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ENews Issue 11
Planning starts for the SA 2012 Annual Golf Day
The SA Division has held its first sub-committee meeting for this year's industry Golf Day.
The meeting was very positive, and as a team, we are looking forward to another fantastic Golf Day on Friday, 2 November 2012 at Glenelg Golf Club.
Again this year, we are partnering with scosa (Spastic Centres of South Australia) and hope that they have an even more successful outcome than that of last year.
ENews Issue 10
Congratulations Comace!
December 2011 marked the 30th Anniversary of South Australian commercial joinery and maintenance company, Comace Pty Ltd.
To commemorate the milestone, the firm held a 30th birthday cocktail event on Sunday, 12 February 2012.
The event was hosted by the Adelaide Sailing Club and was attended by 115 guests made up of staff, friends, clients, and VIP’s including Josh Kelly the S.A. President.
Paul was particularly honoured to have ASOFIA CEO, Gerard Ryan and his wife Kim attend all the way from Sydney especially for the event.
Guests were treated to the live sounds and talents of The Rock Doctors with one of Adelaide’s well know Radio personalities Mr David Sabine as MC.
A selection of photos and artefacts were on display, dating from Comace’s inception in 1981 and showing the growth from a small tin shed to company employing 26 full time staff.
Comace MD, Paul Williams thanked all staff, past and present, clients, suppliers and professional service companies- even his bank and a few government agencies for their support.
ENews Issue 09
Happy New Year
The lead up to Christmas is always busy, so the SA Committee has decided to wait and celebrate in the New Year instead! All members and their staff are invited to celebrate the start of 2012 with drinks and nibbles on Monday, 30 January 2012. A General Meeting will be held prior to New Year Drinks celebrations. All members are welcome, and encouraged, to attend the General Meetings to become involved in the ASOFIA SA Division.
View your invitation with full details
ENews Issue 08
Annual Golf Day
The SA Division held its annual Golf Day on Friday, 28 October at the Glenelg Golf Club. A fantastic day was had by all. The weather even held off – waiting to drop its torrential downpouruntil 99% of players were tucked up inside the clubroom enjoying a well-earned jug of beer.
The day started with breakfast, sponsored by Davlyn Solid Surfaces, at 7:00am and then the 20teams teed off at 8:00am. Our partner charity for the day, scosa, had planned activities from the rotunda, along with a BBQ (courtesy of The Laminex Group SA) and a young golf pro – a 16 year old chap with a formidable swing. The drinks carts, sponsored this year by Comace and Adapta Business Products, plied their trade throughout the morning, running out of beer and sending a distress call by 10:30am!
We had a fantastic group of sponsors this year:
Thanks go to Gold Sponsors; Lawrence & Hanson and Smartstone.
Thanks to Silver Sponsors; Built Electrical, Festival Glass & Glazing, Laser Electrical Brighton, Olympic Trailers, Plumbing & Pipeline Solutions, Polyflor, Totally Workwear and Winkle Group.
Our three Bronze Sponsors this year were dmca, Thorn Lighting and Wattyl Industrial Coatings.
We look forward to their participation again next year.
Once the golf was over, the lunch room fun began. We had a highly entertaining presentation by Wayne Phillips, a silent auction, and a major auction run by a young auctioneer from Harris Real Estate. Everyone got into the spirit of the day, with $7,165 being raised in total for scosa
The photo is of Josh Kelly, SA President, presenting a cheque to Daniela, scosa representative.
We initiated lunch table sponsors this year, with Aluco, Empower and Events to Di For each hosting a table.
The prize giving ceremony completed the afternoon, with the team from Polyflor taking out the winner’s trophy and a hole in one on the 16th going to Alan Johnson, a guest with the Totally Workwear team. Thanks to Gerard Ryan, ASOFIA CEO,for coming down to Adelaide to join us for the day, he was put to good use tallying up the score cards.
Thanks to all who were involved, especially all the volunteers – this year provided principally by Comace, Vizplay, Laminex and scosa. We have booked our golf day for next year at the Glenelg Golf Club already – so keep Friday, 2 November 2012 free!
ENews Issue 07
Annual Golf Day
Have you registered for a great day of golf and networking? The South Australian Division Annual Golf Day is shaping up to be another fabulous event.
Keep Friday, 28 October free and come along to Glenelg Golf Course, James Melrose Rd, Novar Gardens. The day tees off with registration and breakfast at 7:00am sharp and ends with lunch and fabulous entertainment from Wayne Phillips (aka Flipper).
Go to the Events Calendar for all details and to complete your registration.
ENews Issue 06
Future Summit Wrap Up
The Future Summit – Inspiration for Industry has wrapped up for 2011. The event was strongly supported; demonstrated by the strong attendance levels. Steve Tighe, who was the key note speaker at the event and leading foresight strategist, explained to all who attended that the world is heading towards a post-materialist state. The shift in the fundamental values of our society is having a major effect on the trajectory for consumption and hence business leaders and owners would do well to understand those changes and quickly respond.
