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   >>>Call your local AIA.  Every single AIA refers architects looking for your   
   >>>kind of work, however large, however small.  You can request several   
   >>>names so you can get several perspectives.   
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   >>>Galina.   
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   >>>PS.  Service magic is fine for finding a plumber, IF that plumber has a   
   >>>lot of verifiable references that aren't his/her relatives.  But for a   
   >>>registered architect in good standing , use the AIA.   
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   >>I disagree completely. There are many many good licensed Architects who   
   >>are not AIA members. I get requests in the mail and on line to join the   
   >>AIA every week (they must be hurting). I was a member for 4 years and went   
   >>to many meetings. Lots of pontificating by the blowhards and little really   
   >>done to help the Architect in the street. Expensive too. I do subscribe to   
   >>their magazine as $50 is a lot cheaper than $500+ for Local plus AIA   
   >>membership. Already the annual State required CE classes are $450+ and the   
   >>license is around $100. I'm alone and nobody pays my way so they can have   
   >>another AIA on the masthead.   
   >>EDS   
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   > I can see your points for going the RA [Registered Architect] route, but I   
   > was talking about the difference between using Service Magic for some guy   
   > who considers himself a "designer" and a registered architect, thus the   
   > AIA.  How about starting an at cost non profit for RAs?   
   > In the unnecessary fees department, consider the NCARB certification. Why   
   > not just get reciprocity when you need it?   
      
   That's another HUGE rip-off.  $500.00 so that they can keep a file of your   
   record.  unreal.  Their claim is that once you have the NCARB certification   
   on record, reciprocity is an easy process between states who allow   
   reciprocity.   
      
   But guess what, to get that cert, you need to jump through all sorts of   
   burning hoops to complete the application.  Grades going back to highschool,   
   referral letters from employers and peers, stae registration papers proving   
   good standing and more.   
      
   The alternative to getting certified?  Obtaining reciprocity through the   
   state where you are applying directly through their state board, via   
   "professional credentials".  The requirement?  Identical to NCARB   
   requirements -- grades going back to highschool, referral letters from   
   employers and peers, state registration papers proving good standing.  The   
   only difference?  You got it.  500 bux in your pocket.   
      
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   > THere's a whole science to cadging CE credits on the cheap or for free.   
   > For example, reading certain articles in the Architectural Record at your   
   > local library and answering a few questions about them online cadges you a   
   > buncha CEs, attendance at AUTOCADD and like venders for a day gets you a   
   > bunch more, taking part in a BS session, aka "charette" can often grab a   
   > bunch more.  There is a whole art ot getting your CEs for free.   
   > We could also discuss the expensive racket of becoming a provider of CEs?   
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