July 2010 Update

The July Executive Meeting started by welcoming and congratulating Craig Reynolds. We were notified that Craig was selected by the TSA Nominations Committee to be nominated as President for TSA in 2011 which would lead to the presidency of TSA in 2012. This would mean the presidents of both national AIA and TSA would be from Dallas in 2012.


Some of the highlights from the Executive Committee included:

• Financials continue to hold up, and we are cautiously optimistic that the year will end well.

• Bob Bullis reported on programs that have been scheduled. Please go to the AIA Dallas website to see the programs and dates. Bob has done a great job with programs this year, and his goal was to bring as many programs as possible at a low cost or free. I believe he has succeeded.

• Davis Zatopek reported that AIA Dallas and the Dallas Architecture Forum were finalizing the scholarships in honor of David Dillon. We will let you know of this as it is finalized.

• Commissions:

     o Environment and Design: Thom Powell advised that the Sustainability Showcase that was just   completed was a success. The final numbers are not in yet, but approximately 390 people attended during two days. The Design Awards and KROB events are being finalized.

    o Professional Practice: David Rodriguez discussed the upcoming Lean Construction programs being developed by the CIA Committee.

    o Communications and Outreach: Diane Collier had a very busy month. She is working with Kerrie Sparks and The Brand Hatchery to develop communications tools which will allow us to better communicate with our members and the public.
The Home Tour is well into planning. Diane is working with Dennis Stacy on Community
Honors.
The latest Columns was recently published and was the first to be published internally! The Publications Committee did a great job.

• Todd Howard and Mark Wolf discussed ongoing activities on government affairs. They are working to organize ongoing contact with our government officials.

• Mark Wolf gave an update on TSA. They have a retreat this weekend. TSA is also looking at their 2011 budgets. We will be following that closely as we begin to look at 2011.

I have to say this has been an excellent board to work with this year. They are all energetic and have a lot of ideas. You can be proud of their efforts on your behalf.

The meeting was followed by the FirmTalk reception and lecture with an excellent presentation on educational architecture by SHW Group. I once again encourage everyone to attend. You can’t beat getting food, drinks and 1 CEU at no cost. The next firm talk will be Page Southerland Page who will be presenting healthcare architecture.

Joe Buskuhl, FAIA
2010 AIA Dallas President