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Board Adopts Strategic, Operating Plans; 2003 Budget | |||||||||||
The AIA Board of Directors on December 5 adopted a long-range strategic plan for the Institute for 20032005 and a supporting operating plan of programs and projects for 20032004. The Board also approved a 2003 operating budget. The planning process to derive these working documents was notably more
inclusive this year, as prescribed by the Institutes Aligning the Institute
for the Millennium (AIM) long-range plan. Specifically, the process focused
on: The planning process began in March 2002 with the National Conversation, (go to MyAIA.aia.org, and search for national conversation) through which components around the country conducted forums to get members input on the future of the Institute and the profession. Later in the spring, the AIA convened a Knowledge Summit to consider the Institutes role as a knowledge organization. The AIA Board added its insight through its issues discussions. More member feedback was added to the pot at a planning retreat in June, with participation by the 2003 AIA Executive Committee, senior AIA staff, and representatives from CACE, PIAs, firms, the Diversity Task Force, the Associates and Documents committees, and an AIA representative to NAAB. The retreat participants identified five issues that ranked as key to the strategic planning process: knowledge, AIA contract documents, communication, architecture education, and membership. An August AIM Advisory Group meeting and the September Board meeting helped shape 16 strategies within these issues and led to definition of the following program priorities for the next two years. Program highlights Knowledge team Communications team Relationships team Services shared among the groups will include a component business development task force and a new contract documents delivery platform. Copyright 2002 The American Institute of Architects. All rights reserved. |
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