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Hi AIA Folks!
I am still trying to keep my July promise on keeping a positive attitude in this hot humid climate and stinky economy. How are you guys holding up?
And moving on to a business development opportunity for you guys! We are bringing back the AIA People’s Choice Award. The voting will take place through Fox 6 News website. They will announce the voting during one of the news feeds. There will be a page on their website showing all 30 design awards entries with an option to vote at the bottom of the page. And of course there will be web banner ad specials too (more info in the newsletter). Voting will be from Aug. 9th – 24th and the winner will be announced at the Green Building Focus Conference. Send the Design Awards invitation to all your friends, family, coworkers, clients and potential clients. This is great awareness for the profession.
We want everyone to vote!
Peace and Smiles~
Rhea Williams
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2010 SAVE THE DATES
August 5th Hire an Architect Kickball End-of-Season Party and Awards Ceremony
Fuego Cantina (former Joe Muggs), 1101 20th St. South
6:30 – 9:00
RSVP by August 4th to danya@aiabham.org
See EP section for more info
August 9th – 24th Vote for Design Awards Peoples Choice Award
www.myfoxal.com
August 13th – 15th ARE Structures Seminar
Click here for more info
August 23rd Birmingham Green Scene GBFC Kick Off
Rogue Tavern
2312 2nd Ave North
5:00 pm – more info in the newsletter
August 24th, 25th, 26th Green Building Focus Conference
Click here to register
August 25th Design Awards Celebration & People’s Choice Award
Green Building Focus Conference (BJCC)
KPS Pavilion
6:00 – 7:00 FREE
Sept. 16th Joint Regional Meeting – 3 HSW’s, 1SDU
AIA & ACEC Education & Networking sponsored by Crow Friedman Group
Alagasco Midtown Business Center
20 South 20th Street
What Lies Ahead? A look at the road ahead, out of the recession.
When the Best Laid Plans Go Bad: Managing Construction
Discussion A/E Issues: Open Forum Discussion with A/E panel
LEED Tour of Alagasco Renovation
8:00 – 2:00
Members $60 non-members $80
RSVP by Sept. 14th to aiabirm@aiabham.org
Sept. 23rd Alys Stephens Center 1 LU
The Fusion of Music, Architecture, & Sculpture – FREE
Noon – 1:00 BYO Lunch or order your lunch thru ASC
http://alysstephens.uab.edu/
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August 25th, 2010
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Awards Celebration
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Architects’ Generosity Runs Deep Even in Hard Times.
AIA gives $12,000 in charitable contributions and BAF gives $4,500 in scholarships |
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2011 AIA Birmingham Call for Councilors
AIA Birmingham is looking for a few good members to serve as councilors. AIA membership has to be in good standing. If you are nominating a member, please be sure they are willing to serve and have the time. Nominating Committee: Richard Richard, Susan L. Barron, Ty Cole, Emily Tanner Coe and Juan Millhouse.
Councilors:
- Report relating Chapter activities to State and State activities to Chapter
- Attend monthly executive committee meetings (EXCOM)
- Be assigned to at least one committee as liaison. Report progress findings to EXCOM
- Assist in Sponsorship campaign
- Attend four quarterly state council meetings
- Each councilor responsible for making one report to chapter at monthly meetings and in the newsletter, “Councilor Corner” report (new for 2011)
- Assist state by serving on one state committee ( upon availability)
All nominees must be emailed by August 11th, 2010. The slate of officers will be announced in the September newsletter and voted on at the October meeting.
2010 Sponsors – Thank You!
We would like to thank the following company for renewing its sponsorship in 2010. Your support is greatly appreciated!
TTL Inc. - Silver
Fox 6 News Design Awards Voting/Business Development
The AIA People’s Choice Award Voting Sponsorship Packages offer a wide variety of coverage. FOX 6 WBRC will use the power of Birmingham’s #1 Television Station Website to drive viewers to log on and vote for their favorite design award entry. The voting landing page will be specially designed to include images of all 30 design award entries, name of project, and architect so viewers can view for voting. The page will also showcase future stories and interviews that will be conducted around and during the Green Building Focus Conference & Expo. This page will also be the hub to link all advertisers back to the sponsor’s website. This page will include a permanent logo position for all participating sponsors. FOX 6 WBRC will produce 15,000 banner ads for each sponsor which includes the company’s logo and will link back to the voting site. These ads will appear in the News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and many other sections of the site from August 9th - August 24th. Sign up for your sponsorship today and have your co-workers, family, and friends begin placing their votes for their favorite project…which is of course Yours! (Votes will be tallied and combined with all votes collected during the expo to count toward selecting the winner.) Click here for Sponsorship Information.
Green Building Focus Conference Aug. 24th, 25th & 26th
Green Building Focus has given AIA Birmingham 30 (25 passes left) free full access passes to the conference! They know AIA members have been hit hard with this economy and want to help. These passes are for AIA members who have been laid off and are still not employed. This is a great networking opportunity and you will receive your CEU’s.
AIA membership must be in good standing. Email aiabirm@aiabham.org to be approved for a full access pass to the Green Building Focus Conference. Email today!
We need more architects to attend the conference.
