TAID Board of Directors Pat Campbell McLaughlin, ASID, RID DALLAS PRESIDENT Marilyn Roberts, ASID, RID AUSTIN PRESIDENT ELECT Diana Walker, ASID, RID SECRETARY Diane Alexander, ASID, RID VP STUDENTS Louise Nicholson Carter, IIDA, RID, AAHID PAST PRESIDENT & VP PRACTICE Jane Page Crump, ASID, RID VP MEMBERSHIP Heather Dalton, IIDA, RID, LEED AP SAN ANTONIO VP MARKETING David Hildebrand, Allied ASID, RID, RA VP GULF COAST Amanda Kendall, IIDA, RID IIDA REP Pamela Krisan, ASID, IIDA, CKD, RID AUSTIN VP SOUTH Carol Myers, ASID, IIDA, RID, AAHID DALLAS VP NORTHWEST Julie Reynolds, ASID, RID DALLAS VP LEGISLATION VOLUME 8, ISSUE 1 WINTER 2006 PRESIDENT S MESSAGE Dear Members: On the afternoon of the 20th of January, your TAID State Board met in Corpus Christi for a reception at the beautifully restored George Blucher House, to bestow the Virginia Roberts Award upon its first recipient Representative Vilma Luna. (The Blucher house is owned and operated as a Bed and Breakfast by retired interior designer Tracey Love-Smith; treat yourself by staying at this wonderfully appointed home on your next trip to CC, the only thing you will regret is not having the opportunity to experience her banana s foster for breakfast after you leave!) Virginia Roberts Award an award established by the Texas Association Machree Gibson and Representative Vilma For Interior Design (TAID) in honor of Virginia Roberts to recognize Luna outstanding service to the citizens of Texas through promotion of interior design goals that protect the public health, safety and welfare. Virginia was appointed to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (TBAE) by Governor George W. Bush to represent citizens with disabilities; she served for five years until her untimely death. Before being appointed to the TBAE board she had served, for 15 years, as Executive Director of the Texas Governor s committee on People with Disabilities. Virginia s pragmatic and dogged approached to her position earned her the respect of the entire TBAE board as it had with the four governors she had previously served under. Gordon Landreth, AIA, and Chair of the TBAE, joined in the presentation of the Virginia Roberts Award by eloquently speaking of his friend Virginia Roberts; thus, giving us a wonderful perspective of this remarkable individual: I had the distinct honor of serving with Virginia from 2000 until her untimely death in the summer of 2002. Virginia represented Texas citizens with disabilities Virginia knew what the job of regulating design professionals in Texas was all Donna Vining, FASID, IIDA, RID, CAPS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TAID 11418 Hylander Drive Houston, Texas 77070 281-257-3523 Phone/Fax www.supporttaid.org www.supporttaid.org Visit our website for additional information cont. on page 4
Executive Director News It is that wonderful time of the year that brings new beginnings and some endings. We would like to take this time to say a big THANKS to our outgoing board members. Robin Black, ASID, IIDA, RID, leaves our board to assume the Presidency of the Texas Chapter of ASID. Also leaving the board is Andrea Freeman, ASID, RID, Founders Circle Member and VP West region. Andrea and her husband Russell have given tirelessly to TAID and represented the vast area we call the West. Daniel Kauth, Kimball Office, our Industry Partner; Ann Kilby, IIDA, RID, VP South region; Jill Carrell Lung, IIDA, RID, the IIDA Representative; Gwendolyn Redman, Allied ASID, VP Students and Charlotte Simms, VP Marketing also leave the board at this time. Please help me THANK all these people for the many hours they have each given so generously on behalf of interior designers across our great state. It is with great pleasure that I introduce the new incoming board members. Diane Alexander, ASID, RID from Houston, joins our board as the new VP Students. Heather Dalton, IIDA, RID, LEED AP, San Antonio joins our board as VP Marketing. Amanda Kendall, IIDA, RID, Dallas joins our board as the new IIDA Representative. Pamela Krisan, ASID, IIDA, CKD, RID, Austin joins our board as the VP South. Please join us in welcoming our new board members, Diane Alexander, ASID, RID Houston Is our spoltlighted board member see article next page Pamela Krisan, ASID, IIDA, CKD, RID, Austin Pamela Krisan is the president and owner of Kitchens by Chris Anne, founded in 1991 in New Jersey. She became a Certified Kitchen Designer through the National Kitchen and Bath Association in 1995. Pamela moved her business to Austin, TX in 2004 where she established a design team and a beautiful kitchen showroom. Pamela has attended The Institute of Design and Construction of Brooklyn, and the Parson's School of Design in New York. She has received her Registration as an Interior Designer in the State of Texas and is Certified by Harvard University s Graduate School of Design in Universal Design. In addition to Kitchens by Chris Anne, Pamela also owns and operates the Architectural and Interior commercial design firm 0,0 Defining Space. She has extensive design expertise in Accessible Space Planning and adheres to A.D.A. and T.A.S. policy and standards. Heather Dalton, IIDA, RID, LEED AP San Antonio Heather Dalton is the 2006-2007 Vice President of Marketing for the Texas Association for Interior Design. She is an Architectural Intern and a Registered Interior Designer, as well as a LEEDtm Accredited Professional. Heather graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and a minor in Historic Preservation. Since joining 3D/I in 2002, she has worked on a wide range of corporate, higher education, judicial, hospitality, retail, historic preservation, and government projects. Heather is also the 2005-2006 Director of the San Antonio City Center of the International Interior Design Association, and serves as the 2005-2006 San Antonio City Center representative on the Texas-Oklahoma Chapter board of IIDA. Amanda Kendall, IIDA, RID