Updated 3/16/20

The current health crisis affects people from around the globe, our country, our state, our communities, our places of work, and our families. As a professional association with over 1,600 members, all of our activities require the participation of our dedicated volunteers. At this time, we prefer the focus of our members be on their health, family, and communities.

Based on recommendations from the State of Oregon and the Centers for Disease Control, AIA Oregon is enacting the following procedures:

1. All AIA Oregon activities, including events and committee meetings, remote or in-person, are postponed* or cancelled** through the end of March 2020.

2. From the beginning of April through the middle of May, the only AIA Oregon events and meetings that will occur are those that can be done through telephone and video conference calls. This means any event that requires in-person participation, such as a construction tour, will be suspended.

3. * One-time events originally scheduled through the middle of May that need to be postponed, such as a code seminar, will be rescheduled at a later date. We will defer establishing the rescheduled date until updated guidelines and/or requirements from public agencies recommend doing so.

4. ** Re-occurring events originally scheduled through end of March, such as monthly committee planning meetings, will be cancelled.

5. The CFA gallery space in Portland and the Octagon in Eugene are closed to visitors until further notice.

6. AIA Oregon staff will continue to work during this period and will follow social distancing guidelines. This will include greater distance between workspaces, working from home and/or staggered work schedules.

We will update the Events pages on the AIA Oregon website as circumstances change, and AIAO staff will contact committee leaders about changes to the schedule. Additional resources to assist our members navigate this challenging time will be added to the Resources page of the AIA Oregon website soon, and if you have anything you would like to share, please send to info@aiaoregon.org.

The AIA Oregon staff wants you to know that our focus is on you and how we can provide assistance. We are living in unprecedented times and it is difficult to understand all that is going on and how we’ll manage. Eventually we’ll look ahead to recovery, but we don’t have a road map to follow. We’ll do it together!

The following AIA Oregon events have been cancelled or postponed:

March 16 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Sustainable Building Industry - Session 1 - Postponed
March 17 COTE Planning Meeting - Cancelled
March 17 Urban Design Panel (Portland CFA) - Cancelled
March 18 Tour of the Benton County Historical Society Corvallis Museum - Postponed
March 18 Fellows Committee Meeting - Cancelled
March 19 Bend Tour of the Unitarian Universalist Church - Postponed
March 19 Bend Thirsty Third Thursday - Cancelled
March 19 Portland Building Grand Reopening - Postponed
March 20 Facades+ Conference - Postponed
March 23 Eugene L+L - Postponed
March 26 CoEDI Committee Meeting - Cancelled
April 2 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Sustainable Building Industry - Session 2 - Postponed
April 3 Bend Tour of the Hixon Apartments - Postponed
April 7 AIA Eugene Steering Committee Meeting - Video Conference
April 9 Eugene EPC Happy Hour - Postponed
April 10 Accessibility: Everything you Wanted to Know and More - Postponed
April 13 Eugene CoLA Meeting - Video Conference
April 15 Northwest Facilities Expo/Managing Green Buildings Conference - Postponed
April 16 Bend Tour of the Alexander - Postponed
April 16 Bend Thirsty Third Thursday - Cancelled
April 17 AIA Oregon Board Meeting - Video Conference
April 21 COTE Planning Meeting - Video Conference
April 23 CoEDI Meeting - Video Conference
April 25 Portland Homes Tour - Postponed
April 28 Eugene Lunch & Learn - Postponed

We have not rescheduled dates for the postponed events and intend to do that at the appropriate time. We will continue to provide updates in the Thursdays@Three, and update the website, www.aiaoregon.org as appropriate.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at cwilson@aiaoregon.org.
Sincerely,

Curt Wilson, AIA
Executive VP/CEO