CMPA Update (Issue 11)
Book Early for the 2003 AGM
Preparation is well underway for the 2003 Annual General Meeting and Dinner. William Adams has again provided the venue and Tim Connellan of NEM Communications has agreed to follow up his brilliant job as Master of Ceremonies last year. Invitations are currently being printed and will arrive in the mailbox of every member soon.
Members are encouraged to bring managers, employees and partners to the AGM but must recognise that seating is strictly limited. Those wishing to get in early and reserve a seat should call the CMPA.
The theme of this year’s dinner is “Recognition of Family Businesses” and guest speakers will highlight the importance and significance of this issue in relation to the CMPA. The dinner will also provide an excellent opportunity for members to interact and increase their network of friends and business associates within the industry.
The raffle run at the 2002 AGM was a huge success, with some very happy members taking home excellent prizes provided by Associates. Prize donations are already being received from Associate members for this year’s raffle which is building up to be bigger and better than last year. Those attending the dinner should remember to bring some spare cash to ensure that they don’t miss out on the raffle. Also available on the evening will be the Mobile Plant Operators Daily Safety Checklist, Wage Books, Work Safely Reference Manual, General Industry Guidelines Folder and the Fixed Plant Operator Daily Safety Checklist.
This year, the Annual Dinner will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting to ensure that all business is completed prior to commencement of the informal section of the night. This will ensure that voting member’s who miss out on tickets still have an opportunity to attend the meeting and cast their vote.
Many members of the Management Committee including the Chairperson are nearing the end of their three year term. As such the CMPA is calling for nominations. Re-nomination of current committee members and nomination of any voting members who may like to increase their involvement with the CMPA is equally welcome. To lodge a nomination please call the CMPA for the appropriate form.
Guidelines to be distributed to all Members
A collection of General Industry Guidelines (the “GIG”) is now available from the CMPA. The distribution of these to all CMPA member work sites has been fully supported by the DPI and the Chief Inspector of Quarries.
The documentation is presented in a PVC folder and contains hard copies of key references you require on a daily basis to assist in meeting statutory requirements including: the DPI audit tool application for blasting licence and guidelines for electrical safety, water management, quarry management and Extractive Industry Development Act. Work Safe has provided codes of practice for “Manual Handling”, “Plant”, “Noise”, “First Aid” and “Confined Spaces”.
Thanks to the generous support of the DPI and Work Safe Victoria this reference manual is true value for money.
Brain Teaser:
In your basement you have three light switches in the OFF position. Each switch controls 1 of 3 light bulbs on the floor above. You may move any of the switches but you may only go upstairs to inspect the bulbs one time. How can you determine the switch for each bulb with only one inspection?
Solution at bottom of page.
CMPA Helps Members Sell Product
The CMPA’s latest effort to improve services to members involves the development of a comprehensive product database. The CMPA already has an accurate summary of associate services through the General Information Reference Manual. The next step is to provide a similar service to the processing members.
Product data provided by members will be added to existing details in the CMPA register. Armed with this information the CMPA will be able to refer potential customers to members quickly and efficiently. “If a person calls the CMPA and wants contact details of a member that sells crushed rock, we don’t want to waste their time or our members time by referring them to someone who sells sand” said CMPA employee Mark Halliday.
Recognition of the work done by the CMPA has increased the number of people both external and internal that contact the CMPA for advice and referrals. Mark stated recently that “the number of potential customers referred to both processing and associate members has clearly increased over the past 9 months.”
To assist in building the database the CMPA is asking that members complete the additional details on their membership renewal form. The kind of information the CMPA would require for inclusion in the database is listed below:
- Material Type
- Sizes
- Classes
- Description (colour, density, hardness, texture)
- Maximum cartage distance
It should be noted that the provision of information is entirely optional, those members not wishing to have their products listed on the database should leave this section of the membership renewal form blank. The information obtained will be held in confidence and only used to refer legitimate requests for business to CMPA Members. If members believe that there is additional information that would assist in the development of the database referrals please contact the CMPA today.
INTERLUDE
Now Zen, Now Zen . . . .
As we enter the new Millennium, here’s some philosophical musings…
- Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone.
- The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tyre.
- It’s always darkest before dawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbour’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.
- No one is listening until you break wind.
- Never test the depth of the water with both feet
- It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others
- If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
- Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticise them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.
- If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.
- Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day.
- If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
- If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
- If you drink, don’t park; accidents cause people.
- Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
- The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
- A closed mouth gathers no foot.
- Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side & a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
- Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much when your mouth is moving.
- We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.
Provided courtesy of Web Wombat. www.webwombat.com
Brain teaser solution
Turn the first switch on, leave it on for let’s say 5 Minutes. Now turn off the first switch. Turn on the second switch and head upstairs.
Check each of the bulbs. The bulb that is on is obviously operated by switch two, the bulb that is off and cold must be operated by switch three, the bulb that is off but feels hot to touch is operated by switch one.
If you know a good brain teaser please forward it to the CMPA!
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