Click here for more info on speakers www.greenbuildingfocus.com
AIA Special – Buy 1 full access pass ($395) and get 1 conference pass – FREE ($195)
Visit the AIA EXPO BOOTH at the Green Building Focus Conference
Come browse and take home a few vintage architectural digest magazines from the 1960’s plus other vintage architectural books. Free to a good home or feel free to give a donation to the Birmingham Architectural Foundation.
 $$$ Incentives for Architects
Who do we thank first? I need to thank AIA members for attending two luncheons at the Summit Club in one month (pricier than our usual meetings – we do appreciate the support). Thanks to Engineered Tax Services for stepping in with a 4 day notice and for sponsoring a portion of the lunch. Michael D’Onofrio did a great job with the presentation. It was nice to see so many architects so engaged in the presentation, but he was talking about money for YOU! ETS was kind enough to provide the power point presentation for the newsletter for those of you who missed the meeting. Click here for the presentation. ETS is currently working with several local firms. Architects call now before some of your projects expire. Utilize the tax incentive as a business development opportunity. Review your past projects and see if there is an opportunity for an owner to take advantage of the incentive. Contact Mike D’Onofrio for more info mdonofrio@engineeredtaxservices.com.
B.A.F. Furthering the Profession
This year the Birmingham Architectural Foundation awarded three $1,500 scholarships to students attending accredited schools of architecture. Fairfield High graduate, Whitney Johnson and Parker High graduate, Otto Clark are both attending Auburn University. Johnson could not attend the luncheon; she is attending summer school at Auburn. Antonio Minifield, a Ramsay High graduate is in his sophomore year at Tuskegee University. This is Minifield’s second year to be awarded a scholarship from the Foundation. A smiling Minifield was quick in his acceptance speech to let the architects in the audience know, “If any of you have intern positions in your firms, I am more than happy to fill the position for you. I am available after the meeting to discuss.” Due to the economy in the built environment, Minifield was unable to obtain an intern position, but has managed to earn money by selling some of his artwork to friends and family. Please keep these three students in mind if you need interns in the future.
Thank you to everyone who supported the AIA 2009 Annual Golf Tournament. We understand the economy is rough, but our charitable organizations need us even more this year. Save the date for the 2010 Annual Golf Tournament - OCTOBER 7TH, 2010. Robert Trent Jones-Valley and Ridge.
Also, a big Thank You goes to AIA National and it's Component Matching Grant Program for awarding us a $1200 matching grant for scholarships!
AIA Birmingham Golf Tournament Still Giving!
The 2009 AIA Birmingham annual golf tournament still raised enough money to give $6000 to Pathways and $6000 to the Birmingham Architectural Foundation.
Emerging Professionals
Architects + Kickball + Adult Beverages = GREAT Times!
The AIA kickball team, Hire an Architect, had a great season. A lot of kickballs were kicked, bases were ran, and beer and margaritas were drank. This was a tough bunch of architects; they kept on playing through heat, rain, and injuries. Although scoring was not the team’s strong point, the outfield played like pros! Click here for more photos. AIA is VERY proud of Hire an Architect. To honor this group of professional architects and kickballers, we are holding an end-of season party and awards ceremony. Everyone is invited to attend and see the players receive their awards.
Hire an Architect End-of-Season Party and Awards Ceremony
Thursday, August 5th, 6:30 pm | Fuego Cantina (former Joe Muggs), 1101 20th St. South
We’re going Dutch. Everyone is invited! RSVP by August 4th to danya@aiabham.org
 Are you friends with AIA Birmingham on Facebook yet? Add us for all the AIA Birmingham updates!
 The Alabama Council AIA, in partnership with the Alabama Board for Registration of Architects and Auburn University, will present an ARE Seminar - Structures Workshop - August 13th through August 15th.
- Presenter: David Thaddeus, AIA, NCARD – professor of Structures & Architectural Design at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Dates: August 13th – August 15th
- Location: Auburn University, M. Miller Gorrie Center
- Cost: $295 for in-state participants
- Click here for more info. including registration form, a short speaker bio., and hotel info.
 EcoFest 12
Live and Silent Auction
Thursday, October 7, 2010. 6:00 -9:00
WorkPlay (corner of 5th Avenue South & 23rd Street)
Tickets $50, Blocks of 12 Tickets $500 (You save $100)
Call 205.226 4934 to reserve your tickets today!
Auctioneer: Guin Robinson; Catering by Whole Foods Market
www.myecoscapes.org
EcoFest is an annual fundraiser to benefit the Southern Environmental Center. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser help support the transformation of vacant lots into community EcoScape gardens www.myecoscapes.org
Are you up for a little fun? EcoFest is sponsoring a competition for the best design & construction of bird houses! The houses will be auctioned off at this year’s event. The birdhouses will also be juried by a panel and the top three houses will be auctioned off in the live auction. If you are interested in participating, please contact Lea Ann Macknally at lmacknally@macknallyross.net or 205.328.4160 or Bill Segrest at bsegrest@gmail.com or 205.266.0036 to receive specific birdhouse criteria.
- Deadline for submissions is Friday, September 3rd by 5:00. Send submissions to lmacknally@macknallyross.net.
- Completed birdhouses should be delivered to the Southern Environmental Center at Birmingham Southern College by Thursday, September 30th before 5:00.
- The use of Recycled and Sustainable materials in construction of bird houses is highly encouraged!
- Design teams will be recognized at the event.
- Complementary tickets to the event will be given to those who participate.
LED Lighting Lunch and Learn sponsored by Philips Daybrite and Alabama Lighting Associates
Date: Tuesday, Sept. 28th
Time: 11:15-1:00 p.m.
Location: The Club-Vulcan Room
Credits: 1 HR AIA approved/HSW/CEU/PDH
Free. Lunch will be served.
Space is limited, so please contact Stephanie Hester at Stephanie@ala-sales.com before September 21st.
South Central Construction Best of 2010 Awards – Call for Entries
Click here for more info.
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