"We want to thank you for taking time away from your classroom's and/or other work to attend the 2011 IDEC Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado. We thoroughly enjoyed having you visit our state! We found the conference invigorating and inspiring and hope you did as well! We wish you the best in completing the semester and hope you have a wonderful, rejuvenating summer. Please come back to visit Colorado again and we look forward to seeing you in Baltimore in 2012."

Sincerely,

Conference Co-Hosts Stephanie Clemons, Colorado State University; Julie Stewart Pollack, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design; and Mary Ann Thornam, Art Institute of Colorado

What's Online - Check out the conference recap page for:

• Shashi Caan's Opening Presentation
• Valerie Fletcher's Keynote
• Over 600 photos from the conference
• Awards Press Releases
• Critical Issues Recap
• Video Competition Winners and Entries*
• Student Design Competition Winners
• Creative Scholarship Winners and more...

*The entries in the Video Competition succinctly illustrate the value of accredited interior design professionals which is a great message for legislators and other thought leaders. IDEC members are encouraged to link to them on YouTube or if you need a DVD of the video files please request that from the IDEC office.

The IDEC Council of Fellows met during conference and determined that the time is right to once again appeal to ASID and IIDA to merge the two organizations. The Council of Fellows is asking all IDEC members to have students from their interior design programs sign a petition to be included in the packet of information being sent to ASID and IIDA Fellows.

Click here to download the petition and instructions.

The IDEC Board of Directors has voted to put a set of amendments to the IDEC Bylaws before the membership for comment. First there is a motion to change the Regional Chairs Representative to a Board position. Secondly there are amendments to clean up language in the Bylaws resulting from the change of domain of IDEC from a New York Corporation to and Indiana Corporation. To access and review a full strikeout version of the bylaws with the proposed amendments click here. To comment on the amendments, use the IDEConnect blog.

K-12 Task Force

The IDEC Board is issuing a call to all IDEC members to participate on the K-12 Task Force. The work will be done over the next two years. Please indicate your willingness to serve by Friday, April 15. Click here to review the full call.

National/International Status of IDEC Task Force

The IDEC Board is issuing a call to all IDEC members to participate in a Task Force during the next year. Please indicate your willingness to serve by Friday, April 15. Click here to review the full call.

Fairchild Topical Issues Grant - Call for Proposals

The IDEC Board of Directors, with funding from Fairchild Books, seeks to support scholarly activity proposed by members that has the potential to expand the body of knowledge and to enhance the role of interior designers in helping communities around the world cope with significant current events. The deadline to apply is Friday, May 13. Click for details.

IDEC Web Volunteer
The IDEC Board of Directors is issuing a call to all IDEC members to join the Communications Committee as a web volunteer. This is a two-year term. Please indicate your willingness to serve by May 15. Click to review full call.