| # | Name | Comments |
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| 551 | Dennis W. Chiniaeff, AICP | |
| 552 | Karen H. Emmerich, AICP | |
| 553 | Donald Burns | |
| 554 | Sarah Whitham, AICP | |
| 555 | Peter Miller | This petition addresses some major flaws in the CM program; there are more! |
| 556 | Jon Nepstad, AICP (soon-to-be-ex) | I used to be the PDO for my chapter with the sole motivation of helping people pass the test; not to help them plan for a better world for you and me, but to simply pass an over-priced test . I smelled a rat then and now I see it too. APA is a self-perputuating exclusive club that wants to make sure you pay and pay and pay. And to echo many others, my clients and peers don't care a bit about AICP. Paying a bunch of money to Club APA isn't going to make anyone care more. |
| 557 | Delia P Fey | The current system does not encourage professional growth within our field the way it should. With the current system we may not be able to attend very worthy programs due to a lack of funding. Please modify the system so that it can work for the benefit of most planners at in all specialties within the field of planning. |
| 558 | Cheri Bush | |
| 559 | Kenneth Pearlman | I believe that the current program needs serious rethinking along the lines developed in this petition.
Kenneth Pearlman
Professor and Head
Ohio State University |
| 560 | James Tischler, AICP | In addition to the points raised in the petition, a limited credit amount should also be awarded for providing volunteer service for the profession, such as board/committee work, or perhaps participating in a peer committee review process for proposed education programs (in place of the APA staff, which would then reduce the cost...). |
| 561 | Gail E Kenson | |
| 562 | Sabrina Okamura-Johnson AICP | |
| 563 | Melvin R. Willis | I recently attended a course at UCLA that advertised CM credits were being obtained. After the course, UCLA informed me that CM credit was too expensive and they did not complete the process. The AICP credit program needs to be fixed!! |
| 564 | Kelly M. Koldus, AICP | I applaud AICP efforts to ensure that members maintain their professionalism via continued education, but the process needs to be streamlined and less expensive. |
| 565 | Theodore M. Gage, AICP | |
| 566 | Karen Frye | The fees required for training providers to offer the CE credits is to too high and seems to be just another way for APA to make money. Well respected conferences of AEP and NAEP should be able to offer these CE credits without paying thousands and thousands of dollars to do so. These costs will ultimately be passed on to participants, and I will consider dropping my AICP membership if this is not resolved in an equitable manner. |
| 567 | Noreen Merainer | |
| 568 | Robert J Brown | |
| 569 | Sidnie L. Olson, AICP | I am so disgusted and angry at how this program is being handled, I am seriously considering resigning from AICP. I worked hard for the privilege to add those four initials after my name; and I continue to work hard keeping up to date on current laws, trends and issues. I have agreed to a Code of Ethics that requires my continuing education, but now there is an oversite to make sure that I am trully ethical. BUT, the only continuing education that 'counts' requires the provider to pay money. So, the bottom line, I could attend unending courses, programs and educations classes, but if the provider didn't pay money up-front and get the blessing of APA/AICP, it doens't count toward this new requirement. How is that helping me? There must be a way to submit a request to have the continuing education counted towards CM credtis regardless if the provider bothered or desired to be approved. Am I alone? Does anyone else feel this way? |
| 570 | Amy Skewes-Cox | This entire AICP program has made me seriously question my continued membership in AICP, especially after seeing how few credits were awarded for attendance at the National APA Conference in 2007. |
| 571 | Sam Herzberg | I agree there is not clarity in how the Contiuing Education Classes are supposed to be approved. I'm a Park Planner, and would like to have some courses in my profession, which may not be typical Planning classes to count. Program should be rereviewed to consider all of it's members needs. |
| 572 | Sam Herzberg | I agree there is not clarity in how the Contiuing Education Classes are supposed to be approved. I'm a Park Planner, and would like to have some courses in my profession, which may not be typical Planning classes to count. Program should be rereviewed to consider all of it's members needs. |
| 573 | Kym Sterner | |
| 574 | Scott Lefaver, AICP | The current program is not well thought out and is being implemented is a shoddy fashion. |
| 575 | Erin Miller, AICP | As a planner working in a private architecture firm, my company does not have a policy to support me in taking the time off, nor do they provide me with fees and travel expenses necessary to participate in my own CM. I'm very concerned that I will not be able to maintain my AICP status in the long run. |
