Dear Friends and Colleagues, ASLA President-elect Paul Morris, FASLA I don't have the words to express how genuinely enthused I am to begin my service as your next president in October. I strongly believe in personal and collective service as a means of realizing our best aims for the profession. As the 2003 fiscal year approaches, it will be my honor to request service at the national level from members of the Society. Each year, I've watched as the president-elect sought to advance our collective goals by providing continuity, fresh perspectives, and engaging energy to critical areas through the appointments to our key committees and task forces. This has been and continues to be a meaningful way for each of us to contribute a limited, but important, measure of our personal time to each other, in the process making a direct, immediate, lasting, impact on the direction of ASLA and the future of the profession. I have personally had the opportunity to serve on many committees and task forces. In each case, I can look back on an enjoyable and rewarding experience. At times it has been difficult, challenging, and a bit of a personal stretch. All the while, it carried me further along in my personal and professional development. It has made it possible for me to learn and grow in so many ways I could not have realized through any other means. The decision to serve does not come easily, nor by happenstance. It is an active choice that requires personal sacrifice. For that, I say thank you to all who have done so, because I have been a beneficiary of your effort. Recently, you were notified through LAND Online of the upcoming process. First, for each of you actively in service at the national level, I want to extend a personal request that you consider continued service on a committee or task force. Secondly, for chapter presidents, the most important thing you may be able to do is ask others in your chapter to express their interest in serving at the national level. And for those of you who have volunteered in the past, please consider the invaluable contribution you would make by merging your experience and sage advice with other energetic and visionary voices. The ASLA committees listed below are available for new member participation during my term as president (October 22, 2002 - November 3, 2003). If you would like to participate on one or more of these committees, please contact Mary Hanson (mhanson@asla.org) between now and Friday, July 12, 2002, indicating which committee would be of interest to you: Academic Program Support Council Archives Committee ASLA Online Committee Constitution and Bylaws Committee Continuing Education Committee Ethics Committee Finance Committee Government Affairs Advisory Committee LAAB (Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board) Roster of Visiting Evaluators LAM (Landscape Architecture magazine) Editorial Advisory Committee LARE (Landscape Architecture Registration Exam) Prep Committee Leadership Training Committee Licensure Committee Medal Awards Advisory Committee Member Services Committee Policy Committee PPI (Professional Practice Institute) Professional Awards Juries Public Practice Advisory Committee Public Relations Committee Student Services Committee Tellers Committee (Washington, DC, area residents) More information is available at www.asla.org/governance/ldrshdbk/committees.htm If you have already notified me or Mary of your interest, please accept this message as thanks for your commitment to the Society. If not, please indicate your interest soon. I hope to have appointments completed in time for all 2003 members to be notified and attend the 2002 committee and task force final meetings at our October Annual Meeting in San Jose as observers. With best regards, Paul F. Morris, FASLA President-Elect

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