The Digital Skyline

The Board of Directors for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 was inducted last July 26, 2007 at the Banquet Hall, Milkyway Cafe, Makati City. There are more officers this time around. 12 were inducted, which is 4 more than the usual 8. Out of these 12 are 6 directors corresponding to the 6 committees which would allow members to participate more in the life of the Chapter. These would allow them to plan and execute chapter activities themselves. The Board from its usual hands-on would now have to learn to delegate the necessary tasks in implementing activities. More “hands” would allow for more activities to be done and thus resulting to more benefits for members.

There were also several new members inducted to the Chapter that night and most of them signed up to their preferred committees.

Perhaps the highlight in yesterday’s affair, the induction night, was the talk of Mr. Raju Mandhyan. We invited him to support the Chapter’s vision of “Impact of One, Power of Many” by sharing on a theme parallel to the vision. And surely he did. (more…)

The Board has been meeting these past few months to find a way to:

• Address the challenges besetting the Profession and the Organization, which are - the CPE becoming non-compulsory, the continuing diaspora of architects and stiff competition from outside the profession
• Harness the potential of numerous architects working together

To be able to these, the Board needs to create a structure which would allow members to better participate. First is the creation of 6 committees for involvement: Membership, Ways and Means, External Affairs, Information Dissemination, Education and Professional Practice. Next, the Board needs to restructure itself so that it can better work with these committees. There will be six directors corresponding to the 6 committees, the 2 vice presidents on the other hand will manage 3 committees each (a cluster). (more…)