IAWA Executive Board of Advisors: February 8, 2000

IAWA

CAUS

IAWA Executive Board of Advisors

Meeting: February 8, 2000
4:00 p.m. Newman Library, Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Present:

Jeanette Bowker, Donna Dunay, Marcia Feuerstein, Gail McMillan, Humberto Rodriguez-Camilloni, and Mitzi Vernon.

Invited: Milka Bliznakov, Frederica Goffi and Gerrianne Schaad

Dana Keith (Recording Secretary)

Absent:

Dawn Bushnaq (GA)

Call to Order:

Chair Donna Dunay called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m.

Agenda Items:

Approval of 1/31/00 minutes: Donna Dunay so moved, Humberto Rodriguez-Camilloni seconded the motion and the minutes were approved unanimously with few corrections.

Policy for the IAWA acquisitions: Marcia Feuerstein said that she has not heard from Tony.

IAWA Newsletter: Marcia Feuerstein is to keep in line.

Milka Prize: Sandy Broughton is going to contact the same media sources about the first stage winners for the IAWA, and will include IDSA and ACSA newsletters. Mitzi Vernon will check the draft before Sandy sends it in to be published. Marcia Feuerstein will send Mitzi Vernon the recent Milka Prize announcement.

Annual meeting date: Once Donna Dunay finds the football game schedule for Virginia Tech, she will then suggest the date for the annual meeting.

IAWA Executive Board of Advisors meeting: The day of the monthly meeting has changed to the first Thursday of the month at 4 p.m. Also discussed including a representative from landscape architecture to be part of the Board.

Frederica Goffi: Intern Graduate assistant for the Special Collections department, reported on her work organizing the Elisabeth-Charlotte Harling papers. Ms. Harling donated her drawings and papers to the IAWA Special Collections at Virginia Tech in 1998. The collection contains 171 drawings, covering 18 different projects. Mitzi Vernon asked if there was a way to ask the donor’s how they heard about the IAWA, Gerrianne Schaad said that she would look into implementing a new system. Also, Bert Rodriguez-Camilloni asked what the policy was on wearing gloves while handling the collection. They will look into a policy for that. Milka Bliznakov asked whether collected work should remain un-translated.

Annual Newsletter to be prepared: Donna Dunay discussed paying a student to work on the newsletter. Marcia Feuerstein asked Donna Dunay and the executive board about changes to the IAWA's position in the College, which may influence the publication of the newsletter. She was wondering if the IAWA has lost its position as a college center. She also suggested that the Archive and Faculty could work to develop a course or independent study to give students the opportunity to work on papers and works within the IAWA.

The next meeting will be on March 2, 2000 at 4:00 p.m. Donna Dunay, Chair will invite both Frank Weiner, Architecture Department head and Dean Paul Knox to the next meeting in order to clarify the IAWA's position within the College.

Donna Dunay adjourned meeting at 5:15 p.m. Minutes taken by Dana Keith and proofed by Marcia Feuerstein. Respectfully Submitted by Marcia Feuerstein.