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A Week In Brief

September 6, 2016

In This Issue

Member Input Quick Survey

Cocktails & Credits

Allied Member Listing

2017 Board of Directors

AIA Helps Flood Victims

CIB Appoointment

OU GOFF Lecture Tonight

OUBCC Looking for Architects

Designers Walk on September 29

IES September Luncheon

Quarry Tour

IES Golf Tournament

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

September 8: AIA Luncheon

September 9: OCFA Drinks X Design event

September 13: Interim Study Building Types Legislation

September 14: AIACOC Board 2017 Planning Meeting

September 16: Local Advocacy Committee Meeting

September 22: Cocktails & Credits

September 30: AIA Oklahoma Government Affairs Mtg

October 13: Architecture after 5 at Bentley Flooring

October 18: Cocktails & Credits

November 4: AIACOC Design Awards Banquet

November 10-11: AIA Oklahoma Convention

November 17: AIA Luncheon & Elections

AIA CENTRAL OKLAHOMA NEWS

Member Input

At the Statewide Planning Retreat in July, the Boards decided to begin collecting input from the membership through short 1-3 question surveys from time to time.

So you will see these short surveys from in the AIA Weekly every once in a while. Please take 1 minute to give your input.

MEMBER INPUT SURVEY

Moisture & Concrete Floor Slabs

Thursday, September 22, 2016

4:30 - 6:00 p.m

AIA Office

Join us for us for our September Cocktails and Credit program: Moisture and Concrete Floor Slabs: Health, Safety and Cost Effective Solutions.

Attendees will learn:

- In-depth understanding of moisture issues in concrete slabs and the deleterious effect of a high moisture vapor emission rate on flooring finishes.

- The presentation will address "sick building syndrome."

- Various industry-approved methods of testing of MVER.

- Conditions that generate excessive moisture in slabs and how to resolve them.

AIA members will receive 1 hour of HSW credit.

AIACOC Members attend free. Nonmembers $10.

Seating is limited.

AIACOC Allied Members: Complete your directory information

We are working on the 2016 - 2017 Membership Directory and need your help in completing your listing.

If you are a current AIACOC Allied Member, please complete this survey no later than Monday, September 12th to be included in the AIACOC Membership Directory.

If you have any questions, please email them to aiacoc@cox.net.

2017 AIACOC Board of Directors

2017 AIA Central Oklahoma Board Positions Open for Election: (Candidates for these positions must be a licensed architect, AIA member).

President Elect: In the absence of the President, the President Elect shall exercise general supervision of the Chapter's affairs and shall preside at meetings of this Chapter and the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President, the President Elect shall act as spokesperson of this Chapter. The President-Elect position is a one year term and this individual will move into the President's position the following year and then into the Past President position.

Vice President: In the absence of the President and the President Elect, the Vice President shall exercise general supervision of the Chapter's affairs and shall preside at meetings of this Chapter and the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President and the President Elect, the Vice President shall act as spokesperson of this Chapter. The Vice President will also volunteer and serve on at least one chapter committee. The Vice President position is a one year term.

Secretary: The Secretary shall act as the recording and corresponding secretary of the Chapter. The Secretary shall safeguard all property of the Chapter and issue notices, with the assistance of the Executive Director, of the Chapter. The Secretary will also volunteer and serve on at least one chapter committee. The Secretary position is a one year term.

Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have charge and exercise general supervision of the Chapter's financial affairs. The Treasurer will also volunteer and serve on at least one chapter committee. The Treasurer position is a one year term.

Director: The Director's of the AIA Central Oklahoma Chapter will be responsible for serving one and overseeing at least one chapter committee. The Director's position is a three year term.

In addition to the duties listed above, every AIA Central Oklahoma Board member is asked to commit to:

Make personal fundraising calls to raise money for AIA Central Oklahoma and its yearly events. And will continue to work until the chapter fundraising goals have been met.

Volunteer for the AIA Architecture Tour set to take place on Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Attend 8 of the 11 Board meetings throughout the year.

Attend 4 of the monthly luncheons and 4 Architecture after 5 events throughout the year.

Attend the AIA Central Oklahoma Golf Tournament either as a participant or as a volunteer and encourage architects to participate in the event.

Actively promote membership and recruit members into the AIA Central Oklahoma Chapter.

Serve on at least one ongoing chapter committee.

Each candidate will be asked to give a 2-3 minute candidate speech before the official election on Thursday, November 17 at the AIA Central Oklahoma November Luncheon.

If you are interested in serving on the 2017 AIA Central Oklahoma Board of Directors, please complete this NOMINATION FORM.

