NOTICE:

 

THE FLORIDA PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY NETWORK (FPAN) has issued a Request for
Proposal (RFP) to host a Charter Regional Center of the Network.  The
RFP is posted at www.flpublicarchaeology.org
<http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org/> .  Proposals are due November 18,
2005.

 

We will be conducting two phases of Regional Center development.  This
call for proposals is be to identify three Charter Regional Centers to
begin operations within the first two quarters of 2006.  The second
phase will be to identify other Regional Centers to come on line during
the last two quarters of 2006 and the first two quarters of 2007.  

 

The Florida Public Archaeology Network:

 

In 2004 the Florida Legislature established and in 2005 provided
continuing funding for the Florida Public Archaeology Network (FPAN)
through the University of West Florida (UWF).  The Network will be
administered by the University of West Florida through a memorandum of
agreement (MOA) recently developed between UWF and the Florida Division
of Historical Resources.  In the next several years, regional public
archaeology centers will be established throughout Florida to help stem
the rapid deterioration of this state's buried past and to expand public
interest in archaeology. This will be achieved by a robust program of
public education, through the promotion and development of
archaeology-based heritage tourism, by active involvement of the public
through volunteerism, and through education and outreach to local
government officials, land managers, and others whose actions affect the
archaeological record.  

 

Three Charter Regional Centers will be selected by the FPAN Steering
Committee/Board from proposals received from institutions or
organizations willing to provide, at no cost, space for the center.  In
exchange, the host institution will receive an annual grant from the
University of West Florida to provide for professional staff and
operation of the center.  

 

 

William B. Lees, Ph.D., RPA

Director, Florida Public Archaeology Network

University of West Florida

www.flpublicarchaeology.org 

 

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