CURRENT MEETING MINUTES (NOT BOARD APPROVED):

 

 

February 22, 2001

 

 

Attendees                                          Absent:

 

Tim Thomas                                      Art Morris

Joe Makosky                                            

Perry Douglass

John DeFrance

Mary Dennis

Gregg Strollo

Walter Van Scoter

Bruce Sekanick

Dave Kiraly

Sue Douglass

 

A.                  Meeting minutes distributed

 

B.                 Reviewed meeting minutes from January 25, 2001:

 

The following revisions were made per request of Bruce Sekanick:

 

Statewide membership was down by nearly $15,000.00 in membership fees last year, partially reflecting what we experienced on the local level.

 

There was a significant turnover in personnel on the national level.  This is another reason for delays with dues, publications, etc.

 

State has approved survey course to be available to student (no-architect) at colleges.  This is in the proposal stage and the board has sent a package to each of the four university schools of architecture.  The intent of this program is to inform future decision makers on the role of the architect.

 

The funds goal for the Political Action Committee is $1,400.00 for our chapter this year, as we did not meet last year’s goal.

 

Meeting minutes were accepted.

 

C.            Treasurer’s report:

 

Miscellaneous income received is from AIA Ohio for advertising refund.

 

Motion was made to create new line item into budget IDP library in the amount of $250.00.  Approved.  This amount will be moved out of the current advertising budget.

 

Treasurer to provide detail report from 2000 on the Endowment category.

 

A new Investment Account Committee was formed which will be chaired by Gregg.  This committee was created to investigate alternative strategies for our investment account.

 

We are receiving copies of membership dues from national.  This will help us track what the chapter should be receiving.

 

Treasurer’s report accepted based on the comments mentioned above.

           

D.            Standing Committee Reports:

 

Awards                                  Art Morris, Walter Van Scoter

 

         Suggestions were made for this year’s awards dinner:

                  Get the media involved to give the event more public exposure

Discussed creating broader categories with at least 5 submissions for each:

                                    New Building

                                    Adaptive – reuse

                                    Renovation

                                    Residential

                                    A design excellence award

 

Membership                            Perry Douglass, Joe Makosky, Sue Douglass

 

         Workshops attended at Grassroots:

Building and retaining your membership

TIMSS: The AIA Membership System

Getting information to get training with on TIMSS

 

Plan to send out a mailing to inform members to refer to the web site for any chapter news and communications.

 

Website                                  Bruce Sekanick

 

                        -Updated weekly / daily

                        -Creating new links for “Updates” page and “News/Events” page

                        -Monthly trends report

                        -Suggested to have a survey link / page

                        -Suggested to have a list of the local municipalities

 

Continuing Ed                                Walter Van Scoter

 

                        -No CE for February

                        -Put together a tentative schedule for the year

                        -Mary and John were added to the committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Dinner                         Joe Makosky

 

-Motion was made for Perry to call Fellows Garden regarding deposit to reserve the facility for the annual awards dinner on November 16, 2001.

 

IDP                                          Walter Van Scoter

 

                        -No new members

                        -Sent out several new packets dated 2000-2001

 

Public Relations                    Dave Kiraly, Bruce Sekanick, Bob Steines

 

-Need to get recognition to get the press to do an article.  Get more involved in charitable events, making donations and sponsorship are ways to do get the press to acknowledge our profession.

-Dave will research various events on schedule for the year for us to get involved with or participate.

 

Ohio Director(s)                  Bruce Sekanick, Dave Kiraly

 

                  -Next meeting will be March 16th.

-Remind everyone to put in their “Request for proposal” for the state convention on what they would like to have as “Continuing Education Presentations.

-Bruce took a census vote on supporters and non-supports regarding mandatory CE for licensing.  AIA is currently planning on amending their policy of not just supporting it, but recommending mandatory licensing.

-State legislative day is slated for May 30th in Columbus.  Information regarding to this will be posted on the web site.

