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Run for office – Serve on the Executive Committee

• Elected positions: President Elect (then serves President and immediate past President), Trustee, Treasurer, Secretary, VP of Communications,VP of Programs, VP of Government Affairs and Advocacy
• Call for nominations in the spring, elections in early summer
• Terms begin and end at the conclusion of ASLA National’s annual meeting (Treasurer has a 2-year term, Trustee has 3 year term)

Programs Committee – works with VP of Programs

• Help plan the Chapter’s Annual Gathering
• Plan other meetings and events
• Manages the calendar of events
• Coordinate all programs, events, educational sessions, etc., among all the various committees

Communications Committee – works with the VP of Communications

• Plan the Chapter’s communications and/or social media strategies
• Social media coordinator
  • Manage the chapter’s social media presence & content
  • Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.
• Chapter website liaison – Assist the website team with content updates

Public Relations Committee – works with the VP of Communications

• Works on external communications
• Building and fostering relationships with local media, and understanding the Chapter’s media markets.
• Alerting and/or inviting local press to chapter events including award events, World Landscape Architecture Month events, PARKing Day, site tours for elected officials, etc.
• Seeking out relevant member projects and events that could garner local media coverage and actively promote these events.
• Encouraging members to become involved in their local communities, including utilizing local ACE Mentor program opportunities.
• Actively work with the national contact—the PR Coordinator at ASLA National, JR Taylor—when planning and executing PR events;
• Serving as or appointing a Public Awareness Representative for the chapter to serve on National’s Public Awareness Coalition.
• Identifying Chapter members who can serve as subject matter experts to the media or in advocacy work.

Chapter Section chairs and committees

• Help build the ASLA community in local area groups throughout Colorado and Wyoming
• Create events and educational opportunities for landscape architects in your area.
• Represent your area at monthly executive committee meetings
• Area directors plan and coordinate regional Chapter activities
  • Boulder/Denver North Metro
  • Denver Tech Center/South Metro
  • Fort Collins
  • Colorado Springs & Pueblo
  • Durango & Telluride
  • Aspen and Western Slope
  • Jackson / Wyoming

Government Affairs and Advocacy Committee (Federal, State, Local) – works with the VP of Government Affairs

• Plan advocacy events, including legislative dinners and site tours
• Work with ASLA Colorado’s lobbyist to track relevant legislation, and advocate and testify at the capitol if needed
• Work with allied professional associations to advocate for issues of shared interest

Budget and finance committee – works with the Treasurer

• Help the treasurer with the annual budget and accounting
• Sponsorship committee – works with the President and Executive Director
  • Develops the annual sponsorship package
  • Identifies potential sponsors and sponsorship opportunities

President’s Committees

Membership committee

• Help build our community- retain and recruit ASLA Members
  • Help remind members of renewal dates
  • Welcome new members
  • Welcome back returning members
  • Lapsed member follow-up
• Develop strategies for engaging with firms to promote membership
• Maintain prospect lists
  • used to invite non-members to Chapter functions and events for recruiting purposes.
• Follow-up to National recruitment efforts
• Students and Associates/New Grads
  • • Plan back to school events and graduating student events to recruit student members and convert graduating students to associates.
• Participate in ASLA National’s quarterly Membership Chair conference call, a forum to share ideas and lessons learned

Volunteer coordination committee

• Coordinate volunteer assignments with other committee chairs
• Engage volunteers and recruit potential volunteers
• Develop volunteer recruitment and engagement strategies
• Find volunteers for various chapter activities

Community outreach and engagement

• Pre-K thru 12 schools engagement and enrichment programs
• ACE mentorship program
• Boy Scout Landscape Architect Merit Badge assistance
• Professional practice committee

Continuing Education Committee – chair and committee

• Plan educational sessions, LARE prep, etc

HALS liaison – liaison and volunteers – Historic American Landscape Survey Liaison

• Create and update lists of local examples of significant historical landscapes
• Coordinate HALS activities with your State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO)
• Advise on the review and revision of state and local historic preservation laws with the aim of including historic landscape documentation
• Working with ASLA National, lead advocacy efforts in Congress for funding for HALS
• Enlist donations to the HALS/HABS/HAER fund
• Promote public awareness of HALS and historic landscapes in coordination with Communications Committees
• Continuously seek out opportunities for local documentation projects

Professional Awards Committee –  chair, committee and jurors

• run the Chapter’s professional awards program
• Coordinate jury swaps with other chapters
• select or serve on an Awards jury
• plan our annual Awards Event
• Manage the call for entries and awards jury process

Emerging Professionals and Student Services Committee  – chair and committee

• Plan programming, events and activities for Emerging Professionals
• Liaison with Meet the Dark Side and similar groups
  • Engage with Student ASLA Chapters (Desk crits, studio juries, etc.)
  • Colorado State University
  • UC Denver
  • CU Boulder (student affiliate chapter)

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

• Develop DEI programming, round table discussions, etc.
• Liaison with ASLA national, other chapters and associations regarding DEI initiatives and programs

Mentorship program

• Develop and promote a mentorship program
• Work with ASLA national
• Serve as a Mentor
• Find a Mentor