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DIRECTOR Darla Mullett, Industry IIDA TRW Oklahoma darlam@trwfamily.com

DIRECTOR ELECT Christa Ryckbost, NCIDQ, IIDA

Grow with IIDA | A Membership Drive and Professional Development Event This year, IIDA Oklahoma City hosted the annual membership drive as a professional development event for both members and non-members alike. The evening featured a business etiquette course by Jana Christian of the Etiquette School of Oklahoma, professional head shots by photographer Michael Wells, and a presentation on the benefits of IIDA Membership by Lacey Howard, IIDA OKC City Center Membership Chair. The event was held at Bellini’s where more than 40 designers, industry partners, and students gathered to network and partake in the activities.

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christa.ryckbost@guernsey.us

PAST DIRECTOR Jennifer Jones, NCIDQ, IIDA ADG, PC jjones@adgok.com

For more information about joining IIDA, visit www.IIDA.org/membership or email our member chairs: Lacey Howard, RID, NCIDQ, IIDA IIDA OKC City Center Membership Chair LHoward@officeinteriorsok.com

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR Jessy Kramp, Associate IIDA Bell & McCoy Lighting

Mandy Richey IIDA OKC City Center Membership Co-Chair MRichey@iscsurfaces.com Special thanks to our event sponsors:

jkramp@bellandmccoy.com

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CO CHAIR Andrea Durbin, NCIDQ, IIDA MA+ Architecture andread@maplusarchitecture.com

-Lacey Howard, NCIDQ, IIDA, Membership Chair

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COMMUNCATIONS CHAIR Julie Bryan, Associate IIDA Mass Architects Julie@massarch.com

COMMUNICATIONS CO CHAIR Lauren Nash, NCIDQ, IIDA Frankfurt-Short-Bruza

OKLAHOMA CITY CITY CENTER IIDA Advocacy Symposium | Denver, CO Interior Designers gathered in droves, for the second annual IIDA Advocacy Symposium held in Denver Colorado. The Symposium is a three day event comprised of speakers, sessions and panel discussions focused on advocating for Interior Design. Attendees learn directly from individuals who have made strides for the profession as they revisit the gains, losses and lessons learned on the path to success.

Oklahoma was well represented with a total of 4 designers from our great state: Jennifer Jones, Past Director of OKC City Center, Megan Humbolt Advocacy Chair of Tulsa City Center, Paige Fruits VP of Advocacy for TX/OK Chapter and Paige Sheller Advocacy Chair for OKC City Center. In total, 18 designers were present from the TX/OK Chapter with over 100 attendees from all over the United States and Canada. The broad range of individuals present for the conference resulted in stimulating break out sessions and table discussions from multiple vantage points.

LNash@fsb-ae.com

The conference began with a legislator panel featuring Colorado lawmakers. The panel gave attendees insight on how to talk to legislators, when to talk to legislators and simply how to make a lasting impact. After opening the floor for Q&A there was a presentation on building code and recent changes to the IBC and ADA.

MEMBERSHIP Lacey Howard, NCIDQ, IIDA Office Interiors lhoward@officeinteriorsok.com

Attendees also gleaned information about other forms of grassroots advocacy, through a presentation from Mason Tvert, communication Director for the Marijuana Policy Project. Tvert spoke about the methods used to passing an unpopular law, starting with little money and even less support. His methods were extreme, but successful and involved using the media to garner support.

Day two of the conference was all about tools to help Interior Design advocates achieve their goals. The day began with a presentation study about the economic impact of Interior Design. The economic information was broken down in a helpful one sheet document, by state, that can be shared with local legislators. IIDA Headquarters also rolled out new and helpful information which will be access on their website including an updated advocacy map and toolkit. http://advocacy.iida.org/#resources Finally, the conference was rounded out by Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, LEED AP, Executive Vice President and CEO of IIDA as she made closing remarks about the direction of our profession and successes to come.

MEMBERSHIP CO CHAIR Mandy Richey, Industry IIDA ISC Surfaces

If you are interested in becoming an advocate for Interior Design or would like to learn more about your rights as an interior designer please contact Paige Fruits at PFruits@rees.com or Paige Sheller at PSheller@alinedesigns.com

mrichey@iscsurfaces.com

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GRAPHICS CHAIR Kristen Check, NCIDQ, IIDA Guersney Kristen.check@guernsey.us

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Jennifer Jones, NCIDQ, IIDA, Past Director

OKLAHOMA CITY CITY CENTER SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR Kristen Rosenkranz, NCIDQ, IIDA

Office Interiors krosenkranz@officeinteriorsok.com

Oklahoma Interior Design Coalition| For your Information

As the coalition gears up for the upcoming 2017 Oklahoma legislative session, we would like to share a few things that might be helpful to you:

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SPECIAL EVENTS CO CHAIR Kristen Gille, NCIDQ, Associate IIDA Architects in Partnership Kristen.gille@aipok.com

INDUSTRY CHAIR

1. Did you know that up to 4 CEU credits can be carried forward to the next registration period? That’s right! If by the end of this registration period (June 30, 2017) you have exceeded the 12 hours of HSW CEUs required, a maximum of 4 hours of HSW CEUs can be carried forward to the next registration period. How cool is that?

