See Business Honors for February 26

Registration is closed, but will be available at the registration desk in the Hartley/Vey Studio at the Shaw Center for the Arts on Saturday morning starting at 8:00.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

Meeting and Awards Banquet info:
When: February 4, 2012
Where: Shaw Center/Manship Theatre, Downtown Baton Rouge
see schedule below

Meeting and Banquet Schedule: (updated to show who the great speakers will be!)

8:00                  Registration and Coffee
8:30-9:00        Welcome, Conference Overview, and Chapter Open Meeting
9:00-10:15      Technical Sessions: (1.5 credits)
-                          -Irrigation (Jim Laiche)
-                          -Exterior Lighting Options (Don Taylor)
-                          -SWPPP Demystified (Diane Baum)
10:15-10:35     Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
10:35-11:00     Innovative Public Engagement (Janet Tharp: Kimley-Horn and
-                          Assoc.) (.5 credits)
11:05-11:55     ProPractice/Ethics (Sandy Kime: ASLA Ethics Committee) (1 credit)
12:00-1:00      Lunch (Buffet – no speakers)
1:10-2:00         New Orleans Water Management Plan (David Waggoner: Waggoner
-                          & Ball Architects) (1 credit)
2:05-2:55         Landscape Performance Series (Barbara Deutch: Landscape
-                          Architecture Foundation) (1 credit)
2:55-3:15         Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
3:15-3:40         Downtown Baton Rouge in a Decade (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
-                          Development District (DDD)) (.5 credit)
3:40-5:45         Bus Tour of Projects Downtown (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
-                          Development District (DDD)) (2.5 credits)
- OR -
3:40 – 4:40       LARE Section A Review Session (PPI study guide included)
-                          (Instructor: Matt Mathes)
4:45 – 5:45       LARE Section B Review Session (PPI study guide included)
-                          (Instructor: Matt Mathes)

5:45                  Adjourn until Banquet
6:30                  Awards Banquet Cocktail Hour (Cash Bar) – in Sponsor Room
7:30                  2012 LCASLA Banquet and Awards Presentation

Registration link: http://lcasla.wufoo.com/forms/2012-lcasla-annual-meeting-and-awards-banquet/

Meeting and Awards Banquet info:
When: February 4, 2012
Where: Shaw Center/Manship Theatre, Downtown Baton Rouge
see schedule below

Meeting and Banquet Schedule: (updated to show who the great speakers will be!)

8:00                  Registration and Coffee
8:30-9:00        Welcome, Conference Overview, and Chapter Open Meeting
9:00-10:15      Technical Sessions: (1.5 credits)
-                          -Irrigation (Jim Laiche)
-                          -Exterior Lighting Options (Don Taylor)
-                          -SWPPP Demystified (Diane Baum)
10:15-10:35     Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
10:35-11:00     Innovative Public Engagement (Janet Tharp: Kimley-Horn and
-                          Assoc.) (.5 credits)
11:05-11:55     ProPractice/Ethics (Sandy Kime: ASLA Ethics Committee) (1 credit)
12:00-1:00      Lunch (Buffet – no speakers)
1:10-2:00         New Orleans Water Management Plan (David Waggoner: Waggoner
-                          & Ball Architects) (1 credit)
2:05-2:55         Landscape Performance Series (Barbara Deutch: Landscape
-                          Architecture Foundation) (1 credit)
2:55-3:15         Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
3:15-3:40         Downtown Baton Rouge in a Decade (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
-                          Development District (DDD)) (.5 credit)
3:40-5:45         Bus Tour of Projects Downtown (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
-                          Development District (DDD)) (2.5 credits)
- OR -
3:40 – 4:40       LARE Section A Review Session (PPI study guide included)
-                          (Instructor: Matt Mathes)
4:45 – 5:45       LARE Section B Review Session (PPI study guide included)
-                          (Instructor: Matt Mathes)

5:45                  Adjourn until Banquet
6:30                  Awards Banquet Cocktail Hour (Cash Bar) – in Sponsor Room
7:30                  2012 LCASLA Banquet and Awards Presentation
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Hotel Indigo (next to the Shaw Center) may still has rooms available.  You can make a reservation by calling 1-800-HOLIDAY.
To check out the hotel, go to http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/hotelindigo/hotels/us/en/baton-rouge/btrin/hoteldetail/photos-tours

The sessions are taught by Matt Mathes, ASLA (PPI Author of study guides used in 49 states).

