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eNews USGBC Idaho Chapter |
January 2006 |
A monthly publication bringing members information about upcoming events & current news.
| Event Calendar
Jan 26 |
The Board of Directors met on January 11, 2006 to elect officers. Read the meeting minutes. Beginning March, the Board will meet monthly at 10:00am, immediately before the Chapter meetings.
| Officers | Board Members | ||||
| Bruce Poe cole + poe architects |
President | Doug Cooper McKibben + Cooper Architects |
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| Selena O'Neal Ada County |
Secretary | Matthew May ECI |
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| Gary Childe Heery International |
Treasurer | Cheryl O'Brien Idaho National Laboratory |
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| Sue Seifert Idaho Dept of Water Resources |
Assistant Secretary | Bob Tikker Tikker Engineering |
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| Steve Benner CSHQA |
Assistant Treasurer | ||||
| Congratulations to our newly elected officers! | |||||
Meeting minutes from the Jan 11th USGBC Idaho Board of Directors Meeting are now available online!
There will be no program this month. Instead, there will be a monthly meeting on Jan 26th, Boise City Hall, Bonneville Room, 11:30-1:00. There will be no meeting the first Wednesday of February. View calendar>>
Nominations for one person to join Bruce Poe in attending the first USGBC Regional Conference in March in Denver, Colorado will be accepted at the next meeting on Jan 26th. Voting will be held that same meeting. Visit the Western Region Website>>
There will be a LEED-CI Technical Review Workshop on Wed, Jan 25th in Portland.
There will be a LEED-EB Technical Review Workshop on Fri, Jan 27th in Portland.
These workshops will bookend the "Spaces: Designing Working Environments" on Thur, Jan 26th. For more information, download the flyer. Or register online at www.usgbc.org under Products & Services > Workshops
USGBC recently launched a series of major enhancements to the LEED Rating System certification process. The result of a nearly year-long process involving extensive customer feedback and market research, the LEED process innovations will greatly reduce the LEED documentation process time, paperwork, and cost. Read more
Cheryl O'Brien, USGBC Idaho Board Member, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Southeastern Section of AIA in Pocatello. The meeting will be held at 6:00pm at Perkins Restaurant on Thurs, Feb 9th. Cheryl will present an introduction to LEED and the USGBC, talk about local green building news and trends at the national level.