CERTIFICATION MAINTENANCE RE-UP

Many CPIMs and CFPIMs are due for their 5-year recertification. In order to maintain your certification, you must update your Professional Development Journal, and submit it with your Certification Maintenance application and $75 or $150 application processing fee by your deadline.

Going forward, reminders will be communicated on a monthly basis, however, Society is currently catching up on some past-due reminders. They have implemented the following two campaigns:

1. A "Suspension Reminder Email" was sent to 5700 target candidates on 4/7/08 reminding them of their certification suspension date. This was targeted to individuals with a pending suspension date between March 2008 - April 2009. We will follow up this email campaign with a direct mail campaign with the same messaging and target audience.

2. A "Suspension Notification Email" will be sent to approximately 2700 target candidates the week of 4/14/08. We have targeted candidates that have moved into certification suspension status within the past year (March 2007-Feb. 2008) We are giving this group a 2 month extension to bring their certification status current.

If you suspect that your contact information is not up-to-date, we urge you to call the Director of Certification at Society Headquarters and verify your deadline:

Ayana Nickerson
Director, Certification
703.354.8851 ext 2234
Toll Free: 800.444.2742
Email: certmain@apics.org

The North Shore Chapter can provide you with assistance such as attendance lists to PDMs, newsletter copies, and so forth. If you need assistance, please contact Adrienne Galbraith at newsletter@apics-northshore.org.