iida san antonio city center winter 2012 newsletter
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IIDA TX OK Chapter San Antonio City Center Winter 2012 NewsletterTRANSCRIPT
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2011-2012 SACC Council Members Directory DIRECTOR Tara Mitchell, IIDA SA Partnership 210-227-2282 tmitchell@ sapartnership.com DIRECTOR ELECT Ashley Voss, IIDA Villa Park Architecture 210-384-8900 ashley@ villapark-sa.com PAST DIRECTOR Karina Garza Insite Architects 210-226-4195 x 224 karina@ insite-architects.com COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR Debbie Townsend Mannington Commercial 210-323-7017 debbie_townsend@ mannington.com COMMUNICATIONS CO CHAIR Meghan Barth, Assoc. IIDA RVK Architects 210-488-2987 meghan.barth@ gmail.com EDUCATION CHAIR Bill Lasseter, IIDA UTSA 210-458-3010 [email protected] GRA CHAIR Lisa Garza Armstrong, LEED AP Office Source, Ltd. 210-212-7742 [email protected] MEMBERSHIP CHAIR Frieda Evan Lujan Tri-kes 210-849-4726 [email protected]
As the 2011 San Antonio City Center Council year has come to a close, we are eagerly anticipating some new and exciting events for 2012! January will bring us a double header of CEU’s with a Barrier-Free presentation in the middle of the month and the Chapter Forum Tour at the end of the month. Allison Levey from International Headquarters will be speaking about Government Regulatory Action (GRA) which is especially pertinent given the current legislation issues that are pending in Texas.
We are also very excited to introduce the First Annual Good Design Challenge presented by Herman Miller and Workplace Resource. The Eames molded plastic chairs have already been distributed to the participants, and starting on February 3rd (First Friday) they will go on display in the main gallery at Say Si. Don’t miss the Good Design event on February 16th as we’ll have a live auction, food, libations, and will announce the five competition winners!
The spring will bring a volunteer opportunity to our members in the form of a Habitat for Humanity work day, and the plans are well underway for Imagine That 2012. Let’s just say that you won’t want to miss this one…
Thank you to all our volunteers and Industry Partners who helped us put on a great series of fall Events; our success would not be possible without you. On behalf of the SA City Center Council, we can’t wait to see you all in the New Year!
Sincerely,
Tara Mitchell, IIDA, LEED AP ID+C
2011-2012 Director- San Antonio City Center
A WORD FROM OUR DIRECTOR
From left to right (back row): Rebecca Perez, Kathleen Moreland, Christina Gonzalez, Bill Lasseter, Alicia Knight,
Joaquin Abrego, Annette Guardiola, Fiorela Montemayor, Christina Ortegon, Carlos Gonzalez, Tara Mitchell, Debbie
Townsend, Judy Wishert
From left to right (front row): Kristina Davila, Ashley Voss, Karina Garza, Meghan Barth, Paula Davies, Christina
Fuertes
YOUR 2011-2012 IIDA COUNCIL MEMBERS
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NCIDQ STUDY GROUP
The Study Group begins on February 8th. Sign up by February 1st to reserve your spot! Special
thanks to the Broussard Group for hosting the IIDA NCIDQ Study Group.
Continued... MEMBERSHIP CO CHAIR Debby Tolar Crossville Tile 210-722-0950 dtolar@ crossvilleinc.com SUSTAINABILITY CHAIR Christina Gonzalez, Assoc. IIDA, Allied Member ASID, LEED AP C.G. Consulting, Inc. 210-284-2851 gonzalez_christina7@ yahoo.com PROGRAMS CHAIR Christina Ortegon, Assoc. IIDA DHR Architects 210-308-0080 c.ortegon@ dhrarchitects.com PROGRAMS CO CHAIR Annette Guardiola RVK Architects 210-733-3535 guardiola@ rvk-architects.com GRAPHICS CHAIR Joaquin Abrego, IIDA, LEED AP Kell Munoz 210-349-1163 jabrego@ kellmunoz.com GRAPHICS CO CHAIR Fiorela Montemayor Texas Wilson 210-213-6268 fmontemayor@ texaswilson.com SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR- IMAGINE THAT Carlos Gonzalez, IIDA, LEED AP Insite Architects 210-226-4195 x 233 carlosg@ insite-architects.com PHILANTHROPY CHAIR Vicki Hartsfield-Moody, IIDA Industry Innovative Environments, Inc. 210-887-0247 [email protected]
PARKING DAYS
The IIDA San Antonio City Center participated in Parking Days for the second time this September, a
national event that is put on locally by the SA Center for Architecture organization. Parking Days
encourages artists and local organizations to create a city park within the boundaries of a parking space,
and promotes the addition of green space in urban environments. The IIDA Student Chapter also
participated in the event and had the parking space next to ours. Our theme this year was the “Living
Living Room”, and we received a lot of positive feedback from the general public who was there to view
the exhibit. As a whole, we feel like this was a great (free) way to promote our organization and interact
with other design organizations in our community.
