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Chairman's Report
Iwould like to start by welcoming and congratulating existing board member Michael Alafaci after his recent appointment to the position of Deputy Chair. Michael is the Chief Financial Officer for the Storage King Group and brings a wealth of industry knowledge and experience to the position. Covid-19 has presented many challenges for our members and the Association. I have great admiration with the way the industry is adapting and working together through this. I would like to personally thank Susan Phillips (CEO, SSAA) and the team for taking on the extra workload and challenges that working from home presents.
I have spoken to many members from Australia and New Zealand who are all affected in varying ways, depending on the level of restrictions being imposed on them. New Zealand appears to have been impacted the Nominations for The Awards of Excellence which run in conjunction with the convention will now be opening in the second half of this year.
I have invited all board members to remain on the board until the AGM and nominations for board positions will be called for in the second half of the year.
Rachel Grant has resigned from her position on the board as a Regular Member Director after the successful sale of her facility, this vacancy will need to be filled come the AGM. I would like to thank Rachel for her time and effort over her term on the board.
On closing, I would like to thank all our members for all their efforts during these difficult times and hope you all take care and keep safe. l
Ivor Morgan, Chairman SSAA
most with higher level restrictions being put in place by their Government.
The general feel has still been positive as our industry has proven to be more resilient to this pandemic than most. Having said that, feedback is consistent across the board that storage enquiries are down and therefore move-ins impacted, move outs are up and some customers are reaching out for storage fee relief which are being dealt with on a case by case scenario.
The board has had to think long and hard and make some difficult decisions relating to our Annual Convention, AGM and other events that were scheduled. These have all been impacted by Covid-19.
The SSAA 30th Anniversary Convention has been rescheduled to the 9-11th of March 2021. This presents a number of challenges including the AGM needing to be held within 5 months of the end of the financial year. Therefore, the AGM is planned to be held in conjunction with the Melbourne networking function on the 26th of November. We are also currently investigating opportunities for the AGM to be live streamed to members via Zoom.
