MINUTES OF CANTERBURY/WESTLAND BRANCH TRAINING AND NETWORKING EVENT
held on Tuesday 1 August 2017 at 4.45pm at Selwyn District Council, in the Council Chambers, 2 Norman Kirk Road, Rolleston.
Welcome:
Chair John Blanken welcomed members and guests.
John provided members with an update concerning Gary Nicol (Christchurch City Council). He is presently receiving rehabilitation at Laura Ferguson Trust in Ilam. Visiting is to be limited to 15 minutes and prearranged. We all wish Gary a full recovery and our best wishes and thoughts are with him during this time. We will send a card on behalf of all members of the Canterbury/Westland branch.
Attendance:
Robert Barr, Chris Beckham, Lisa Bennett, Jake Burns, Jason Dean, Neil Donnellan, Graham Erikson, Les frost, David Hutt, James Kwon, Andy Lee, Richard Lorgelly, Steven May, Bryan McKay, Eddie Newman, Jim Nguyen, Leo O’Loughlin, Noemi Ponferrada, Katharine Riley, Wayne Roden, Terry Sparks, Kevin Thompson, Chris van den Bosch, Peter Van der Zee, Steve Walders, Robert Wright, Jeff Enslen, Adam Modica (Christchurch City Council), Bill Ellis (BCA Assist), Denis Lenihan (Retired), Bryan Richards (IBIS 2000 Ltd), Tony Judd, Jenny Lilley, Nick Miall, Matt Talbot (Selwyn DC), John Haddow, Shelley Lange (Selwyn DC), Liz Ashwin, Kerry Walsh, Malcolm Angus (Hurunui DC), Robert Bailey, John Blanken, Brenda McIndoe, Robert Moore, Mike Rowe (Waimakariri DC), Dave Donaldson, Mike Farrell, Gene Moore, Michael Wong (Ashburton DC)
Apologies:
Gavin Bailey, Jennifer Clarke, Ryan Cooper, Sanjay Dutt, Tania McGrath, Gary Nicol, Sandi Rhynd, Bernie Van Haandel, Vincent Wong (Christchurch City Council), John Adams (Whats Up House), Carol Caldwell (Enlightened Solutions), John Durand, Stacey Garrett, Paul Jones, Lachlan Thompson, Vladimir Torres (Waimakariri DC), Adrian Perrin-Smith-Kahl (Grey DC)
Guests:
Robin Curtis, CEO of New Zealand Sustainable Forest Products.
Previous Minutes:
Minutes of the previous meeting were circulated via the BOINZ website. These were confirmed as a true and correct record
Moved by: Mike Farrell (Ashburton DC) Seconded by: Robert Bailey (Waimakariri DC)
Matters Arising:
No previous matters were raised.
Correspondence In/Out: June issue Straight Up Magazine, July BOINZ Monthly Update, Meeting Cancelation Notice from Carter Holt Harvey, Branch Members Financial List, July Training Academy Update, SBCO Forum Update,
Board Report: Read by Kerry Walsh read here – reminder for registrations for the SBCO Forum 24-25 August 2017.
General Business: Daniel Scheibmair, Technical and Education Manager of BOINZ, spoke about the BOINZ perspective for training and education, as well as traditional BOINZ courses. This includes block courses and online assessments post course.
EBOSS Technical Roadshow is being held in CHCH on 21 September with eight suppliers presenting. This roadshow will be held nationally, twice yearly.
Guest Presentation:
Robin Curtis, CEO of NZ Sustainable Forest Products and Casey Thomson, Director of Hardie & Thomson Ltd provided a presentation outlining the new website that is to be launched nationally and internationally on the 18 August 2017. Hardie & Thomson have been in business for 110 years and NZ Sustainable Forest Products based in Reefton, have been operating for 11 years. Both businesses have partnered up to provide sustainable building products which can be installed alongside other sustainable products for healthier building systems. They endeavour to provide the best materials at the best price for many combinations of building systems.
Next Branch Training and Networking Event: scheduled for 5 September 20176 at Venue TBC
Special thank you to: Selwyn District Council for providing the venue and refreshments for our networking.
John Blanken closed the meeting at 5.35pm.
Brenda McIndoe
Canterbury/Westland) Branch Secretary
brenda.mcindoe@wmk.govt.nz
