IAWA Executive Board of Advisors

Meeting: April 4, 2000
4:00 p.m. Cowgill Hall, Dean's Conference Room, Virginia Tech

Present:

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

Invited guests: Dawn Buchnaq (GA), Dana Keith, Paul Knox, Gerri Schaad and Frank Weiner

Absent:

Mitzi Vernon

Call to Order:

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

Agenda Items:

1. Approval of 3/2/00 minutes: Feuerstein so moved, Bowker seconded the motion and the minutes were approved unanimously. Agenda was approved with additions.
   
   
2. Treasurer's Report: Bert Rodriguez-Camilloni reported total monthly gifts received was $150. Donors were Emily Nammacher, Virginia Currie and Wena Dows.
   
   
3. IAWA Web Site: Gail McMillan added to the IAWA web site the Executive Board of Advisors' minutes. Gail has also added the latest issue of the newsletter (no. 11) to the Web site. (http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA)
   
   
4. IAWA within CAUS: Paul Knox and Frank Weiner came to the meeting today to discuss where the IAWA resides into the CAUS. Paul Knox stated that the IAWA has been reassigned from the College to the Department of Architecture. This will in no way reduce the financial support from the College. The College will continue to support the printing costs for the Newsletter and share the costs of the Annual Meeting with the Library. Dean Knox did state that the Dean’s office no longer has the resources to provide secretarial support. Frank Weiner has offered any help for the IAWA programs, including additional GAs and secretarial assistance. Dean Knox added that if the focus of the IAWA changes to include other departments of the College, it may return to becoming a college rather than a department center.

The discussion included questions about the status of the IAWA within the university as both an archive and as a center for research on women in architectural and design. There was also questions from Dean Knox regarding the impact that the IAWA has within the University as a whole and outside the university. IAWA advisors stated that the IAWA is well known within those special areas of research and its renowned is growing.

Donna Dunay adjourned meeting at 5:30 p.m. Minutes taken by Dana Keith and Marcia Feuerstein.

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