CFM Refresher Course

    The CFM Refresher Course is again being offered at the URS offices in Albuquerque on March 6, 2012, one week prior to the NMFMA Spring Workshop.  Click HERE to access the registration page for the course.

NMFMA is currently planning the Spring 2012 Workshop in Socorro, NM on March 14-16.  The topic for this conference will be "Innovative Processes and Projects Benefitting Floodplain Management."  This will give our floodplain community a chance to showcase, share, and discuss different ideas being implemented across the state for possible use by other floodplain managers. 

If you are interested in presenting, have an idea for a presentation/presenter, or have any ideas for the conference in general, please contact Rigel Rucker at (575) 526-1180 or e-mail them to rigel.rucker@urs.com.  Items of interest would include:

Name of Presentation

Brief Abstract

Length of Presentation

Technical/Non-Technical in Nature

Preferred time slot (if any)

Name of Presenter(s)

Contact Information

etc.

Thank you for your continued participation.

   Future NMFMA workshops/conferences are scheduled for the following times:

    Spring 2012 is scheduled for March 14-16 in Socorro, NM at the Best Western Hotel/Conference Center, 1100 N. California Street, 575-838-0556.  

Mike Czosnek is the Conference Director.  If you are interested in an exhibit space at the workshop, please let Mike know.  The spaces are $450 each and include a 6 foot table with 2 chairs, electricity and WiFi, and 2 workshop registrations.

Rigel Rucker is the Program Director.  If you are interested in giving a presentation please contact Rigel.  The contact numbers for Rigel and Mike are listed in the Contact Us link on the main menu.  

 
   Fall 2012 is scheduled for September 19-21 in Las Cruces, NM.  More to follow.     

 
   If you would like to bring an NMFMA workshop to your community for the Fall of 2012 and beyond, or if your company is interested in providing a sponsorship for any of our workshops, please contact our Conference Committee Chair, Mike Czosnek,at mczosnek@socorronm.gov .

    Fall 2011 Workshop Sponsors

NMFMA would like to thank the following sponsors of the Fall 2011 Workshop in Ruidoso, NM.  Sponsors assisted with the cost of breaks and the social events that we all enjoyed during the conference.  If you have the opportunity, please show your gratitude to the sponsors below for their generosity and continuing support of NMFMA.  
  
          
                                      

   
                                     

               JoeB Engineering, Inc.  

          Charlie Gonzales Consulting

And we would like to thank Michael Baker Corporation for their continued support for NMFMA by their sponsorship of training classes at our workshops and the NMFMA newsletter.

    New CFMs

NMFMA recognizes CFMs who were recently certified by the NM CFM Program. Congratulations on passing the CFM exam proctored at the NMFMA Fall 2011 Workshop in Ruidoso on September 21:

    New Training Ideas

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 Curtis Cherne, CFM, Chair of the Training and Education Committee. ccherne@cabq.gov

   2012 CRS Coordinator's Manual

Check out the new changes to the 2012 CRS Coordinator's Manual.  Go to www.crs2012.org to see an updated list of webinars and the summary of the proposed changes.