100 change-making days

摘要

I will be marking my first 100 days as national president with the performance of my son Zubin as a soloist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on 11 April-his first concert with a major orchestra in Australia and a proud moment for any parent. In this busy period, I have been careful to be strategic in my choice of activities so my year is not just a lap of honour, as suggested by one member, but one that results in transformational change for our organisation and for our benefit as members. After 100 days spent on 113 pages of regulations, 12 meetings with related engineering institutions, six presentations to division committees as part of a change management program, four visits to international chapters, two Council meetings, two signings of mutual recognition agreements, one meeting each with various leadership groups-the chairs of our college boards and technical societies, the division presidents, the EA National Executive Team, the board of one of our subsidiaries and numerous meetings with members and our leaders, I believe I have made a good start at building relationships with some of our key stakeholders and have progressed some of the changes needed to make Engineers Australia more relevant to the profession and more effective in its performance.