IDEC Membership Renewal begins November 1. In keeping with our environmental goals, renewal notices will be sent by email this year.

Don't forget there are two ways to be a member of IDEC - as an individual member or by gathering your colleagues and renewing through an Institutional Group Package.

Creating an Institutional Group Package is only available during the renewal period so take a moment to learn the benefits and qualifications of this renewal option. Quite possibly you can save money over individual memberships while increasing the participation and communication among your staff. If you have questions about this option, contact the IDEC office.

Watch for your notice to renew or go online after November 1 so you retain your valuable member benefits.

An email survey ballot was sent to all voting members on October 4 with the final slate of candidates for 2011-2012 leadership as approved by the Nominating Committee.

The proposed slate of officers for the IDEC Board of Directors 2011 is available on the IDEC website. Both the position descriptions and biographies for the slated officers are posted in the member center.

IDEC is fortunate and proud to have very qualified and committed individuals who are dedicated to the mission of IDEC and ready to serve its members.

The survey was uniquely tied to your email address. If you need that message resent, please contact Lauren Gardier in the IDEC office.

The IDEC Communications Committee and Newsletter Editorial Team has published the Fall 2010 issue of the E-Record. This issue features announcements of upcoming conferences; a tribute to Norman Polsky; research and service activities being done by IDEC members; and other news. Click here to view this issue.

IDEC Annual Conference

March 16-19, 2011, Denver, CO

The IDEC Annual Conference will focus on Educators as Intentional Leaders within the conference theme of Design with Intelligence. Three related conference events will build on the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers’ (IFI) Think Tanks, which are the foundation of their international initiative: Design Frontiers: Interiors Entity. IFI is hosting nearly 50 Think Tanks around the world to have participants address the interior design profession’s:

• Identity

• Relevance

• Value

• Responsibility

The outcome of the Think Tanks is a series of White Papers from each region in the world. These White Papers will be the basis of a global IFI Summit to be held early in 2011, where recommendations will be made for moving the discipline forward.

At the 2011 IDEC Annual Conference, a three-part series of events provide IDEC members with an opportunity to tackle these recommendations and become intentional leaders.

• Part 1. Shashi Caan, IFI President, will present the IFI Summit Recommendations at the Kick-Off event, Wednesday evening, March 16.

• Part 2. Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director of the Institute for Human Centered Design, will present leadership intelligence at the Keynote event to bridge participants between the Recommendations and development of Strategies, Thursday, March 17.

• Part 3. All Conferece Participants, will develop leadership strategies to implement the IFI Recommendations as intentional leaders in our institutions and design communities, at the Fellows Action Forum, Friday, March 18,

This is IDEC’s opportunity to lead the effort to “reposition the Interiors discipline on the world stage” (Shashi Caan, IFI President).

Annual Conference Fees announced

The registration fees for the 2011 Annual Conference March 16 - 19, 2011 in Denver, Colorado have been approved by the IDEC Board of Directors and posted for your budgeting purposes. The official registration brochure will not be available until the beginning of December. The IDEC leadership delayed setting the fees for as long as possible to be certain that they balanced the economic climate with the actual expense of the conference. Early bird registration will be open through February 2, 2011. Click here for more conference details.

Conference Hotel Reservations

It's not too early to make your room reservations at the Grand Hyatt Denver - call the hotel at 800.233.1234 or book your room online. The conference group rate is $159.

Change to Conference Awards Presentation

Special note: This year's awards celebration is planned for Friday evening, March 18 as opposed to the historic Saturday Banquet. All non-scholarship awards will be presented at this evening banquet. All paper, panel, poster and creative scholarship awrds will be given at the Saturday Scholarship Awards Lunch.

IDEC Award Nomination Deadlines Approaching

Nominations for IDEC Awards including Merit, Community Service, Teaching Excellence, and the Book and Media Award are due November 5. Click here and check the current call list for specifics.

IDEC is currently considering the creation of a resource for interior design educators that would make available interior design teaching materials for purchase. These materials would be assembled through calls for submittals from IDEC members, thus giving everyone the ability to share successful ideas and move our collective mission of excellence forward. Submissions would be double-blind peer reviewed, and accepted authors would be provided an honorarium for their work. The work would remain the property of the author, who also assumes all liability for copyright and other legal issues. The resource will be published and available for purchase on line so color, graphics, and innovation will be included.

This survey will help IDEC determine the degree of interest in this initiative for IDEC members to purchase projects and to submit projects for review and potential acceptance.  It will take less than 10 minutes to complete this. Please respond by Friday, October 15.

Please use the following link to take the survey:  
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IDECTRIsurvey

For the purpose of this survey, assume that this initiative would offer for sale interior design projects (suitable for studio or non-studio courses) in topic areas that you currently teach.

A project package for sale would include the following components:

• Learning goals and objectives, including how these relate to CIDA accreditation standards
• Project description
• Teaching materials such as visual presentations
• Related handouts
• Description of support readings for students (source and page 
•    numbers)
• Grading rubrics and/or grade sheet
• Past student outcomes with the project
• Bibliography
• Permission for buyer to use material granted from author