Why become a member of APG?
Our goals include the advancement of our profession through education. The foundation of our organization is to provide our membership with varied educational opportunities throughout the year. The Board of Directors actively promotes certification through the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), and multiple classes are advertised each year to assist individuals in reaching their certification goals.

Membership in the APG gives you access to a network of almost 200 other airport purchasing professionals. This network can become your most valuable asset when faced with tough purchasing questions. Our membership consists of individuals from county and local units of government, and airport authorities throughout North America.

APG membership is open to anyone involved in some aspect of purchasing for an airport. This could be as a member of an airport purchasing office, or as a member of a city, county, or other entity purchasing office. It could also be as an individual assigned purchasing responsibilities at an airport without a purchasing office. Exceptions require approval by a majority vote of the APG leadership on a case-by-case basis. The APG membership includes members in the majority of the 50 US states and all Canadian provinces, along with Guam and the US Virgin Islands

We invite you to visit our Events Calendar page to see what APG has planned. If you still have questions on the benefits of membership in APG, feel free to contact a member of the Board of Directors.


What does it cost to be a member?
Agency memberships cost $55.00 per calendar year, per Agency to cover January through December, and there can be multiple individuals at that Agency covered under that membership. The Annual Dues for each Agency are due by February 28th of each calendar year. For further information, please contact the Membership Chair, Beth Tetreault at 401 737 4000 or btetreault@pvdairport.com  .

APG Contact Information
You may also contact:

Don Olson
APG President
Telephone 612 726 8147
Email dholson@mspmac.org


To join the APG
To join the APG, simply fill out the form below and press the Submit button, and your application will be transmitted to us. At the same time, you will be taken to a Submission Completion page with a full display of all the information from the form you've filled out, and you will have an option to print out that page for your use as a receipt/invoice. You will also receive an email copy of the same information. If you have multiple individuals at your Agency who wish to join the APG, each of them must fill out and submit a Membership Form.

Be sure to mail in your Agency's $55.00 membership Annual Dues to us. Make check or money order payable to: Airport Purchasing Group, Inc. and mail it to:

APG Annual Dues
c/o Beth Tetreault, APG Membership Chair
Rhode Island Airport Corporation
2000 Post Road
Warwick, RI 02886
USA

The Annual Dues payment of $55.00 per Agency entitles all purchasing professionals in the Agency or those assigned purchasing responsibilities for an airport within the Agency—AND who have completed the above Membership Form—access to the resources of the APG.

Resources include participation in a forum specifically focused on the needs of those providing purchasing support to airports, access to the Members Only areas of this web site, educational opportunities at APG meetings, and access to purchasing colleagues at airports throughout the US and Canada listed in the APG Membership List.

Additional benefits include participation in a process that is helping improve purchasing efficiency and effectiveness for member airport purchasing offices by sharing knowledge, collaborating on purchasing and purchasing issues where feasible, and in accessing a broad knowledgebase of best practices and methods.

When you submit your Membership Form, a request will be sent to APG and a confirmation will be sent to you via the email address you have provided. Your account will initially be inactive until processed by APG, at which time you will be notified via email of its change in status. For reference, your username will be your email address and the password will be the one you specified during the signup process. Please note that User Name and Passwords are per individual person, not per Agency.

Thank you for your participation in the APG [Federal ID #41-2007426]

Your membership will not be processed until the Annual Dues for your Agency have been received/confirmed.