Thursday, May 3, 2018---TGLA May General Meeting
As usual, when Trojan Candy walked down to the Davidson Center room for the May TGLA General Meeting, it was busy. TGLA members and guests were conversing, setting up tables and selling TGLA merchandise.
I saw Barbara Hance first and took her picture with her guest and new member Patti Madden, who is also a Town and Gown member.
Patricia Dowling posed with her guest and prospective TGLA member Cynthia Simmons.
Trojan Candy persuaded Mary Hall to step out on the patio and take a picture with two of her guests and prospective members---Peggy Hentschke and Marian Fukuda. Mary's third guest Caitlin Shier hadn't arrived yet.
New members Katherine Moore and Carol Wright smiled for my picture of them with Barbara Hance and Jean Getchell.
Now the meeting started. Out-going President Jean Getchell gave a gift to every one of her Board Members. Thanks, Jean!
In-coming President Mary Hall installed her new Board Members and gave each of us a candy gift that had a significant description of our job. Nikki Dana really enjoyed her candy gift from Mary. Thanks, Mary!
With the Installation of the new Board over, Vice-President Programs Ann Palmer introduced our speaker, Dr. Douglas E. Noble. A Professor in the USC School of Architecture, he is also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).
He began his presentation.
Dr. Noble was a very animated speaker as he showed us several USC School of Architecture creations.
He showed what the Coliseum looked like [in 2015] before the renovation started and now. The project used an acoustic expert [Elizabeth Valmont] trained in the USC School of Architecture.
This is a housing development for an older population.
Ann Palmer, Daphne Areta and Dr. Douglas E. Noble smiled for me after his presentation was over.
A special TGLA member was introduced next. Mary Anne Cogbill was introduced by Corresponding Secretary Vickie Walker. This is the first TGLA meeting that Mary Anne has attended since her accident. Welcome back, Mary Anne!
Our former TGLA Presidents were honored and photographed.
Then, Mary Hall and Janet Eddy presented Jean Getchell with gifts to thank her for all her hard work.
Finally, Trojan Candy was able to gather the 2018-2019 Trojan Guild Board outside on the patio for a picture. Unfortunately, new board member JoAnne Polite did not hear me beckoning the board to come outside for a picture for our directory. Sorry, JoAnne.
After the Trojan Guild Board picture was taken, I went back inside to eat lunch and to take more pictures.
Cheryl Schwartz and her guest and potential new member Elizabeth Zimmer posed for me.
Trojan Candy took pictures of two guests just in case they become new members. Maria Rangel and I walked out to the patio. She was invited by Christine Ofiesh.
Janyce Crittenden-Teasley is another prospective TGLA member.
