2009 Calendar of Events
Texas Recreation and Park Society(TRAPS) schedules trainings, workshops and meetings on a regular basis.
January
- 1st New Year's Day...Office Closed
- 4 - 12 Texas Public Pool Council Conference @ College Station
- 16th Region 4 Conference @ George R. Brown Convention Cr., Houston
- 15th TAAF Hall of Fame Banquet @ Frisco
- 15th Deadline for information for February Texas Talks Newsletter
- 16th - 18th TAAF Winter Games @ Frisco
- 22nd Region 5 & 7 Maintenance Rodeo @ College Station
- 30th Early Bird Registration Deadline for Institute
- 30th TRAPS Leadership Retreat @ Austin
February
- 1st - 4th Annual Southwest Parks & Recreation Training Institute Institute @ Western Hills Guest Ranch & Sequoyah State Park—Wagoner, OK (52 miles east of Tulsa, OK)
- 7th - 11th NRPA Rocky Mountain Revenue Management School @ Estes Park, CO, The Stanley Hotel
- 24th TRAPS' Parks Day at the Capitol @ Austin, TX
- 25th - 27th Annual Institute @ Austin @ Palmer Event Center
- 28th TRAPS Board of Directors Mtg (1st Qtr) @ Austin/Radisson - Town Lake
March
- 17th - 20th NRPA National Legislative Forum @ Washington, D.C. (Grand Hyatt)
- 20th Spring Magazine to Publishers
- 22nd - 29th National Aquatic Conference & Management School @ Houston
- 30th Deadline for Spring Magazine articles and Annual Report
April
- 10th Good Friday...TRAPS Office Closed
- 13th - 15th NPSI @ Grapevine
- 15th Deadline for May Texas Talks (newsletter)
May
- 5th TRAPS Board Mtg. (2nd Qtr.) @ San Antonio, TX
- 6th - 7th TAAF & TRAPS Sports Management School @ San Antonio, TX
- 8th TAAF Board Meeting @ San Antonio, TX
- 15th Deadline for submission of articles for Summer Magazine
- 25th Memorial Day - TRAPS Office Closed
- 29th Annual Membership Directory & Buyer’s Guide info to printers
June
- 5th Summer Magazine to IPI
July
- 1st Proposal Forms for Institute Due
- 3rd Independence Day - TRAPS Office Closed
- 12th - 18th National Therapeutic Recreation Week
- 15th Deadline for August Texas Talks (newsletter)
- 24th - 27th Games of Texas @ San Antonio
August
- 6th - 7th TRAPS Board of Directors’ Meeting @ Frisco
- 14th Deadline for submission of articles for Fall Magazine
- 13th - 16th Nursery/Landscape EXPO @ Dallas Convention Center
- 18th - 21st TR Summit @ Camp for All in Brenham, TX contact Jackie Vaughan-Williams
- 28th Mail/Email ballots for TRAPS 2009 Elections
September
- 7th Labor Day - TRAPS Office Closed
- 9th - 11th National Institute on Recreation Inclusion @ Eugene, OR, Hilton Conference Center
- 18th - 22nd TAAF Annual Conference @ Beaumont
October
- 3rd - 4th TPW EXPO @ TPW Headquarters
- 9th - Awards applications available online
- 13th - 17th NRPA CONGRESS @ Salt Lake City
- 20th Deadline for submission of information for November Texas Talks
- 22nd - 23rd Tri-Region Rodeo and Workshop
- 23rd A One Day Leadership Workshop hosted by MILS Branch
- 26th - 28th NPSI @ San Antonio
November
- 13 Regions 2 & 3 Workshop @ Fort Worth, Texas Motor Speedway
- 13 Regions 5 & 7 Workshop & Maintenance Rodeo @ Schertz, TX
- 20 Deadline for submission of articles for Winter 09 TRAPS Magazine
- 26-27 Thanksgiving Holidays …TRAPS Office Closed
December
- 23rd - 25th Christmas Holidays - TRAPS Office Closed
