Dear IDEC Colleagues,

IDEC members and the Board of Directors have been busy this summer! Check out the IDEC Newsletter, fall issue, due to be published online next month. Also, plan on attending one of the IDEC Regional Conferences; many great programs and presentations are waiting for you. And, get your nominations in for the IDEC awards - new ones this year include: Book/Media, Teaching Excellence, Community Service and others (http://www.idec.org/news/calls.php). Don't forget the Call for Presentations, Call for Creative Scholarship and Call for JID Symposium with due dates coming up soon. There is still time to develop submissions, And, enjoy Fall!

Sincerely,

Denise Guerin, President

IDEC Special Projects Grants - Request for Proposal

The IDEC Special Projects makes grants available to help support endeavors that advance interior design education and the profession. This year the IDEC Foundation has made $3,000 available for distribution through IDEC. Multiple grants may be awarded. Request for support can range from $300 to $3,000.

Special Projects Cover Sheet

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Don't miss out on some great programming at one of IDEC's regional conferences. Click here to register for any of the regional conferences.

2010 Regional Conferences:

Midwest

October 15-16

Bowling Green, KY

Minneapolis, MN

Pacific West

October 14-16

Boise, ID

Click to view conference brochure

South

November 10-12

High Point, NC

Click to view conference brochure

Southwest

October 7-9

Fayetteville, AK

Click to view conference brochure

Sneak Preview of Conference Programming

The IDEC Annual Conference, Design with Intelligence, will get you involved in important discussions! Mark your calendar for March 16 - 18, 2011 in Denver, Colorado.

The IFI's Global Think Tank/Summit will be the core of Educators as Leaders, a three-part series of information and action:

1. Shashi Caan, President, International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers
   Wednesday, March 16
   IFI Think Tank/Summit Recommendation
   
   
2. Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director, Institute for Human Centered Design
   Thursday, March 17
   Interior Design Educators and the Leaders Within
   
   
3. Fellows Action Forum
   Friday, March 18
   Recommendations + Leadership = ID Educator Strategies
   

Click here to view 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 Agenda

Special note: This year's awards banquet is planned for Friday evening, March 15.

The IDEC Board is making every effort to improve all of the councils' practices and processes with regard to sustainability. In an effort to "go green" with our election process for IDEC Board Members, we will be observing the following schedule:

October 1: Link to final ballot emailed to "Professional" memberships

October 29: Voting deadline

The invitation will include a personalized link, allowing one submission per voter. Be aware this email will come from Survey Monkey, so please make the appropriate changes to your SPAM filter settings to allow emails from @surveymonkey.com to be received.

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.

Welcome Rachel, IDEC's new Marketing and Membership Communications Coordinator

IDEC would like to welcome Rachel Daeger as the new Marketing and Membership Communications Coordinator. Rachel comes to IDEC with a strong background in association communications and marketing with over 10 years of association experience. Rachel is filling a part-time position with IDEC and will be available Tuesday, Wednesday morning and Thursday each week. You can reach Rachel at rdaeger@idec.org.

The addition of Rachel to the IDEC staff means that Andrea Cowan will no longer have responsibilities with IDEC, and will be focusing her talents on another association within Raybourn Group International's family of associations. Andrea has been with IDEC since the Fall 2008 and has helped IDEC increase its effectiveness in membership communications and engagement. She will continue to assist through the staff transition helping Rachel assume the role of Marketing and Membership Communications Coordinator. If we are lucky, we still might get to have Andrea help us out at the 2011 Annual Conference in Denver. You can express any appreciation for Andrea's work by sending an email to her at acowan@raybourn.com.