The PAC Award Challenge continues for 2025. It’s time to celebrate the engagement and commitment of a local AIA component that supports the advancement and mission of the PAC; one of the sharpest tools in our advocacy toolkit.
Points are accrued in 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. Points are allocated as follows:
- Local component Board participation
a. Did 100% of the Board of Directors invest in the AIA Virginia PAC?
i. Yes = 20 points
ii. No = 0 points - Percentage of local component members who have invested in the AIA Virginia PAC
i. Component with highest % = 40 points
ii. Component with second highest % = 20 points
iii. Component with third highest % = 10 points - Average investment per member from the total local component membership
i. Component with highest average investment/member = 40 points
ii. Component with second highest average investment/member = 30 points
iii. Component with third highest average investment/member = 20 points
iv. Component with fourth highest average investment/member = 10 points
v. Component with fifth highest average investment/member = 0 points
Current Leaderboard:
AIA Central Virginia – 60 points
AIA Coastal Virginia – 60 points
AIA Richmond – 30 points
AIA Northern Virginia – 10 points
AIA Blue Ridge – 10 points
Scoring will close on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. EST. The winning component goes home with $1,000 cash for Architecture Week/Month and the award trophy at Architecture Exchange East in November. AIA Central Virginia is the reigning champ, but it’s a new competition – we’ll see who prevails. And if you need additional inspiration, in this same issue of the newsletter, Patrick Cushing, our retained lobbyist, shares his perspective on the importance of the PAC.
