Re: GBlist: Re: Vinyl Institute in Arch Record

[Kristian Kicinski <kkicinski@robertsonsherwood.com>]

Again, I'd encourage you to send your comments to the AIA via:
Thom Lowther, Ed.S.
AIA Director of CES Programs
tlowther@aia.org

Schawe@aol.com wrote:

>  I got this response today from "rivy@mcgraw-hill.com" at Architectural
> Record concerning the Vinyl Institute:
>
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> I share your concern about the environmental impact of building materials.
> However, the special continuing education section you mention lies outside the
> normal control of the editorial staff.  We did have the opportunity to quickly
> review the special advertising section on vinyl prior to its publication and
> raised a number of questions--most of which were corrected in the final copy.
> These sections are not, however, written by writers on the magazine staff, nor
> by regular Record contributors, and must stand on their own merits.  They are
> advertising, are marked as such, and  are commissioned by others.  The AIA
> reviews them for their educational merit, and they are then published.
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>
> So their answer is basically: It's ADVERTISING.
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