SCREENS
NSSA REPORT
THE NATIONAL SECURITY SCREEN ASSOCIATION 2022
Our industry has continued to battle a wide range of challenges, impacting businesses at a time when we might have hoped for a reprieve from the past two years of lock downs, restrictions and mandates. The everchanging COVID environment, rising costs and retaining and finding staff are common themes that all members around the country are facing. Let's hope that 2022 is kinder to us all and that we return to some sense of normalcy.
NSSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS As the new year has kicked off and is building in momentum, the NSSA Board of Directors are settling into their roles. The NSSA Board of Directors come from a broad cross section of business and companies within our industry, with a wide representation from manufacturing and installing members, to system suppliers, and even an independent entity.
NSSA DEVELOPMENT FUND CONTRIBUTOR (DFC) PARTNER MEETINGS
The NSSA Board of Directors Derek Tidey – Scorpio Screens and Blinds Beau Blakemore – Queensland Security Screens Kathy Giliberto – SP Shutters, Doors and Blinds Jay Bond - Decoview Kurt Kavanagh - Capral Aluminium Brad Wickett – PRW Security Doors + Screens David Burley – Glass 24/7 John Leslie - Independent consultant/AGWA and NSSA Compliance Auditor • Graham Kerby – Darley Aluminium • • • • • • • •
Standards Australia Review - NSSA Update. Our first in a series of DFC Partner updates was held in February. It was great to see so many people attend this meeting, which is testament of the importance that the industry places upon the development of our suite of Australian Standards, and the progress of the Standards CS-023 Committee and NSSA Technical Committee. This meeting presented an opportunity for our industry partners and NSSA Board of Directors to come together and learn more about the Standards Australia Review and the Standards CS-023 Committee. It was also an opportunity to consider proposing a suitable candidate to fill the second NSSA Seat on the Committee, available to a representative of the NSSA since the departure of Shane Smith, ex CS-023 Committee Chair. Craig Brennan, Azuma/AGWA Seat and Tarek Mostafa, ASSA ABLOY/ NSSA Seat, gave the meeting participants an insight into the scope of work completed by the Standards CS-023 Committee, the Standards review process and the public consultation process. Three nominees came forward at this meeting, each equally skilled and qualified to take up this seat and do it justice. We thank the following NSSA Members who have offered to give their time and service to represent the NSSA on the Standards CS-023 Committee and the NSSA Standards Sub Committee. • Beau Blakemore, Queensland Security Screens - NSSA Seat • Jamie Koutsoukos, ClearShield - Information Only Seat • David Burley, Glass 24/7 - Technical Sub Committee A big thank you to Craig and Tarek for the update and for the volumes of work completed to date on the Standards review by Shane Smith and the NSSA Standards Australia Sub Committee. The NSSA Technical Committee will come together over a series of dates planned for 2022, to support the NSSA Seats on the Standards CS-023 Committee and finalise a few exciting projects.
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ISSUE 11
AUTUMN 2022
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