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Letter from David Blackmon
 We need you. Whether you are a member, an affiliate, a sponsor or maybe even a skeptic. Your local chapter needs YOU. We need your membership or sponsorship, but more than that, we need your participation. We need your help with our outreach programs and we need your feedback to ensure our organization provides real value to you. We need you to join us at our monthly chapter meetings.
Membership renewals have been sent out and for most of us, it can be tough to write one big check to the AIA. We encourage you to look at the payment plan as an alternative to spread that cost over several months. Our industry has suffered over the past three years, but our chapter has worked hard during that time to avoid cutting valued programs and we’ve made some great progress raising awareness of good design and how that can positively impact our communities. We need your membership.
Soon, we will launch our sponsorship campaign and we hope to see some new faces alongside our current sponsors. Please tell our sponsors how much we appreciate their help to improve the quality of design. Encourage others to join in sponsoring our chapter. Not only is it a great way for folks to network with architects and stay in touch, it also contributes to our many outreach and service programs. We need your sponsorship.
You may be wondering “What’s in it for me?”. My response is you’ll never know until you get involved. It really is the best way I know to get back more than you invest. I have no doubt you can find something that matches your passion, whether it be design awards, golf, dreamArchitecture, N2Architecture!, AIA4Shelter, ACE, government affairs, disaster recovery or something else. Read more about these on our website or ask someone. We need your participation.
We already have some great chapter meetings lined up for 2012 and I hope that you will add these to your calendar and make a point to join us. A great deal of effort is spent finding interesting venues, intriguing speakers, great food and needed CEU’s. We need you to join our chapter meetings.
We need you... to have fun!
“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.” Leonardo da Vinci
Many thanks,
David A. Blackmon, AIA
YOUR 2012 AIA Birmingham President
2012 KARMA TIP
It is not what happens to you that matters most; it is what you do with it.
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2011 SAVE THE DATES
| January |
2012 Design Awards Call for Entries |
| January 17th |
Chapter Meeting
BOA Update – Cindy McKim,
Old Alabama Power Building
1200 6th Ave North, 3rd Floor
11:30 – 1:00
$15 member’s $25 nonmembers
RSVP by Friday, January 13th
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| January 18th |
Site Visit
Birmingham International Airport
4:30- 5:30, followed by Happy Hour, TBA
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| February 21st |
Chapter Meeting
Betty S. Hearn, FSMPS
President, Projects in Print Inc.
& Hearn Associates Inc.
Marketing & Networking |
Happy New Year Sponsors!
Thank you for your support in 2011 and we are looking forward to a prosperous 2012. Architects are hiring again, so the economy must be getting a smidge better.
We have our Ask An Architect Panel scheduled for March 2nd and the Sponsor appreciation Product Show Oct. 19th. Attend the monthly chapter meetings to network with architects and start building those relationships for 2012.
Click here for 2012 brochure
We had a great time at Brad Morton’s studio. It is amazing all the steps he takes to get to the pour stage, not to mention ALL the steps after the pour. We had a picnic in his sculpture courtyard. AIA Birmingham takes you behind the scenes!
If any of you are interested in a tour of Brad Morton’s Studio, he is happy to share. (see more photos here)
Contact aiabirm@aiabham.org for more information.
Meet Betty Hearn, President of Projects in Print Inc. & Hearn Associates Inc. Marketing & Networking. Betty is a  Georgia Past-President of The Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)and has served on the board for more than ten years. She was the first SMPS National President to be elected by the membership and holds a Distinguished Life Membership. Born in Birmingham and raised in Alabama, she was a founding member of the Birmingham SMPS Chapter. She also was a founding member of the Design Build Institute of America Southeast Chapter (DBIA-SE), where she served as President and on the Board for seven plus years. She is a frequent speaker and author of marketing and business development topics. She will walk you thru the many types of networking and the techniques you can quickly learn and implement to make networking a profitable and comfortable skill. You shouldn’t miss this Mardi Gras Program and the opportunity to hear her strategy on THE MANY FACES OF NETWORKING!
AIA/ USGBC Holiday Party: Fun and Philanthropic Architects
Thanks for everyone who came to our Holiday Party! We were thrilled to partner with USGBC and have such a great turnout. We enjoyed scrumptious espresso martinis, devoured food from the Yellow Bicycle, rocked to music from Bryan Price and Tim Boykin. We hope everyone did their best to shop local over the holidays, and supported the businesses that donated door prizes: Sojourns, Levy’s, Charm, Paramount Yogurt, Reed Books. And of course, many thanks to Loay and Jan at European Kitchens of Alabama!
In addition to partying like rock stars, y’all were also very generous! We gathered a lot of important items for Pathways shelter. The entire list is below. Thank you for helping to make a difference in the lives of women and children in the Birmingham area! (see photos from the party here)
8 TOWELS
9 PICTURE FRAMES
12 PAIRS UNDERWEAR
OVER $200 IN CASH AND GIFT CARDS |
8 HATS
29 PAIRS GLOVES
TOILETRIES |
1 PAIR OF SLIPPERS
77 PAIR OF SOCKS |
Emerging Professionals
Happy New Year, Interns! We hope to see all of your smiling faces at our events in 2012, to enhance our community of young architects and progress for Birmingham. We are starting the year out right with an exciting site visit and FUN party ! Come after work on Friday, January 20th dressed as your favorite musician/ artist/ band and bring your party pants! Marcus Furlow with TRO Jung Brannon has generously offered his super cool loft for this event. We will have a Rock Band competition, photo booth, something to snack on and much more! Invitation to follow…
| January 18th |
Site Visit
Birmingham International Airport
4:30- 5:30, followed by Happy Hour, TBA
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| January 20th |
Rockin’ Party
2319 1st Ave. N. apt. 104 |
| January 24th |
ARE Round Table
AG Gaston Offices
2 N. 20th Street, Suite 150
5:30
FREE DINNER!!!
Instructor- Bill Segrest, AIA, ARE Liaison for AIA Birmingham
RSVP by January 23rd to laurel@aiabham.org |
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