May 2022 Edition
May 2022 Edition
Board Report Dear Members, We hope this edition of the e-gazette finds you well and adjusting to the new “COVID normal”. Whilst the ripple effect of Covid’s impact on people’s health, their workforces and the economy has meant a tumultuous few years, it’s pleasing to hear our members talk positively about the future, their business growth plans and of course getting back to seeing each other face to face. As you may be aware, it has been a challenging period of late for the Directors of the PWAPM Board. In April, the founder and inaugural President and CEO Nicky Turner tendered her resignation, after four years and an epic amount of personal investment and energy that led to the formation and momentum of the PWAPM. The Board, on behalf of you our members, wishes to acknowledge the incredible legacy Nicky has left to the PWAPM, including, but not limited to, the creation of the Excellence Award, the very first Leadership Conference held in March 2021, our regular meet, greet and network nights and the very first networking breakfast to be held at AEPMA’s Pesticon in June (more on that soon). It’s near impossible to quantify the impact Nicky’s formation of the PWAPM has had on women in the pest management industry in Australia. We know of many, many women who have benefited from the friendship, resources and solid support the PWAPM and its members have provided over the past 4 years. Nicky’s leadership as President has not only built a solid network and membership base across the industry, we are also left with strong framework on which to continue growing, developing, evolving, and being of service to our members and supporters. We also farewelled two other Directors Sarah Cutting and Rhiannon Brown. Sarah and Rhiannon, successful pest control business owners, also made valuable contributions to the PWAPM during their tenures. Rhiannon, as an inaugural Director and Sarah as Treasurer,
worked with great enthusiasm and commitment in service to members and for the long term sustainability and success of the PWAPM. We wish Nicky, Rhiannon and Sarah all the best in their future endeavours and ongoing contributions to the pest management industry. Between now and our annual general meeting in November we have several casual vacancies for Directors. If you’d like to learn more about the opportunity to serve the PWAPM and its members as a Director, please reach out via info@womeninpestmanagement.com.au AEPMA’s Pesticon 2022 is just around the corner, and we encourage all of you (if you haven’t already) to register and attend our industry conference. The program, with the theme of “Pest Management in the Digital Age”, contains a diversity of topics and speakers on technical, business and wellbeing. Of course, we’re particularly excited to be holding our first networking breakfast, thanks to the generous support of our sponsor Ecolab. It’s been a busy few weeks for the Board, as all the details are coalescing into an event we are tremendously pleased to host. The breakfast, held Tuesday morning 7th June, is an opportunity to network (make new friends and connect with mates), hear from our dynamic panel and be inspired as we present and celebrate the Administration and Trainee Awards for 2022. Seats are limited, and are open to PWAPM members and female conference delegates. The jewel in the Pesticon crown is the Gala dinner on the final night of the conference. We’ll again be presenting the Excellence award, thanks to our amazing sponsor at BASF. Award nominations close Friday 13 May at 12pm. We hope you enjoy this edition of the gazette and look forward to seeing many of you at Pesticon.
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