2018 Advocacy Summit
The Advocacy Summit is an annual event that brings together representatives from 30+ chapters to discuss and build upon chapter government affairs and advocacy efforts focused at the state and local level. Attendees learn about the current political and legislative environment, as it relates to licensure and other issues, and receive training on best practices in government affairs and advocacy.
ASLA and the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) co-hosted for the first
time a joint Licensure Summit. The Licensure Summit was held June 22-24, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio, and focused on building effective relationships between ASLA chapters and state licensing boards to enhance licensure education and defense. Participants included nearly 90 individuals representing over 40 states and Council of Landscape Architectural Board jurisdictions. The ASLA Ohio Chapter and Ohio Board of Landscape Architects where also instrumental in assisting with this first-ever joint meeting.
The event opened with a debrief on the 2018 state legislative session and its unprecedented efforts to reform occupational licensure – through deregulation, broad sweeping licensure board reviews, interstate compacts for temporary licensure, and Right to Earn a Living Act bills. The session included firsthand observations from boards and chapters that have worked together successfully to address these challenges. Afterwards, summit participants were joined by Columbus City Councilwoman Jaiza Page and two city council staff members for a site tour of the award-winning Scioto River Greenways Project.
Ohio State Representative Tim Schaffer opened the afternoon session with a keynote address that focused on how to effectively engage with state lawmakers and provided remarks on the nationwide trend of occupational licensing reform. In one of the most engaging segments of the Summit, the Ohio Chapter’s lobbyist shared tips and techniques in preparing and delivering persuasive testimony, followed by a mock committee hearing. Completing the afternoon was a breakout session on Landscape Architecture Month Resolutions. The introduction and enactment of landscape architecture resolutions can be used for advocacy, education, and building awareness of the profession.
On the last day of the Summit, participants rotated through three workshops: 1) Planning Creative Education and Advocacy Programs, 2) Building Effective Board/Chapter Relations, and 3) Responding to Legislative Inquiries. Each of the workshops comprised of applicable case studies presented by Summit participants. Each case study panelist shared their chapter/board best practices and offered insightful tips. Peppered throughout the event, ASLA staff also provided an update on state and federal government affairs activities and resources.
Article and photo- LAND Updates from ASLA
U of I WLAM Events
The University of Idaho Faculty of Landscape Architecture will be celebrating World Landscape Architecture Month with the following events:
April 26, 2016: Birth Day Party
Placing of an Interpretive Marker in the Norway Maple Grove of the University of Idaho Administrative Lawn to celebrate Frederick Law Olmsted’s birthday and the Olmsted Brothers 1908 University of Idaho Master Plan. 11:00 AM. Birthday cake will be served following the ceremony.
April 28, 2016: Lecture and Film Screening
”Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America”
with Laurence Cotton, originator, principal researcher and consulting producer of the PBS documentary of the same title.6:00 PM in the University of Idaho Law Building Courtroom. Refreshments will be served following the presentation.
All Idaho Montana ASLA members are all are invited.
Thank you.
Steve
Stephen R.Drown, ASLA
Professor and Program Head
Faculty of Landscape Architecture
College of Art and Architecture
Extension Education Specialist
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS# 2481
Moscow, ID 83844
208-885-7448
April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM)
During World Landscape Architecture Month, we will begin a collaborative relationship between ASLA’s chapters and IFLA member organizations around the globe for April and beyond. Our Chapter is partnering with Norway.
ASLA has three initial activity suggestions:
1. “Designed by a Landscape Architect" campaign; photos posted on social media.
2. International Sketch Walk Day: to be announced.
3. Connect ASLA Student Chapters with IFLA student affiliates.
By participating in the "Designed by a Landscape Architect" campaign you can raise awareness of the contribution landscape architects make in our communities and worldwide. It is easy to do. Print the cards that say "Designed by a Landscape Architect", cut one out, hold it up in front of a favorite landscape that was designed by a landscape architect and take a photo of the site, including the card. Check out the Idaho Montana ASLA Facebook page for examples.
The cards to be used are attached to this message and posted on www.idmtasla.org ; print them, share them, send them to others for use in photos. Photos can be submitted by non-landscape architects as long as the site in the photo was designed by a landscape architect. Post them with #WLAM2015 on your favorite social media, including Idaho Montana ASLA Facebook page. Also, please go to www.asla.org/wlam to submit the picture so ASLA can catalogue everything. Be sure to check out what others are posting; it will be a world tour of landscape architecture!
Stay tuned for the International Sketch Walk details.
Finally, we would like to coordinate students from our ASLA chapters to connect with students of landscape architecture affiliated with IFLA organizations. One of our goals during WLAM is reaching students and developing the next generation of landscape architects. The IMASLA Chapter Leadership will be contacting our Student ASLA Chapters soon.
Submitted by Jennie Meinershagen, Public Awareness Liaison, IMASLA MT Vice-President
