Thursday, March 26, 2009

California Academy of Sciences Tour/Visit

Hey everyone,
Last meeting I said I would talk with Brent Bucknum about coming with us to the CAS. I was able to talk to him. He worked with one of the firms commissioned to work with Renzo Piano. He was part of the design of the green roof. I asked him if he would give us a tour of the building and he was excited to do it.
He would not however be able to make it April 10th. If we would like to go instead on April 24th, he would gladly come with.
Brent is working with Nik Burtulis, up at Merritt Community College, on a class called Regenerative Design. His class starts April 25th and he would like to invite the students signed up to attend also, which could be pretty awesome!
This will give us more people and more time to figure out a discount. Brent said he would be able to help with setting up the tour with the academy. He is also going to talk with the maintenance manager and might possibly be able to set up a tour of the roof, on the roof, not just on the viewing deck. Anyways, we shall have to see what happens.
In the next few days I'll be in correspondence to figure out more details such as discount rate and if we actually can go out onto the roof.
Brent works mostly with green roofs, green plumbing, and landscape arch, so I am going to talk to Ron about making it on the 24th. It would be nice if we also had someone with more architectural background with us as well!
Okay does anyone have any objections to going on April 24?
Any suggestions for other activities we could organize?
Does anyone know if we need to get legal forms so that Laney is not held responsible for our field trips?
I would like to get a list of people who are interested and a list of people that are definate. so respond with that info asap please! Ill keep you all updated...
chau chau, Alaska

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