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2012 AIANYS Convention in Saratoga Springs September 27-29

     The 2012 AIANYS convention, held in conjunction with AIA Eastern NY, will be held September 27-29 at the Hilton Hotel and City Center in Saratoga Springs.

     Registration online is now CLOSED. If you still want to register, please email Michele Brown at mbrown@aianys.org by Thursday, September 20, 2012 and she will send a registration form that must be completed by Friday, September 21, 2012. After that date you can register onsite at the registration desk in the Saratoga Hilton starting Thursday, September 27 at 10 AM.

     On Thursday, September 27, 2012 the Opening Keynote Speaker will be Peter Marino, FAIA who will present "Building an International Practice." The 2012 AIANYS Honor Awards will be handed out at all of the keynote sessions during convention.

     Come to a party on Thursday night at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, which is located across from the historic Saratoga Race Course. You will be able to peruse artifacts while enjoying delicious food, great live music and fun! After the party, head back to the hotel to view the new film "Unfinished Spaces."

     Friday, September 28, 2012 will start with a General Session from 8 AM to 9 AM called "Architects, If They Only Knew" featuring speaker Billy Procida, President, Procida Advisors.

     "Design and Delivery Trends of the Future," a panel discussion featuring members of AIA National, Associated General Contractors of NYS, NYS Society of Professional Engineers and NYS Council of Landscape Architects will be held on Friday. This will be a discussion and question and answer on different topics of concern to all facets of the profession and building industry.

     Friday is also the day of the Product Showcase. Located right in the City Center beside the classrooms, the trade show will feature over 88 booths from vendors from across the country, as well as lunch on the trade show floor.

     Friday night is the 2012 President's Reception and Design Awards Presentation at the Saratoga Hilton. This black tie-preferred dinner will recognize outstanding works of architecture by New York State architects.

     Saturday, September 29, 2012 will start off with the viewing of the film "Child of the Sun" at 7:30 AM followed by a discussion moderated by David Businelli, AIA, Immediate Past President. Saturday will also feature a keynote luncheon with Eric Cesal who will present "Down Detour Road: An Architect In Search of Practice." The AIANYS Student Awards will be handed out and the first-ever AIANYS ARE scholarship recipient will be recognized.

     Many Thanks to the 2012 AIANYS Convention Sponsors:

Zetlin & De Chiara; Prosurance Redeker Group; Hohmann & Barnard; Weyerhaeuser/Trus Joist; L'Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP; Baer & Associates; Sam Greco Construction Inc.; McGraw-Hill Construction; The LA Group; Atlantic Testing Laboratories Limited; BST & Co.; The Chazen Companies; CT Male Associates; Crawford Door & Window Sales; ImaginIt Technologies; In Pro Corporation; Buffalo Engineering; Kevin Koval's Adirondack Basement Systems; International Code Council; McLaren Engineering Group; Overhead Door Co of Glens Falls Inc.; PHP Systems Design; Shen Milsom Wilke; Singleton Construction Consultants; Terrazzo Association of Northeastern States; Turner Construction; Unilock; Windo-Therm, John G. Waite Associates, Architects and Wolf Gordon, Inc.

    AIANYS delegates will elect the officers, Associate Director and Regional Director at the Annual Meeting during the AIANYS convention on Thursday afternoon, September 27, 2012.

Jeff Smith, AIA will serve as Treasurer (second year of a two-year term) and F. Eric Goshow, AIA, will serve as President in 2013.

Raymond Beeler, AIA             

Timothy Boyland, AIA
AIA Staten Island Chapter
  

Vice President, Public Advocacy
Mary Burke, FAIA
AIA New York Chapter

     AIA National is sending Jane Kolleeny, AIA's repositioning consultant, to the AIANYS Convention to interview members on behalf of the repositioning project (http://www.aia.org/repositioning). Among the most important initiatives AIA has undertaken in its history, this year-long process will explore the perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, needs, and value of architects to facilitate a comprehensive plan geared towards advancing the position of architects and bolstering the national dialogue about their role in society.

     Begun in March 2012, the design and marketing firm Pentagram and the cultural institution and association consultant LaPlaca Cohen have been hired to help with the effort. Their findings will offer a new way to communicate about architecture and the AIA's role within the profession. Once this message is synthesized, the two firms will investigate what communications channels would best serve to disseminate these messages to target audiences. Their findings will be announced at the 2013 AIA Grassroots conference.

     Jane will be in Booth #82 in the Product Showcase on Friday, September 28, 2012 all day to interview members and get feedback. She will also be attending various events during convention.

     Archtober, New York City's Architecture and Design month, now in its second year, will feature architecture activities, programs, and exhibitions October 1-31, 2012.
     AIA New York is one of the 45 organizations that will be participating in Archtobter. The calendar features more than 180 architecture and design lectures, conferences, programs, and exhibitions happening at the Center for Architecture and collaborating institutions across the city.
      Many events are free; individual pricing and ticketing information is available on each organization's website. Printed guides are available now at the Center for Architecture and will be distributed at the Archtober Visitor Lounge at the Center and participating institutions during the festival. Archtober's full program and tour schedule is available at www.archtober.org and will be continuously updated as new programs are announced.

     The AIA/NCARB Intern Development Program Advisory Committee (IDPAC) is now accepting applications for the 2012- 2015 IDP Firm Awards Program. Since 1991, the IDP Outstanding Firm Awards program has recognized firms who actively embrace the NCARB Intern Development Program (IDP) and demonstrate a commitment to interns by making the path to licensure an integral part of the firm's culture. In 2008, the program expanded to recognize IDP Firms that meet twelve essential criteria in the categories of Mentoring, Supervising, Training Opportunities, Commitment to IDP, and ARE Support.

     The IDP Outstanding Firm Award is reserved for firms who meet these essential criteria with excellence in these categories as well as demonstrate an "innovative" effort or outstanding practice in their efforts with the Intern Development Program.

     For more information go to: www.aia.org/IDPFirmAward.

     By donating to the NYS Architects Political Action Committee (NYSAPAC), you have helped to fund the opportunity for AIANYS to support the following event in September: Committee to Re-Elect Assemblyman Morelle (in-district).