What Is the Strategic Council?
The Strategic Council advances the profession by informing the Board of Directors and other Institute bodies of important professional issues and opportunities. The Council is charged with surveying the profession to identify opportunities and threats, and engaging in strategic planning to inform the goals, objectives an strategies of AIA. The Strategic Council is tasked with ideation/research/generative thought-based activities. It is an outward-focused, forward-thinking, and member-centric group.
What Does a Strategic Councilor Do?
Much of the Council’s activity throughout the year is considered “blue-sky” thinking – searching for new ideas and solutions to relevant topical subject matter facing the profession. In this capacity, there is an element of futurist thinking as well. Collaborations entail visionary thought and ideation, deliberations, prototyping of ideas, and consensus building. The Council develops ideas a to inform future needs of opportunities for the profession and presents those ideas to the AIA Board for consideration, alignment, and potentially, its support.
Strategic Council Commitment:
• Candidate must be AIA or Associate AIA member in good standing
• 3-year commitment beginning December 2022 and ending December 2025
• Must be available to travel (travel costs covered by AIA National) for in person or remote meetings to include: o Orientation and Governance Week (Early December)
o Grassroots Conference (February)
o AIA National Conference on Architecture (June)
o Summer Strategic Council Work Group (TBD)
• Required to participate in a Work Group to study issues deemed relevant by the Council at that time.
• Report quarterly to the AIA Oklahoma Board on the progress of the Strategic Council and any relevant information and programs
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