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After much deliberation, the RAIC Board of Directors has decided to not proceed with a proposed change to the MRAIC membership designation. The board has also committed to begin a consultation in 2017 with RAIC members and Canada?s architecture community on how the Institute can best serve their needs.
?This is an opportunity to engage on what matters to our members,? said RAIC Past President Allan Teramura, FRAIC, at last December?s board teleconference. ?We need a clearer understanding of what the architectural community wants and what are the valued experiences that encourage belonging to the RAIC. It?s about a bigger vision of who we need to be.? Teramura said the impassioned response from members regarding last year?s controversial proposal to change the MRAIC post-nominal underlined the need to involve members in a re-imagining of the RAIC.
?We are also sensitive to the fact that RAIC membership means many things to our members,? said Teramura. ?After our annual general meeting in 2016, we committed to opening a consultative process. However, rather than dwell on this single issue, a broader approach will be taken to review membership more deeply from the member?s perspective.?
At the 2016 annual general meeting, the Board of Directors had asked members to approve a motion to replace the MRAIC designation with a new RAIC designation for members who are...