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AIA Maine will host the 2008 AIA New England Conference in Portland, Maine, October 3-4. Conference registration will be available mid-August at AIA Maine.
Co-Chairs are Dean Bingham AIA and John Morris AIA.
Call for Entries, 2008.
Late registrations with late fee are possible until the entry submittal date of July 31, 2008. Photo release form available here.
Complete information on the 2007 Design Award winners, with photographs, is available on the Design Page.
Submitted by: Erica Rioux Gees AIA
The December 2007+ March 2008 Board of Directors' meeting, Washington, DC-Atlanta, GA
General Items:
21st Century Workplace-Greening of Headquarters: Studios Architecture was approved by the board as the architectural firm for the project and DPR as the Constructor during the December and March Board Meetings respectively. BIM model was presented and the MEP consultant selection is underway. A building investment fund for 1 million was taken from the Institute's net operating revenue and was established for 2007. Progress will be documented for members. More Information.
Amendment to Institute Bylaws: Elimination of supplemental dues, Adoption '08 takes effect 2009.
Diversity: In anticipation of the Diversity Plenary in April, Dr. Roosevelt Thomas, a noted expert in diversity, explained the difference between representation (representing the demographics of a population served) and diversity (managing multiple and varying perspectives backgrounds, demographics, etc). http://www.rthomasconsulting.com/
Sustainability Efforts:
• Sustainability CEUs: At the March meeting, the Board amended rules for its Architect members – beginning in 2009 of the 18 required learning units, 4 must be in sustainable design. A program can qualify for both HSW and Sustainability. This requirement will be re-evaluated in 20012.
• Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct: Two amendments were made:
1. Canon VI and Ethical Standards (ES) 6.1,6.2,63. were added to cover Obligations to the Environment
2. Ethical Standard 2.2 – Pro bono services including for public interest services. Honor Awards: Sustainability will now be a requirement as standard practice for all institute honor awards.
AIA150 Update:
• Out of 900 submissions, "Celebrating the past, Designing the Future" was selected as one of 5 finalists in the "Non-profit campaign of the year" category of the 2007 PR Week Awards. http://www.prweekus.com/Nonprofit-Campaign-of-the-Year-2008/article/104085/
• America's Favorite Architecture: USA Today promoted display for America's Favorite Architecture while on display in the Tulsa OK Airport. Link
Institute Awards and Honors selected at the December meeting:
AIA Gold Metal recipient: Renzo Piano Hon. FAIA
Firm of the Year Award: Kieran Timberlake of Philadelphia
Topaz Medallion for excellence in education: Stanley Tigerman, FAIA
Whitney M Young Award: Norma Sklarek
Edward C. Kemper Award: Thomas L McKittrick, FAIA
Board Opportunity Funds:
1. Studio 804, University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design $50,000;
2. AIA California Council for 2007 CA Wildfires $55,000
AIA-AAF Relationship: Joint task force organized to examine best possible relationship for both organizations now that strategic plans are in place. Integrated Sponsorship Program: Presented in March '07 launch '08. The program consists of an integrated package of opportunities with year round visibility maximizing value to both members and partners. Reed Construction Data has expressed an interest in participating. AIA looking to provide content for the One Laptop per Child Program (OPLC)
Membership Renewal: As part of the move toward electronic membership data base and renewals are converting online only. This is expected to save the Institute a considerable amount of money. Conversion process has begun and will not be launched until the system has been fully tested.
What the Board is Reading: The Will to Govern Well by Glenn Tecker
Next Board Meeting: The next board meeting is scheduled for May 12-13, 2008 in Boston, MA .
The NE Regional Fellows have an Initiative underway to double the number of Fellows in the Region. The have tapped about 12 BSA Fellows willing to review portfolios and set up a system. Applicants will get in touch with the reviewers directly. 8 people from Mass and 1 from NH have contacted them thus far.
Each State and Local Chapter is encouraged to establish at least one voting Associate Director position on its Board of Directors. This Director would be responsible for coordinating activities, events and issues with its Associate members and other state and regional Associate Directors. As a critical communication link between national, state, and local levels, Directors would also provide its component with a resource for evaluating programs, services and issues.
Firm Auxiliary Coordinators: AIA National has created a new position, the Firm Auxiliary IDP Coordinator. Essentially, each state has one IDP State Coordinator, and each accredited school has one IDP Educator Coordinator. These individuals cannot be the only ones promoting IDP, and answering intern questions. If each firm had an in-house IDP coordinator, with the correct information, then many more interns would get the information they need, and the work load of these other coordinators would be reduced dramatically. To become an firm auxiliary coordinator email idp@aia.org and provide the person's name, firm name, and contact info. for both. Coordinators will be given access to the AIA's coordinator web site which provides all necessary resources, and will receive The Coordinator, the monthly newsletter for all coordinators.
NCARB - New online record application and transfer record request forms are now available online.
Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship: The NAC is requesting component support of this scholarship. It is only with future contributions, the fund can continue to be used to build on Jason's efforts of promoting professional development and licensure by awarding ARE Scholarships in his honor. www.aia.org/nac_AREscholarship
State Associate Directors are:
CT - Sherry Guerreiro, Email
MA - Jonathan Taylor, Email
ME - none
NH - Michael McKeown, Email
RI - Kyle A. Bamrick, Email
VT - none
The National Associates Committee is online here: http://www.aia.org/nac
Take a look at the following websites from NH, RI, and CT for Emerging Professionals:
NH: www.aianh.org/ep_index.asp
RI: www.aia-ri.org/?section=aiari&page=10
CT: www.aiact.org/committee_eac.htm
Boston Society of Architects | AIA Central Mass | AIA Connecticut
AIA Maine | AIA New Hampshire | AIA Rhode Island | AIA Vermont
AIA Western Mass
Boston Society of Architects
A complete listing of BSA programs, events and opportunities is available at www.architects.org
AIA Central Mass
For component details, go to www.aiacm.org.
AIA Connecticut
There are two new, exciting changes coming to AIA Connecticut! We will soon be moving to new quarters and unveiling a new website. In mid June we will move into our new home at 370 James Street in New Haven. The new space will allow us to hold more on-site programming in what will be a much larger conference space with state of the art audio/visual.
The redesigned website will bring a fresh face and clean look to AIA Connecticut. We think you will find the new site easy to navigate while providing all the information you are looking for. The design process was a long, carefully thought out exercise.
We are looking forward to both of these changes and we invite you to pay us a visit.
www.aiact.org.
AIA Maine
After more than two decades of defeated proposals, the Maine Legislature, with assistance and lobbying from AIA Maine and other design and construction organizations, has enacted a Uniform Building and Energy Code. This code will replace all building and energy codes adopted by state agencies and municipalities which have created a crazy quilt of codes over the Maine landscape. The newly-signed law will provide that beginning July 2010, the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code must be enforced in a municipality that has more than 2,000 residents (enforcement of the Code in municipalities with fewer than 2,000 residents is optional). The Code utilizes the International family of codes.
AIA Maine's 2008 biennial design awards programs will culminated with a gala celebration at Bowdoin College on June 11. The exhibit of close to 40 entries is on display at the newly renovated Walker Museum beginning on the 11th through the month of June. Then in the following months, the exhibit will go on tour to the Bangor Public Library, University of Maine and during the AIA New England Conference at the University of Southern Maine gallery on the Portland campus. As in years past there will be an awards catalog featuring the award winners along with all entries. For a look at the winners go to: www.aiamaine.org.
The 2008 AIA New England Design Awards CFE is available at www.aiamaine.org.
Conference registration will be available mid-August. The event, October 3- 4, will be located in Portland's Old Port district and will focus on education, entertainment and the environment.
Needless to say, this has been one of the busiest years ever for the Chapter, but, hopefully, this new level of activity has launched a new level of participation for the future.
For information on AIA Maine, please go to www.aiamaine.org
AIA New Hampshire
IDID V: We are gearing up for our fifth Integrated Design/Integrated Development Conference in partnership with Plymouth State University's Center for the Environment. Ed Mazria FAIA will be our Keynote Speaker: Reserve the dates: July 17-18, 2008. Registration is now open. Information
AIA150: Our AIA150 intiative, A NH Community Planning Model, won the "Plan of the Year" award from the New Hampshire Planners Association. We have completed the community planning effort and are now completing the video documenting the process.
Education: We are holding several Neighborhood Walking Tours and Box City projects this spring and fall, including programs in Nashua, Wilton, Stratham, and Conway.
Charitable Foundation: AIANH has established a new NH Architecture Foundation, a non-profit
charitable foundation to support scholarship and public outreach
programs.
ARE: The NH state Licensing Board voted to allow interns to sit for the exam
before completing IDP. The paperwork being set up and this should start
happening early next year.
You can access our calendar of events at: www.aianh.org/aia_events.asp
For more information on the Chapter, see the AIANH Web site www.aianh.org
AIA Rhode Island
AIAri is pleased to announce the opening of Window on Architecture,
a corner gallery and seminar space at 158 Washington at Snow Street in
downtown Providence, which will be open to the public on Gallery
Nights. Our new website will serve as a tool for the RI Architecture
profession as well as for public interest and assistance. www.aia-ri.org.
AIAri would also like to announce the release of the AIAri Guide to Newport by
Ron Oronato. The AIA Guide to Newport is the first and only guidebook
to reveal the complete range of its architectural heritage from
colonial houses and gilded age mansions to the most recent works by
modern and post modern architects. The book will be available for
purchase in April online and book signings will be scheduled throughout
the state and will be listed on our website.
Check out our website at www.aia-ri.org for the latest AIA Rhode Island News and Events!
AIA Vermont
A Golf Tournament is in the works for September 10th.
For up-to-date information on AIA Vermont go to: www.aiavt.org.
AIA Western Mass
Lorin Starr is our new Executive Director. She has proposed the following new mission statement which was well received: WMAIA promotes excellence in Architecture through professional development, community outreach and the celebration of Architecture in our region.
For current activities and events go to: www.wmaia.org.
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