CMPA 2010 AGM & DINNER

Saturday 21st August at RACV Club in Melbourne

The CMPA Annual General Meeting and Dinner came to Melbourne, where guests networked with industry peers and were entertained musically and comically. GAVIN MOREIRA, CMPA Administration Officer reviews a fantastic night.

THE culmination of twelve months of planning and hard work by the Secretariat evolved into a wonderful night, where over 200 Members and their guests gathered on Saturday August 21 at the RACV Club in Melbourne for the tenth AGM and Annual Dinner.

The evening commenced with the Annual General Meeting; where the Chairperson, Associate Chairperson, Education Chairperson, Policy & Special Issues Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary presented their annual reports. These presentations are included in the Annual Report and are available in the Members Only area of the CMPA website.

Robin Hocking CMPA Treasurer presented the audited financial reports for consideration and these were approved. Key points from the reports included:

• The year ended with a moderate loss.
• The major sources of income were membership subscriptions, contributions from meetings/events and newsletter advertising which were all higher than the previous years. Also included were publication sales which were slightly down on last year. Total income was higher than the previous year.
• Employment expenses were the single largest expense in 2009/10. Other expenses included publications, consulting fees and the costs of holding meetings and events. Total expenditure was higher than last year.

These figures outline the great importance of continued membership which provides the financial basis for CMPA to continue its work.

Guest speaker John Mitas, General Manager Minerals and Extractive Operations, Department of Primary Industries talked about the government’s response to the CMPA’s document ‘An Unsustainable Future – The prohibitive costs of securing access to construction material resources in Victoria’. As well as he also provided an update on changes to extractive regulations and the MSRDA Review.

The last order of business for the AGM was the re-election of Tim Bird as Chairperson for a further 12 months. We thank Tim for taking on this role again and look forward to working with him over the coming year. Also we elected a new member to the Management Committee, Steven Richardson from Local Mix Quarries for a three year term.

Pre-dinner drinks were held in the lobby which allowed guests to meet and greet friends and peers over a beer or wine and be entertained by roving musicians from Wacky Entertainment.

Soon it was time to move into the rooftop function room where guests were welcomed by MC Col Cameron and greeted by spectacular views of Melbourne through the surrounding glass windows.

A few brief words were provided by Tim Bird, CMPA Chairperson covering the highlights of the past twelve months including the development of the Unsustainable Future document which involved numerous contributions from members. He also acknowledged the hard work of the Associate and Management Committees over the past year.

Tim closed his address by thanking all those members and non members of the association and the industry for their help, support and commitment to the CMPA Rally in Bendigo against the Resources Super Profits Tax. A DVD of the rally was then played which depicted the pride of the members in the association through photos, newspaper articles, and radio and television coverage both in Melbourne and in Regional Victoria. (A DVD of photos of the day can be purchased for $10 from the Secretariat 03 5781 0655)

MC Col Cameron then officially opened the CMPA Silent Auction for the night, which involved guests bidding on items throughout the night on gifts donated by members. The auction raised over $4000 with proceeds going towards the CMPA Educational Fund to develop educational and training resources to improve safety in your workplaces.

Prizes and the winners are tabled below:

A prelude to the main act was a DVD presentation displaying the power of explosives and blasting to our industry. Frank Santoro, Orica gave the following introduction.

“Orica Quarry Services is well known to most here as they supply blasting products and services to many CMPA members throughout Victoria. Orica is proud to support the CMPA on such a wonderful and fantastic evening and has put together a blast DVD compilation of all different types of blasts performed by the Quarry Services group throughout Australia.”

The feature act of the evening was the MC turned comical sensation Col Cameron who made us all laugh as well as keep us entertained for the night.

The dinner was an overwhelming success with many new contacts made and old ones renewed. The night was complete with about fifty guests enjoying quiet drinks and social conversation held in the wine bar. We sincerely hope everyone had a great night and as you can see from the photos it certainly appears that way!

THANKS TO THE SPONSORS

On behalf of the guests at the 2010 Annual Dinner, we would like to thank all those who sponsored the evening:

Platinum sponsors: Astec Australia Pty Ltd and Sandvik Mining & Construction

Gold sponsors: Atlas Copco Construction and Mining Australia, Belmont Diesel, Crushing & Mining Equipment, Crushing Equipment, Delta Rent, Finlay Screening & Crushing Systems, Orica Australia (Quarry Services), Terex Jaques, Victorian Construction Equipment Pty Ltd, WAM Australia, William Adams

Silver sponsors: CJD Equipment, Earthmoving Industry Engineering Pty Ltd, Gordyn & Palmer, Groeneveld Australia, Indeco Australia, JOEST Australia, Kinder & Co, Landair Surveys, Landmark Contracting, Oli Vibrators Pty Ltd, Petromech Pty Ltd and Striker Crushing & Equipment

Bronze Sponsors: Australian Mine & Quarry Supplies, Box Hill Institute of TAFE, CEC Electrical, Central Queensland Hydraulics, Galesafe Weighing, Komatsu Australia Pty Ltd and Onetrak Pty Ltd

Early Bird Prize Sponsor: Lincom Group

It would be greatly appreciated if all Members could thank these companies if you are talking to them. Members are asked to consider these companies when you are next pricing a job.

Photos from the night are available to be downloaded free of charge from www.actionpix.com.au/CMPA02010

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