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Career DevelopmentCareer Development Sharpen Your Personal SkillsCommunity InvolvementCommunity Involvement
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FES Provides FES Provides Continuing Continuing EducationEducation
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Courses Conveniently Offered Courses Conveniently Offered On-line and Face-to-FaceOn-line and Face-to-Face
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Value Added Value Added Benefits Benefits ……
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Legislative Legislative Influence Influence Promotes Promotes
and and Protects the Protects the ProfessionProfession
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Tallahassee & Tallahassee & Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.
• Lobbying Efforts
•Professional Engineers’ Legislative Days
•Bill/Rule Search and Monitoring Capabilities
•Voter Voice •Practice Protection
•Florida Engineers PAC
•Paid Lobbyists
Only State Society Only State Society that Protects all that Protects all
EngineersEngineers
• (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..”
Your Watchdog - - Your Watchdog - - Always Monitoring Always Monitoring
Continuing Continuing Challenges to the Challenges to the
ProfessionProfession•Quality Based
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•Fight Reinstatement of Professional
Service Tax
•Chapter 471 Protection
•VS
•Scope Creep of
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•Price Based
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Bills Passed over the Bills Passed over the Past Two Years with Past Two Years with FES Assistance to FES Assistance to
Protect YouProtect You•2006
•Government Employee Per Diem
Increased
•2007
•CCNA Update
•2006 Joint and Several Liability
2006
•Statute of Repose
•2007
• Infrastructure Funding
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FDEPFDOT
Local Government
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FPEGFPEGProfessional Engineers in Government
Local City & County Agencies
Local Government
Water Management Districts
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Seminar Interaction
FDEPFDOT
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Annual Summer Conference
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Seminar Interaction
Annual Summer Conference
Interaction with Interaction with Peers and LeadersPeers and Leaders
Chapter Meetings
State Leadership Conference
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Annual Summer Conference
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Chapter Meetings
State Leadership ConferenceFlorida Engineering Leadership Institute
Seminar Interaction
Annual Summer Conference
Interaction with Interaction with Peers and LeadersPeers and Leaders
Chapter Meetings
State Leadership ConferenceFlorida Engineering Leadership InstituteCommittee Meetings
Seminar Interaction
Personal/Family Personal/Family FellowshipFellowship
Fishing Tournaments
E-Week Banquets
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Golf Tournaments
Fishing Tournaments
Picnics
E-Week Banquets
Personal/Family Personal/Family FellowshipFellowship
Shrimp Boils/Bust-a-Cap Competition
Golf Tournaments
Fishing Tournaments
Picnics
E-Week Banquets
Sharpen Your Sharpen Your Personal SkillsPersonal Skills
Communication ToolsCommunication Tools
FES Journal
E-Mails
Chapter Newsletters
Web sites
Networking
the Pinellas Engineer Chapter Newsletter January 2006
(Chapter & State)
Develop Leadership Develop Leadership Skills Skills
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♦ Public Speaking
♦ Delegation
♦ Time Management
♦ Team Building
Enhance Skills Through Enhance Skills Through Formal Training Formal Training Opportunities Opportunities
Florida Engineering Leadership InstituteManagement SeminarsTechnical Seminars
Florida Building CodeAdvanced Study of Structural Wind Loading Criteria, Wind Load Design Options
Professional Professional EducationEducation
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Develop Career
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Paths and Goals
Serve Your Community and
Enhance Our Image
Service and Growth Service and Growth OpportunitiesOpportunities
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Broward County ChapterCentral Florida Chapter
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K-12 State Education Committee Volunteer Registries
Local Teach-In, Science Fairs
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The Path To The Path To ProfessionalismProfessionalism
Serve Your Community and Enhance Our Image
Continuing Education Continuing Education Stay Current and Maintain Licensure
Legislative InfluenceLegislative InfluencePromote and Protect the Profession
Networking OpportunitiesNetworking Opportunities Grow Your Contacts Base and Your Professional Worth
Career DevelopmentCareer Development Sharpen Your Personal SkillsCommunity InvolvementCommunity Involvement
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