Dallas Amanda Kendall, IIDA, graduated with a Bachelor of Science at Oklahoma State University in Interior Design in May, 1996. She has worked in Dallas since graduation, practicing Interior Design with several architecture/ interior design firms for the past 6 years prior to taking a sales marketing job with a furniture dealership. She currently holds a position with Sanitas/ Metro Wallcoverings as a sales representative to the Architecture and Design community. She is an active professional member of IIDA, sitting on the Texas/ Oklahoma board currently as the VP of Government and Regulatory Affairs. She has served on the IIDA Dallas City Center board as director and director of communications. She is a registered Interior Designer for the state the Texas and joins the TAID Board as the IIDA Representative. Donna Vining, FASID, CAPS, RID Executive Director 2 TAID = Texas Association of Interior Design
Spotlight on our Board Members Diane Alexander, ASID, RID Licensed Interior Designer NCIDQ Certificate #3597 Alexander & Associates 11201Elbeck, Houston TX 77035 713-520-0944 dianealex@oplink.net My interior design practice consists of space planning, finishing, furnishing, and budgeting of hospitals, medical facilities, wellness centers, fitness centers, elderly housing, and designs for special needs populations. I also teach and have developed programs for a FIDER accredited institution in Houston and have received the honor of Faculty of the Quarter three times. Lately, my professional career has taken me into sustainable design and am now developing a course that will lead to LEEDS certification for the school. I am taking a group of 30 students to the USGBC Green Design Convention in Denver this fall as well as a group to NEOCON in June to further their knowledge on products and sustainable design issues. The desire to teach springs from wanting future designers to benefit from my past mistakes and to share experiences and knowledge. I am totally committed to environmental issues regarding design and in creating safe, uplifting, and creative surroundings. I want to add to the student s education by helping them become aware of the harm they can do, as well as the vast amount of good they can do, with their interiors. You might say I am on a mission. As people age or recover from accidents and illnesses, an interior has the power to help people maintain their independence through thoughtful design or cause them to become dependent on others or even force them to move from their homes. Being involved in such diverse projects as a Children s Quadriplegic Specialty Hospital, Head Injured facility in a Ranch setting, Alzheimer s and Assisted living facilities, Specialty hotels such as the Ronald McDonald House, Holistic Medicine Center, Hospice Care Centers, Kids on the Mend Daycare projects, present challenges and always provide learning and growing experiences. My specialization has allowed me the opportunity to joint venture projects with other interior designers and architects thus constantly expanding my knowledge of how others approach and solve design problems and create beautiful environments. Lately, I have entered the residential field by retrofitting homes for the disabled and elderly and developing an Aging in Place consulting firm. EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Science, Interior Design University of North Texas, Master of Art, Interior Design PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, REGISTRATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS American Society of Interior Designers Texas Association for Interior Designer Registered Interior Designer, State of Texas Registered Accessibility Specialist with TDLR PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AWARDS Lead students in a competiton for Hope for Families, a non-profit community center for at risk families, 2006 Faculty director of the Art Institute Student ASID chapter 2003-present Co-chair of the Bering Omega Aids Hospice Project 2004,2005 Faculty of the Quarter at The Art Istitute 2003, 2004 Selected to be a part of the Design Committee for the new ASID corporate office Winter 2003 Conducted a six-part Lecture Series on Designing for the Elderly Population Winter 2003 Article in Kitchen and Bath Designs Spring 2001 CEU Chairman, ASID Gulf Coast Chapter 2000-2003 Program Chairman, ASID Gulf Coast Chapter 1998-2000 Co-Chair, Ronald McDonald House of Houston Interior Design Task Force 1998 Treasurer for the Gulf Coast Chapter of ASID 1998 Winter 2006 3
President s Message cont. cont. from page 1 about. She did her homework. She was current on issues both statewide and nationally. Virginia looked at those issues with a fair and balanced approach to life. She weighed the issues thoroughly before casting her vote on each item on our agenda. Virginia asked penetrating questions, and she did not let up on anyone until she got a straight answer, whether the one being questioned was a staff person, a member of the public, or even a fellow board member. In July of 2002, only days after her death, Governor Rick Perry stated, and Diana Walker, Julie Reynolds, Amanda Kendall I quote, As Executive Director of the Texas Governor s Committee on People with Disabilities for 15 years, Virginia Roberts served under four governors: William P. Clements, Mark White, Ann Richards, and George W. Bush. In 1991, with Ms. Roberts leadership, the Committee hosted the largest meeting of the President s Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities in Dallas. After retirement, Ms. Roberts continued to serve as a state appointee to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners to further disability access. With that statement the Governor declared July 26, 2002 to be ADA Awareness Day in Texas. Representative Luna is a rare breed in our state legislature. She has demonstrated her concern not just for her immediate constituents, but for the entire state s