Comments on: Chapter President’s Message ~ April 2010 http://www.aiacv.org/chapter-presidents-message-for-april-2010/ The American Institute of Architects Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bruce Monighan http://www.aiacv.org/chapter-presidents-message-for-april-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Bruce Monighan Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:56:30 +0000 http://www.aiacv.org/?p=1101#comment-70 Carl hits on a very important point and it is that we can control our destiny if we believe in our core values as professionals and that our work can make things happen. In good times work lands on our doorstep and we are loath to change our business models or our model in how we participate in community; both the community of our profession and the community of people we serve. But things have changed and the safety net is no longer there I have become very invigorated (although that seems rather a perverse reaction) by the downturns/recession/depression. I have seen it as a way to reconnect to other professionals of many different areas, a way to find time to commit to volunteer work, and a way to participate in real community based dialog. In many ways I feel more like an architect now than I did three years ago when I was focused on making the firm bigger. This economic situation has given me time to reflect and reaffirm what it is I want to do with my life and it always comes back to architecture. So back to what Carl suggest, that we are uniquely wired and talented to make things happen because we find order in chaos, we bring people together and have the creative mind set to make things happen… and that makes us leaders. Carl hits on a very important point and it is that we can control our destiny if we believe in our core values as professionals and that our work can make things happen. In good times work lands on our doorstep and we are loath to change our business models or our model in how we participate in community; both the community of our profession and the community of people we serve. But things have changed and the safety net is no longer there

I have become very invigorated (although that seems rather a perverse reaction) by the downturns/recession/depression. I have seen it as a way to reconnect to other professionals of many different areas, a way to find time to commit to volunteer work, and a way to participate in real community based dialog. In many ways I feel more like an architect now than I did three years ago when I was focused on making the firm bigger.

This economic situation has given me time to reflect and reaffirm what it is I want to do with my life and it always comes back to architecture.

So back to what Carl suggest, that we are uniquely wired and talented to make things happen because we find order in chaos, we bring people together and have the creative mind set to make things happen… and that makes us leaders.

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