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Member News
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Advocacy
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Member Profile
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Events
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We're here and hope you are too! 2017 Conference + Expo – "Revealing Landscape Architecture" at the beautiful Boca Raton Resort & Club, A Waldorf Astoria Resort!
I'm pleased to report that Shawn Kelly, FASLA, has been elected 2018 ASLA President-Elect.
Current President, Vaughn Rinner, FASLA, will be attending the Florida Chapter's Annual Conference where she discuss ASLA’s national programs and priorities, the Center, Pollinator Week, and the pollinator reception held at the Center. Also, congratulations to President Rinner who is the recipient of the Iowa State University College of Design 2017 Design Achievement Award! She will travel to Ames, IA, after the Los Angeles annual meeting to receive the award.
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Board of Landscape Architecture in Florida (BOLA) is responsible for licensing and regulating landscape architects. Individuals or companies that would like to offer continuing education courses to licensed landscape architects need to become a provider and obtain board approval (other requirements are listed on Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s website - DBPR). Once an approved provider, they can then submit their course(s) for approval. Once approved, they will receive a course number(s) and can then offer them to landscape architects.
All ASLA Members with ten or more continuous years of Full Membership are eligible for Fellowship in the Society. The Florida Chapter Fellows Committee wants to know if you believe you are electable to the ASLA Council of Fellows.
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Annually, may be awarded to one Associate or Full Member in the early stage of their professional life, who represents the highest standard of excellence, has a proven record of professional involvement, innovation, and impact, and shows potential for greater involvement, innovation, and impact.
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The Consultant’s Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA) (F.S. 287.055) was enacted by the Florida Legislature in 1973 and governs the processes required for procurement of professional design services for public sector projects. Public agencies are required to follow CCNA for the acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural and survey and mapping services. This statute applies to all public agencies seeking professional services and requires the selection to be based on a competitive selection process where the qualifications of the firm, or team, are evaluated rather than through a financially-based bid process. The CCNA process requires adherence with specific procedures during the procurement process. These procedures include:
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In 2013, the National Park Service initiated a series of conversations about the types of landscapes listed in the National Register of Historic Place with guidance on nominating landscapes and the issues (challenges) with landscape documentation and evaluation. These conversations were held via webinars and became the essence of the National Register Landscape Initiative (NRLI). An early consensus was reached among the participants that resulted in a strategy for revising, updating, and augmenting guidance for landscape nominations in the existing National Register.
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Be sure to login to your national ASLA profile (asla.org) and verify all of your contact and employment information is up to date. Also, login to your Florida Chapter profile (flasla.org) to ensure all Chapter-specific information is current. Finally, check all spam folders/filters to ensure you aren’t missing out on any important Chapter communications.
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