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As a PBCPC member, you can expect a variety of informative and timely program topics, formats, and venues of interest each month (click on Special Events). Other benefits include regular newsletters, published on-line; a printed Annual Directory (available to Paid Members only); and access to an on-line directory listing, updated monthly, via log in with an assigned membership number.
If you are a Paid Member and are not receiving a monthly email notice from the Planning Congress, please email our President, Frank Palen
If you would like to be profiled in an upcoming issue of the Planning Congress Newsletter,
click on the following link to complete and submit the Member Spotlight Form.
To submit information for the Newsletter, click on Newsletter Editor. Deadline: 5 pm, the first Monday of the month.
Learn more about the
Planning Congress:
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WELCOME
to the Palm Beach County Planning Congress Inc. website.
ANNUAL PICNIC AND TOUR OF LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER
Please join us on July 26, 2008 for the Palm Beach County Planning Congress Annual Picnic.
Family and Friends Welcome!
See Link for more information: PBCPC Annual Picnic 7-26-2008
**** PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 2008 FES ANNUAL SHRIMP BOIL ****
The Florida Engineering Society and PBPC invite you to join us !
Friday, July 18th at the Jupiter Civic Center at Carlin Park: 6 pm
See Link for more information: FES Shrimp Boil:7/18/2008
Notice: Environmental and Land Use Law Annual Update:August 21-23, 2008
Amelia Island, Florida See link for more information:Environmental Land Use Law Annual Update 8-21-2008
***** IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OUR MEMBERSHIP*****
PBCPC CHARTER REVISION: The Board of Directors of the Palm Beach County Planning Congress, Inc. proposes to revise the Congress' corporate charter. This is the first thorough revision of the Congress' Charter since it was adopted in 1976. These revisions were initially intended to allow the organization to qualify for certain federal and state tax benefits. In the course of making these changes, however, it became clear that a thorough legal "housecleaning" was long overdue. State corporate law has changed dramatically since 1976, encouraging a much simpler corporate structure. Furthermore, the 1976 Charter was laden with anachronisms and requirements that no longer serve the organization's needs. Charter revision is one component of a program of administrative improvements your Board is making during the current year.
YOUR COMMENTS REQUESTED: While formal ratification of these changes by the membership is not required, the Board of Directors would like to have your comments before final action is taken to record the revised Charter. Please follow the link to our website indicated below to review the proposed changes and background information on this effort.
QUESTIONS ANSWERS: I would be happy to answer any questions you may have about the Board's goals, the revision process, or the specific changes we propose to make. We are especially interested in any specific changes in the Charter you think should be made (or not made, if that is your opinion). We do not have a required date to submit the revised Charter to the State. However, Charter revision is a required first step towards obtaining Federal 501C3 and State sales tax exemption status. These require a great deal of follow-up paperwork, and we do not want to delay filing the revised Charter indefinitely.
You can contact me directly at the address indicated in my letter to the membership included in this link.
Palm Beach County Planning Congress Charter Revisions, June 2008
RESPONSE DEADLINE: Please let me have your comments and questions no later than JUNE 25, 2008. If you think the proposed Amendment and Restated Charter needs to be further revised, I will submit your proposed changes to the Board of Directors for consideration at its meeting on JULY 1, 2008.
FRANK S. PALEN, ESQ, AICP
President, PBC Planning Congress
If you have misplaced the membership package you received in the mail, or did not receive one, you can obtain copies of the membership letter and application form at the following links:
If you would like to join the Planning Congress or have not yet sent in your dues, dues are still only $40 per year and can be paid by electronic check, debit card, or credit card using our online payment option (click on the payment link below) or by paper check (mail to the PBC Planning Congress Inc. at P.O. Box 1371, West Palm Beach, FL 33402).
If you are not certain if you are a current member, please contact our Treasurer, Wes Blackman or at (561)308-0364.
You are welcome to find out more about the Palm Beach County Planning Congress by joining us at one of our upcoming events.
Other programs in the planning stages include;
• Affordable Housing
• Land Use and Water Supply Linkage for Effective Planning
• Etc.
Please submit any news for the next newsletter (job changes, promotions, other recognitions, job openings, special workshops and events, RFP's, etc.) to Susan Coughanour.
As always, please share our web site at http://www.pbcplanningcongress.org with any of your colleagues who may be interested in the Planning Congress. If interested in becoming a member, they can access and submit their 2008 application form electronically at: http://www.pbcplanningcongress.org/application.html and click on the Pay Pal link to pay their dues online.
NOTES: The 2007 “FLORIDA DIRECTORY OF PLANNING OFFICIALS, by the Florida Department of Community Affairs” is now available and can be accessed at www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/dcp/publications/DPO/2007dpo.pdf.
The West Palm Beach and South Palm Beach County Leagues of Women Voters have issued their 2008 VOTERS DIGEST, a comprehensive directory of federal, state, and county elected officials, including general voting information and district maps. The complete text of the Voters Digest can be found at the League Web site: www.lwvpbc.org. To obtain a copy by mail, send a self addressed stamped No. 10 envelope to the LWV at PO Box 6208, Delray Beach, FL 33482. Copies are also available at public libraries, city halls, community centers, and chambers of commerce.
last updated 2/21/2008 11:09pm
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