The President’s Report

President's Report

Welcome to the latest edition of WIRED magazine.

How has this weather been around New Zealand? Soggy to say the least. It certainly makes organising jobs character building.

Phil Cornelius

President However, Dunedin managed to turn on great weather for the 2022 Conference and AGM. What an exceptional week.

The National Fencing Field Day was great and well attended. Thanks to the team behind the scenes for organising everything, you will see some highlights throughout this WIRED issue.

Conference and AGM on the Thursday and Friday was well received. We saw Mike Renner step down from the Executive Committee, he will be missed but behind the scenes keeping us all up to date with what’s happening in the top part of the South Island. We welcomed Janine Swansson from Pahiatua, Janine brings a vast knowledge of the dairy industry, having been farming for many years and working for Dairy NZ. The board looks forward to working with Janine.

Thanks to everyone that attended Conference and the Partners and Sponsors of the week’s events, this makes for excellent networking and the feedback from first time Conference attendees and regulars I spoke to has been great, connecting with the companies that make our industry tick is a key highlight for many during the week.

Looking ahead, the Executive Committee will be finalising the Strategic Plan and looking to employ a CEO for the Association. The Managed Apprenticeship application will be submitted before beginning of October and more Level 3 Fencing courses will be taking place with one beginning this month in Cambridge. Level 4 will have a date set for final quarter of 2022.

FCANZ has trade days booked in for end of this month in Tauranga on the 27th and Gisborne on the 29th, these are another great chance to catch up with industry partners and likeminded contractors. It would be good to see more member support at these days.

That’s all from me for now, looking forward to seeing you at the upcoming trade days, and as always, if you want to have a yarn, don’t hesitate to give me or any of the board a call.

Phil

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