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SAVE THE DATE:  

The IACCB Calendar is 

also available online via the 

IACCB link on MCP.com  

* June 15 – District 5 Mtg. 

– Wayne County 

* June 15 – District 4 Mtg. 

– Harrison County 

* June 21 – District 6 Mtg. 

– Benton County 

* July 20 – District 1 Mtg. 

– Grundy County 

* Aug. 17 – District 4 Mtg. 

– Shelby County 

* Aug.  23‐25 – Summer 

ISAC / CCDA – D. Moines 

* Oct. 10‐12 – CCPOA Fall 

Workshop ‐ Johnston 

* Nov. 1 – New CCB Emp. 

School – Des Moines 

* Nov. 2 – E‐Commerce 

Summit – Des Moines 

* Nov. 7‐9 – IAN Fall 

Workshop  

The IACCB Newsletter is 

produced on a periodic basis, 

and provided in digital format 

as a membership benefit to 

IACCB Members and 

stakeholders. 

IACCB@mycountyparks.org       (515) 963‐9582

Volume 58, Issue No. 17 May 24, 2017

2017 IACCB Annual 

Fall Conference 

September 21‐23 

Sioux Center, IA 

Hosted by the Lyon & 

Sioux CCBs 

@IACCB_HAZE1955

IACCB originally acquired the MyCountyParks.org domain (URL) several years ago to protect the MyCountyParks.com website from cannibalization, mirroring and competition. As the internet marketing and online reservation operations of our industry have exponentially grown in front of our eyes – so too has our need for efficient and effective electronic communications. Time to pull our loose patchwork of email systems together and put MCP to work! IACCB has commenced with migration to a G Suite Business (Google) platform for our email communications, and subsequently an administrative website to house certain IACCB services & functionalities. For the most part, many of these changes will be seamless - you won’t even notice what we are up to here behind the scenes, AND it will also nicely complement our existing Portal and MCP.com products! For now though, you can start using just the ONE EMAIL ADDRESS to be in touch with IACCB….IACCB@mycountyparks.org….. All the other previous email addresses will continue to function until a future date where they and all our communications through them become archived as a reference resource for us…….thanks for your assistance !

A NEW TEAMMATE

2017 IACCB FALL CONFERENCE A notice was recently sent to all CCB staff and Board members that the 2017 IACCB Fall Conference registration materials were now available! (See link below) Many of you have June Board meetings in front of you that will provide a great opportunity to review the packet and consider your attendance! The registration deadline for the conference is August 15th – getting those registrations in sooner than later is much appreciated – many thanks! The Lyon and Sioux CCBs have been planning and working towards this event for the past couple of years – show your support and appreciation for their efforts with your participation & attendance! This is the #1 best opportunity each year for Board Members to network and learn from their peers in county conservation from across Iowa – looking forward to seeing you there!

LINK TO CONFERENCE INFO. ‐ http://www.mycountyparks.com/Info/IACCB.aspx  

Kate Zimmerman 

Ringgold CCB 

  

 

  

 

   

STATE BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONS

As a reminder from the previous newsletter, “IACCB is looking for a few good people” (Board Members that is) In 2017, we will be electing Board Members from Districts 5 and 6 to the IACCB Board of Directors. CCB Directors in these Districts were recently sent a special email with an application for this opportunity. What a great way to get involved in the broader statewide Association during these exciting times, as well as gain some incredible general knowledge! Feel free to contact us for questions: IACCB@mycountyparks.org

WHY? You might ask? As our venture with MyCountyParks.com has become an adult, and will soon mature to a stand-alone entity - it is good to move many of our administrative storage and information from the temporary “sub-domain” where it has been housed for the past 8 years. IACCB Newsletters, Preferred Vendor info, New Board Member Orientation materials and the like will all migrate to a secured MyCountyPark.org location as we implement a few initial steps of IACCB 2020 and our strategic planning visions. DOT ORG – for the Organization!

NEW County Conservation Employee School ‘17

IACCB is pleased to announce their 4th Annual New County Conservation Employee School has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 1st at the Ramada Tropics in Des Moines! Open to all new employees across our system, as well as interested “veterans”, this annual one-day seminar is provided at NO COST to all participants. Presenters at this workshop include representatives from IPERS, Iowa DNR, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Iowa Tourism Office and IACCB. Looking forward to perhaps adding some “Peer Mentoring” break-out sessions that evaluations of the 2016 event suggested for curriculum improvements for this school. Get those calendars marked! (COMMENT: We note that more than 40 full-time position openings have been posted through MCP.com just since last October – so the attrition and expansion of Iowa’s CCB system continues!)

