PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE The Journey has started...... By the time this report has gone to print my term as the President of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors will be at an end. At the outset of this message I have to say it has been a great privilege to have held this position over the last 24 months. In last paragraph from my message last year I stated: ‘The next 12 months is going to be challenging, exciting and hopefully the start of a new chapter in the history of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors’ I don’t think I could have made a truer statement.
THE CHALLENGES
The main challenge for the Board, Chapter Councils and the staff at the head office, over the last 12 months, was to deliver on all the promises we had made in terms of: • making the Institute more relevant to members, and • lifting the profession’s profile in terms of respect within the industry from other professionals and within the industry as a whole.
Making the Institute More Relevant to Members Each year the CEO and the President of the Institute hold industry lunches in the major cities and regional centers of Australia. The consistent feedback we received in 2016 was the Institute did not appear to be relevant to members. Attendees this year commented: • The head office is now responsive and reactive to members requirements • The head office is now approachable and helpful when contacted by members • Chapter councils found head office now provided assistance to the Chapter Councils re support and promotion of CPD events • The fortnightly e-bulletins being seen as an excellent communication tool for members, with up to 40% of members regularly opening e-bulletins • The Jobs Board in the e-bulletins now being accepted by firms with the Jobs Board fast becoming firms preferred forum for advertising vacancies • The regular visits to Chapter Council Meetings by our CEO, Grant Warner, have given the Chapter Councils confidence in the ability of Head Office to meet Chapter Council requirements
As the title of this message suggests, The journey has started.
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