Design Professionals Day

Design Professionals Day at the State House

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Register by April 27 at:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DesignProfessionalsDay2012

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, ACEC/MA members will gather at the Massachusetts State House for our Annual Design Professionals Day at the State House along with leaders from other engineering and design-related associations.  ACEC/MA is co-sponsoring Design Professionals Day at the State House with the following organizations:

• Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section/ASCE (BSCES)
• Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE)
• And several other groups

We arrange for meetings with our members’ Massachusetts State Representatives and State Senators based on where our members live and vote.  Our advocacy will focus generally on these issues:

• Infrastructure Funding
• Dam Safety
• Harnessing Private Sector Innovation (support for Contracting Out: Design Work Done By Private Sector Engineering Firms)
• Other:  TBD

Register by  April 27, 2012 at:   http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DesignProfessionalsDay2012
Go to:   www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php   
 to confirm the names of your State Senator and State Representative, based on where you live/vote.  You will need their names for your online registration.
Then, Register online:   http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DesignProfessionalsDay2012

We set up meetings for you with your legislators.  Or, if you are new to the event and want to partner with others who have done this before, we’ll pair you up with engineers and land surveyors and you’ll join them for their legislative appointments.

We hold advance issue briefing sessions to help you prepare to discuss the issues.  You can participate in an issue briefing session at The Engineering Center or by conference call.

Briefing Sessions for Design Professionals Day at the State House
Discuss the issues & plan how to get the most from your meetings before Design Professionals Day at the State House being held on May 8, 2012.  Join us for one of three, free, optional Issues Briefing Sessions at TEC, One Walnut Street, Boston on:

• Wednesday, May 2, 10:00 - 11:00 AM (call-in and in person) at The Engineering Center in Boston
• Thursday, May 3, 2:30 - 3:30 PM (call-in and in person) at The Engineering Center in Boston
• Friday, May 4, 10:30 - 11:30 AM:  10:00 - 11:00 AM (call-in and in person) at The Engineering Center in Boston

May 8 Schedule
  12:30 - 1:10 PM:   Registration/Sandwiches and receive materials at The Engineering Center, One Walnut Street, just 2 blocks from the State House (NOTE LOCATION is TEC for the first part of the program)
  1:30 PM - 2:00 PM:   At the State House, Room TBA, Legislative and Issues Briefing
  2:15 and 3:00 PM:    Scheduled meetings with your state legislators at the State House
  3:30 PM:  finished at the State House, return to TEC for Networking 

Questions?  Contact The Engineering Center, Bailey Boykan at 617/227-5551 or bboykan@engineers.org

We’ll email briefing materials to you in early May.

An important part of our Advocacy efforts is Design Professionals Day; the one day each year when we as a profession gather in force at the State House and present our industry's viewpoints in person to our local legislators. It is a chance for each of us to meet with your State Representative or Senator to discuss issues pertinent to our industry, to you as an individual professional, and to you as a citizen. ACEC/MA sponsors and coordinates this event annually to promote communications with our state legislators, arranging appointments, providing briefing sheets on key issues for ACEC/MA members to utilize, and establishing teams of local residents to meet with their actual legislators.