Please consider nominating yourself for one of two Directorships serving on the AIA International Region Board of Directors. We're seeking committed volunteers able to help the new International Region develop into an active and effective part of the AIA, supporting members around the world and representing those members within the larger framework of the AIA.
Qualifications include prior experience with AIA Chapter or Region affairs or volunteer service working with another professional association and availability to commit some time each month to Board activities.
The International Region of the AIA was incorporated on 31 July 2013. The Interim Board of Directors that oversaw the formation of the Region is establishing the first regular Board of Directors, scheduled to take office on 1 January 2014 in accordance with the adopted Bylaws of the Region.
Those Bylaws provide that two Directors are to be selected by Architect, Associate, and International Associate members of the International Region who are not assigned to an AIA Chapter, in a manner prescribed by the Board. One Director will serve for one year and the other will serve for two years as will subsequent "unassigned" directors. If you are such a member you are probably living and working remote from any of the existing AIA international Chapters (UK, Continental Europe, Middle East, Hong Kong and Japan). (In accordance with the Bylaws, other Directors of the International Region will be proposed by the Chapters listed above.)
If you are considering nomination to represent "unassigned members," please contact Jay Stephens at jstephens@aia.org by 5 November 2013 and provide a brief one-page resume. The Interim Board will review all interested candidates and determine an appropriate means of selecting the two Directors, depending on the number of responses received.
Please consider getting involved.
The AIA International Region - supporting AIA members around the world.
Thomas V. Vonier, FAIA, President
James M. Wright, AIA, Vice President
Dr. Christine E. Bruckner, FAIA, LEED AP, Secretary
Thierry Paret, AIA, Treasurer
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Jay Stephens Hon. AIA, Esq.
VP and General Counsel
The American Institute of Architects
Washington DC
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