Pub. 1 2013 Directory

8 THE MONTANA ARCHITECT | 2013 | www.aia-mt.org • A large council composed of 50 or so elected members who represent geographic, demographic, and subject-mat- ter diversity, will pursue a larger set of broad, critical con- cerns affecting the profession. Throughout the Repositioning process of research and anal- ysis, AIA members desired explicitly to see the AIA become a more agile organization and provide bold leadership for the profession. A streamlined governance framework al- lows the Board to more effectively address important issues affecting members and the profession. Changes to the gov- ernance structure create more time and space for elected leaders to address professional issues that will heighten the AIA’s relevance and value to members. Finally, governance that supports agility will enable the Institute to respond to new opportunities more effectively. “Our Board of directors made a momentous decision last week to move us closer to our goal of the Repositioning— remaking the AIA as a visionary membership organization focused on serving members,” says AIA EVP/CEO Robert Ivy, FAIA. “Creating a smaller Board of Directors that will more effi- ciently and effectively focus on operational issues allows the Council to be fully engaged with strategic issues concerning practice, the profession, and society,” says AIA President Mickey Jacob, FAIA. “And, most importantly, moving to- ward streamlined governance will instill confidence in an AIA that is relevant and responsive to member feedback.” The Board’s deliberation on September 20 also produced an alignment statement, crafted in consultation with Kotter International, the firm helping the Institute make this sig- nificant and lasting change. Kotter helped us to combine all of the feedback and key takeaways from the Repositioning research and created a simple compelling distillation of our commitment and direction toward a renewed AIA: Advancing Through Architecture Together, we agree that the time is now to change the way we think and behave in order to shape our future. To become a more valued, relevant organization, the AIA will focus our priorities to: (1) Elevate public awareness (2) Advocate for the profession (3) Create and expand the sharing of knowledge and exper- tise to ensure a prosperous future for our members Never before have we needed this level of bold, visionary leadership to inspire architects to work together and build a better world for all people—through architecture. And as if that were not enough, our Regional AIA is also undergoing some changes, in part due to the shake-up at National. The last Re- gional AIA Conference was at Vancouver BC at the end of October this year, and in Regional Board meetings we discussed attendance. Did you know that in general, of the nearly 5000 NW+P Region- al members, only around 150 – 300 attend the regional conference? That’s around 5%! It’s a wonderful conference, but it has become clear that the conference is not serving the body of membership—not even close. It was moved and seconded that, in 2014, the NW+P Regional Conference will still be in Tacoma, but it will be shorter, and will be generally angled as a “Leadership Summit,” drawing mostly Chapter Leaders together to spend less time listening to speakers, and more time teaming and actively brainstorming together on how to improve the services offered by the Regional AIA to its members. 2014 is obviously shaping up to be another year of changes and adjust- ment for both the AIA National and the NW+P Region, so hang on to your hats… or your beards… this could get interesting! As always, please call or email if you have any questions. Best regards, David Koel, MT AIA President w  PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE — continued from page 6 A supplier of fine masonry and landscape stone Specializing in natural stone Largest selection in Montana Visit our yard in Gallatin Gateway 262 Penny Lane Gallatin Gateway, MT 59730 406.763.3028 Fax 406.763.3029 www.quarryworks.com Build forever, build with stone