New Mexico Floodplain Managers Association

To all NMFMA members:

Elections for new Board members are now in progress. Please help to choose the people who will lead your association. Click on "Election - NMFMA Board" in the left hand column and follow the instructions. Thank you.

The Spring 2010 Workshop is in Socorro this year from Wednesday, March 10 to Friday, March 12. You can register online for the conference, the Floodplain Management 101 course, and the course titled The CRS - Get a Rating or Improve Your Rating by going to the Events Calendar and clicking on the Spring 2010 Workshop/Conference button. You can also submit payment for the CFM exam online, but in order to take the exam, you must also submit either a CFM Exam Application Packet or a CFM Exam Retake Application in addition to paying for the exam online. You can find the Exam application forms on the Certification page.

NMFMA workshops/conferences are scheduled for the following times:

Spring 2010, Socorro, NM

Fall 2010, a co-conference with the NM Emergency Managers in Farmington, NM
Spring 2011, Albuquerque, NM

If anyone would like to sponsor an NMFMA workshop for the Fall of 2011 and beyond, please contact our Conference Committee Chair, Mike Czosnek,at mczosnek@socorronm.gov .

View the new Elevation Certificate and other NFIP changes that came out in October, 2009. Go to Documents and Newsletters, then view the Temporary documents. Open CAP 2009 and rotate the view 90 degrees counterclockwise.

FEMA paper maps have not been available since October, 2009. See FEMA Digital Maps under Documents of General Interest in the Documents and Newsletters section.

NMFMA is interested in developing more training opportunities for its members. If you have ideas about training classes that can be given at our conferences/ workshops or as separate training events, please contact Les Bond, CFM, Chair of the Training and Education Committee.