ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

AdMINIStrAtIoN SerVICeS report

ASSOCIATIONS

On 31 November 2016, the South African Engineers’ and Founders’ Association (SAEFA) took a decision to de-federate from SEIFSA. Despite numerous efforts by the SEIFSA Executive Team and the SEIFSA Board to resolve differences with the Association, in the end, the SAEFA de-federated.

On the 1 December 2016 SEIFSA launched a campaign to retain as many of the SAEFA members as possible, by encouraging individual companies, to consider joining other Associations federated to SEIFSA. A Task Team was established and every SAEFA member company was contacted and in many instances followup meetings were arranged with key members of the SEIFSA Executive. To date this campaign has proven to be very successful and will continue into the new financial year.

Following on the back of the SAEFA de-federation, another Association, namely the South African Fasteners Manufacturers’ Association (SAFMA) gave SEIFSA notice of its intention to de-federate at the end of June 2017 and merge its membership to the SAEFA.

ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

Secretarial and Accounting Services

In addition to the industry services offered by SEIFSA, the Federation also provides a secretarial and accounting service to some of the constituent employer associations. These include the following specific services:

• Accounting; • Administrative and Secretarial; • Communication and Liaison; • Compliance; and • Marketing (which includes retention and recruitment).

SEIFSA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

On 26 May 2017, SEIFSA announced the winners of its Third Annual Awards for Excellence. One of the categories is the Chief Executive Officer’s (CEO’s) Award, which comprises a category for the Association of the Year Award.

The CEO’s Award for the Association of the Year is presented to an Association that has shown growth, has actively participated in the various SEIFSA forums and structures and has actively promoted the interests of its members.

The Electrical Engineering and Allied Industries Association (EEAIA) won this prestigious award. It has been a member of SEIFSA since 1936 and continues to participate actively within the various forums both in SEIFSA and within its sector.

In keeping with SEIFSA’s loyalty programme, the Federation has the following membership recognition structure:

• Platinum member companies

70+ years

• Gold member companies

50 - 69 years

• Silver member companies

25 - 40 years

• Bronze member companies

10 - 24 years

• Standard member companies

1 - 9 years

For the 2016/2017 financial year, the number of companies in the above loyalty structure were as follows:

• Platinum member companies 2 • Gold member companies 41 • Silver member companies 232 • Bronze member companies 495 • Standard member companies 415