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Memphis District Holiday Meeting

Come out for the next Memphis District ASID meeting. It is going to held on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 from 5-8 pm at Siano Appliance Distributors


Thanks to Siano for hosting us!



 
 

National ASID Alert to all Members


Dear Chapter Members,


We have just been notified by a former national board member in California that a company called Tealan is placing “robocalls” to practitioner members during which they say that they are placing these calls in conjunction with ASID. 


Please note that we do not give out or sell members phone numbers at any time and have no relationship with this company as they are not and have never been an Industry Partner.


I have spoken with the company (which is an online retailer of Asian furniture) and threatened them with legal action if they did not stop saying that these calls are in conjunction with ASID. I just wanted to make you aware of this as we don’t know how many calls or the location of the members targeted. I suspect that they gathered the phone numbers from either the national or local referral services. 


I ask that you not sell your mailing list to this company and we will ensure that our national mailing list vendor, In Focus, does not do so either. If you hear anything about these calls please let me know. Thanks much - Kirstin


Kirstin Hellwig


Associate Executive Director, Customer Service & Industry Partnerships
ASID | American Society of Interior Designers

 
 

HGTV Design Star :: Casting Announcement







Are you a great designer?
Be a part of HGTV Design Star Season 5!

Do you think you have what it takes to host your own series on HGTV? Would you love the challenge of competing in a design-based reality show?

Here's your chance to be on Design Star!

Design Expertise: We're looking for great designers. Are you pushing the design envelope? Are you going all "green"? Are you taking the old and making it new and fresh? Whatever your design angle, we want to hear from you!

Personality That Pops: We want to see someone who shines. Design ability and expertise are most important, but you could wind up hosting your own show...do you have the personality millions want to watch?

Passion for Your Work: We're searching for designers who will bring the world of design and decorating to life in their very own passionate and unique way. The world of design is ever-expanding, so the more invested you are, the better.

HGTV Design Star is an on-air competition to name the network's next star. Finalists will compete in design-based challenges with one to two designers being eliminated each week. The contestants will be narrowed until the winner is announced in the final episode of the series. Upon which, the winner will become the host of their own design show!

If you are interested in applying, please email David Polanzak at dpo.casting@gmail.com with the following information:

Name:
Age:
Hometown:
Phone:
Photo:

Thanks you for your interest, and good luck!

 
 

ASID TN Chapter Newsletter :: 11.18.2009

Want to stay on top of all the latest information from the TN ASID Chapter? Our newsletter just hit the stands, feel free to view it here.

 
 

Memphis District Meeting :: Thursday 11/19/2009 (PDH)


Make Plans to attend the November meeting Tomorrow Night
Thursday 11/19/09, 5pm to 7 pm

Qualifies for a PDH hour in “Health, Safety and Welfare”


Tour of the Bridges Center

The BRIDGES Center is the first green commercial building in Memphis, and we will experience it like never before! Ordinary to Extraordinary: Learning and Leading Green! (O2E) uses the BRIDGES Center as a teaching tool to provide experiential, hands-on learning with museum-like interpretive displays, interactive learning stations and green leadership challenges. The O2E experience is a fun and engaging way to learn about one of the most important issues of our lifetime, environmental sustainability.

When        Thursday 11/19/09, 5 pm to 7 pm
Where       Bridges Center
      477 N 5th St, Memphis Tn 38105

 
 

TIDC for SMARTIES :: Information for your profession

Thank you to TIDC for putting together this information for the members of IIDA and ASID.  This is a great tool, because as you can see at the bottom of the announcement it spells out in clear language what the bill in the Tennessee system will accomplish.  For more information, you may visit www.TIDC.org or contact any of the IIDA or ASID Board Members you may know to ask questions.

TIDC Tennessee Interior Design Coalition

TIDC for SMARTIES
 
     A Vocabulary List for the Interior Design Profession
 
Grass roots: Society at the local level. Grassroots activity occurs when people who share a common interest or goal band together to participate in the political process. TIDC’s grassroots began in 1989.
 
Watchdog: A person or group who guards against waste, loss, or legal practices. Every interior design coalition and association needs at least one watchdog to keep an eye on proposed legislation that may adversely affect interior designers. TIDC continues to be the watchdog for interior designers in the state of Tennessee.
 
Coalition: A temporary alliance for combined political action. When interior designers speak with one unified voice they are more likely to be heard. The TIDC Charter was filed in November 1990.
 
Tennessee Interior Design Coalition: TIDC is a coalition of interior design associations and individuals committed to promoting the highest standard of practice in the interior design profession in order to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public; and to promote the common business interests and professional welfare of all persons and entities engaged in the profession of interior design.
 
Lobbyist: A person who voluntarily, or for a fee, represents himself or herself, any individual, organization, corporation or entity before the Legislature. They also know how the government works, inside and out. A good lobbyist is vital to successful interior design legislation. TIDC’s primary lobbyist is Don Baltimore.
 
Sponsor: A legislator who proposes and urges adoption of a bill. Choosing the right Representative/Senator to help push an interior design bill through the Legislature is essential for a positive vote. Our current sponsors for 2009-2010 are Senator Ketron and Representative Sontany; co-sponsors are Representative Haynes, Representative Harwell, and Representative Windle.
 