AIA OKLAHOMA

AIA Members Helping Louisiana Flood Victims

We recently received the email below from our colleagues at AIA Louisiana and AIA Baton Rouge. As a result, AIA Oklahoma has sent $500 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation to assist AIA members and firms with their flood recovery efforts. Although this is only a small amount, we encourage our members to join with us in donating whatever you can to this effort. Oklahoma has been the beneficiary of many kind financial donations over the years for storm or tornado disaster recovery and relief. We hope you will join with us as architects help architects. Click on the link below to make your donation today.

Regards,

Jan

Jan Gilmore Loftis

Executive Director/Legislative Liaison

To Friends and Colleagues,

We are reaching out in the interest of keeping you up to date with what is known about the recent flooding events around our state.

First, we want to summarize some of the key statistics and early analyses being reported from various state and local agencies and non-profits involved in recovery. (Again, these may be subject to change, as more information is being collected everyday on this vast destruction.)

* 6.9 trillion gallons of rain fell over an 8 day period (enough to fill 10.4 million Olympic swimming pools. 3 times as much rain as Louisiana got during Katrina)
* More than 128,000 households have applied for FEMA assistance
* More than 350,000 residents of the Baton Rouge MSA (9 of 20 parishes with disaster declaration) live in areas that never experienced flooding. More than 20 parishes have been declared disaster areas

In response to this unprecedented catastrophe, AIA Louisiana has jumped into high gear and is working on a number of fronts with the intention of aligning short term resources with long term planning and rebuilding objectives.

Due to the numerous requests from around the country as to how the profession can help, AIA Louisiana, with help from AIA National, has set up a fund to help affected AIA members, firms and staff with financial assistance for immediate response efforts and to fulfill unmet needs.

The fund is set up through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, but, will assist members from throughout the state. Donate Now to the Fund.

This is a special cause if you are looking for a way to help architects and firms get back on their feet.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Lynn Robertson
Executive Director, AIA Louisiana

Kathleen Gordon

Executive Director, AIA Baton Rouge

Interested in Public Services?

AIA Oklahoma has an opportunity to recommend an architect to be appointed to the Construction Industries Board (CIB) Committee on Roofing Examiners. The appointee will serve a two-year term or until his or her successor is appointed by the governor. The committee meets in Oklahoma City at the CIB office located at 2401 N.W. 23^rd Street. Although the committee does not meet monthly, regular meetings are held at the call of the chair.

If you are interested in being considered as an appointee to this committee and would like further information, please contact AIA Oklahoma Executive Director Jan Loftis at janloftis@gmail.com.

NEWS OF INTEREST TO OUR MEMBERS

OU GOFF LECTURE TONIGHT!

Join the University of Oklahoma's College of Architecture for a free lecture by Gravel on Tuesday, September 6th at 5:30 p.m. in OU's Design Center on Film Row.

Ryan Gravel is an urban planner and designer whose master's thesis in 1999 was the original vision for the Atlanta Beltline, a 22-mile transit greenway that is changing both the physical form of his city and the decisions people make about living there. The Atlanta BeltLine is the most comprehensive transportation and economic development effort ever undertaken in the City of Atlanta and among the largest, most wide-ranging urban redevelopment programs currently underway in the United States. It's a sustainable redevelopment project that will provide a network of public parks, multi-use trails and transit along a historic 22-mile railroad corridor circling downtown and connecting many neighborhoods directly to each other.

This lecture is free and open to the public and no rsvp is required.

Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission Looking for Architects for Technical Committee

The OUBCC is creating a technical committee to take a more in-depth look at Storm Shelters and Safe Room Requirements for both residential and commercial construction. The OUBCC is requesting volunteers from persons interested in serving on this committee. Applications will be taken through the end of the day on Monday, September 12, 2016. If you are interested in serving on the committee and feel you fit one of the positions listed below, please fill out the application below and submit to the OUBCC.

Code Official, Architect, Structural Engineer, General Contractor or Commercial Storm Shelter Builder, Residential Storm Shelter Builder, Mechanical Representative, Electrical Representative, Plumbing Representative, Storm Shelter Door Supplier or Manufacturer, or Local Jurisdiction Representative.

Volunteer Application

The Paseo Arts District Invites You to the Designer's Walk on September 29!

IES September Luncheon: Lighting for Life Safety

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM (CDT)

Junior's
2601 NW Expressway # Gr1w
Oklahoma City, OK 73112

We are pleased to announce our September section meeting. David Rodgers of Triple C Companies will be with us to provide an overview of Life Safey Codes and how to meet them with various lighting solutions. This couse is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education.

OBJECTIVES

Participants will develop an appreciation for the need for Life Safety products.
Participants will obtain a review of common life safety code requirements from various agencies.
Participants will review a comparison of several different solutions for meeting code requirements for both indoor and outdoor emergency lighting.
Participates will gain an understanding of how to properly layout emergency lighting equipment.

The cost is $20 per person.

AIA members will receive continuing education credit for this program.

Minick Materials' Quarry Tour