| June 2016
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Member News
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Advocacy
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Events
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Recruiting future professionals into our profession has become a very hot topic lately. Due to a
variety of factors, enrollment in landscape architecture programs has been steadily declining for
several years, leaving our profession with a shortage of qualified candidates to fill job openings
nationwide. Florida employers are currently seeking to fill almost 100 openings for landscape
architects, according to a search on Indeed.com. The future is bright for our profession, but we
may not have graduating professionals entering the work place to fill openings in the current
market and certainly not the future, if trends continue.
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Welcome to the 24rdh piece of my Trustee report series where I share a few notes and items from our national organization over the last month or so. Remind people who may have lapsed in their membership to rejoin and that payment options are available. Please feel free to contact me at Trustee@FLASLA.org if you have any questions or concerns about ASLA issues.
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Nominations for fellowship are now open! 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 https://www.asla.org/fellows.aspx, or if you want to suggest to the Committee another eligible Member you think is electable.
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The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) elevated Kenneth Bates, formerly of Orlando, to the ASLA Council of Fellows. Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at large based on their works, leadership and management, knowledge, and service.
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This article is adapted from a talk by The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s President and CEO, Charles Birnbaum, delivered on June 10 at the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Summit on Landscape Architecture and the Future. The CLF was pleased to take part in the summit and congratulates the Landscape Architecture Foundation on its 50th anniversary.
Follow the link to read the article, which speaks succinctly of ASLA’s mission for historic landscape preservation: tclf.org/features/boundary-expansion
Our Palm Beach Treasure Coast Section Chair, Nicole Plunkett, started an initiative to develop career discovery programming for school-age children called Future Landscape Architects of America.
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Save the date! Please join FLASLA’s Orlando Section for their latest SketchOrlando event!
Date: Sunday, June 26th
Time: 10 AM – 1:30 PM
Location: Lake Eola, Downtown Orlando
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