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Pilot Project Fund | An Overview: |
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During TMS’s Planning Session this
past October, it was quickly realized that TMS members had
excellent ideas for new programs, projects and seminars, but
that there were limited financial resources to start these
projects. As a result, the Board of Directors approved a new
“Pilot Project Fund” to support special projects that further
the Society’s mission and offerings through direct contributions
of donors. Grants of up to $3000 will be provided, with approval
from the Executive Committee, for projects that require initial
start-up monies and which are felt to have high merit to TMS,
its members, and the public. The Pilot Project Fund differs from
the Endowment in that the Endowment Fund uses only interest
earned from donations to support worthy projects. |
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If you would like
to make a tax deductable contribution to the Pilot Project Fund,
or the Endowment Fund, simply send a check to TMS indicating how
you would like your contributions to be used. TMS will then send
you a receipt that you can use for income tax purposes. |
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If you would like consideration of
support for a project, submit a letter of application to TMS
that includes the following information:
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Amount
requested and purpose for funding.
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Desired
outcome; benefit to TMS.
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Committee
or members utilizing the funds.
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Proposed
schedule: start and completion.
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How will
the funding be used
Grants up to
$3,000 per year will be considered, and may be renewable for
three years total. Applicants should recognize that because this
new fund, monies are extremely limited and grants will be given
only to projects felt to provide the most benefit to TMS. |
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Sustainability E-Newsletter
funded as first Pilot Project
Thanks
to generous donations from members, The Masonry Society was able to
fund a Sustainability E-Newsletter as its first Pilot Project. The
Sustainability E-Newsletter is being developed by TMS Member
Christine A. Subasic P.E., LEED AP based on numerous requests from
both members and nonmembers.
For the past several years, Subasic has provided for TMS e-news
blasts to those on the Society's Sustainability Committee. Interest
in the service has grown beyond TMS members. This new e-newsletter
will provide more formal reviews for this material and wider
dissemination. With funding, Subasic will create a Sustainability
News Service for TMS to provide a news/wire-type newsletter emailed
to subscribers and/or TMS members at least two times per month. Each
edition will contain 5 – 10 short summaries and links to relevant
news releases and articles related to sustainability, LEED, and the
masonry industry. The goal is to keep the industry informed of
important happenings related to sustainable design, to let them know
what competitors are doing, and to share ideas on how the masonry
industry can better position itself as the sustainable material of
choice. Subscribers would receive every issue released.
Through
Pilot project funding, this E-Newsletter will be developed and
distributed from July 2009 until December 2009.
TMS will seek subscriptions to this service to help reduce the cost
of production with the goal of the service being self-funded in
2010. TMS members will receive the e-newsletter during this period
for free, and non-members will be charged a nominal fee to
subscribe. Members and non-members wishing to distribute the
newsletter to a broader audience will be charged a distribution fee
to be determined, and which will help fund future issues of the
service.
As
noted above, the Pilot Project Fund was created to provide initial
start-up monies for new and innovative projects that help further
TMS’s mission to advance the knowledge of masonry. TMS received
several outstanding proposals for the fund this year, but was only
able to fund one project with currently available funds. |
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Contributors to the Pilot Project
Fund through September 22, 2009
Contributions of $2,000 or more
David T. Biggs, Ryan-Biggs Associates PC
Raymond T. Miller, Miller Consulting
Engineers
Contributions of $500 to $999
Robert D.
Thomas, National Concrete Masonry Association
Contributions of $100 to $499
A. Rhett
Whitlock, Whitlock, Dalrymple, Poston & Assoc.
Robert N. Chittenden, Chittenden
Engineering
Contributions up to $99
James E. Amrhein, Masonry Consultant
Ece Erdogmus
Kirk A. Haverland, Larson Engineering of
Wisconsin
Lawrence W. Kahn, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Gero Marzahn
Donald McMican, DGM Consultants, P.A.
Guilherme Parsekian, Federal
University of Sao Carlos
Paul G. Scott, Caruso Turley Scott, Inc
Christine A. Subasic, C. Callista
Subasic
Lawrence M. Tabat
Terence Allan Weigel, University of
Louisville
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