More accurately: there are a lot more
members to fill their coffers. And the AIA would have more members if dues were kept affordable. In addition, if the AIA has fewer members to serve, its overall budget should be lower, no?
We have a lot of AIA staffers at all levels wasting time regulating CE and sponsoring CE events, which could be eliminated altogether if the AIA stopped requiring CE but left that to the state boards instead. We also have a lot of AIA staffers at all levels wasting time tilting at windmills with no benefit to the members. Let regulatory agencies, the USGBC and individual architects who are part of those groups or otherwise interested make up their own minds about sustainability and let's not waste another AIA minute or dollar on it. Let's also jettison the "official magazine" and its costs. If AIA national isn't going to sponsor some sort of national advertising campaign on our behalf, there's no reason for them to exist. All the state and local presidents can meet a few times a year to make decisions on a national level. All we need is a couple of federal lobbyists.
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Sean Catherall AIA
Herriman UT
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-27-2013 18:39
From: Mark Robin
Subject: AIA Dues
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Mark Robin AIA
Mark Robin Architecture
Nashville TN
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There are alot more engineers than architects to fill the coffers.