Advocacy Committee

Advocacy Committee

See the Chapter Calendar for when the Advocacy Committee meets.

The committee has 5 official charges for 2021-2022:

Charge #1 – Hold regular meetings to create a forum to discuss practice and legislative related issues. Coordinate with Communications and Events Committees as required.

  • Create a private forum for members to discuss legislative goals
  • Create a public forum for non-members to engage/comment on AIA legislative goals

Charge #2 – Create subcommittees as needed to address:

  • Legislative items

Charge #3 – Manage a comprehensive Advocacy Plan:

  • Create Legislative Hot List of Pending Bills (state house) being tracked by Chapter
  • Create Goal List of Desired Action (state house) the Chapter would like to see implemented, including architect required construction control, and public disclosure of known demographics (gender/race/state of residence) of licensed architects.
  • Support AIA policies and position statements through engagement of elected leaders in government, members, and others willing to work with the chapter on legislative issues.
  • Review opportunities to engage next NAAB accreditation review conference and next NCARB Practice Analysis. Consider expanding architectural history requirements to span the globe.

Charge #4 – Review AIA-RI’s Directory of Public Policies and Position Statements.

  • Identify to the Executive Director which existing AIA public policies and AIA supporting statements the committee would like to review in 2021 and 2022, for potential AIA-RI supplemental public policies and/or supporting statements. Commence review and submit a detailed report at quarterly intervals.
  • Consider policies on NAAB and NCARB education standard and opportunities to reduce financial impediments to entry into the profession.

Charge #5 – Identify 1 member to liaison to the communications committee.

If you are interested in joining or contributing to any of these items, please contact Roni Phipps at roni.phipps[@ aia-ri.org].