I hope everyone has a great and safe Thanksgiving, and winter break!

Hard to believe we are about to finish up the fall semester, and that of course means changes.

IDEA Board

Congratulations to the new officer positions:

Chris Komer – President

Andrew Corbin – Vice President

Dale West – Member-At-Large

Jeff Brown – Member-At-Large

Scott Duensing – Assistant Financial Director

You can view all our board members and postions on our website at: https://www.idea-online.org/about-idea/officers/

Thank You

As I transition from President to Member-at-Large, I want to thank the Board and all IDEA Teachers for all you do for the drafting and design students in Illinois. I enjoyed my time as president of the IDEA because of you and the students. Although a few of the years were difficult with the pandemic, you did your best to make things as “normal” for the students as possible.

I also want to thank the IDEA Regional Directors, Illinois State University, and TEAI Board for all your help to make the competitions and ITEC conferences successful.

Spring Semester

We look forward to continued growth with renewal of memberships and new members. Educator dues is $20 before Jan.1st and $40 Jan1st and after. Dues can be paid online by going to https://www.idea-online.org/join-idea/

Regional and State Competitions

IDEA will be continue hosting the annual regional and state competitions. Tentative dates have been posted on the website. Some details are still being worked out and we will let you know as soon as possible when the details are finalized. At this point please update/join membership in IDEA. This will make it possible for us to contact you with updates and so your students can compete in the competitions.

Competition information can be found and will be updated as items are finalized at https://www.idea-online.org/teachers/

Again, thanks for all you do for your drafting and design students!

Sincerely,

Jeff Brown – Past President, Member-At-Larg