Reply To: New professial designation for liscensed LA’s

[Jason T. Radice]

Interesting.

 

Not sure if PLA is the right way to go. Anyway, it can add three more letters on the end of your name without doing anything. I use RLA and ASLA and will continue to do so. I know many who are licensed who only use ASLA. But you don’t have to have a license to be a full ASLA memeber. Thats the problem. I think a more reasonable thing to do besides ADDING more confusing alphabet soup to the mix is to just restrict ASLA to those who hold licenses…like architects do with the AIA. If you don’t have a license, then you can add Assoc. ASLA. Same holds true for ASCE, you must be a PE to be a full member.

 

Problem solved. And the nomenclaiture is the same across professions, and it would be a lot easier to change ASLA membership levels then to unleash another set of letters that can be confused with a state issues designation (RLA, LLA, etc.)