AIA Central Virginia was crowned the 2018 PAC Champion of the “Rumble in the Jungle” at this year’s Architecture Exchange East. This AIA Virginia PAC award looks to celebrate the engagement and commitment of a local AIA component who supports the advancement and mission of the PAC. The award criteria is based on a point total calculation based on three areas: local component Board participation, the percentage of local component’s membership who have invested in the PAC, and the total amount of money invested by the members of the local component.
AIA Central Virginia finished the competition garnering 100% investment participation by its Board of Directors and 7% of its local component membership totaling $4,500. In comparison, AIA Virginia has historically hovered at less than 3% state-wide membership participation totaling approximately $6,000 annually. For this accomplishment, AIA Central Virginia was awarded a nice piece of hardware and $500 to be used as it desires for public outreach during its 2019 Architecture Week celebration.
The 2019 “Rumble in the Jungle” will begin on January 1, 2019
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