2025 Chapter Officers
Attention Chapter Secretaries AND Chapter Administrators!
Attached is the chapter officer request form. If your chapter changes officers in the spring or summer of 2025, please save this so you can send the update at the time your officers are chosen. Please download this template and save for your use, then complete and send it to chapterservices@apwa.org. This link is shared with all chapters.
If you do not have an officer listed on the form, skip it.
Another reminder: If you have not sent in your chapter minutes, please do so before the end of the year. The Rules Governing Chapters section 15 states that chapters should send in all minutes once approved.
Submit a Nomination in the AWPA Awards Program
The APWA Awards Program recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and chapters representing the best in public works. Explore the list of available awards and their criteria and learn how to nominate an individual or group for their professional contributions.
2025 Awards deadlines
- March 3, 2025, Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year, Public Works Projects of the Year, and all other awards except the Presidential Acknowledgment for Chapter Excellence (PACE)
- June 2, 2025, PACE
Questions can be sent to Rhonda Wilhite.
2025 Council of Chapters and Chapter Leader Training
Deadline to register December 30, 2024
The Council of Chapters and Chapter Leaders Training is scheduled for February 5–6, 2025, in Kansas City. We’d love to see a representative from all 62 chapters in attendance at this two-day workshop. Registration information has been sent to all delegates, alternate delegates, and chapter presidents. The agenda can be viewed on the Council of Chapters webpage.
Questions can be sent to Cameron Harmeyer.
LTAP + APWA Chapter = A Powerful Collaboration
There are many ways for APWA chapters and Local Technical Assistance Programs (LTAPs) to establish a strong partnership. Click here to learn more and view resources available from the National LTAP Association.
Public Works in Public Service
APWA’s Workforce Development Committee has created this flyer for chapters to use at career fairs and other events that promote careers in public works.
Questions can be sent to Corinne Watts.
APWA Accreditation Announcements
Accreditation is the mark of professionalism, indicating a public works agency has made the commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of public works operations and services in the community it serves. Accreditation recognizes an agency’s policies, procedures, and practices that have been evaluated against nationally recognized management practices determined to be appropriate for that specific agency.
The American Public Works Association is thrilled to announce the accreditation of the following public works agencies for November 2024:
- Contra Costa County, California Public Works Department and Flood Control and Water Conservation District—7th accreditation
- City of Lenexa, Kansas Municipal Services Department—6th accreditation
- Los Alamos County, New Mexico Department of Public Utilities—1st accreditation
Please help us recognize their hard work and dedication to providing excellent public services. Potential ways to recognize them may be a mention in your newsletter or your website, asking them to present at your chapter conference, posting on social media, or other ideas specific to your chapter.
For further information on the APWA accreditation program, please feel free to contact Jeanette Klamm, Senior Manager of Accreditation, at accreditation@apwa.org.
Chapter Social Media Efforts
APWA would like to help increase your chapter’s social media presence. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. We will use this information to compile resources to assist you in utilizing your chapter’s social media outlets.
Questions can be sent to Bailey Dickman.
Need a bulk email sent out to your chapter?
If your chapter needs a bulk email sent to its members, the APWA Chapter Services department can send it within 24 hours of your request.
View the chapter email template here. You can email this request along with any questions to chapterservices@apwa.org.
APWA Events Template!
If you are using APWA for your chapter event registration, please see the updated Event Template. Moving forward, all chapter events must be submitted via this template.
Click here to view the Event Template. Please download this template and save for your use, then complete and send it to chapterservices@apwa.org. This link is shared with all chapters.
Questions can be sent to Jill Wilbeck.
Chapter Leader Resources
The APWA Chapter Leader Resources site includes documents, forms, templates, PowerPoint presentations, webcasts, and videos to assist in managing an APWA chapter or branch. Services, resources, and tools to aid your chapter’s capacity-building efforts cover subjects such as:
- Accounting/Financial Management
- Advocacy
- Chapter Support Services
- Marketing and Branding
- Membership Information
Access chapter leader resources here. Note: You must be signed into your APWA account to access these resources.
Questions can be directed to chapterservices@apwa.org.
New Chapter Leader Resource—How to Build Event Registration
Click here to view the new APWA Chapter Leader resource, “Creating an Event Walkthrough.” This guide includes step-by-step instructions for building the registration piece of your event within Fonteva.
APWA Monthly Chapter Leader Training
The next APWA Chapter Leader Training will be held on January 13 at noon CT.
The topic is TBD.
Past Chapter Leader Training calls can be viewed by clicking here.
Invitations are sent to all chapter leaders approximately two weeks prior to the call. Questions can be sent to Jill Wilbeck.
