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March
& April 2008
OVR Brief
From: Directors: Anthony Costello, FAIA & John W. Rogers, AIA,
ACHA & Jack
Baumann, AIA, LEED AP Associate AIA Director
New AIA Mission Statement: “The
AIA is the voice of the Architectural Profession
and the resource for its members in service
to society.”
Action Items from all State and Local Components:
1. Site selection for 2017 AIA Convention is being considered to
be outside the USA in Toronto, Canada, first time out of USA.
Currently only 9 US cities meet our criteria, may need to address
the criteria and change them. What do you think of going outside
the US for a Convention ??
2. AAF has new strategic plan, focus on education and outreach,
not the Octagon itself, give feedback on ideas for a planning retreat
scheduled in April to address how AIA and AAF work together for
the good of all (programs, archives,etc.).
3. Let AIA know if you find articles, information or other things
relating to AGC Consensus Documents (also see note below).
OVR:
1. 2008 OVR Regional Meeting is currently scheduled for August
22 in Cincinnati.
2. 2009 OVR Convention Planning is under way – will
be in Cincinnati Area.
Membership:
1. Continuing Education – added sustainable design
requirements of 4 LU’s per year starting in 2009 as part
of the 8 hsw hours in the18 LU annual requirements.
2. Incentive program – chapters must sign up for it
- LAUNCH IS MARCH 27, 2008
- circle of membership & toolbox being used
- toolbox will be ready 3/27/’08
AIA 150:
1. Tuesday, April 8th, is the "big day" for national
AIA and their participation in 2008 Architecture Week (7-13 April
2008)
2. At the headquarters building, the following will occur:
3. Launching of the AIA Blueprint for America "mosaic" ...
w/ 30 projects on line.
4. Public release of, and book signing for, the AIA 150 book,
Respecting the past; Designing the Future.
5. Book available for purchase at a discount ($68.00) on
convention registration form.
6. Book signing by various authors at convention.
7. AIA 150 BFA Exhibit made up of portions of 14 exhibits
that were part of state and local components' projects will be
officially open. AIA OVR represented by Columbus Indiana Architectural
Archives Salutes AIA 150 which was part of the AIA Indiana BFA
project.
8. Funds received to date are $9.7 m, with budgeted expenditures
through 2011.
Institute:
1. The Strategic Plan discussed at Grassroots breakfasts’ is
the national component Strategic Plan and should provide guidance
and direction for regional, state and local components.
2. We are looking at our actual carbon
footprint to see what our options are, to be carbon neutral in
2030 – part of Walk
the Walk program.
3. Message and identity consistency is critical as we move
toward ONE AIA, from Web Site to all printed material, new IT VP
is heading this effort up and also working on SOLOSO.
4. Financials are ahead of budget this year and $2m has been
placed in the building fund to cover soft costs for the 21st Century
/ Greening of the institute project.
5. Greening of the Institute and the 21st Century Workplace
project is progressing through programming and a CM has been approved
with Integrated Project Delivery process being used. All steps
will be documented as a case study.
6. Looking at Diversity as part of strategic planning for
all aspects of the Institute.
7. Contract Documents:
- Two Integrated Project Delivery Contracts will be available
at the Convention in Boston in May.
- Speakers available from national to discuss AGC Consensus
documents.
- Looking to shorten re-issue cycle to 7 years from current
10 years.
8. Rules of the Board amended to reflect
that the Board will not take positions on resolutions to come before
the membership at Conventions – new this year.
9. 2008 Convention Resolutions are as follows (these are
excerpts) :
- Resolution 08-1, Outreach
and Development of Practice Tools for a Sustainable Future -
RESOLVED that the AIA will commit to reaching every individual
member with the targeted message that we must incorporate aggressive
sustainability goals into every facet of our practices. This
outreach will happen through in-person contact such as meetings,
workshops, telephone calls, e-mail, Webinars, through instruments
of communication of the AIA (such as AIArchitect and Soloso),
and other means.
- Resolution 08-2, To
ensure the continuing advancement of a more unified “One
AIA.” - RESOLVED that the AIA
Component Partnerships Committee be continued beyond 2008 in
order to secure and advance its accomplishments to date, and
to continue the committee’s
efforts and contributions in building a stronger and unified
Institute, the “One AIA.”
