May Mtg Minutes

So here's what I have so far from our meeting at the Swiss. Thea Foss masterplan/ Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Welcome Center w/ Twin Cities Rotary Club
- Since there are not a lot of people interested not to mention busy, we won't be doing these two design activities.

Logo
- Thanks to Chauncey who has done a great job with the logo, we came to a final decision on the group's logo over lunch. He had posted the final cut with two various version.

AIA Golf Tournament
- The AIA is still looking for associates to volunteer for game day. If anybody's interested, email to a...@aiasww.org.

Google Group Website
- I know several people have had problems with accessing the Google Group website as well as receiving notification emails on time. So with that said, our group will; be moving onto the e blog website. It's also by Google but is a lot more user friendly. The only drawback here is that there won't be email alerts sending out with every new posts. We'll have to find a way to do that or continue with this website. I am still testing this out so I'll post the site as soon as I'm done.

Habitat for Humanity
- A few people have asked when this is starting up again. So I am going to post the schedule for June, if anyone would like to join us for a Saturday. We've done it once a month before so we can continue with this. The location is the same as last year at Reynolds Park at 48th St. & East N St. Tacoma, WA 98404. It's a house for the Suarez family. Right now, they're looking for volunteers to help with interior doors and trim. If you are new to this volunteering activity this year, please let me know. There are a few paperwork that you need to fill out before you can join us. This is for liability issues. So there's one for June 28th. You have to be at the site by 9am at the latest, get a little safety orientation. Then a site manager to assign tasks and responsibilities. There's a lunch break at noon. They've provided lunch and snacks the last time we went but typically you have to bring your own lunch. Then work till 3pm, clean up afterwards.

June Meeting
- Next meeting is on June 17th at noon. If anybody has any places they'd like to try out, let me know.

Emerging Leaders Logo

Here it is, changed per our meeting at the Swiss. Two versions, one with original lowercase "L" and revised capital "L". http://chauncey.drinon.googlepages.com/FinalLogo.jpg

May Meeting

Hi Everybody,

Don't forget our May lunch meeting today at noon. We'll be meeting at the Swiss. Here's the link, http://www.theswisspub.com/

Here are a few things we'll be going over. These are items from the last email I sent, if there's any activities or events you'd like to add, bring it along with you to the meeting.

- Update on Thea Foss masterplan (Ben/JR)
- Logo for the group (If you haven't had a chance to look at them, the logos are in the files. We'll be narrowing down a few choices and make a decision if not then at least comments)
- Architectural Tour (Jon)
- AIA Golf Tournament (volunteers or players)
- Southwest Washington Fairgrounds Welcome Center w/ Twin Cities Rotary Club.

See you all there.

Fern Hill Elementary School Tour

All,

Attached is the flyer for the next tour.

JD

AIA SWW FernHillTour - Upload a Document to Scribd

Read this document on Scribd: AIA SWW FernHillTour

May Lunch Meeting

Hi everybody,

I want to remind you all of our May lunch meeting coming up on Tuesday, May 20th at noon. We'll be meeting at the Swiss this time. Here's the link, http://www.theswisspub.com/ Here are a few things we'll be going to go over. This is a long email so bear with me.

- Update on Thea Foss masterplan (Ben/JR)
- Logo for the group (If you haven't had a chance to look at them, the logos are in the files. We'll be narrowing down a few choices and make a decision if not then at least comments)
- Architectural Tour (Jon)
- AIA Golf Tournament (volunteers or players)
- Southwest Washington Fairgrounds w/ Twin Cities Rotary Club.

The last item is a new proposed project that recently came up. For those who had a chance to meet with Stan Bowman of the WA Council. He's with the Twin Cities Rotary Club and have proposed a project that the associates can help them with. Below is a partial of his email about the project. This would consider to be a design-build project that will require a quick turn around since the fair is in August. If anyone's interested, let me know. I will be taking volunteers up until the lunch on the 20th to determine if we have enough people to do this. They're asking for design help with some construction time. So if we do this, design should start and finish within 2 weeks, at the most 3 to allow sufficient time for construction.

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As you know the rebuilding of Lewis County is continuing to recover from the flooding of last December. I am a member of the Twin Cities Rotary Club. The club has taken on projects at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds in Centralia. As you will recall there was upwards of 15 feet of water in the fairgrounds and some structures were destroyed. The Rotary Club has already constructed 40 heavy duty flower boxes.

The next project that my Rotary Club is working on is the construction of a small gazebo that will serve as a greeting center on the Fairgrounds. We are in the planning process for it now. I’m writing to see if the AIA SW WA, specifically the associates committee, would be interested in assisting with the project. We could use the design expertise on the project and it is small enough that it does not require a licensed architect.

When asked about design support, it seems a good hands-on project for our younger members who are so eager to be involved. I would not expect that it would take much time to complete the project. You could have a small committee work on the design and hopefully complete it without too much effort. Also, we would hope to have a few hands available when the construction takes place. Likely, we will try to do the construction in a single weekend. The Fair is supplying all of the materials. The Rotary Club is supplying the labor.

The fair is in August and we would hope to have the project completed in June or July (well before it starts).

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See you at the Swiss!!

Associates Social Event Pics

Here is a link to the rest of the photos from the Associates Social last night:
http://litratobylorie.com/2008-0430-aia/

LORIE COLE
PROJECT MANAGER
ARCHITECTURE
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