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(' APA Journal Subscriptions to the quarterly Journal of the American Planning Association are discounted for APA members. More than an academic journal, APA Journal links research to application in articles and special sections written with the planning practitioner in IIund. Articles analyze planning techniques and programs, anticipate problems, suggest solutions, and speculate about new directions for the field. APA Journal reviews close to lOO books each year and lists scores of new planning titles in each issue. National Planning Conference As an APA member, you receive a substantial discount on the registration fee for planning's premier event-APA's annual national conference. Meet planners from across the country, renew friendships, exchange information, and explore the hottest planning issues, problems, and solutions. Participate in mobile workshops that exanrine local planning activities and explore thc host city and its environs as a planning laboratory. Planners Book Service APA members receive discounts on many titles offered by APA's Planners Book Service. No matter what your area of interest, look to Planners Book Service for relevant and helpful publications. Planners Book Service offers almost 900 books, monoi,>Taphs, video and audio tapes, and software titles published by APA Planners Press and more than 100 other publishers. Many items aren't available anywhere else. Our booklist is so extensive that libraries use our catalog as their standard acquisitions guide. Job Services APA offers an array of services to help you find the job you want. Members may subscribe to Jobil1art at a substantial discount. In 22 issues each year, JobMart lists ads for public- and private-sector positions in a variety of planning-related professions. Many jobs aren't listed anywhere else. Complementing JobMart is our popular Internet employment service, Jobs Online, on our web site at www.planning.org. Jobs Onlinc is updated daily and is searchable by location, job title, salary range, job description, and agency. Only APA members may participate in the four-day Job Market held every year at the national planning conference. Job Market is your one-stop opportunity to interview face-to-face with motivated employers from all over the country. Insurance APA offers an insurance program for members that is underwritten by industry leaders and includes short-term and comprehensive major medical, group term life, and disability insurance. Coverage is available to APA members and their families. APA Tells the Planning Story As our slogan implies, great communities don't "just happen." Your membership supports APA's efforts to educate the general public about the relationship between good planning and healthy community development. One of the ways we use our web site at www.planning.org is to explain how Imd where that relationship works. And thanks to our awards, public information, and public policy programs, policy makers and ordinary citizens recognize and appreciate good planning and heed planners' voices. Our web site also serves our members and the planning community. Make it your first stop for news about APA, AICP, and the field of planning. As a new member, you may want to subscribe to From Washington, our biweekly e-mail update on legislative and policy issues, read Dateline APA, or look up friends and colleagues in the member directory. You'll also find in-depth information about current APA research-including the Crowing SmartSM and Land Based Classification Standards projects, articles from recent APA publications, and online searching and ordering from Planners Book Service. We have lots of features in the works, so stop by often to sec what's new. Make the move that's good for you and good for planning. Join APA today! MAKING0REAT .COMMUNITIES HAPPEN II