| 576 | Kirk Vinish | At a minimum put the issues to a vote of the full membership. |
| 577 | John Jimerson | |
| 578 | Erin Miller | |
| 579 | William Keene, AICP | It is nearly impossible to find courses that meet the CM requirements. The website for tracking courses is virtually useless, and I'm finding it difficult to see how I'll be able to the meet the requirements without some significant changes that make it easier for planners to find courses, track courses they've taken, and receive appropriate credit. |
| 580 | Anonymous | |
| 581 | Kenneth Nodder, AICP | I was never thrilled with the idea of mandatory CM although I had always kept up with the voluntary CPD program. I was willing to see how the CM program progressed but honestly began to feel like I would quietly drop my AICP. Good to see others share some of my concerns. This thing needs fixing, otherwise it comes across as nothing more than an APA money grab. |
| 582 | Michelle Fodge | |
| 583 | Michelle Fodge | |
| 584 | Steven Spickard | Planning is a very broad field, and APA/AICP is not the only organization that is enriching the practice of professionals. How about some credit for the work I am doing with ULI, USGBC, IEDC, etc.? |
| 585 | Marianne Manville-AIlles | I was so disappointed with the few credits that were avaialble after attending the State Planning Conference. I was most dismayed that the courses I got the most from got no credit. I now have to choose teh limited amount of continuing edcation my employer allows based on how much CM credit I can get. It stinks that I can get credit for training that would be really valuable to me but if I go sit through boring stuff I've heard a million times I get credit. There is something terribly wrong with this system. |
| 586 | Anonymous | While I have found and attended 2 affordable courses in my area so far, I have not seen any others. I know we are only 3 months into a 2 year cycle, but I am concerned I may yet have to pay over $2,000 to acquire the necessary credits. |
| 587 | Paul-AndrEe Schabracq | The CM program needs to be changed. |
| 588 | Jan Striefel | I agree totally. I am not opposed to continuing education requirements, but this process and its complexities are as stated in the petition. |
| 589 | Rob Garwood | In addition to the fee issue there is the issue I raised when this was being considered. Where is the list of courses by state that tell what you can take, where and what it costs. Frankly, since I cannot even find the classes except the APA national convention I will probably fail to get the correct number of credits and lose my certification |
| 590 | Andrew Pulcheon | I appreciate's APA's efforts to provide opportunities for members to expand and maintain their proficiency in the field. However, it seems like the provider registration process is slow, difficult, and onerous, leading many quality providers to eschew the system that is supposed to elevate the status of the planning profession as a whole. That seems counterproductive, an outcome I'm sure APA doesn't want. Better to open arms to those who have done, and continue to do, such a good job offerring contemporary, useful, and pertinent planning-related training, than to isolate and alienate them by imposing such a convoluted bureaucracy.
That, and the sheer expense of the registered CM provider offerings, is a real disincentive to keeping my AICP credential, despite the commitment of time and money I made to obtain it. |
| 591 | Anonymous | During an AICP preparation course, the instructor said that these CM credtis could easily be obtained by "attending a conference or two". Are the AICP pwers-that-be so out of the loop that they can't comprehend that attending once a year conferences in far-off states is not an option that everyone has? Ans as other transportation planners have mentioned, APA's transportation planning iniatives are both behind the times and not in touch with the real world. |
| 592 | Heather Sherk | |
| 593 | Michael Leventry | In my opinion the equitability of the current program must be examined - I see the fee schedule also hindering smaller colleges and/or universities or colleges and/or universities in smaller markets. I would also urge the APA/AICP to more openly embrace sound/constructive criticism rather than simply rebuff it with a pointed letter. |
| 594 | Vicki Taylor Lee | |
| 595 | Anonymous | Before its inception, I was concerned as to how the program could be equitable, given the number of credits attained for someone in a much higher income bracket with his/her employer "funding the per diem" to attend one APA national conference (where CM credits are much higher), as opposed to the out-of-pocket expense incurred by a public sector employee (while at the same time building public confidence in an agency with certified planners).... |
| 596 | Jerome M Lutin | |
| 597 | Mark N. Garrity, AICP | |
| 598 | Bill Lennertz | The current policy adds an extra burden in our effort to provide scholarships for our courses. |
| 599 | Mark Parry | |
| 600 | Carlos Balsas, AICP | |