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On September 22nd
, our SACC Membership Chairs Frieda Lujan of Tri-kes and Debby Tolar of Crossville Tile put together a memorable Membership Event at Barbaresco’s restaurant on San Pedro Ave. The subject was “What a Sweet Deal!” and focused on the advantages of IIDA Membership with a desert-themed twist. We also had a chance to give away two free IIDA Memberships; Marthe Aston was the recipient of the Professional Membership and Maria Dominguez was the recipient of the Associate Membership. Tri-kes also donated a Kindle e-reader as a door prize which only helped to further sweeten the event. Special thanks to our event underwriters, Antron, Allegiance Floors, Jones & Cook, Crossville Tile, and Tri-kes.
Have questions about IIDA Membership? Contact Frieda Lujan at [email protected] or visit http://iida-tx-ok.org/membership/member-benefits
Continued... PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Kathleen Moreland KC Repsource 210-885-5808 kmoreland@ kcrepsource.com INDUSTRY CHAIR Alicia Knight Initial Designs. 210-355-6811 alicia@ initialdesignssa.com SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR- WINTER FESTIVAL Christina Fuertes Texas Wilson 210-647-2085 cfuertes@ texaswilson.com STUDENT PRESIDENT Kristina Davila UTSA [email protected]
Are you ready to get more involved in your professional organization?
Contact one of the members in the City Center Council directory to see how you can help out!
MEMBERSHIP EVENT
GINGERBREAD CHALLENGE
The Children’s Museum in conjunction with the San Antonio Center for Architecture hosted the Second Annual Gingerbread Competition in the Pearl Studio on November 12
th. The Challenge
benefited the Children’s Museum, and was in the style of “Iron Chef”, as entrants were given a strict 3-hour time limit to complete their designs and did not know what ingredients would be given until the start of the challenge. The challenge was open to view by the public during the Pearl’s Farmer’s Market, and over 3,000 people stopped by to see the competition in action. Team IIDA went up against several local prestigious architecture and engineering firms, and we are proud to say that we won First Place! Our theme was ‘A Very Trailer Christmas’, and overall we had a blast participating in the event.
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WINTER FESTIVAL EVENT
The IIDA San Antonio City Center hosted the very first Winter Festival Event at the Family Celebration venue on December 16
th and we had a great time doing so! The evening featured a silent auction, live music by the Gary Lee
Cox Band presented by Tandus, Christmas crafts by KC Repsource and Innovative Environments, as well as face painting by Patcraft. We even had a special guest at the event- Santa Claus presented by Texas Wilson and Steelcase! The venue itself was great and lent itself well to this family-themed event, with numerous playscapes, trampolines, play houses, and a putt putt course. Attendees were also kind enough to bring canned goods and non-perishable food items which were donated to the San Antonio Food Bank. Thank you so much to our underwriters Texas Wilson, Steelcase, MDC Wallcovering, Innovative Environments, and Tri-kes Wallcovering, and to everyone who bundled up and came out to that evening!
We can’t wait to carry this event forward for years to come!
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FALL CEU's
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
WINTER
January 5th
: SACC Meeting
January 17th
: Barrier-Free CEU
January 31st
: IIDA Chapter Forum
Speaker
February 9th
: SACC Meeting
February 8th:
NCIDQ Study Group
Begins*
February 3rd
: Good Design Challenge*
Exhibit Begins
February 16th
: Good Design Challenge
Event at Say Si
SPRING / SUMMER
March 1st: SACC Meeting
March 10th : Philanthropy Project-
Habitat for Humanity
April 5th: SACC Meeting
May 3rd : SACC Meeting
May 4th: 2012 IMAGINE THAT
June 7th: SACC Meeting
Future CEU Events TBA
*SEE ADVERTISEMENT IN THIS ISSUE
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