We strive to support this organization’s mission.

• Advocacy through public awareness and involvement in government affairs.
  • AIA Brand
  • Public Outreach
  • Member Communication
  • Government Advocacy
• Community through enhanced member communication and development of affiliated organization relationship.
  • Emerging Professionals
  • Diversity
  • Membership
  • Communities by Design
  • Alliances
• Knowledge through the promotion of continuing education.
  • Knowledge for the Individual
  • Knowledge for the Profession
  • Knowledge for Society

AIA Detroit continues to press forward with a comprehensive local Public Awareness program. It remains critically important that Architects heighten our roles as leaders in our community by promoting the benefits that our profession contributes to our built environment. As such, we must improve the public’s understanding of the profession of architecture and the objectives of AIA.

Activities for 2005 will continue and will build on past initiatives.

• The AIA Detroit House Tour is an important way for the public to experience quality residential design in southeastern Michigan. Visitors can see the positive impact a home or addition designed by a licensed architect.
   

• Urban Affairs
  The Metropolitan Detroit region continues to need professionals, like those in AIA Detroit Chapter, to strive to be an influence on opinion and decision-making within the City of Detroit and surrounding communities. The Urban Priorities Committee will start the year by working collaboratively with the League of Women Voters to host a “Forum on Smart Growth” in February. We will stand ready to collaborate in the future with any southeastern municipality.

AIA Detroit will continue to support the Urban Policy Advisory Team (UPAT) and the Urban Priorities Committee.

• Government Affairs
  AIAD has learned the importance of plugging into the political structures at a local, state, and national level to influence the legislation and regulation that has impact on our profession’s interests. Support of AIAM Government Affairs Committee will continue through:

Sponsorship of awareness events
Participation in fundraisers for legislators who support our concerns
Communication with members
Cooperation with allied organizations in lobbying and political action

• Articles that focus on Sustainability, Livable Communities, and Quality of Life issues in the Detroit Metropolitan Are, and the role Architects play in forwarding this agenda, will continue to be sought for publication in a variety of media.
• AIA Detroit will continue to voice opinions regarding the issues and initiatives that effect our build environment. Topics still to be fully engaged include:

Urban Sprawl
Historic Preservation
Regional Planning Concerns
Brownfield Site Redevelopment
Mass Transportation

• Membership Growth and Communication

We will work this year to improve communication with current members by updating email address, sending notices of important dates via US Mail and structuring the Chapter web page to quickly display relevant information and making available useful links.

We will solicit input from members on preferred communication methods and work to streamline information delivery.

• Fellowship

In a addition to the chapter’s regular schedule of events listed below, the Recognitions Committee will be asked to make recommendations to the Board for recognition of newly registered architects.

Honor Awards Program
Annual Holiday Open House at Beaubien House
House Tour next Fall
Annual Meeting

• Associate and Intern Architects

AIA Detroit will secure a future by embracing the young membership needs by gearing programs to the emerging professional. We will consider Associate Forums to address the issues facing the next generation.

• Student Mentoring

AIA Detroit will continue to support from the Detroit Chapter in the AIA student-mentoring program. The goal is to have each student in contact with a practicing professional, so that the student has a direct way of asking questions about and gaining insight into the practice of architecture.

Chapter members will be invited to participate, through direct contact by one of the chapter’s leaders, or by a participating mentor.

• Outreach to other organizations in order to advance the profession of architecture

In the 4-county area, numerous non-profit organizations pursue goals that overlap the goals of the AIAD. AIAD members should become engaged in these organizations; the AIA may realize a synergy from the common purposes. The AIAD will continue to seek participation in and strategic partnerships with:

City mayors and planning departments
Regional, County, City, and local government organizations
Allied professional organizations:

CSI,
Construction Owner’s Association of America,
Association of General Contractors,
American Society of Professional Estimators,
Cityscape Detroit
The Michigan Design Center
Detroit Chamber of Commerce

• Continuing Education

Our continuing education programs need to be an ongoing part of the chapter’s activities to allow our membership to meet annual AIA continuing education requirements. We will reestablish a Continuing Education Committee this year to facilitate accessibility to information relevant to our practice.

This year we will strive to coordinate efforts with Affiliated organizations to plan and offer relevant programs. Following are just a few of the many opportunities that AIA Detroit will be providing for members to obtain their CEU’s:

Building Codes and Regulations Programs

Joint programs co-sponsored by AIA Detroit and allied organizations.

The LTU Architecture Speaker Series, which is co-sponsored by AIA Detroit.

Significant building tours.

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