IAEM Oceania

Dear Colleagues,

The Oceania Executive has approved a request from the Membership Sub Committee to recruit three new members due to an increasing workload. Two positions are open for General Membership and one dedicated Student Member Position.

The membership subcommittee assists with the strategic direction of membership as it relates to the Oceania Council. As the largest Council outside of the USA, it is important to ensure membership is tailored to suit the needs of local members.

The goals of the committee include:

Fellow Members,

As part of the ongoing commitment of IAEM Oceania to bring additional benefits to your membership we are proud to announce the first of many executive consultative meetings to occur at locations across the council area.

These meetings are informal in nature in order to allow the executive to meet and greet members and establish ways in which IAEM Oceania can assist you more as we grow across the region. Without your feedback and suggestions we cannot meet your membership needs.

Nominations are now called the following positions of IAEM Oceania for the period 2009 - 2011:

Vice President
Treasurer

Nominations are to be sent to the secretary and presiding officer Darryl Dixon no later than close of business (Sydney time) on Friday 10th July 2009 to Darryl.dixon@optusnet.com.au

The IAEM Oceania Executive have announced that Ronald L. McNinch from Guam will be the first National Representative for Guam.

Dr McNinch holds a PhD in Political Science and is Associate Professor of Public Administration with the Department of Public Administration and Legal Studies at The University of Guam.

This now brings the toal number of National Representatives to three; appointments can be made by the executive or elected by fellow members depending on member numbers in that nation. A two year tenure is made for all national representaives.

Enrolments for Tai Poutini Polytechnic’s long awaited Diploma in Applied Emergency Management (Level 6) are now open!

This programme of study requires students to complete 150 credits from the compulsory and elective lists of the qualification, of which 80 credits must be at level 6 or above. There are 8 compulsory papers including two papers from the New Zealand Diploma in Business totalling 100 credits. The remaining 50 credits can be made up from a range of elective papers or by having credit recognised for a range of related qualifications or university papers.

Congratulations to Jon Mitchell, the new New Zealand national representative.

Find information on this years' conference call for speakers here.

Your participation in BC Management’s 8th Annual BCM Study is requested. Our worldwide study focuses on compensation and program management within business continuity and related professions. This is the leading study for BCM professionals. As a thank you for your participation, you will be entered into a drawing for incentives, which vary from a $200 Amazon certificate to a customized continuity benchmarking report tailored to your needs (a $800 - $15,000 value).

by Scott Milne, Australian National Representative

On behalf of the members of the International Association of Emergency Managers I would like to extend our deepest sympathy to all those people whose family members and friends have died or been injured, and to those who have lost pets and property in the Victorian bushfires. Our thoughts are also with those who are displaced, who have lost their homes in Victoria and the people of NSW and South Australia where fires are burning in those states.

We extend our best wishes to the people of Queensland who are suffering the wreckage of their homes and businesses through flooding, and to those who are assisting with response and recovery efforts.

Our thanks go to our own IAEM members in all of the services both staff and volunteers, for your ongoing magnificent efforts in both the bushfires and the floods.

Founding Oceania President and Global IAEM Board Director Tony Pearce anounced his resignation today which will take effect immediatly.

In his email to members Tony Pearce stated: