2013 "People First" Conference held recently at the Ascot Hotel in Invercargill was a huge success.

Hello fellow Wiogians.

The 2013 WIOG conference in Invercargill has just ended and it was a great conference. At the AGM the current committee was re-elected by members for a further two year stint. One major change this year is that Martyn Simpson stood down as chairperson of WIOG, Martyn stressed however that he wished to remain as part of the committee and is as committed and enthusiastic as ever.

As your new chairperson, I feel honoured and privileged to have been nominated and selected by our committee members.

My first official duty however, is to take this opportunity to express our depth of gratitude to Marty for the amazing job he has done for the past five years. He has worked tirelessly, often sacrificing huge amounts of family time, in an effort to build WIOG into the respected and professional organisation that it is. Martyn, your dedication and enthusiasm is an inspiration to your colleges and friends.

Martyns service to WIOG was recognised at conference, where he was awarded the highly revered Twisted Tap IDIOTS award. Well done.

Regards

Mike Monaghan

Chairperson

Keep checking back for details of the 2014 Conference as well as day workshops coming to your area

CONFERENCE AWARDS

Please note that the operations awards are for the financial year and are awarded at our May conference which falls in the following financial year.

Operations Awards

· 2012 Operator of the Year

Peter Davies, Kaimai Valley Services/Matamata-Piako District Council

· 2012 Young Operator of the Year

Matthew Harris, Western Bay of Plenty District Council

· 2012 Mentor of the Year

Stuart Urquhart, Water Care Services Ltd

Conference Awards

· 2013 Best Operations Paper

Chris Dawson. Invercargill City Council

· 2013 Best Supplier Paper

Hugh Ratsey ,Opus ETC

· 2013 Sonny Katae Award

ORICA ORCA’S….Stuart Urquhart, Nick Evans, Jared Crawford, Damon Kane.

2013 Te Oranga Wai prize

No winner this year so it will reside at Mt Cook for another year.

"IDIOTS"

· Martyn Simpson was inducted into the society

SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOPS

4th Waikato Operators Forum Meeting

Over 43 operations staff attended this meeting.

Stirling and Ashburton

Two very successful workshops have just been held with a total attendance of almost 60.

More details on the workshops are in the Dec issue of the Clarifier.

If you would like a workshop in your area contact us to discuss possible topics and venues.

More photos of workshops can be found on the events page

2012/13 Membership Fees Now Due

Member status is available to any water industry employee. Additionally, any employee of any company supplying equipment and/or services for direct use in the water industry shall also be eligible to become a Member. Download a membership application form by clicking on the linkl below.

Annual Individual Member Fee $35.00 incl GST.

Membership Form (133k)

Newsletters

NEW NEW NEW! latest May 2013 issue of the Kiwi Clarifier

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Check out our publications page for more material

May 1013 issue (1.433MB)

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