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Six months on

Open-access content Monday 15th October 2012 — updated 2.38pm, Tuesday 5th May 2020
Ismena Clout, chairman of the BIFM, talks about her first six months as chairman on the BIFM board.
15 October 2012

I can't believe it's been six months since I became the chairman of the BIFM board - time has flown by!


All the previous chairmen say how busy the role is and I always thought I understood. But really, I couldn't even begin to comprehend the change it is from deputy chair, my previous position.

The workload is a lot bigger and you really have to step up a gear. I want to take this chance to thank powerPerfector for being perfect employers!

To say the first six months have been all fun might be a bit of stretch, but they certainly have been challenging, entertaining, hard work and even frustrating at times. That said, I do feel things are becoming more natural - hopefully I don't look like a rabbit in the headlights as much.

These six months for BIFM have really been about embedding the changes made recently. The new leadership team is in place and working well together. The board
has five new members who are all settling in well and our annual two-day strategy session in August was excellent, with clear goals and direction agreed by the board.

As soon as we have refined the work and produced the medium-term strategy for 2013 to 2015, then we will communicate it to you so you can all learn about the future direction of the institute.

As a board, we are working on our engagement with external issues and organisations. We are improving how we communicate with each other and the outside world and this should really develop in the next six months. Making sure BIFM is at the table for the key issues facing our industry, such as building information management (BIM), is vital. Steve Gladwin, for example, is our board representative for BIM.

The first Member's Council Meeting to be chaired by Ashley Rogers was excellent. He is doing amazing work with the group and it is already working more productively. Volunteers are the life-blood of the BIFM and there is more support for them than ever. But there is always room for improvement and I know head office staff (Laura Zitver in particular) and Ashley are working hard to make it easier for volunteers to deliver benefits to members.

As an institute, we want to do more to recognise the contribution of volunteers and the importance of their work in engaging with the membership via networking events, magazine articles and knowledge sharing. I would like to thank you, from one volunteer to another - hearing about all the work you are putting in makes me very proud and excited about what we can achieve together in the future.

So I am looking forward to the next six months and excited to see where they take the BIFM and me!

To learn more about volunteering for BIFM see all our groups at www.bifm.org.uk/groups or email [email protected]
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