- Resolution 08-3, To
provide authority to the AIA Regions to elect Associate members
to serve as directors on the AIA Board of Directors - RESOLVED
that the AIA Board of Directors authorize the preparation of
proposed amendments to the AIA Bylaws, Rules of the Board, and
other pertinent governance policies and documents, for presentation
and action by the membership at the next immediate opportunity.
Such amendments would provide authority for the AIA regions to
elect Associate members to serve as directors on the AIA Board
of Directors.
- Resolution 08-4, To
establish a public response that the AIA encourages, proposes,
and supports, in all communities, regulatory and code enforcement
practices that are fair, timely, and built upon consensus-based
regulations and practices, and that the practice of architecture
within a state should only be governed by the state board that
issues the license to practice within that state. - RESOLVED
that the AIA encourage, propose and support, in all communities,
regulatory and code enforcement practices that are fair, timely
and built upon consensus-based regulations and practices.
- Resolution 08-5, The
AIA encourages ecological literacy and sustainability or green
design as components of its mandatory continuing education requirement
necessary for license renewal - RESOLVED that the AIA specify
that a minimum percentage of the annual mandatory continuing
education requirement be achieved in ecological literacy, sustainability
or green design, and that the AIA encourage that these topics
be incorporated into the structure of architectural education
and the Intern Development Program in acknowledgement that the
future of the profession lies in the hands of its emerging professionals.
- Resolution 08-6, To
locate the AIA annual convention in the United States of America.
- RESOLVED that The American Institute of Architects must locate
its annual meeting, also known as the annual convention, in the
United States of America.
- Resolution 08-7, To
promote, support and implement the intent and goals of accessibility
for all, as legislated in the Americans With Disabilities Act
(ADA), by means of integration of universal design into the built
environment. - RESOLVED that the AIA will report the activities
of the committee/s regularly to the chapter components and members
using AIArchitect or other similar publication of general circulation
to membership.
- Resolution 08-8 + are
all appreciation type resolutions and not listed here.
10. AIA
Position Statements all come due for review at the same time
each year.
Regional Associate Report
1. The AIA Ohio Associate Director, Brian McAlexander, will
be holding the
2008 Associates Retreat on March 28-29 in Columbus, Ohio. All Associate
Directors from Ohio Valley are welcome to attend. Please contact
Brian
at BMcAlexander@burnip.com for further information.
2. The NAC has drafted and presented their 2008-2010 Strategic
Plan to the Board. The plan was further developed and amended at
Grassroots with discussions of what will be the “Next Big
Thing” that Architects should be aware of in the coming years.
Further discussion of the SP will be discussed on our monthly conference
call next week.
3.Ana Guerra has been named the new 2008 NAC Associate Director.
Ana will become the 2009 Associate Representative to the AIA Executive
Committee. Ana is returning back to the NAC since her last position
as the 2004 Associate Director to the NAC.
- Ana will be replacing Jaclyn Toole, who has been named the
new Director of Emerging Professional with AIA National Staff.
Jaclyn was the previous 2008 Associate Director to the NAC.
4. During Grassroots at National,
members and Emerging Professionals got to hear Amy Kobe, Executive
Director of the Ohio Board of Examiners, and the NAC present
a workshop on advocacy at the state level with regard to concurrent
testing and IDP. The presentation was well attended during both
sessions and gave opportunities for other states to listen to
how testing requirements were changed in Ohio to match NCARBs
model law for concurrent testing. The objective was to promote
concurrent testing in states that do not currently allow it.
5. On March 4th, I presented with Amy Kobe at AIA Akron with
regard to licensure, IDP, Mentoring, and the decline of registrations
around the country.
6. On March 11th, I presented to the 4th year class at Kent
State University on the new requirements of ARE 4.0 and the importance
of IDP and proper Mentoring.
Please contact us with feedback, send
comments or issues to:
"Anthony
Costello" <ajcostello44@hotmail.com>
"John W. Rogers" <jrogers@gbbn.com>
"Jack Baumann" <jbaumann@
bsa-net.com>
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