citizens as she supports the concept of qualified design professional services to all citizens of Texas. This is a win-win deal for us all as the Texas Association for Interior Design recognizes both Virginia Roberts for her service and Representative Vilma Luna for her support of all design professionals in Texas. Chair Landreth s assured comments about Representative Luna were echoed by several of Representative Luna s peers including Representative Jim Pitts; Representative Ruth McClendon; and Speaker of the House Tom Craddick. The involvement, care, and understanding that Representative Luna has shown towards the people of Corpus Christi and all the citizens of Texas in her community activities and legislative efforts demonstrate her leadership. She is the embodiment of the principles that Virginia Roberts lived by. Her focus has unashamedly been children and every aspect that affect their lives. The biggest winners have been the endangered children of this state, whom she has fought tirelessly for, from the beginning of her career, with every aspect of her being. She fully understands that the environment we live in affects all of our faculties and the spirit of our lives. She brings the same pragmatism to issues and understands the field of interior design as well as Virginia Roberts did; thus, it was a pleasure to honor Representative Vilma Luna as the first recipient of the Virginia Roberts Award. Pat Campbell McLaughlin, ASID TAID President 4 TAID = Texas Association of Interior Design
TBAE News (TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS) TBAE Renewal Periods Change Your next renewal notice from the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners will look a little different because something different is going on. Registration periods will change to your birth month which will require a little shift in dates. Renewal invoices will have a prorated fee, and after the pro-rated fee is paid, your new expiration date will be the last day of your birth month. to your birth month. Continuing education hours can be accrued for the next full annual period, which will begin on your new birth month expiration date through the next year. When the pro-rated period has passed you will be required to resume the annual requirement of 8 hours of continuing education related to health, safety, welfare with one hour of barrier free. To help offset any confusion, annual continuing education program hours will not be required during the prorated period from your old expiration date (December 1 or June 1) If you have any questions please contact our office at 512/305-9000 or visit www.tbae.state.tx.us. IMPORTANT NEWS New Seal Design for all Interior Designers During the 78th legislature session, (Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 331, 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2003) legislation was passed that said: The design of the seal must be the same as the design used by the board, except that the words "Registered Interior Designer, State of Texas" must be used instead of "Texas Board of Architectural Examiners." The TBAE Board has adopted the following design for use by all professionals. This rule is effective immediately, however the Board has voted to allow you to use your old seal until January 1, 2006, without penalty. The good news for all of you is that TAID is taking orders for the new seal design now. See page 10 to purchase your new seal. New style of interior designer's seal. Texas Board of Architectural Examiners TBAE Board Meeting May 15 & 16, 2006 Conference Room 225 Tower II of the Hobby Building 333 Guadalupe, Austin, TX 78701 Winter 2006 5
6 TAID = Texas Association of Interior Design NEW Design mandated by the State EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006
Continuing Education TAID s First Correspondence Course Earn.3 CEPH today in your own home Rules and Regulations for Interior Designers in Texas Course #7463 The materials necessary will be sent to you within two weeks. You will take the class online via your computer. When finished, mail or fax in your answers and we will send you a certificate within two weeks of receipt of your completed questionnaire. TAID will have more correspondence CEPH courses in the fall. Send your name, address, and check for $65.00 to TAID 11418 Hylander Drive Houston, TX 77070 www.supporttaid.org Remember... When you complete your classes with TAID, We track them for you; Your money stays in Texas; and Your money goes to support your profession, not individuals. FUTURE CEU DATES DALLAS April 21st May 19th July 21st September 22nd November 17th All classes will be held at the World Trade Center, Room 9065 Check our website for more details. www.supporttaid.org WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE TBAE News (TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS) TBAE Web Site Security for Online Transactions TBAE has taken every precaution to ensure the security of our users when they make online payments. TBAE partners with the Texas Online system which has developed an encryption system that protects information sent to the TBAE site. The Texas Online system also transfers the payments. (Secure Web sites will have a padlock icon in the lower right of most screens to indicate that an encryption system is being used.) To further secure the site, TBAE uses firewalls to protect its internal networks against would-be hackers. In addition, only the individual who has used his or her unique login combination of user name and password can view the personal information. Private information such as Social Security number and birth date will not be displayed on a public search. All registered interior designers and examination candidates are assigned a login combination to access their accounts and pay any fees that are due. If you have not yet received your login combination in the mail, call the TBAE office at (512) 305-9000. Winter 2006 7