Calendar | 2013

2012

Dec 08

Sat
4:00-7:00pm

Annual OWA Holiday Party

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Location:
Golden Wagstaff Residence

Members: Please RSVP here

more information is here

2013

Feb 12

Tue
6:00-8:00 PM

Memoirs about Place

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Wendy Bertrand "Enamored with Place"
Clare Cooper Marcus "The Healing Power of Place"

Joint Meeting with the East Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Women in Architecture Forum

Full information and a registration link is here

Meeting Location:
AIA East Bay Chapter Office
1405 Clay Street
Oakland, CA 94612-1401
map

Memoirs and biographies of women in the design professions are rare. Architect, Wendy Bertrand and Landscape Architect Clare Cooper Marcus will talk about, read from, and encourage discussion about their memoirs: Iona Dreaming: The Healing Power of Place (2010) and Enamored with Place: As Woman + As Architect (2012).

Mar 16

Sat
5:00-11:00 PM

OWA 40th Anniversary Gala

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Location:
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA
map

Program:
5:00 cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with live music
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Celebration Speeches
8:00 Salsa instruction
9:00 to 11:00 dance with DJ.

Cost: Regular $100; Supporting $150 paid up to March 1, 2013

More info about this 40th Anniversary Event is here

Apr 13

Sat
9:30 am - 6:00 pm

40th Anniversary Symposium

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Place: Wurster Hall Auditorium, UC Berkeley map

Speakers:

Annmarie Adams - McGill University

Eleni Bastea - University of New Mexico

June Williamson - City College of New York

Lori Brown - Syracuse University

Cost: Students $10; OWA members $20; Non-members $40
Registration deadline 1 April 2013

Symposium Info and Registration.

There will also be an exhibition of menbers' work in the Wurster Hall lobby. More about Exhibition submissions is here.

May 19

Sun

Bay to Breakers

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Email Suzanne Stewart to set up a mutually convenient time to start training and to participate in this event. Interested members, plan to meet at various location around Berkeley and beyond on Saturday mornings. Training will start with a run and/or walk. Initial training distance will be one mile and will build on that distance each week.

Jun 11

Tue
6:00 pm

2013-14 Mentoring Program Kick-off

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Location:
Tandus Flooring Showroom (San Francisco)
750 Battery Street, Suite 150
San Francisco, CA 94111 map

Complete info on the Kick-off is here

Members: RSVP and pay here for the event

Jul 12

Fri
12:00 PM

How to get an Interview and Negotiate your Salary

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Laurie Dreyer, the Principal/Director of H/R at Stantec Architecture (40,000 employees world-wide) will speak at the Academy of Art University, 601 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA on Friday, July 12 at 12 noon.

Laurie will speak about (1) How to get an interview and (2) How to negotiate a salary.

All OWA Members are welcome and invited to come. No need to RSVP.

Feel free to e-mail Charlayne Sakamoto with questions.

Aug 13

Tue
6:00 PM-8:30 PM

Presentation on Aravind Eye Hospital

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Architects Christie Coffin and Lakshmi Nair, the Design Partnership LLP, and Sudha Hajela, Aditazz, will present their conceptual design for a new Aravind Eye Hospital located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. (See OWA newsletter article)

MIG Meeting Space
800 Hearst Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710 (map)

Members, please RSVP here
If you have questions contact Rachel or Esin

Sep 20

Fri
thru Sun Sep 22

Anniversary Retreat

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Venue: Westerbeke Ranch

"40 + 10 Celebrating Ourselves & Our Work" is this year's theme: sharing the experiences that have brought us together over the past 40 years, and looking forward to the next decade.

more information is here

Oct 05

Sat
thru Oct 12th

40th Anniversary Trip

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Venue: MSC Divina, a cruise ship travelling to:
Venice and Bari, Italy
Katakolon, Greece
Izmir and Istanbul, Turkey
Dubrovnik, Croatia

more information is here

Oct 22

Tue
6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Annual Business Meeting

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Café Pazzo at the Showplace Building- entrance level
2 Henry Adams St
(between Division St & Alameda St)
San Francisco, CA 94103 (map)

Members, please RSVP for the meeting so we have a head count.

Nov 07

Thu
6:00 pm

Discussion of LEAN IN

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Open to ALL members

Discussion of the book LEAN IN by Sheryl Sandberg

Location:
office of Hamilton + Aitken Architects
525 Brannan Street #400, San Francisco, CA

more information is here

Dec 07

Sat
4:00-8:00 PM

Annual Holiday Benefit Party

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Members-Only Event
Judy Rowe's House
Oakland

more information is here
members can RSVP here

2014

Jan 08

Wed
6:00 PM

Managing Design Risks. Joint Meeting OWA and National Association of Women in Construction SF (NAWIC)

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6:00 PM - Hosted Networking (Drinks and Heavy Hors D'oeuvres)

6:30PM - Business Meeting and Program

Where:
Sedgwick LLP
333 Bush Street, 30th Fl, SF (map)
(In addition to parking garages, MUNI and BART stations within a block)

In a joint meeting with the National Association of Women in Construction SF (NAWIC), OWA will be spending the evening with a panel of a contractor, owner and designer to discuss the realities of design risk in today's industry and best practices in managing those risks.Fee: $35 non-member NAWIC, $25 members NAWIC

Feb 20

Thu
6-7:30pm

Book Circle 9 Discussion

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Discussing Women in Green: Voices of Sustainability by Kira Gould & Lance Hosey

The Office of Hamilton + Aitken Architects
525 Brannan Street Suite 400
San Francisco CA 94107 map
www.hamiltonaitken.com

The event is FREE of charge but please reserve a ticket, as this is helpful in planning. If seating is available, you will not be turned away.
Eventbrite Tickets: WomeninGreendiscussionsf.eventbrite.com

more information is here

Feb 21

Fri
6:00 PM

Post-Holiday White Elephant Potluck

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Mountain and Valley Pod (Sacramento) White Elephant Potluck. All are welcome. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the evite.

It will be a fun event full of laughter and food :)

Please also e-mail Charlayne Sakamoto or Betty Woo with questions.

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