Paramount To You Your Career and Your Profession

Through Serve Your Community and Enhance Our Image Continuing Education Stay Current and Maintain Licensure Legislative Influence Promote and Protect the Profession Networking Opportunities Grow Your Contacts Base and Professional Worth Career Development Sharpen Your Personal Skills Community Involvement

Stay Current and Maintain Licensure FES Provides Continuing Education

The Premier Continuing Education Provider in Florida Technical Courses Conveniently Offered On-line and Face-to-Face Professionalism, Ethics, & the Law PE Refresher Course + +

Value Added Benefits … Network Opportunities Convenient Locations Partnering National Local Regional Peers and Partners Collaboration with FDOT and FDEP on over 20 programs per year.

Successful Track Record over 35 Seminars Annually

Legislative Influence Promotes and Protects the Profession

You Have a Voice In Tallahassee & Washington, D.C. Lobbying Efforts Professional Engineers’ Legislative Days Bill Search and Monitoring Capabilities CCNAPractice Protection Paid Lobbyists Support Pro-Engineering Candidates

Only State Society that Protects all Engineers (FL Statute Engineers Legislation) Continuous Monitoring of Unlicensed Engineering Practices/Activities Attend ALL Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE) Meetings “I am in receipt of your letter.. Concerning Engineering Services Agreements and am in agreement with your Society’s position..”

Your Watchdog - Always Monitoring Continuing Challenges to the Profession Quality Based Selection Fight Reinstatement of Professional Service Tax Chapter 471 Protection VS Scope Creep of Other Professions Price Based Selection P.E. Engineer’s Plans

2013 Legislative Key Issues Design Professional Contracts (Liability Issue) Protection of CCNA (Consultants Competitive Negotiations Act)

Grow Your Contacts Base and Professional Worth

Local Government Water Management Districts Interaction with Peers and Leaders Chapter Meetings Annual Summer Conference State Leadership Conference Florida Engineering Leadership Institute Committee Meetings Seminar Interaction FDEPFDOT FPEG Professional Engineers in Government Local City & County Agencies

Personal/Family Fellowship Shrimp Boils/Bust-a-Cap Competition Golf Tournaments Fishing Tournaments Picnics E-Week Banquets

Sharpen Your Personal Skills

Communication Tools FES Journal s Chapter Newsletters Web sites Marketing Opportunities the Pinellas Engineer Chapter Newsletter January 2010 (Chapter & State)

Develop Leadership Skills Through… Serving on Chapter Committees Participating in Chapter Meetings/Functions ♦ Public Speaking ♦ Delegation ♦ Time Management ♦ Team Building

Enhance Skills Through Formal Training Opportunities Florida Engineering Leadership Institute Management Seminars Technical Seminars Florida Building Code Advanced Study of Structural Wind Loading Criteria, Wind Load Design Options

Professional Education Mentoring Relationships Develop Career Develop Community Professionals New and Established Paths and Goals

Serve Your Community and Enhance Our Image

Service and Growth Opportunities Future Cities Competition Drop It, Build It, Fly It Adopt-A- Highway

Service and Growth Opportunities K-12 State Education Committee Volunteer Registries Local Teach-In, Science Fairs Partner in Education with School Boards Broward County Chapter Central Florida Chapter

The Path To Professionalism Serve Your Community and Enhance Our Image Continuing Education Stay Current and Maintain Licensure Legislative Influence Promote and Protect the Profession Networking Opportunities Grow Your Contacts Base and Your Professional Worth Career Development Sharpen Your Personal Skills Community Involvement

Involvement …. Your Key to Success