Awards
Council of Fellows
Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at large based on their works, leadership and management, knowledge, and service. The designation of Fellow is conferred on individuals in recognition of exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time. Individuals considered for this distinction must be full members of ASLA in good standing for at least ten years and must be recommended to the Council of Fellows by the Executive Committee of their local chapter, the Executive Committee of the ASLA, or the Executive Committee of the Council of Fellows.
Announcements
The 2023 Call for Nominations is now open and will close on February 15, 2023. Use the online submission system to upload the nomination.
On October 27 we presented Demystifying the Fellows Nomination Process, a webinar to learn what you need to know if you are interested in being nominated and best practices on preparing nominations. The goal of the webinar is to increase transparency in the process and to encourage nominees who reflect the diversity of the profession. Please watch!
Some tips in preparation for final submission:
All nominations should be sent to chapter presidents
for review and signature prior to February 15th in preparation for final
submission (see bullet 4).
- An account should be created in the online submission system by the chapter
(recommended) or by the nominee. Creating the account will require
contact information for both the nominee and the chapter president (a
chapter may create one account with one president and multiple
nominees). The contact information is used to contact the nominee
after the jury’s decision so please include the best email or phone
number for this. Do not use general email or voicemail boxes.
- Information on preparing nominations and using the
online system can be found here or on
the main page of COF website.
- The last step to complete the online submission is an
electronic approval by the chapter president. The chapter president
will receive an email message from the system requiring approval before
the submission can be completed. Because of the restraints of the
online system, the chapter president needs to approve before they can view
the nomination. This is why it is important for the chapter president
to be aware of and see the nominations before you get to this final
submission and approval step. Once
the chapter president has approved, someone needs to hit the submit button
once again to complete final submission.
Frequently asked formatting questions:
- The Executive Summary at the beginning does not need a
box around it but should have a heading.
- Hyperlinks are not
allowed.
- Be sure to use the new category specific templates and
headings found on the website.
- Avoid shading side boxes and testimonial
boxes. Shading can be difficult to read for jurors. Use
black-lined borders only.
- Nomination statements should be signed by chapter
president only. The last paragraph of the five-page statement should
be a summary by the chapter president and does not need to take up the
full page.
- The nominations may be no more than five pages in
length, portrait orientation, and must be in an easily readable typeface,
such as Times Roman, Garamond, or Arial, no smaller than 10-point size,
for all text.
- Nominations may include four testimonials only.
Each testimonial may include only 75-words plus writer’s name and
title. We will return the submission for revision if too many
testimonials or too many words. No reference letters will be
accepted.
- Upload all text and image documents as PDFs. They are much
easier for the jurors to access in the system.
- If submitting in the Works category, the presentation
may include 20 images only. Any page with multiple images will count
toward that limit. Please upload PowerPoint as a PDF document.
No other category may include images.
To view a previous webinar from 2017 on preparing nominations, please use the following links to access the recording and the presentation:
Presentation
Webinar Recording
Please contact Curt Millay (cmillay@asla.org) if you have any questions.