and Yavapai County area. Committee chairs and members, I realize it has been tough keeping your committees active, but you have done it. A BIG “Thank You” for your dedication. Members, those of you beginning to return to our programs, I appreciate you as well. This has been a rough couple of years, but your perseverance has not gone unnoticed, and it is your consistency that has kept our leadership wanting to provide you with the best services the chapter has to offer. As I close out my year, I will end with this advice to Arizona’s Public Works Community. COME BACK, GET INVOLVED. We need your time, talent, and passion for public works to keep the chapter running. I leave you with Walt Disney’s quote from 1954, which sums up the membership of this chapter. “Around here, however, we do not look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths” (Walt Disney Circa 1954).
Young Professionals Luncheon APWA June Program APWA Statewide Conference
New Members
All it takes is to reach out to Joseph Blackman, joe@vitendo.us.
Superintendent, Facilities Services Division - Public Works Department Town of Queen Creek View the video below to meet new member Vincent Mauro.
Click, Listen & Learn Webinars & Talking Top Tech Webinars APWA Educational Calendar. To register, click here: Calendar (apwa.net) June 14th – Accreditation Open Forum Series – Benefits & Investments June 23rd – CL&L – Public Awareness of Low Head Dam Safety Find these and other opportunities on the APWA CALENDAR.
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Public works are the services and infrastructure required to sustain quality community life. |
