An email-based list for APPL Members to network and discuss issues.
Draft Strategic Plan (PDF Format)
Driving Forces - Sourced (PDF format)
A special site dedicated to issues of national significance affecting the APPL community.
Standardized Agency Reporting Task Force
During the 2004 APPL convention, a task force was formed to draft a standardized agency reporting form that cooperating associations, interpretive associations, and friends organizations could use to report their contributions to their agency partners. The task force, comprised of representatives of APPL member organizations and each of the public land agencies, agreed to the following concepts:
The standardized report would be based on the IRS 990 reporting form. It would replace the NPS 10-40 and other similar agency report forms currently used. A set of guidelines and forms for reporting would be developed to ensure consistency between all not-for-profit partners. All not-for-profit partners would be required to submit the report to each of the agencies they serve, along with a copy of their IRS 990 form. The reporting would be done on a national level, shown by agency served. The purpose of a standardized reporting form is to streamline reporting to multiple agencies -- reducing the reporting burden, while at the same time providing beneficial information to the agencies. The task force has done an excellent job, with special assistance from Chesley Moroz and Jack Ryan of Eastern National, who have taken the input from the group and put it intothe formats attached below.
Introduction & Instructions
Forms
Final GAO Report - The GAO report on NPS practices regarding Cooperating Associations and Friends groups was released to the public on August 18, 2003, 30days after being sent to the House Resources Committee. It will be available on the GAO website at www.gao.gov. It's titled Park Service: Agency Needs to Better Manage the Increasing Role of Nonprofit Partners (GAO-03-585).
A list of APPL's Full and Affiliate Members. Additions and corrections will be published in Newswire as they are received.
Archived issues of Newswire 2003 and 2004.
The Scholarship Fund began in 1996 to sponsor participation at APPL conventions for associations that could not otherwise afford representation. In 1998, the APPL Board approved a proposal to continue the Fund and to broaden it beyond conventions to other APPL training programs. In June 1998, the Board established a precedent of designating a portion of Auction event proceeds to the Fund. Applicants for scholarship funds must be APPL members and approved by the APPL Executive Committee.
Launched in 2002, the Training Corps is key to APPL’s educational strategy to provide the highest caliber training. Corps members are selected for their knowledge and training expertise. While each brings exceptional skills to the Corps, they also received additional training and professional development.
Training Corps Application (in PDF Format)
A list of recommended books, pamphlets, websites and videos on topics including grant writing; representation & advocacy; and risk management ethics, and legal issues.
The purpose of the APPL Board Ambassador Program is to maintain personal contact with each APPL member; to gauge member response to APPL events and programs.