{"id":18843,"date":"2018-04-09T16:32:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T06:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/?p=18843"},"modified":"2019-07-24T17:44:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T07:44:40","slug":"message-from-qld-chapter-president-090418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/message-from-qld-chapter-president-090418\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from QLD Chapter President 090418"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18839\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/04\/Paul-Trotter-Headshot-160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Greetings to my fellow architects.<\/p>\n<p>I have been overwhelmed by so many calls, emails and social media posts congratulating me in the new role as your President. \u00a0It\u2019s all a bit daunting and I will try so very hard to not let you all down! \u00a0It won\u2019t be for want of trying! \u00a0Prior to the official handover from Bruce Wolfe (who did such a great job in the role) I have made an effort to get out and meet more of the architectural \u2018flock\u2019 by attending some of our Committee meetings including Sustainability, Practice, Education to get the \u2018vibe\u2019 of the thing. \u00a0I also took trips down to the Gold Coast and out to Toowoomba to see John Thong and Paul Worroll in action as the current State Jury and meet with our regional membership in these places. \u00a0I hope to do the same with the other regions and the new awards process will give me the opportunity later in the year to get up to the north of our big state.<\/p>\n<p>Just before the big handover \u2018gig\u2019 at Eat Street Markets I\u2019d spent a few days in the ACT putting on my \u2018trainer wheels\u2019 and getting involved in our first National Council (NC) meeting of the year. \u00a0This meeting was skilfully chaired by my fellow Queensland architect Richard Kirk, who stands down as National President in the next couple of months (A big effort). \u00a0The relatively new executive \/ management \u2018machine\u2019 or team at National is impressive and I look forward to working with them, our local team and our grass roots members to build a stronger Institute in my years as President. \u00a0I\u2019m looking forward to the imminent release of the new web based \u2018Practice Notes\u2019 which will supersede the old \u2018Acumen\u2019 as we had a sneak preview at NC! \u00a0They look fantastic, given all the work by Rachael Heise, the National Acumen Task Group and Ian Kynaston the Chief Information Officer.<\/p>\n<p>So feel free to contact <a href=\"mailto:pault@fultontrotter.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">myself<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:melissa.greenall@architecture.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melissa Greenall<\/a> our ED if you have any feedback as we bed down so many new things in my term at the helm!<\/p>\n<p>Paul Trotter<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Chapter President<\/p>\n<p>(9 April 2018)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings to my fellow architects. I have been overwhelmed by so many calls, emails and social media posts congratulating me in the new role as your President. \u00a0It\u2019s all a bit daunting and I will try so very hard to not let you all down! \u00a0It won\u2019t be for want of trying! \u00a0Prior to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/message-from-qld-chapter-president-090418\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Message from QLD Chapter President 090418<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":693,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[353,1],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-18843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qld-ed","category-uncategorized","tag-qld"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Message from QLD Chapter President 090418 - News &amp; Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/message-from-qld-chapter-president-090418\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Message from QLD Chapter President 090418 - News &amp; Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greetings to my fellow architects. 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