Valerio, in his Chair’s Report (which Phil presented), touched on some of the highlights of 2018, which included nine joint technical meetings with the IMarEST (NSW–ACT Branch), with attendances varying between 13 and 60 (for Sean Langman and Belinda Tayler’s presentation on A New Lease of Life for Sydney’s Iconic Floating Dock), with an average of 28. This average is close to our long-term average of 27 at the Engineers Australia Chatswood venue.
Webcasting of presentations has come to something of a standstill. However, the Victorian Section has been conducting trial recordings of technical meetings, and these are now available on the Victorian Section’s YouTube channel. We are investigating options with Engineers Australia.
SMIX Bash 2018 was successful and was attended by about 200, including a number of interstate guests. Many thanks to the organising committee of Adrian Broadbent, John Butler, Graham Taylor, Craig Boulton, Len Michaels and Alan Taylor, and to the sponsors who supported the event because, without them, the “Bash” could not happen.
Adrian Broadbent presented the Treasurer’s Report. The EA venue at Chatswood had, as usual, been our major cost for the year. However, with a close watch on the outgoings, we had managed to operate within our budget and have a grand total of $1595 in the Section account at 31 December 2018. SMIX Bash is funded separately through the SMIX account which currently has a healthy balance and, although there are accounts still to be paid, projections are for a small surplus to be shared with IMarEST and enable preliminary arrangements for SMIX Bash 2019.
There is a number of changes to the NSW Committee for 2019. Anne Simpson and Noel Riley have recently resigned from the Committee due to the pressure of other things. Jason Steward has been nominated for the position of Secretary of the Section, and has been elected unopposed.
As a result, the committee for 2019 is as follows:
Chair ) Valerio Corniani
SMIX Bash Committee Chair )
Deputy Chair ) Phil Helmore
TM Program and Website Coord )
Secretary Jason Steward
Treasurer ) Adrian Broadbent
AD Council Nominee )
Assistant Secretary TBA
Auditor David Wong
Members Craig Boulton
John Butler
Alan Taylor
Rob Tulk
The NSW Section is also represented on the Australian Division Council by Craig Boulton as Treasurer.
