Your ARPAS meter requires 16 CEUs each year to stay in the black. If it is not fed, the numbers become red and you get a ticket. Every year in January, the ARPAS traffic cops send out a notice to the negligent few who have not fed the meter. This notice is in the form of a letter or e-mail saying, “Earn and report your CEUs or you will be suspended from ARPAS membership.” Earning CEUs each year is an obligation you incurred when you became an ARPAS member. This is clearly explained in our bylaws (which you may review on our web site).

It is your responsibility to report your attendance and participation in CEU-awarding events. Many meetings, seminars, conferences, webinars, and correspondence opportunities are available to you each year that can provide the “coinage” to feed this meter. Your reporting may be done by mail, e-mail, or online using our web site at http://www.arpas.org. 

A problem with our system is that many of these events have not been preapproved for ARPAS credit. We can preapprove some major events, such as the national meetings, but many of the regional and local meetings must be evaluated on an annual basis. These have to be submitted for approval. You can help us by reminding those involved in the management of these activities to please submit the agenda to us for evaluation and assignment of ARPAS CEUs. If a meeting you attended was not approved for ARPAS credit, you will need to send in a copy of the program for evaluation. It is much more efficient for us and less hassle for you if a meeting is approved for ARPAS credit before you attend it.

Our goal is to make sure that all members are fully rewarded for participation in events that are worthy of ARPAS credit and to provide a system for reporting those CEUs that is of minimal discomfort to you. Please remember, the responsibility for reporting CEUs belongs to you.