2010 Ballot Statement: Steve Whittaker *

Endorsements: Richard Kelly, George Anderson, Richard Anderson, Ed MacDonald, Kate Baldwin, Blake Discher, James Cavanaugh, Chris Hollo, Bruce Katz, Thomas Werner, Russell Abraham, Glenn Steiner, Nate Bennett, Bob Adler, John Montgomery, Barbara White, Jorge Para, Matthew Pace, Brad Freinknopf, Marc Longwood, Bob Swanson, Lynne Damianos, Carolyn Bates, Gerald Bybee, Lon Atkinson, Dana Downie, Barry Schwartz, Peter Krogh, Shawn Henry

ASMP Member Since 1983

ASMP Offices Held: ASMP Northern California Board Member, Outreach-Education (1995); Northern California Chapter Co-President (1999–2001); Offering outreach seminars to chapter’s colleges, universities, art departments (1995–Present); Joined and became active with ASMP Architecture Specialty Group (2001); Interim Northern California Chapter President (2006)

ASMP Committee Posts Held: Chicago AIA Convention, Architectural Specialty Group booth/gallery volunteer (2004); Las Vegas AIA Convention, helped coordinate ASG activities, booth, gallery, seminar (2005); Los Angeles AIA Convention, ASG volunteer to help with booth/gallery (2006); San Francisco AIA Convention, Committee Co-Chair ASG booth/galleries (2009); Multiple seminars (2001–2010)

Other Photography Related Organization Affiliations: PPGBA – Professional Photographers of the Greater Bay Area (1973); SIP – Society of Industrial Photographers, board member/past President; PPA, PAPA – Peninsula Advertising Photographers Association-board member/ President

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: Seminar—The Business of Architectural Photography is a seminar that I am offering to ASMP Chapters. I will not charge ASMP National but will be seeking sponsorship and funding directly to each chapter to recover travel, food+lodging exenses+speaking fees. I will not approach National for those funds.

Ballot Statement: The challenges we face in dealing with increasing demands of licensing rights, mass electronic distribution and what we will be potentially facing in the future is critical. Reaching out and empowering our members, emerging photographers and students through education has been a major part of what ASMP is engaged in. Through education, ASMP has channeled and drawn in many new members. Our current web site and the information that is available to our members is amazing as are the publications, seminars that are available. Exploring and defining new and future business strategies are just as important. I fully support this on going process that ASMP is engaged in. I hope to participate more in this process, either in further program development or participating in any way to continue this process.

I discovered the value of working together to initiate changes where needed through the Architectural Specialty Group’s list serve. We have been involved in several issues through the ASG, directly related to our specialty where positive results were achieved by working together. By sharing information, learning from each other and taking on these issues that challenge us every day, we have accomplished a great deal as both individuals and as a professional organization.

ASMP events, seminars and board positions

• Joined in 1983
• 1995 ASMP Northern California board member, Outreach-education
• 1995 Northern California Chapter Membership chair
• 1995–Present Offering outreach seminars to colleges, universities and art schools
• 1999–2001 Norcal Chapter Co-President, restructured the chapter
• 1991–2000 Attended ASMP Aspen/Bradshaw Leadership Conferences
• 2001 Joined the ASMP Architectural List Serve
• 2002–2004 Engaged in the AIA-ASMP Architecture Design Award issues
• 2004 AIA Convention, Chicago, ASMP Architecture seminar, booth and gallery
• 2005 AIA Convention, Las Vegas, ASMP Architecture seminar, booth and gallery
• 2006 AIA Convention, LA, ASMP Architecture helped with booth, gallery
• 2006 Interim Co-President of Northern California Chapter
• 2008 Seminar “The Business of Architectural Photography,” ASMP New England
• 2009 Seminar “The Business of Architectural Photography,” ASMP Los Angeles
• Seminar “The Business of Architectural Photography,” ASMP Northern California
• 2009 AIA Convention, San Francisco, Coordinated the ASPG booth and galleries

The Aspen/Bradshaw Leadership conferences, helped guide me though my first term as Northern California’s Chapter President in 1999–2001. Through those conferences, I discovered that I was part of a larger community. I had the opportunity to meet and interact with members from across the country. We had similar concerns, hopes and dreams for our various chapters and those conferences gave us the training to guide and expand our chapters.

*Recommended by the ASMP Governance Committee