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SIX mONTHS IN Rodney Grant’s Diary

With the gripping intensity and informative, quality writing I provided for my first article in the Hire and Rental magazine (for those who weren’t so moved by it and have re-read it multiple times, page 10 and 11...), it is very hard to put in words further expletives of descriptive English. I will however try my luck.

IwROTE LAST EDITION of my time in the seat so far, I even quoted our Prime minister (congratulations maam on your re-election, however it was from no help from me). This edition won’t be full or long winded, but brief and to the point. It’s been a busy six months since I last wrote to you. Lets just recap on my plans as they were in the end of May: INTEGRATED BACK END for all three associations – Progressing. Getting everything to line up and find a vendor to do such a thing in the budget constraints we have has proved challenging. We are close and you will see more of this leading into the new year. NEw wEBSITE LAyOUT feel and operation – in progress. We have moved the “Careers in Hire” website into the HIANZ site and have re-directed the careers in hire web address to point to it there. Silvercard is next on the list and you will see new branding and marketing of this site coming in the nearest of futures. UPDATING THE DATABASE – wow! What a job this became!! We had multiple lists, all different slightly and not one single source of truth. Thank you so much for the ones who sent their forms back. Some of you took a bit time and reminding but we have got there. We feel much more confident we know who is who now. SILVERCARD PROMOTION – As per above, there’s an updated web pages coming along with new branding and this will assist us in our push out to like minded and related association members. APEX MARqUEE PROJECT – Glad to announce, Greg Ward is back on the job and assisting me in getting going on this project. We are just re-engaging with the different groups to lobby for some exemptions etc for our accredited installers. More to come of this also. Note, we are well aware there is a need for further marquee courses, and we will have them running soon. E-LEARNING PORTALS – Some of you will have experience at these and know they are a valuable tool going forward. Along with VR and simulators, the opportunity to provide safe and effective training is getting easier and easier. All comes at a price though so we will be budgeting for next financial year to start pushing ahead on industry training via e-learning portals. REGIONAL MEETING AND AGM – Our AGM went down very well for those attending. My apologies to those who “dialled into” the live streaming and had only pictures and no sound for the most part. One little switch on the AV board would have fixed that!! We had Karl Budge of ASB Tennis classic speak and what a great insight to the back end of a top NZ event. Luckily, the sound on the livestream was working by then. I thought he would be “too good” for us lot, but he was a very down to earth bloke and though he told some funny stories noting world famous female tennis players, he wasn’t name dropping all the time. He talked of his passion for the event, his personal drive and why he believed running the ASB Classic in the middle of Auckland at a time in the year when everyone supposedly leaves town would be so successful. We also held just recently the Xmas Golf Day in Taupo. Read its own story in this issue. PLAN AND CARRy OUT A ROAD TRIP to meet you all – Not as easy as I thought to get away, but I did manage to get a few people in around Christchurch Blenheim and Nelson recently. You will see me out and about more as I really get settled into the role.

So that’s that updated. What else?

I have been given a huge boost of support since mid-June when Kylene joined us. Kylene has taken on the role of running all the office functions and is a master at databases now with her time getting our one right and that of the other associations. She’s also very efficient in getting your orders out the door, so thanks Kylene for your work there. It was also her doing on the Xmas function in Taupo, organising a great event for all that turned up. Make sure you diary ahead to come to the next event. I have written a few smaller articles on varying subjects throughout this edition but here is an update on where we are at: Continued next page