National Officers Elected at AIA Convention
AIA national officers were elected last week at the AIA convention in San Francisco. Clark D. Manus, FAIA, AIA San Francisco, was elected AIA First Vice President and 2011 President-elect. Manus has served as AIA national vice president from 2007-2009. Mickey Jacob, FAIA, was elected 2010-2011 AIA Vice President. Jacob is managing principal at Urban Studio Architects in Tampa, Fla. Peter G. Kuttner, FAIA, was elected 2010-2011 AIA Vice President. Kuttner is president of Cambridge Seven Associates, represents AIA New England on the AIA Board, and is a past president of the Boston Society of Architects. And John W. Rogers, AIA, ACHA, AIA Cincinnati, was elected AIA 2010-2011 Treasurer. Rogers has served on the AIA Board of Directors from 2007-2009.

Convention Delegates Approve Teleconferencing for Board Members
At the AIA 2009 National Convention business session in the morning of May 2, AIA convention delegates approved two Institute Bylaws amendments and eight convention resolutions, confirming authority to conduct AIA Board meetings by teleconference, revising Emeritus-member eligibility requirements, and reaffirming Institute-wide commitment to diversity.

The Power of Diversity: Focus on Emerging Voices
Thinking less about walls and more about relationships was the common thread for the May 2 AIA Convention theme session, said AIA President Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA.

Commit Your Firm to Design Carbon Neutral Buildings by 2030
The AIA 2030 Commitment is a voluntary program for AIA member firms and other entities in the built environment to pledge to develop multi-year action plans toward designing and building carbon neutral buildings by 2030. The pledge is for firms to begin immediately to adopt procedures and staff training to mitigate the deleterious effect buildings have on the environment as the largest single contributor to the production of greenhouse gases, contributing almost half of the total annual production of greenhouse gases in the U.S.

Attention Members: Link to Change Your Password
AIA members and customers need to create a new password to use most on-line functions (e.g., membership, personal information/address updates, bookstore purchases, and contract document sales), view jobs on Career Center, or access member-only information on AIA.org. If you have changed your password as of April 27, 2009, you do not need to reset it again. Here is the link to change your password.