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AIA MI 2020 Mission
Champion the profession. Nurture our chapters. Build Michigan better.

Greetings from Miami, I'm here on behalf of the AIA Michigan region on the National Small Firm Round Table. I often hear "what has the AIA done for me?" As I sit at the Tiki Bar on a break out work session with successful architects from around the country (when it's 17 degrees at home) I think I have an answer. I'm involved so I benefit. Please contact me directly if you need to know information about current happenings in AIA MI.

We have an exciting year ahead of us and have set some big goals. We are planning the move to Midtown Detroit and hope to be in at the end of April 2015. We have negotiated about 1,800 square feet of space at the intersection of Woodward and Willis in a building designed by Quinn Evans Architects and constructed by Monahan Company. A committee of the Board has given design direction the building team, and we hope to continue giving updates in the Monday Minutes as things start to ramp up.

The other primary Goal we want to focus on is to "Nurture our Chapters" and provide better service to them. Cathy applied for a grant from AIA National to help us reach out to the chapters and bring in an expert to help us do just that. We intend to engage all of the Chapters and, together, define what we need to do to provide that better service. National is developing guidelines on how they think this should be accomplished. We want to work parallel with that development so we are part of the process and we can make the decisions that most affect us. This process will involve some re structuring of chapters, possible re structuring of the MI Board and By-Laws changes to make it happen.

We have 4 goals in the new 2020 AIA MI Strategic Plan developed by the board last year. Here is a link to that short document, please take time to look it over, its how we plan on making decisions and leading moving forward. I encourage your participation as we look at how to improve the profession and the association that supports it.

"They always say time changes things but you actually have to change them yourself. "
Andy Warhol