I agree!
If you want ASLA to change, then become a Trustee.
Also, @Christopher…
Did you know about ASLA Advocacy effort?
They have a lobbying team that goes to the Capitol Hill to gain support for legislature (i.e. green infrastructure) that would bring more jobs for LAs… it is a long term plan.
more: http://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=30888
Notice, that if this kind of action doesn’t take place now, in 10-15 years architects and civil engineers will take over the services that landscape architects can provide (i.e. storm water management).
I can understand your frustration, I am graduating in 7 days, time will show how my career will play out, but I see ASLA as one of the best ways to network and I feel that there is nothing that can really substitute live person-to person interaction.
Finally, I agree with Andrew G. that “[o]ur careers are in our own hands” and by expecting ASLA to mold it for us we are setting ourselves for disappointment.
Barbara
