BOD Election Nominations 
The BOD has decided to extend the nominating period for 2 at-large BOD seats for next year. To confirm, there are 2 seats available for nominees. The schedule will now be: nomination period ending 11/11/11, BOD approve nominations at 11/16/11 BOD meeting and hold online elections from 11/21/11 to 12/9/11.
Do you have a vision for your USGBC Chapter?
Submit your name and Resume to :
John O'Brien at JPO'BRIEN@heapy.com
A Word from Your Incoming Chair
Dan Overbey
Over the past several month, I have been involved with USGBC's national chapter network to learn more about the inner workings of the council in order to better serve the Indiana Chapter in 2012. During that time, it has become clear to me that a large segment of the public perceives USGBC to be a trade organization or the like.
The fact is, USGBC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization. We are not segment of the US government. We do not lobby. We do not conduct political campaign activities. We do not intervene in elections to public office. From the national headquarters, to the regional councils, to the state chapters and branches, USGBC lives and dies by charitable donations and volunteerism.
This is where you come in.
If you or your organization is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future for our nation through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings,
then please join us! At a national scale, USGBC is doing many good things to bring about a market-wide shift toward green building. Here, at the Indiana Chapter,
we are hard at work to implement national initiatives at the local scale. We outreach, education, and advocate. Furthermore, we need your help.
If you have an interest and passion toward bringing green building to the mainstream, we would love to get you involved with our network!
Please vote in this year's USGBC Indiana Board of Directors election and visit usgbc-in.org and contact your local branch chair. We have a lot of exciting work
ahead of us in 2012!
Sincerely,
Daniel J. Overbey
Chair-Elect, USGBC Indiana
West Lafayette, Ind. -- Purdue University finished second in the Solar Decathlon 2011, a solar house competition in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. Purdue's INhome solar house earned a total of 931.390 points out of a possible 1,000. It was second only to the University of Maryland with 951.151 points. 