PAC: A Political Action Committee is formed by a special-interest group to raise money and make contributions to the campaigns of political candidates whom support their cause. This is the way organizations support their sponsors. Every interior design coalition should have a PAC. Only individuals or non-corporate entities (partnerships & sole proprietors) may donate to a PAC. Most contributions are tax deductible. TIDC’s political action committee is known as TIDPAC.
 
Title Act: A title act prohibits anyone not certified or registered by the state from representing or identifying himself or herself as a “Certified, Licensed, or Registered Interior Designer”. A title act does not prohibit professional practice or professional services by interior designers. A title act does not prohibit anyone from calling themselves an interior designer. Tennessee’s current title act was passed in 1991.
 
Practice Act: A practice act prohibits actual practice or performance of professional services by anyone not licensed by the state. The current Tennessee law requires licensing for individuals who practice architecture, landscape architecture, civil/structural/mechanical/electrical engineering. The proposed Tennessee interior design practice act would require licensing only for interior designers who wish to provide non-structural interior construction documents for Assembly, Education, and Institutional Occupancies of any size, and Business and Mercantile Occupancies larger than 5,000 square feet or in buildings taller than 3-stories. Interior decorative services for these occupancies will remain the same as in the present law. Designers and decorators will be able to continue providing the exact same services they currently provide.

 
 
 
4205 Hillsboro Rd, Ste 317 | Nashville, TN | 37215
Phone 615-269-5312

This bill is supported by . . .



 
 

Knoxville District ASID Christmas Event!



Knoxville is at it again!!  Following up on last years successful gathering, everyone is encouraged to attend.
Please note the RSVP request.



 
 

Sustain yourself through the holidays!




December 8th, 2009 from 4:30-6pm join the great folks from Shaw Contract Group at the Johnson City Ferguson Bath and Kitchen Gallery for this exciting CEU opportunity!

Be sure to RSVP by December 1st!

 
 

ASID TN Chapter President's Letter

November, 11, 2009

Hello to all members! We are off to a great start for the 2009- 2010 year. As the incoming President, I would like to share some of my thoughts and goals for this year with you.
Our topics are short, but have huge impact. These topics are our goals that are part of our Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is a rolling plan that spans 3 years giving us a guide to what the needs are for our members.

Our first goal is COMMUNICATION. While we are one of the strongest chapters in the country, we are also demographically challenged. That means we need more leadership to connect to ALL our members. Your elected chapter board members have been working hard to get our new website up and running. This week it went live! Please remember that we need your information (articles, events, awards, announcements, schedules, pictures, etc.) that pertains to our community. This website is linked to our national website. We have partnered with DSA Publishing and Naylor, a multi media company, to facilitate our website and newsletter.
We are also utilizing Facebook, Twitter & Blogspot. These sites are linked to the website.  www.asidtn.org 

With our new website in place, communication will become easier. And that allows us to reach new members. There is a category of designers ,"emerging professionals" , that describes these designers as: recent graduates, in the workforce for 2-10 years, ambitious, leaders, etc...This is a category that we would like to become stronger in. With our new multi-media package we will be able to connect with these professionals, as well as, all the designers and design affiliates in Tennessee (and the world).
 
Your elected local and state board members are working very hard to give you( our members) the knowledge through CEU's, the relationships through meetings, communication through multi-media, products and services through our Industry Partners, design community information gateway through our national website, and so much more. Please acknowledge the leaders in your local communities because without them, we would not be as strong a chapter.

As a leader of this great chapter, I invite each of you to become active in your local ASID community events. We are actively looking for all your "Best Practices" that we can submit to national headquarters for recognition and to give each other great ideas to implement locally and state wide. We are also looking for those local leaders to become state leaders, and eventually national leaders. Historically, Tennessee has produced multiple national leaders that shape the future of our great profession, Interior Design.
 
As your President, my door is always open. If I can not answer your question or concern, I will happily connect you to the person who will. You may email, text, facebook, call, fax, write, or leave a message at my office. With so many ways to connect, these are the best for now.
I am looking forward to connecting with each of you this year.
 
Sincerely,

Jill Hertz, ASID,CMG
President, TN Chapter ASID

 
 

A New Website

I am very excited to announce that today we have launched our new and vastly improved Chapter website, http://www.asidtn.org/. As equally exciting is that At Home Tennessee magazine has generously agreed to be the official sponsor of the website and we will be running full page advertisements in At Home Tennessee that will drive potential clients to the website in search of designers.

DSA Publishing, the developers and host of the website, work in partnership with 24 ASID Chapters across the country. Their expertise in design, marketing, and search engine optimization has resulted in some amazing results for the Chapters they represent.
Your Board of Directors has asked DSA to contact each and every member to insure that your information is correct, you are listed in the appropriate specialties and that you understand all the various options.

There is no cost to be listed and www.asidtn.org can be a very viable source of new business.

Please respond to this email and provide DSA with a convenient time they may call you when you will have access to a computer.

Thank you and I know you will be excited with the possibilities of this new opportunity.

Sincerely,



Jill Hertz, ASID

2009-10 President of ASID Tennessee Chapter