Research matters - Illuminating Engineering Society

P R E S I D E N T ’ S P E R S P E C T I V E
What an honor it is to serve
as president of the IESNA in 2006-2007. This is a
pivotal year as we transition from our Centennial
year, a year of retrospection, to a year of launching
key new initiatives contained within the
“2006-2010 Brand Platform and Strategic Plan”
to position the IESNA as the preeminent voice
for the lighting profession in the 21st century.
As we begin the journey of implementing
the strategic plan, let’s focus on the power of
the membership collectively and the impact our
profession can have on society as a whole. What
a tremendous opportunity and responsibility!
Eleanor Roosevelt said,”The future belongs to
those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Join me in imagining what we will accomplish in
the second century of the IESNA. The collective
“spirit” of IESNA is our future.
Spirit is defined as, 1. An attitude or principle
that inspires, animates or pervades thought,
feeling or action and 2. A vigorous sense of
membership in a group. Let’s imagine an IESNA
with more spirit than ever before.
The Strategic Plan and Brand Statement that
the Board has been working on this past year
will be finalized and adopted at our July meeting.
This document will create a dynamic course for
the next four years in an ever-changing environment.
This plan identifies core goals and initiatives
that will align our future activities ensuring
implementation of our mission and achievement
of our vision. Through this focus, we will maintain
the stability that has allowed us to generate
the proud history, which we celebrated in 2006
and contribute to a bright future.
Future perfect
To create a shared vision for 2006-2007, I have
chosen the theme “Light Matters: Integrating
Light into our Environments.” This will encourage
us to look at how the IESNA can expand beyond
its current horizons to create a lighting community
to explore the power of light in creating
healthy, productive, sustainable and inspirational
environments. In support of this idea, let me
share with you five initiatives from the Strategic
Plan which will be a priority in 2006-2007.
• The first of these initiatives deals with young
members. It states: increase interaction among
and attractiveness to students and younger
members by developing an emerging professional
or young lighting professionals organization
within the IESNA. I am asking the
As we begin the
journey of implementing
the Strategic Plan, let’s
focus on the power of the
membership collectively
and the impact our
profession can have on
society as a whole
Membership Committee to present a plan to
the Board for accomplishing this. This should
be a priority, because this is our future generation
of volunteers and leaders. If we engage this
group, we increase our membership and ensure
a healthy future!
• The second initiative is to promote the
dynamic development of lighting research. I
believe the Society has an important role to play
in being the leader in getting the research, educational
and professional communities to work
together. As such, the task force working on this
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