2. 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

3. FES Provides Continuing Education

4. Technical Courses Conveniently Offered On-line and Face-to-Face Professionalism, Ethics, & the Law PE Refresher Course + +

5. Network Opportunities Convenient Locations Partnering National Local Peers and Partners Collaboration with FDOT and FDEP on over 20 programs per year.

8. Lobbying Efforts Professional Engineers’ Legislative Days Bill Search and Monitoring Capabilities CCNAPractice Protection Paid Lobbyists Support Pro-Engineering Candidates

9. ( FL Statute 471 - 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..”

10. 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

11. PASSED: Senate Bill 286 Limited by contract the liability of individual employees or agents who are employed by a design professional firm. Protected CCNA Reform Measures Permits design professionals from bidding out their services. Procurement must be based on qualifications. Infrastructure Funding The overall budget for Florida increased by 4 billion dollars from the current fiscal year.

13. Local Government Water Management Districts 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

14. Shrimp Boils/Bust-a-Cap Competition Golf Tournaments Fishing Tournaments Picnics E-Week Banquets

16. FES Journal E-Mails Chapter Newsletters Web sites Marketing Opportunities the Pinellas Engineer Chapter Newsletter January 2010 (Chapter & State)

17. Serving on Chapter Committees Participating in Chapter Meetings ♦ Public Speaking ♦ Delegation ♦ Time Management ♦ Team Building

18. Florida Engineering Leadership Institute Management Seminars Technical Seminars Florida Building Code Advanced Study of Structural Wind Loading Criteria, Wind Load Design Optio ns

19. Mentoring Relationships Develop Career Develop Community Professionals New and Established Paths and Goals

21. Future Cities Competition Drop It, Build It, Fly It Adopt-A- Highway

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

23. 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

24. Involvement …. Your Key to Success fleng.org