Each session is offered at the amazing price of $60/section for LCASLA members, and $100 each for non-members. This cost also includes the review book for each section published by Professional Publications, Inc:

LARE Review Section A Practice Problems:  Project and Construction Administration (LAAPP2), 2nd Edition

LARE Review Section B Practice Problems:  Inventory, Analysis, and Program Development (LABPP2), 2nd Edition

* While the LARE exam format will change in 2012 for Sections C, D and E, the format will not change for Sections A & B

3:40 – 3:45 pm                                    Welcome & Sign-In
3:45 – 4:45 pm                                     Section A Review Session
4:45 – 5:45 pm                                    Section B Review Session
5:45 pm                                                 Wrap up and questions

Please go to https://lcasla.wufoo.com/forms/2012-lcasla-annual-meeting-and-awards-banquet/ to reserve your spot and pay online.  (You can see the speaker lineup and register for the LCASLA Annual Meeting here too!) 

Contact Haley Blakeman at hblakeman@cpex.org if you have any questions.

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Registration link: http://lcasla.wufoo.com/forms/2012-lcasla-annual-meeting-and-awards-banquet/

Meeting and Awards Banquet info:
When: February 4, 2012
Where: Shaw Center/Manship Theatre, Downtown Baton Rouge
see schedule below

Meeting and Banquet Schedule: (updated to show who the great speakers will be!)

8:00                  Registration and Coffee
8:30-9:00        Welcome, Conference Overview, and Chapter Open Meeting
9:00-10:15      Technical Sessions: (1.5 credits)
-                          -Irrigation (Jim Laiche)
-                          -Exterior Lighting Options (Don Taylor)
-                          -SWPPP Demystified (Diane Baum)
10:15-10:35     Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
10:35-11:00     Innovative Public Engagement (Janet Tharp: Kimley-Horn and
-                          Assoc.) (.5 credits)
11:05-11:55     ProPractice/Ethics (Sandy Kime: ASLA Ethics Committee) (1 credit)
12:00-1:00      Lunch (Buffet – no speakers)
1:10-2:00         New Orleans Water Management Plan (David Waggoner: Waggoner
-                          & Ball Architects) (1 credit)
2:05-2:55         Landscape Performance Series (Barbara Deutch: Landscape
-                          Architecture Foundation) (1 credit)
2:55-3:15         Break with Refreshments and Sponsor Exhibits
3:15-3:40         Downtown Baton Rouge in a Decade (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
-                          Development District (DDD)) (.5 credit)
3:40-5:45         Bus Tour of Projects Downtown (Davis Rhorer: BR Downtown
-                          Development District (DDD)) (2.5 credits)
- OR -
3:40 – 4:40       LARE Section A Review Session (PPI study guide included)
-                          (Instructor: Matt Mathes)
4:45 – 5:45       LARE Section B Review Session (PPI study guide included)
-                          (Instructor: Matt Mathes)

5:45                  Adjourn until Banquet
6:30                  Awards Banquet Cocktail Hour (Cash Bar) – in Sponsor Room
7:30                  2012 LCASLA Banquet and Awards Presentation
——————————————————————————————-
Hotel Indigo (next to the Shaw Center) still has rooms available at the reduced rate of $129/night + tax +$16 parking.  You can make a reservation by calling 1-800-HOLIDAY and asking for the LCA room rate for the Hotel Indigo Baton Rouge.  The rate is available for Friday and Saturday night.  Please make your reservations by January 14th to get the LCASLA rate.  To check out the hotel, go to http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/hotelindigo/hotels/us/en/baton-rouge/btrin/hoteldetail/photos-tours, but you must call 1-800-HOLIDAY to get the special rate.
Remember, to get the special rate at Hotel Indigo, you must CALL and ask for the LCA room rate.