After more than 20 years as a part time administration officer with WIOA, Marilyn Wall retired at the end of March.
We thank her for her efforts and flexibility over such a long period, and we hope to be able to coax her out of retirement occasionally in the future to help out at conferences.
Our heartfelt congratulations are extended to Tony Hourigan from TRILITY and Jillian Busch from Albury City Council, who were announced as WIOA’s tenth and eleventh Life Members at the Victorian conference in March.
They have both contributed an enormous amount to WIOA over the years and are very deserving of the award.
Heidi Josipovic from Albury City Council was also inducted into the IDIOTS fold in Bendigo.
A full write up on the contribution of all these outstanding members will be in the May 2023 edition of Operator.
Nominations for the 2023 Kwatye Award are open until 1 June 2023. For information on the Award and how to nominate, visit: https://wioa.org.au/awards/national-awards/kwatye-award/
Registrations are now open for the QLD Conference to be held in the Sunshine Coast on 19 & 20 July 2023. For more information and to register visit: https://wioaconferences.org.au/qld-2023/
CHANGE OF DATE DUE TO VIC/NSW FLOODS: Now to be held Wednesday 30 November 2022 in Albury.
The WIOA NSW Advisory Committee invites members to join other water industry operators at a Network Operations Interest day.
To register: https://wioa.org.au/wioa-events/interest-days/nsw-networks-interest-day-2022/
Event Address:
Albury City Council Offices – Robert Brown Room
553 Kiewa Street, Albury NSW 2640
*Parking is available in Wilson Street carpark – 587 Wilson Street Albury NSW 2640
Thank you to everyone who attended our FNQ Interest & TRILIY Charity Bowls Day in Cairns on Friday 7 October.
We would like to acknowledge all of our sponsors for the day.
Please follow the link to view photos from the event:
https://wioa.smugmug.com/Sports/2022-FNQ-Interest-Charity-Bowls-Day
WIOA have just advertised two exciting new positions available on staff!
The positions are an Executive Officer and an Events Coordinator. With COVID hopefully well behind us, we are looking for two dynamic and people focused individuals who can help us to further develop and deliver our range of member services and benefits.
If you are interested in either position, more information can be found on the links below:
Congratulations to the nominees and winners of the Tasmanian Awards
Operator of the Year – Nominees
Shannon Spencer – Winner
David Brooks
Adam Cowen
Guy Kearnes
Darrin Lawler
Young Operator of the Year – Nominees
Jamie Brown – Winner
Thomas Blackwell
Jordan Buckingham
Shaun Cannon
Jordan Pearson
Pictured L Jamie Brown & R Shannon Spencer
Unfortunately, the WIOA – Queensland “McBerns” Charity Bowls Day on Friday 2 September 2022 at the Yandina Bowls Club has been cancelled.
Apart from low registration numbers, there is heavy rain forecast for later this week and the Yandina Bowls Club prefer that we not go ahead on Friday.
After discussing options with the Bowls Day sub-committee we have decided to move the event to April/May 2023, with the exact date to be confirmed in the New Year.
We have also taken on board feedback that the event would be better supported by operators if it included a technical component to the day. We will look to run the day in a format similar to the very successful WIOA FNQ Event held annually in Cairns, with presentations in the morning and bowls in the afternoon.
Thank you to all our generous sponsors who put their hand up and also to everyone who registered for the event. We hope that the day will be back bigger and better in 2023.
The 2022 WIOA Annual General Meeting will be held online – broadcasting to all Members on Thursday 21 April 2022.
Members can access the meeting via an online facility by registering by 19 April 2022.
Instructions for access to the WIOA AGM Zoom room will be confirmed by email on registration.