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Check Out the
January/February Issue of Camping Magazine!
This special edition offers feature stories authored
by keynote presenters at the 2008 national conference and a sneak peek at conference
highlights – a must-see issue before you attend the conference!
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ACA Comments on the New Regulations from
the US Forest Service Regarding Public
Lands Use Permits
The US Forest Service (USFS) has developed
new directives regarding outfitting and
guiding special use permits for public
lands. The USFS has provided a public
comment period (until January 17, 2008),
and ACA took the opportunity to review
the directives and provide comment. We
support the proposal as it incorporates
many of the goals set forth in our Public
Policy Position Statement on Public Lands.
We encourage all members to also provide
comment and have placed key messages and
links to the relevant documents on our
Web site at: www.ACAcamps.org/publicpolicy/publiclands.php. Special
thanks to Jane Sanborn and Steve Shively
of the Public Policy Committee for leading
our efforts in this area!
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Got Campshots?
A photo kiosk will be displayed during
the 2008 ACA National Conference, Nashville,
Tennessee, in the Communicamp area. Here,
you will be able to drop off CDs of your
camp's photos. ACA is collecting
historical and contemporary photos from
all ACA-accredited camps for use in Camping
Magazine, promotional materials for ACA's
100th Anniversary celebration and the
150th Anniversary of the camp experience,
and other ACA marketing and communications
print and electronic publications.
In order for any photos to be considered
for publication, the camp, camp location,
and photographer if applicable must be
identified. An approximate date must be
indicated on all historical photos. For
current photos, include a statement indicating
your camp has model releases on file for
all identifiable subjects in the photo.
Submit
the ACA online photo submission form so that we have your
information on file and place your photos
in the kiosk. Be sure to label the photo
with your name and camp name.
Remember to bring your camp's photos
to conference!
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Join ACA's
Media Resource Team!
Do you speak passionately about the value
of camp in the lives of children and youth?
Does your camp have a unique program to
share? Do you offer specialty activities
that are cutting-edge? Are you willing
to help ACA be the voice of the camp experience?
ACA gets hundreds of media requests each
year, and we look forward to expanding
our media resource list to include more
camps and more voices who can share with
the media the depth, breadth, and importance
of the camp experience. With your
help, ACA can influence print and broadcast
stories that appear throughout the country.
Please join Harriet Lowe, director of
communications,
in Nashville at the ACA National Conference
on Tuesday, February 12, from 1:00-2:30
p.m. (room assignment TBA) for a mini-media
training session and the opportunity to
sign up as a member of ACA's Media
Resource Team. If you can't
attend, but want to participate—or
if you have any questions—please
contac Public
Relations or call 765-349-3317.
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