2. If you or anyone you know is planning to take the NCIDQ examinations in the Spring 2017, remember to apply with the State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Registered Interior Designers before Dec. 1, 2016.

Go to www.ok.gov/Architects, select “Forms / Applications” and there you will find the Interior Design Candidate Application. This is your first step.

When completed, THEN apply with CIDQ.

Michelle Morrow, Industry IIDA

Bentley Flooring michelle@bentleyflooring.com

Visit us at www.oidc.info for more information or to join.

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STUDENT LIAISON CHAIR Abbie Seay, Associate IIDA

Cronan & Associates aseay@cronanassoc.com

STUDENT LIAISON CO CHAIR Melissa Park, Associate IIDA Boynton Williams & Associates mpark@bwaarchitects.com

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ZEROLANDFILL CHAIR Lisa Todd, Industry IIDA Shaw Lisa.todd@shawinc.com

ZeroLandfill | An Event in Review After many months of planning and preparations, the ZeroLandfill volunteers are proud to announce the results of the event.

There were 34

firms from the surrounding area that donated their recyclables on Pollination day. Over 14

tons of materials were collected and sorted by the wonderful volunteers. And on Harvest day, there were 225 ADVOCACY CHAIR Paige Sheller, Associate IIDA A-Line Design psheller@a-linedesigns.com

people in attendance to collect. The event was to be open until 6pm but everything was cleared out by 1pm!

What a huge success! Channel 4 even aired a segment on ZeroLandfill that Saturday to showcase the success of the event.

-Lisa Todd, Industry IIDA, ZeroLandfill Chair

A huge thank you to all of the volunteers and to all of those who donated! Your support and efforts helped make ZeroLandfill such a success!

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OKLAHOMA CITY CITY CENTER Fall Design Social | An Event in Review IIDA's 2nd annual Fall Design Social had a wonderful turnout this year with almost 50 attendees.

Designers, community members, and their families enjoyed this beautiful fall evening in the parking lot of our presenting sponsor, Office Interiors, which is located on Historic Film Row. It began with an art activity for all the kids! These wonderful masterpieces will be given to Focus on Home along with the children's decorative items that were donated. Wicked Hangry was on site serving burgers and grilled cheeses for dinner.

Attendees viewed a fun presentation teaching them how Pixar films can inspire and teach us about interior design. The evening finished with a screening of Disney Pixar’s Up. We couldn't have done it without our special event sponsors, ISC Surfaces, Maharam, and USG. Congratulations to our raffle winners, Kennedy Epplin (Amanda Epplin’s daughter), Ralph Homesley, Daryl Perkins, Andrea Durbin, and Mandy Richey. They won prizes that were generously donated from Andy Alligators, Elevation Trampoline Park, and the Oklahoma Science Museum.

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OKLAHOMA CITY CITY CENTER AWARDS Congratulations to our very own Kristen Rosenkranz and Lacey Howard for being awarded the IIDA TX-OK Chapter – NCIDQ Scholarship!

We are so proud of you ladies!

Kristen Rosenkranz

Lacey Howard

NEW MEMBERS Shout out to our newest member, Mandy Richey! We are so happy to not only have you involved in IIDA but also serving on the council as membership co-chair!

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Oklahoma City City Center Sponsors We know that none of what we are able to do would be possible without our incredible Oklahoma City City Center Sponsors! Special thanks goes out to the following Premiere Sponsors:

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OKLAHOMA CITY CITY CENTER Movers, Promotions, Awards and Newly Licensed Designers Movers & Promotions Have you changed companies lately? Are you new to the Oklahoma City Interior Design Community or have you just landed your first design job? If so we want to know about it and list it here! Send any information to Julie@massarch.com.

Awards and Recognitions Have you recently been honored for something? Or has one of your projects won an award or received recognition! That’s exciting and we know you want to (humbly) scream it from a mountain top – let us help! Send any information regarding the award or recognition to Julie@massarch.com and we’ll make sure it appears here!

Newly Licensed Designers Did you just pass the NCIDQ (way to go!) or recently become licensed with the State of Oklahoma? That is amazing news and we want to celebrate with you! Let us know about it (Julie@massarch.com) and we’ll make sure everyone can celebrate with you too!

INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR? Visit: https://iida.ejoinme.org/OKCUnderwriting

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER? Email Abbie Seay at: aseay@cronanassoc.com

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