Grassroots Leadership Conference 08

From July 17-20th Irene and I attended the Grassroots Leadership Conference here in Washington DC. We met so many cool people!

Each year officers from all of the national AIAS chapters converge on DC to learn more about how to enhance membership experience, leadership and exchange ideas to improve our schools. We met the new officers from University of Maryland and Howard University. Next year we will be collaborating on at least one after studio social as well as attending the Northeast Quad conference at UMD in spring 2008. Oh yeah and the Fall Northeast Conference is in Toronto Canada!

The thing that stuck with us from the conference was the enormity of AIAS. Across the nation there are so many people just like us, with studio and professors that face most of the challenges we do at CUA. I also never realized the professional connections AIAS provides. We met the leadership from national organizations like NCARB and the president of AIA. Being in DC gives our chapter a great opportunity to take advantage of these connections. Grassroots taught us how to make the most of AIAS at the National level. Look out for new events and more about Grassroots in the first few weeks of fall semester!