President’s Message
Eight
ight years ago AIBD took a huge step forward with the birth of a new AIBD governance unanimously voted on by the then dissolved AIBD House of Delegates. Today, AIBD is on the verge of its next monumental step forward. Since the beginning of AIBD in 1950, AIBD has been a highly respected Institute providing experienced professional designers in the building industry that then evolved into creating a certified professional building designer (CPBD). In 2022 AIBD is on the footsteps of becoming American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited. This means AIBD will reach the highest level of standards for our certification program and professionalism in residential and building design. The goal of AIBD has always been to help designers reach credible status. To offer the right to design buildings and the right for home and building owners to choose whom they want to help them design and build. Becoming ANSI accredited is a giant step to continue the progress of AIBD’s vision and mission to represent how homes are designed in America and to build a better residential design profession, one designer at a time.
This past year the AIBD Board of Directors voted on the implementation of using sources like the “Great Game of Business” to elevate our AIBD Committee programs and offering AIBD member personal development in running and operating a successful design business firm. Many of our AIBD Committees have implemented this program or are in the process of using it to establish an organized responsible committee with goals and commitments that will carry our AIBD programs for years to come. These initial steps in the “Great Game of Business” will help set the next stage of coaching and mentoring AIBD residential business owners.
In my first year of AIBD President I wanted to create an open Board society transparent to all members. The creation of an evolved Monday Minute newsletter which has now become the hub of AIBD information, virtual conferences, virtual coffee chat roundtables and the institution of our virtual platform ‘Hopin has helped create this open society. Of course a lot of the virtual programs were forced upon us by adapting to conditions uncontrollable. Our Board and staff have met those challenges head on and successfully where other business and institutes have failed throughout Thanks to our leadership from the AIBD Board the country. Last summer we instituted back to of Directors and the leadership from AIBD’s in-person conferences combined with virtual certification program, the National Council of attendance and the birth of our hybrid events. Building Designer Certification (NCBDC). The Council has been working on ANSI accreditation As I near the completion of my 2nd year as for several years led by AIBD members Alan President I look forward to working with our Abrams, John Fought, the current NCBDC Executive Director Steven Mickley to continue president Kimberly Mockert and AIBD’s staff and mentoring programs, supporting NCBDC with Executive Director Steven Mickley. Because of ANSI accreditation, and building our Committee them, becoming ANSI accredited will elevate your programs that will have a foundation to build on professionalism in residential and building design. for years to come.
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