April 28, 2008 If you can't see the graphics in this e-mail, please visit the link below or copy and paste this URL into your Web browser's "location" window: http://www.minnesotasafetycouncil.org/facts/newsletters/es_08_0428.htm. Spring Special! Electrical Safety Training Opportunities at the Minnesota Safety Council We have a special opportunity for you! Register one person from your organization at full price for one of the electrical safety courses listed below and an unlimited number of additional people from the same organization for the same course receive a discount: $75 per person discount for the June 19-20 Electrical Safe Work Practices Training and $40 per person discount for the May 1 Electrical Safety in the Workplace: NFPA 70E Training. The more people you send, the more you save! Also available for on-site training! Call 651-291-9150/800-444-9150 for details! Forklift Train-The-Trainer PLUS - Coming to a Town Near You! After our recent great success with this workshop in Rogers (70+ attendees), several members have asked us to take this popular program on the road! It's a smart and effective way to re-energize or completely revamp your forklift training without a huge time commitment. Includes a comprehensive video-based training package, and the instruction to implement it at no additional fee - an entire day's training for just the program cost of $395! Additional people from your company can attend for only $95 (but will not receive training videos.) Contact Steve at 651-228-7326/800-444-9150; rauh@minnesotasafetycouncil.org. May 6 - Crow Wing County Highway Department, Brainerd; May 29 - Minnesota Safety Council, Saint Paul; June 4 - Cabela's, Owatonna. An Opportunity to Create a Safer Community Is your organization interested in working with other community leaders to form a local traffic safety coalition? The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is requesting proposals from communities interested in building a Safe Community Coalition. Proposals are due by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 and funding awards will be announced on May 30. Links to a Safe Communities request-for-proposal (RFP) form and grant application form are available at http://www.dps.state.mn.us/ots/topic_areas/Safe_Communities/default.asp. Please note: E-solutions is a free bulletin from the Minnesota Safety Council. Are you receiving it from a friend or co-worker? Would you like your own FREE subscription? To SUBSCRIBE, send a return message by clicking on "reply" with "subscribe" entered into the subject field. To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a return message by clicking on "reply" with "unsubscribe" entered into the subject field. Editor: Ann Kulenkamp Copyright Minnesota Safety Council 2008.