Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture

Standing Committee on Communications, Publications, and Outreach

CELA (Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture)

Standing Committee on Communications, Publications, and Outreach

Members (under the new description):

Secretary and Vice President for Communications; Vice President for Research; 2 Regional Directors, Student Director and Student Director-Elect, Landscape Journal editors (non-voting).

Committee Scope:

To review and propose policies and procedures regarding efficacy of external communications, and those policies and procedures related to the means in which formal information vital to CELA’s mission is accomplished.  Included in this scope are the CELA webpage, Social Media, Landscape Journal, and other methods that influence the flow of information between CELA, its institutional and individual members, and others.

Committee priorities:

  1. Oversight of Regional Directors to update their member database/listserv
  2. Update CELA website/social media and its functionality, especially regarding member benefits such as linking programs to the CELA webpage
  3. Develop strategies, policies and procedures regarding social media, web postings, and online Interactivity
  4. Redefine the Role of Regional Directors and Student Directors
  5. Coordinate with conference photographer for posting on website and social media
  6. Provide a timeline April 2019 – March 2020 of priorities to use in reporting to the CELA Board

Updates:

During 2018-2019, the committee has committed tasks listed as below:

  1. Developed and posted CELA Privacy Policy
  2. Restructured CELA website menu and added high-resolution photos for several web pages
  3. Consistently maintain CELA Facebook Page with more than 50 new posts
  4. Developed conference photograph consent and guidelines
  5. Collected CELA conference photos from UC Davis
  6. Published 2019 CELA Forum coordinated with Regional Directors and Student Director to collect program updates from program chairs/directors
  7. CELA Social Media Policy has been drafted and under review with CELA ED and Publication Coordinator. The policy expected to report to the Board before the mid-year meeting at the ASLA San Diego
  8. New Student Director-Elect (Amanda Passero) joined the committee
  9. Discussed social medial publication strategies with the CELA Publication Coordinator, Meredith Parker

Chair Position: Secretary and Vice President of Communications

The VP for Communication (VPC) shall be a member of the Board and the Executive Committee and serve as the Chair for the Standing Committee on Communication, Outreach and Publications.

As Chair of the Standing Committee on Communications, Outreach, and Publications the VPC shall review and propose policies and procedures regarding efficacy of external communications, and those policies and procedures related to the means in which formal information vital to CELA’s mission is accomplished including but not limited to: the CELA webpage, newsletter, social media, Landscape Journal, publications related to the annual conference, and other methods that influence the flow of information between CELA, its institutional and individual members, and others.  (Coordination with the Standing Committee on Research is expected where publications related to annual conference are concerned.)

Additional duties of the VPC shall include:

  • Working with the Board of Directors to communicate CELA’s business and administrative operations to the membership via newsletter, social media postings, website postings and updates or other forms of communication CELA adopts
  • Identifying and adopting new technologies for communication, publication, and outreach upon approval of the Triad
  • Coordinating with the Regional Directors to collect international, national and regional news for the functional communications within CELA. Identify what information should be collected and when
  • Oversee the Student Directors
  • Identifying and submitting publications and any other materials necessary to fully document activities of CELA to The CELA Archives held at The University of Georgie Libraries Provide CELA website updates to the Executive Director including news releases, photos, calendar items, updates on existing web material and any other website maintenance duties as designated by Executive Director
  • Attending online and in person CELA business and committee meetings and reporting on his/her committee’s activities
  • Identifying, recruiting and nominating future potential leaders for CELA positions
  • Performing other activities and tasks as may from time to time be assigned by the Board or the Executive Committee