Summary: At AIA Seattle 2003, we have well begun to materialize the vision of Plan 2010. An annual rhythm of programs, regularly sparked with innovation, produces collegiality, shared knowledge, effective and broad-based community activism, membership engagement and growth, and visibility for design. The year rained national honors and recognition on Northwest leaders in design and practice. Economic uncertainty in Washington, the US, and internationally gives new incentive for sharing resources. Committed and inventive Board and committee volunteers, nurtured in leadership development activities, work with a talented staff to improve and sustain efforts in the four areas of the AIA Seattle mission. Looking ahead with considerable optimism to the 111th Birthday of AIA in Seattle and Washington on August 4, 2005, we join forces with our academic, organizational, and AIA component counterparts in design and building disciplines toward understanding and advancing Northwest design values.

Membership Connection/Communication
� Capture and capitalize on member (and potential member) demographics, and translate into programming.
� Encourage inter-generational mixing/mentoring in all membership activities, especially committee and inter-organizational activities (e.g. AIAS/UW).
� Extend accessibility to committee processes, and committee accountability.
� Continue to advance and apply concepts of "universal membership," clarifying/simplifying current categories of corporate affiliation (Affiliated Practices, Corporate Allied Members/Partners).

Community Gathering. Events throughout the year gathered various elements of the AIA Seattle constituency: the Holiday Gathering (December 11, 2002 at Mithun/Pier 56) recaptured the people and stories associated with projects cited in the Honor Awards for Washington Architecture; the Summer Solstice Procession & Feast (June 21, 2002 at MulvannyG2, a Mini-Conference keynoted by Dr. Kathryn Anthony, author of Designing for Diversity: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in the Architectural Profession); and Exchange among Allies March 19, 2003 brought together partners in design and building organizations with academic counterparts from UW CAUP. Regular meetings of the COTE, Codes Reform Committee, Disaster Preparedness & Response, Urban Design, the Ethics/Practice Committee, and other informal groupings assemble 'communities of practice' within the AIA Seattle membership for networking and activism. The Honors/Fellows/Scholars Series continues to bring forward personal stories associated with a variety of professional expressions.

Investing in the future of the profession via support and collaboration. Connections with the University of Washington and Washington State University, via Members' commitments as well as institutional liaison, bring career generations together. In April 2003, this connection took a special expression in AIA Seattle's collaboration with AIAS/UW in both the Design Career Fair and the 19th annual Design Dialog. This year's program, held April 18 at the new Seattle Justice Center and including tours of the Seattle City Hall presented in partnership with the AIA Seattle Committee on Design, focused attention on "Civic Seattle," with speakers including Curtis Fentress FAIA. Through the annual Summer Solstice Feast, progress continues toward endowment of a second fund for support of students at UW CAUP from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds. Young Architects Forum and ARE Prep Series (October 2002, April 2003) programming engages and assists colleagues in early career phases.

Membership Interaction and Communication. The AIA Seattle Board of Directors, commencing from Mossroots (June 19, 2002 at Puget Sound Environmental Learning Center), opened Board meetings to the membership via '5 Minutes Max,' and in Spring 2003 conducted a series of Board/Committee Chair/staff workgroups around the AIA Seattle missions areas. The AIA Seattle web site, and the CURRENT EVENTS online bulletin reaching some 3,000 addresses throughout Washington and the Northwest, grow in usefulness - with the addition of 'By & About' summary of design publications 'by & about' the local design culture; and 'Calls & Ops' postings of design competitions, publication opportunities, and other resources. AIA Seattle continues to refine programs for Member participation, and to improve data on the membership while protecting membership privacy. The online Employment Exchange, launched in 2002, grows in usefulness, in Washington's fragile employment economy. Membership numbers and participation levels remain consistent and growing, despite concerns in "tough times" about commitment vs. the significant dues burden borne by the membership.

'Design & Building Community' takes on expanded meaning. Receipt of a grant in the AIA Membership Pilot program reinforced attitudes of inclusiveness and collegiality, as the AIA Seattle Membership Committee seeks to refine membership approaches to corporate entities including affiliated practices, 'member firms,' allied partners, and other business relationships. Participation by leaders from allied disciplines as advisory members on the Board of Directors continues to add breadth to deliberations and strategic development.

Professional Development
� Identify business and marketing goals for mission elements, including CE.
� Intensify learning value through new formats and topics.
� Highlight learning related to ethical and professional responsibilities.
� Plan engaging and meaningful town/gown program (involving AIAS, Design Dialog).
� Involve/integrate breadth of disciplines and professional organizations in shared learning activities.

"Culture of Shared Learning" advances Continuing Education in new format and venues. AIA Seattle Continuing Education, realizing a culture of innovation, has begun to develop a rhythm of brief programs interspersed quarterly with more intensive learning opportunities. One highlight, a two-day conference October 11-12, 2002, Virtual Models - Actual Buildings, drew national attendance and sponsorship. In April, the AIA Seattle COTE's What Makes It GREEN? Earth Day Conference joined forces with IIDA GreenWorld for an interdisciplinary collaborative focus on sustainable design, attracted attendance of nearly 400 design professionals to Fisher Pavilion. In May 2003, Both/And brought national speakers to review and discuss local projects exhibiting new design approaches to preservation of historic structures, under the auspices of the AIA Seattle Historic Resources Committee. For the second year in a row, AIA Seattle Continuing Education received recognition by an AIA Trust - CNA/Schinnerer Component Excellence Award, supporting a Fall program proposed by AIA Seattle Managing Director Carolyn Forbes. The Practice/Ethics Committee produced a regular series of informative case study article explicating frequently-faced ethical and legal situations, for The AIA Seattle Architect.

