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<\/p>\n17 December 2018<\/p>\n
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Image: Nina Hamilton<\/sup><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The week prior to the end of year break is always a confusion of the frenzy of finishing what needs to be done and celebration of the year gone by. A flurry of issues have recently been circulated such as the new 3rd party pre-qualification requirements and draft legislation such as Draft Building Services Providers Licensing Determination as well as the Tasmanian Development Regulatory Reform Project that is keeping the Chapter staff, those members who have volunteered to assist, and me, scrambling to do due diligence at this time of year (if you would like to access any of these documents, please contact the Tas Chapter office). In addition, the Hobart City Council building height determination continues as an issue of importance to our city. Thank you to those who have stepped up to assist the Chapter in these matters \u2013 a membership organisation such as ours relies on your willingness to follow up and put in the hard yards on regulation that impacts on our profession and our built environment.<\/p>\n Architects registered in Tasmania will have received recent communication from the Board of Architects\u2019 Registrar, alerting them to registration renewal detail and CPD submission deadlines. At our December 2018 Tas Chapter Council meeting, Councillors voted on filling the two Chapter member positions on the Board of Architects that become vacant this month and we look forward to announcing the successful candidates once they have been made official. Similarly, recent interviews for the vacant Government appointed position on the Board have taken place and we look forward to the official outcome being made known in the near future as well. In 2019 the Board will be making a submission for Gap Reform of the Architect\u2019s Act of 1929. For this and all that it undertakes, it is important to have strong representation on the Board. Thank you in advance to those who have made this commitment.<\/p>\n On a lighter note, it has been my recent pleasure to host a wonderful President\u2019s Lunch sponsored by Access Solutions, as well as the Chapter\u2019s Christmas Party where Brickworks, our event sponsor, laid on a colourful and superbly catered evening. Thank you so much to both sponsors for their generosity. These events provided me the opportunity to reflect on particular aspects of my presidency and to celebrate the unique and amazing creative talent you all express through your practice and within our community. It is my sincere hope that you will all continue to engage actively in the Chapter affairs and in robust debate at our events which can only be to the benefit of our overall industry into the future.<\/p>\n My two-year term as President ends at the first Chapter Council meeting in February 2019. It has been both a challenging and rewarding experience and a great honour to serve you. While there is still work for me to do in the interim, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for the contributions you have made to the Institute during this time. I am confident that we will be taken forward in competent hands by Shamus Mulcahy, our in-coming President, and the new Chapter Council who will take us through the next two years.<\/p>\n I wish you and those dear to you a happy, safe, relaxing and revitalizing festive season and the very best for all that 2019 may hold for you and your practices.<\/p>\n![\"Yvette](\"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/Yvette-signature.jpg\")
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