 

 

Golf Outing                                    Bob Steines

Gold Medal                                    Tim Thomas, Joe Makosky, 3 past recipients

Political Action Committee            Gregg Strollo

 

 

E.                 Open Discussions:

 

-Attached is a summary of the “AIA Grassroots 2001”, which Joe and Perry attended February 14 thru 17, 2001.  They stressed for everyone to review the “White Paper” issues available to download from the website www.aia.org, which were distributed to all board members at the last meeting.

 

-Driving mission of the chapter:

   Enhance public awareness of the value of architecture

            Create a positive dialog with the press

                        Provide more useful public information on web site

                        Quarterly articles for press

 

  1. Motion made to adjourn meeting.

 

SUMMARY

AIA GRASSROOTS 2001

 

ISSUES FORUM

 

  1. National Advertising Campaign
    1. Discussed 3 options:

                                                               i.      Allow current $50 assessment to lapse – substantially downsize campaign

                                                             ii.      Renew $50 assessment another year – campaign somewhat downsized due to increased marketing costs

                                                            iii.      Allocate $75 assessment for next year – expand campaign

 

  1. Governance
    1. Discussed leadership of AIA National and roles of AIA Board, Executive Committee and Staff

 

  1. Inclusiveness
    1. Discussed broadening of AIA membership and use of terms “AIA” and “Architect”

                                                               i.      Should AIA encourage expansion of affiliate membership on a local level

                                                             ii.      Should AIA allow professional affiliates to become full members and allowed to utilize “AIA” as a title

                                                            iii.      Should AIA allow Graduate / Intern Architects to utilize “AIA” as a title and/or allow them to use the title “Architect”

 

  1. Architectural Education
    1. Discussed desired practical training, curriculum revisions and feeling about allowing all or part of licensure exam to be taken immediately upon graduation.
    2. Discussed omitting B. Arch. program to make only M. Arch. requirement for licensure.

 

White Papers for all of these issues available for download on www.aia.org.

 

LEGISLATIVE FORUM

 

  1. School Modernization
    1. The AIA supports federal assistance to aid communities involved in school construction, renovation, and expansion.

 

  1. Brownfields Redevelopment
    1. The AIA supports redeveloping the nation’s brownfields while limiting liability.

 

  1. The Truthfulness, Responsibility, and Accountability in Contracting (TRAC) Act
    1. The AIA opposes the TRAC Act because it would prevent the use of private-sector services by federal agencies.

 

Visited offices of Senators Voinovich and DeWine and met with their Aides

 

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS

 

Joe:

 

  1. Enhancing Leadership Skills Through Teamwork

 

  1. Running Effective Meetings

 

  1. How Are You Being Served? Guidelines for Component Excellence

 

Perry:

 

  1. TIMSS: The AIA Membership System

 

  1. The Unstaffed Component Experience

 

  1. Building and Retaining Your Membership

 

OTHER NOTABLE ITEMS

 

  1. New Web Portal Site “My AIA” to be online soon! Check www.aia.org for updates.

 

  1. The AIArchitect newsletter has been reformatted to an abbreviated 8-page format and renamed AIArchitect Digest. The full-length articles will be published online through the new Web Portal Site “My AIA”

 

  1. Keynote Speaker on Leadership encourages involvement in community / social issues, committees, boards, etc.

 

  1. New AIA publication Communities by Design available. Encourages civic leaders to promote utilizing the aid of design professionals in decision-making.

 

  1. AIA Trust – CNA/Schinnerer offer grants up to $5000 to assist Components with innovative projects, conferences, and publications that foster leadership, management education, and effectiveness of professional practice. Special consideration given to projects that encourage interaction among affiliate design professionals.

 

DINING

 

Fran O’Brien’s – Steak                        HHHII  Food – 4   Atmosphere – 2   Service – 3

 

McCormick & Schmick’s – Seafood            HHHHI  Food – 4   Atmosphere – 4   Service – 4