Visibility/Community Connection/Advocacy
� Develop plan for focusing media attention on design value and professional responsibility/ethics, utilizing web and TV opportunities; sustain Media Committee drive to capitalize on and enhance current programs such as the Seattle Times Open House/Housing the NW, the Resource/E-Source Center, etc.
� Refine, adopt, and circulate advocacy guidelines to help mobilize committee study of community issues and Board policy-making role.
� Establish procedures and responsibilities to gain vigilance on issues; establish/recharge Local and State Government Affairs Committee.
� "Hold the course" re environmental and urban design advocacy, coordinating local, state, and national avenues Governance/Liaison/Administration.
� Support effective Board roles through "Board portfolio" concept, enacted by Nominating Committee.
� Promote "organizational sustainability," by intensifying efforts to gain efficiency in engaging Members.
� Respect volunteer commitment by streamlining governance processes and reducing organizational redundancy.
� Study the question of redesigning or relocating AIA Seattle facility to achieve organizational objectives.
� Look at larger picture of "administrative center" encompassing virtual staffing, multiple- or co-location possibilities, and strategic partnerships.

Going Public with the Design Story. Building on ongoing media connections, AIA Seattle programs continue to attract and engage public interest. The Saturday Seminar for clients, through a partnership with Washington Federal Savings and KIRO-Radio, went 'on the road' with two seminars each Saturday during September 2002, at various locations around the greater Puget Sound area, reaching hundreds of clients in an intensive program. The AIA Seattle booth at the Seattle Home Show, the Resource Center for Architecture, and the online E-Source Center continue to educate hundreds if not thousands of real and virtual visitors. The 52nd annual AIA Seattle Honor Awards for Washington Architecture, again attracting hundreds of thousands of hits on the AIA Seattle web site, attracted nearly 1,000 to Benaroya Hall for the November 18, 2002 culminating presentation - and publication in the 2003 AIA Seattle Practice ProFile, in partnership with Vernon Publications. Through a new strategic alliance with AIA, Taunton Press became a partner in the 49-year-old Seattle Times/AIA Open House Program, with the February 2003 Home of the Year event with Jeremiah Eck FAIA. The Seattle Times' Housing the Northwest, open house tours featured June 8, 2003, continues to educate the public about the expanded range of architect-designed housing option.

Advocacy and Community Service. The AIA Seattle Code Committee joined the campaign for passage of a revised building code for Washington, as the legislative session wound down in April 2003. Following Seattle voters' passage of an initiative mandating development of a Monorail system, the Urban Design Committee joined with ASLA and APA to form a Special Committee on Seattle Monorail Design. The regular "Service Report" feature in The AIA Seattle Architect delivers stories of the value and meaning of individual portfolios of community engagement.

Relationships/Component Interaction: Local leadership steps up to regional and national challenges. Ongoing connection with the AIA Big Siblings - AIA's large urban components, who convened in Seattle in September 2002 - amplifies AIA Seattle's connection with organizational processes and 'best practices' for components. Elected and staff leaders have advanced organizational development to streamline and coordinate programming with other AIA components, to reduce confusing redundancy and achieve operating economies. Concerted action with AIA Washington Council helped invigorate government affairs activities during the active 2003 legislative session, including passage of a revised building code. AIA NW + Pacific Region colleagues elected AIA Seattle past President Norman Strong AIA to a position on the AIA national Board of Directors. Her CACE colleagues elected AIA Seattle EVP Marga Rose Hancock Hon. AIA to serve as Secretary, and AIA President Thompson Penney FAIA named her as the AIA Poet Laureate. AIA Seattle Member Rich Wagner AIA serves as 2003 President of AIA Washington Council.

Honors Rain on Northwest Design, Leadership: About 100 AIA Seattle folks attended AIA Convention May 8-10 in San Diego, where activities included celebration of the AIA 2003 Architecture Firm Award to Miller|Hull, the advancement of five Washington architects to the AIA College of Fellows (including AIA Seattle nominees Tony Gale FAIA, William H. Kreager FAIA, Val Thomas FAIA, and Rick Zieve FAIA), and recognition to AIA Seattle nominees Jon Magnusson Hon. AIA, and Dr. Kathryn Anthony (AIA Honors for Collaborative Achievement). The AIA NW+Pacific Region Medal, given for the first time in August 2002, recognized the life-long professional commitment of L. Jane Hastings FAIA. Design recognition this year included an award to the Fisher Pavilion, by Miller|Hull, in the AIA Top Ten Green program and an AIA Housing Award to another Miller|Hull project, 1310 Union Live/Work Lofts; AIA/ALA Library Building Awards to two local projects: Suzzallo Library, University of Washington, by Mahlum Architects with Cardwell Architects, and Seattle Public Temporary Central Library, by LMN Architects. The national ASLA 2003 Firm Award - the first given - honored Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects; and the ASLA Medal recognized Richard Haag FASLA, Hon. AIA.

Celebrating Local Heroes in Design, Building, Community Service: At the Honors Gala June 7, 2003, the design and building community celebrates AIA Seattle 2003 Honors: AIA Seattle Honorary Members Stanton P. Beck, Esq., Seattle City Librarian Deborah L. Jacobs, and Robert Murase FASLA; the Allied Organization Award to University of Washington Press; and the Community Service Award to Steven N. Arai AIA. AIA 2004 President Eugene M. Hopkins FAIA will help 'bring home the medals' for national honorees.

Special/Spatial. As the lease on the current space at Pike Place Market approaches expiry, questions about the long-term space needs of the AIA Seattle operation loom as a challenge.

Initiatives
� Revitalize/reinvent Community Services and/or Housing Action Committee
� Reexamine Board structure and "job description"