November 2, 2020 Meeting Minutes

IIDA TENNESSEE CHAPTER / PO BOX 330745 / NASHVILLE, TN 37203 USA / IIDA-TN.ORG

IIDA Tennessee Chapter Meeting Minutes

President elect Trent Sullivan called the IIDA Tennessee Chapter Board of Directors virtual meeting to order at 4:05 pm on November 2, 2020.

Those in attendance and constituting a quorum were: Present: Wendi Donahue , Kristen Vaughn, Morgan Kaelin, Trent Sullivan, Kristin Wormsley, Morgan Black, Caycee Rose, Lew Moore, Patrick Kelly, Missy Sims, Claudia Lofton, Tyler Claggett, Jerica Banks, Chad Breece, Andee Rice, Chaz Parrish, Chris Conrad.

Absent: Andee Rice, Chaz Parrish, Brandon Kirkland, Katie Vance, Whitney Kaul.

President Elect:

- Stretch Gift – wanting 100% participation for a donation to Friends of IIDA

- Uploaded Headshots to website. Headshots available for members. Just email Trent for High resolution photo.

Special Events:

- Neocon moved to early October 4 – 6, 2021

- Getting structure together for Food Drive

- Finalizing threads budget – due end of year.

City Center:

- ETCC – KnoxCon event was a success. Thanks guys!

- Communication went out in newsletter for can drive.

- Full Steam ahead for Can Food drive. Largest Individual donation gets one year of membership for free.

- CEU’s – Should we plan for in person or digital? Dependent on county/city mandates.

Student Affairs:

- Resume review – reached out for flyers. Mailed out to campus centers to send to students.

- Reached out to Abby to get contacts for campus centers. Corresponding through email.

- Reaching out for campus calls with vendors.

- Vote on paying membership for KnoxCon – (2) $100

- Tennessee scholarship fund – Unused funds. Must be through a true campus center. In the past, we have done one per city center.

- Student of the year- directly from headquarters. Students are nominated from schools.

- Planning to continue the “Speed Mentoring Event” – Spring 2021

Advocacy :

- Advocacy contribution fund for education on governments and regulatory issues.

- Speaker series – “Did you Know” Series. Melanie Doss & Katie Vance have agreed to speak. Trent reached out to Tiana Lemon.

- Get together a flyer for speaker series.

- Tracking our By Laws – Out of date – Put together a committee

Membership:

- No Annual October reports

- Student IIDA logo competition – Need flyer

- Putting existing Swag on website

Sponsorship:

- Every current sponsor has paid

Communications:

- Student affairs – student resume review campaign. Students applying for internships and jobs

- Membership – Year Free campaign flyer done.

- Using different platform for blasts – Squarespace?

- 2 phone meeting – Advocacy & Sponsorship

Discussed registered interior designers - what it really means? Statistics

Sponsorships – Rollover to 2021

- 4 Facebook event pages for Food Drive – Please invite everyone in your friends list in the industry. Snap a photo if you go by the drop location and send to Communication for social media.

- “Meet the Board” and “Did you Know” – Doing well and getting goo traction. Share to your friends lists.

Industry relations:

- Getting surveys out to industry regarding in person events and providing value to events.

- Design industry is still hesitant about large events

New Business:

- Google sheets from Andrea – Showing contacts of board members.

- Trying something new with meeting minutes on website – Motion to approve meting notes – Approving Septembers minutes next month.

- Vote on Hannah Lyons for VP of Professional Development – All saw “I”

- Everyone welcome our new VP of Professional Development – Hannah Lyons.