Radon Leaders Saving Lives
CRCPD 19th National Radon Training Conference
Posted by bhirschler (CRCPD) on September 17, 2008 - 6:05pm
Start:
09/20/2009 - 7:00am
End:
09/20/2009 - 7:00am
Location:
1 St. Louis Union Station, St. Louis, MO 63103
09/20/2009 7:00 am
CRCPD's 19th National Radon Training Conference will be held from September 20-23, 2009 in St. Louis, MO. Details will be updated as meeting planning progresses.
Please don't get caught up in semantics of facilitator vs motivational speaker and miss my point. Tracy Enger has been both. The Wed afternoon sessions at National Radon are examples of facilitator and the opening session in Jacksonville is an example of a motivational speaker trying to persuade attendees to double their efforts. But that was not my point.
My point, which you agreed with, was that it is the EPA regional radon reps that tell the states what to put in their work plans. It is the EPA regional radon reps that evaluate the work plan submissions and make suggestions. It is the EPA regional radon reps that decide what will be the conditions on the SIRG grants. It is the EPA regional radon reps that the states have to go to for approval to move funds from one budget category to another.
Thus please do everything in your power to get all the EPA regional radon reps there.
Jim
I agree. Every EPA Regional radon person should be there if possible. I do think it is a lack of a travel budget that keeps some away sometimes. The past few years we have had pretty good attendance by Regional staff. I think expressed interest to the Regional staff from their states and from members of the private sector could help. Requests from HQ only go so far.
By the way, there is no "motivational speaker". If you are talking about Tracy Enger, the facilitator the past two years, she is only passing along the questions that STATES ask all the time: "What can we do to make our program more effective?"
EPA needs to send all EPA regional radon reps to the National Radon Meeting in September.
Ever notice that in recent years the motivational speaker asks attendees what can or will they do differently in the coming year to improve the effectiveness of their program? We are asked to share ideas and learn from others, then put those ideas into practice in our programs. But who determines what is done in our state radon programs? Who evaluates the Work Plan and Budget we submit and thus in effect controls what the state programs do with the SIRG funds? But have you noticed that in some years some of those EPA Regional Radon Reps are not at the National Radon meeting? I hope it isn’t because of lack of a travel budget.
The announcement, information, registration form and draft agenda for the 19th National Radon Training Conference can be accessed at http://www.crcpd.org/Radon/NationalConference/Announcement-Radon09.pdf