Welcome to the Southern New England APPA (SNEAPPA) webpage. This site is designed to give you all the latest information as it relates to Southern New England chapter of APPA. This site also will provide information on current officers, future meetings, by-laws, potential by-law changes, past presidents, current education topics, as well as a list of all the higher education institutions who make up SNEAPPA.

Next meeting
Dear Colleagues and Friends,

With the warmer weather upon us (at least I hope), it is time to gather for our annual summer "Lobster Bake." I am pleased to announce that WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) will be our hosts. The date is Thursday, June 19, 2008 with the program beginning at 9 am.

In planning for our summer meeting at WPI, the board chose to vary from our normal educational sessions and pursue a keynote speaker. In doing so, we have selected Brad Montgomery to provide us with an entertaining, motivational and humorous two-part session. Please check out Brad’s website at www.BradMontgomery.com. I also encourage all levels of management to attend as the program is designed to be enjoyable and compelling for everyone.

Please review the attached agenda (click here) for the schedule of the day’s events. Registration begins at 8 am, followed by a continental breakfast and the business meeting, including election of Board members and new officers. A tour of the campus (beginning at 1:30 pm) is offered to everyone. In order to help us plan accordingly, please remember to submit your registration by June 12.

As always, I welcome any suggestions or ideas that will enhance the ability of our chapter to grow and prosper. I look forward to seeing you on June 19 and thank you for your continued support of SNEAPPA.

Sincerely,

Neal Lespasio
President

ERAPPA's 58th Annual Meeting in Baltimore coming this fall

Details regarding the ERAPPA conference this fall (Sept 28-Oct. 1) are beginning to become available on the web. If you visit www.erappa2008baltimore.org you will begin to see the conference details. Hotel reservations are most critical and we would suggest you start making those as soon as possible. As usual the conference will be looking for new leadership, this year the VP of Membership and VP of Education, Secretary position, and President elect are up for election. If you are interested please talk with SNEAPPA President Neal Lespasio. 

Norm Young (University of Hartford), 2003 ERAPPA President and 1997 SNEAPPA president continues to serve as  ERAPPA's liaison to serve on APPA's Information and Research Committee.

ERAPPA board liaisons : With ERAPPA's new board structure there are several positions that report to the Vice President's of ERAPPA. We are fortunate to have four excellent volunteers to serve.  Serving on the Education Committee is John Michalewicz (University of Hartford); serving on the Technology & Communications Committee is Jerry Sideo (University of Rhode Island), Serving on the Membership Committee is Paula Welch (Choate), and serving on the Chapter Affairs Committee, Neal Lespasio.

Are you looking to join? : Joining Southern New England APPA is really simple. Come to a meeting. That's it. Unlike its parent organization APPA and ERAPPA where there are costs (and good benefits), SNEAPPA just requires you to come to a meeting and pay for your meal. It really is that simple, whether you are a business partner, an affiliate member of APPA or ERAPPA, or part of a college/university. If you need more information, please contact any officer on the Board (see the Current Officers link). We meet 3-4 times a year and it is a great opportunity to interact with members of the various institutions and businesses. If you are looking to be involved in ERAPPA, please go to www.erappa.org