2. Associate Director


Phone Contacts
Phone calls were made to all section directors, resulting in five conversations and the remainder messages left.

Certification
A CIP workshop was held in Alberta, Canada the last week of August. The workshop was well-attended by 15 Canadians, one Australian, and one American. There appears to be a definite desire on the part of the Canadians to see a stronger NAI presence in Canada with additional training opportunities discussed.

International
We have begun to receive IWH registrations. This workshop is on schedule and currently includes over 75 speakers from 25 countries. The Chinese Department of Construction (roughly equivalent to our Dept of Interior) hopes to send a delegate or several delegates as well, after our recent discussions with them in China.

At the request of members there, discussions have been initiated with New Zealand’s Dept of Conservation to determine how NAI might best interact with their desire to increase professionalism amongst their interpretive staff.

Contracts & Speaking Engagements
No new contracts or speaking engagements have been confirmed in the last month; however, as the first phase of the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program project comes to a close in the first half of October, we’ve been asked to continue serving as interpretive planners through the second phase of the project.

NIW
A sincere thanks to all NAI leaders who have helped us weather the storm (so to speak) surrounding Katrina’s damage to Mobile. Thanks to the good efforts of the workshop committee and particularly Deb Tewell on staff, we should be able to hold the workshop with little disruption to previously planned activities. Updates continue to be posted on the website and we appreciate leadership help in getting the word out that things will be okay.

Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Brochu
866-326-4642