AIAS this week will feature a talk by John Rife Torkelson, founder of theACCESSpartnership in Austin.  Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10, in ARCC307 at 6:00 pm for food, friends, and a short talk.  We’ll also be selling College of Architecture t-shirts at the meeting.

Interested in serving as an AIAS officer next year?  We invite you to attend all of our general meetings, but we especially suggest you attend the March 10 meeting, where we’ll be discussing officer elections for the 2010-2011 school year.

Contact tamuaias@gmail.com for more information.

AIAS will hold its first meeting of the spring semester tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27, in ARC C307 at 6 pm.  We’ll be getting a Career Fair run-down from our Career Fair officers, and Firehouse Subs will be served for dinner!  Even if you’re not a current member of AIAS, come join us and find out how you can get in on the fun this semester.

Here’s what you can look forward to this spring:

• T-shirt sales: 1st floor of A-building, from 11-1 on select Wednesdays (including tomorrow).
• Career Fair: Feb. 4-5, in the A-building foyer.  Contact a Career Fair officer for more information.
• Big Event: Mar. 27, the biggest one-day community service event in the nation!
• Shack-a-thon: Apr. 12-16, in front of Kyle Field. Come join AIAS in our shack.
• Officer elections: late March. This is your chance to be part of the AIAS officer team!

This week, instead of a usual Tuesday night meeting, AIAS invites all of its members to attend the Thursday-night portion of the Bonfire Heritage Conference.  Attendance is free.  The event starts at 6 pm in the Geren Auditorium in Langford B.  Bob Shemwell will be speaking about the Bonfire Memorial.
If you are interested in attending the rest of the conference, there are two other events on Friday.  At noon, lunch will be served outside of Geren auditorium, and at 7 pm, Frank Cox, a former Aggie yell leader, will be speaking in Geren Auditorium.

Also, remember that Bonfire Remembrance day is Wednesday, November 18th.

Our last general AIAS meeting for the semester will be December 1.

On December 4, the Texas A&M AIAS will be hosting an art sale (silent auction style) as part of the First Friday festivities in Bryan.  The art will consist of donations from students and community members, and each artist will receive a portion of the proceeds.  The rest of the proceeds will be used to sponsor a speaker in the Spring ‘10 College of Architecture lecture series.  Art donations can consist of any past studio projects or personal work.  Donations are due by November 30th to the first studio on the 4th floor of Langford A.  Please join in on this exciting fundraiser!

In case you missed the last AIAS meeting, here is a brief update of the activities we’re currently involved in:

• T-shirt sales.  We released a new t-shirt design a couple of weeks ago, so stop by our table on the 1st floor of Langford A to check it out for yourself!  We’re still selling the original College of Architecture shirts, in addition to the new design.  Shirts are $12 or 2 for $20.  We sell shirts on Mondays and Tuesdays from 11:30-1:30.
• Fundraising.  AIAS has been invited to sponsor a speaker in the Spring ‘10 College of Architecture lecture series.  We are brainstorming fundraising ideas for the sponsorship; we have tenatively established pizza sales and a student art auction as fundraisers.  Be on the look out for more info about each of these exciting ventures.
• Bonfire Conference.  The 2009 Bonfire Heritage Conference will be hosted at Langford on Nov. 19-20.  Visit the conference website for more information.

The next general AIAS meeting will be Tuesday, November 17.  Check the website or flyers around Langford for more information.

The Axiom is a publication by the AIAS for the College of Architecture at Texas A&M.

Brett Roeth, Vice President of the national AIAS organization, will be visiting Texas A&M University on Tuesday, November 3, as part of his tour of AIAS chapters in Texas.  The College of Architecture, as well as the Texas A&M AIAS, is looking forward to making his visit memorable.  If you see him touring campus, or especially if you encounter him in Langford, take a minute to show him some Aggie spirit and introduce yourself.  We would love for him to leave with a good impression of Aggie architecture students.

Come out to our next general meeting at 6:30 pm tomorrow in ARCC 111 to hear from guest speaker Joshua Bienko.   Bienko is a VIZ professor here at Texas A&M.  Rosa’s fajitas will be served following the meeting.

The Dallas chapter of the AIA is hosting a fantastic Tour of Homes. For the third year, this is an opportunity for self-guided tours to see cutting-edge design. All homes featured are designed by Texas architects. The event will be November  7-8 10AM-5PM. You can register online here.

Join AIAS for our second general meeting this Tuesday, September 29, 2009, at 6:30 pm in ARCC 111.  This week, you’ll be in for a great speaker and good eats.  If you need to turn in a membership form, please bring it to this meeting, along with your dues ($57).  If you need a membership form, they will be available again at this meeting.  Make plans now to escape studio for an hour on Tuesday, and bring an ENDS friend along.  Fun will be had.