P.
Weaver, FCIOB
President CIOBA May 2006 - May 2008
Chair Asia Pacific Time Zone &
Delegate to CIOB Members Forum 2009 -
"If
you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get knocked down.
But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again.
A man flattened by conformity stays down for good."
Thomas
J Watson.
President
CIOBA
Patrick Weaver FCIOB,
was the regional president of the Chartered Institute of Building
Australasia from May 2006 to May 2008 and Immediate Past President
Australiasia for 2008/2009. He has been a CIOB member since
joining as a student in 1971, was Victorian Committee Chair from the
formation of CIOBA in 2003
to 2004, and 2008 to 2010 and Vice President in 2005.
Currently he is involved
in a number of CIOB initiatives.
CIOB
Australasia is part of CIOB International network of CIOB branches
comprising CIOB China, CIOB Hong Kong, CIOB Malaysia, CIOB Singapore
and CIOB Africa. CIOB Australasia plays an active role in promoting
professionalism and innovative thinking in the construction industry
throughout its region
with members located around the Australian continent as well as in New
Zealand and the South Pacific. Since its launch, CIOB Australasia has
played an important role in the region by organising events and
seminars relevant to the industry and established close links with
Universities, construction professionals, academics and government
bodies.
The
primary focus of his first year as President was to move CIOBA to a
properly structured Region supporting a number of dynamic Centres; with
a focus on three main areas:-
- Empowering
members in the various Centres to grow and develop CIOBA in their State
or Country. The first and biggest Centre remains
Sydney, other locations include Brisbane, Auckland, Melbourne
and
Perth.
- Membership: in two
parts:
- Continue to provide a high quality of member
services in
each of the Centres including events, newsletters and networking
opportunities; joining wherever possible with kindred organisations.
- Drive for growth including a new focus on
Universities
and student members (as a foundation for the future) and maintaining
our existing efforts to attract corporate and professional members.
- Business
systems: CIOBA
spans one sixth of the world’s time zones; there is a 4 hour
time
difference between New Zealand and Perth (not to mention the 3315 miles
or 5334 km)! Dealing with these distances requires effective
virtual and networked systems to provide equality of support to all of
the Region’s members and Centres.
The focus of his second
year
was to build on the momentum from 2006 and consolidate active centre
committees in the existing locations and potentially expand into new
areas such as Newcastle, Canberra, Adelaide and Wellington (subject to
local members being willing and able to establish centre committees).
Key initiatives for the 2007 year included:
- The formal
recognition of Universities that deliver accredited courses (in Australia
accredited by AIB).
- Continuing
the development of business management systems appropriate for a
diverse region, including supporting the work
undertaken by CIOB’s overseas management leading to improved
budgeting, finance and administrative support from ‘head
office’.
- Establishing
a permanent administrative office in Sydney for the region.
- Working on
completing
the CIOBA constitution
update.
- Working
towards resolving
the differences
between the UK and Australian education systems to allow CIOB
qualifications and training to be recognised in Australasia.
- Reducing
CIOBA's dependence on the financial subsidy from CIOB, working towards
achieving a positive
cash flow within a few years.
At the international
level, Patrick
was actively involved in the CIOB Governance review. This review
resulted in the abolition of the International Board and the creation
of a new body, the 'Members Forum' that takes on some of the roles of
the old CIOB Council and some of the roles of the International Board.
The forum has a representative of every CIOB region as a member plus a
number of appointees and is charged with developing the ideas needed to
keep CIOB growing and relevant in the years ahead, as well as providing
a forum for internal discussion and review. The full forum will meet
twice a year (probably in the UK) and a regional components of the
forum will meet ‘locally’ twice a year. CIOBA's
‘local’ area is ‘East Asia and the
Pacific’ and
Patrick attended the first local meeting, held in Kuala Lumpur on the
19th May 2007.
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