2017 MCP.com E-Commerce Summit & Training

Thursday, November 2nd at the Ramada Tropics in Des Moines. In order to keep up with the rapidly advancing technology and development changes for MyCountyParks.com, both with E-Commerce (online reservations) and other functionalities – this summit event may well become an annual exercise. We will defer “beginners” to the “MCP.com 101” website training session at Winterfest each year – but it appears to be a great benefit to all of our staff working in the HTML cyber trenches to get together at least once each year to network, troubleshoot and share best practices. This event will most-likely have training/certification for the new E-Blast Communication System, as well as a representative from Heartland Payment Systems to discuss E-connections. Get those calendars marked for this one too!

IACCB Strategic Planning Launches this Summer

The IACCB Board of Directors is looking towards FY2019 to initiate some structural adjustments to staffing and operations, and has set aside some funding in FY2018 to facilitate a visioning process. Targeting 2020 as the year for finalizing these efforts dictates we get rolling this summer! An initial Strategic Planning Committee is being pulled together with representatives from all CCB affiliates – IACCB, IACCBE, IowaTLC, CCDA, CCPOA, IAN, AFIRM and MCP.com. This committee will determine the scope of this 3-year project, expand committee representation as needed, and pull in external consultants/facilitators as determined. Exciting times – stay tuned!

 

 http://www.mycountyparks.com/Jobs/Default.aspx  

1. BLACK HAWK Co. – Park Ranger II 2. JOHNSON Co. – Nat. Resource Mgmt. Specialist 3. BOONE Co. – Operations Manager 4. WOODBURY Co. – Executive Director 5. TAMA Co. – Naturalist / Park Ranger 6. POTTAWATTAMIE Co. – Natural Resource Tech. 7. DICKINSON Co. – Naturalist 8. Nature Conservancy – Western IA Land Steward 9. TEMPORARY POSITIONS – 24+ opportunities

listed on website  

Izaak Walton 2017 Wildlife Habitat Improvement Awards

Earlier this week, IACCB distributed the 2017 Wildlife Habitat Improvement Survey to all 99 CCB Directors. This survey will determine winners of the Izaak Walton Habitat Improvement Awards that are announced at the Annual IACCB Meeting in September. This is a self-nomination process for each CCB, and we encourage your participation. This recognition covers CCB activity / habitat improvements for the FY2017 year only. Deadline for submission is August 4, 2017. Questions? – IACCB@mycountyparks.org

Full Time 

Seasonal/Part‐Time 

- Still Got THIS on Your Job Postings?

If you haven’t visited the Portal recently, and your job postings for some time – there are some that have been out there since May 2016!?, and others that have been running for 4+ months. If you have filled your positions for these openings, please turn them “off” until you need them again – just trying to clean up the clutter – thanks!

SILENT AUCTION BASKETS

And other donations! Has your CCB got a tourism package that you can put together with an overnight cabin/campsite, that is coupled with a recreational activity (golf, canoe/kayaking, hiking), and perhaps some additional amenities? OR, does your CCB have some talented staff/board members that have a craft that would make a great auction item? One of the main reasons that we can keep the fall conference registration costs low is from additional revenues raised at the event via raffles and the IACCB Silent Auction! The DONATION FORM for 2017 is available from the Fall Conference link under the IACCB link at the bottom of any page on MyCountyParks.com! Get ‘em sent in early, and we’ll be happy to promote them in this newsletter!

LINK TO DONATION FORM: http://mycountyparks.weebly.com/2017-fall-conference.html

INHF Hagie Heritage Award Nominees Sought

The Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation invites you, your agency, partners or friends to nominate an outstanding Iowa conservationist for the 2017 Lawrence and Eula Hagie Heritage Award. The nomination process is easy and a great way to bring deserved recognition for your nominee and for the nominating organization(s). The annual Hagie Award recognizes Iowans “who have demonstrated an extraordinary personal service and commitment to improving the quality of Iowa's natural environment and who encourage others to do the same.” The award generally goes to volunteers, but professional nominees are eligible if their efforts clearly go well beyond their job duties. For more information on the Hagie Heritage Award and nomination process, visit the INHF website at http://www.inhf.org/about-us/scholarships-awards/hagie-nominations/ or call 800-475-1846 for a printed copy. Please send all correspondence and questions to Haley Hodges, INHF communications intern, via e-mail at comminternhaley@inhf.org or by mail with attention to Haley at Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, 505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 444, Des Moines IA 50309-2321.