The breakfast event held on September 1, at the Glenelg Golf Club, Novar Gardens offered an insight into the future trends facing today’s society. Steve Tighe gave an enthralling presentation on the shift in consumer behaviour and how it will impact the economic activities within the business community. He explained the effect differing value systems’ have on the way we live our lives and the implications and opportunities for a myriad of businesses.
“The rise of materialistic values has had the greatest impact on social change in Australia over the past 30 years.
“The impact of these values is evident in the philosophy that growth is good, and bigger is better, which we can see in the size of our houses and wardrobes and the busyness of our lifestyles today.
“And like every industry, shop and office fitting has been heavily influenced by the rise of materialism. But just as materialistic values have risen, they can surely decline, the question is what’s next,” said Steve Tighe.
“In business, it is very easy to be consumed by the day-to-day activities that need our attention; however it is really important that no matter what industry you’re in, every so often, stop, look around and hear what others are saying about the future.
“The Future Summit was born from an aspiration to provide the industry with one such opportunity. We threw open the invitation to the industry at large and got a myriad of people in the room to hear what Steve Tighe believes is coming. We might not all like the changes a foot, but it is important to know about them,” said Gerard Ryan.
Whilst shedding light on the new social economic change and how it could directly affect business, Steve Tighe also discussed what businesses could think about and do to approach the future with greater confidence.
Annual Golf Day
The South Australian Division annual golf day will be held on Friday, 28 October with some fabulous entertainment from Wayne Phillips (aka Flipper). There are some great sponsorship opportunities available and they’re selling fast! Click here for more information on the available sponsorship packages available.
ENews Issue 05
Future Summit
Ever wondered what the industry has in store for the future? Or how to best make decisions in an unstable environment?
Join us at The Future Summit and find answers to these questions! Steve Tighe, a leading consumer foresight specialist will present an interesting perspective on how the environment is influencing consumer attitudes and future trends. This is a great opportunity for you to get exclusive insights for your business or to provide a real learning opportunity to your staff and clients.
ASOFIA SA Division AGM will be held immediately following the speaker event. All ASOFIA members are invited to attend.
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ENews Issue 04
ASOFIA Annual Printed Directory
The ASOFIA annual hardcopy directory will be distributed with the Nov/Dec issue of Interior Fitout magazine. Members will receive an email in July providing log in details to go online and update their current listing. Even if current details have not changed members must still log in and confirm their details. Please ensure you go online and update/confirm your listing when requested. This directory has a distribution list of over 5,000 recipients and is a great marketing tool. Incorrect details could cost your company valuable exposure!
ASOFIA Annual Membership Fees
2011/12 annual membership fee invoices will be distributed by mail on 1 July 2011. Fees can be paid as a one-off payment by credit card, cheque or EFT or by monthly direct debit. Those members currently on a direct debit arrangement will continue with this, unless ASOFIA National Office is advised otherwise. Members wishing to change to a direct debit arrangement should contact admin@asofia.com.au
Information Sessions
Members of ASOFIA SA continue to be invited to attend local educational seminars. Last week was a presentation on Leadership Development by Paul Berry of True North. In August, there will be presentations on 'Innovating for Green Growth' and 'Disaster and Risk Assessment'.
Annual Golf Day – 28 October 2011
Plans are well underway for our annual Industry Golf Day to be held on Friday 28 October at the Glenelg Golf Club. We are working with SCOSA this year, as our beneficiary charity. They have organised Wayne Phillips (aka Flipper) as our lunch time presenter who will be very entertaining!
Further details and information on how to book will be coming soon.
ENews Issue 03
Information Sessions
Several of the SA ASOFIA members recently attended a breakfast seminar given by John Semba of Australia Post on the topic of Direct Marketing and how to get the most bang for your buck. It was a very informative session, and the members who attended certainly gained a wealth of very useful information.
The next breakfast seminar coming up on 3 June is a presentation by Paul Berry of True North. Paul is an expert in Leadership Development and will be discussing the impacts of networking, the growth of Facebook and how to communicate with the young. This will certainly be an equally valuable seminar for all interested in attending.
Annual Golf Day – 28 October 2011
Plans for the Industry Golf Day in South Australia, to be held at the Glenelg Golf Course on Friday, 28 October are well under way; this should be a fabulous fun day.
The SA Committee are currently in negotiations to hold the event in tandem with one of South Australia’s local charities.
Pencil in the date and dust off your golf clubs for a wonderful day of golf and networking! Keep an eye out for your invitation and registration form over the coming months.
ENews Issue 02
General Meetings
SA ASOFIA held its quarterly General Meeting at Winkle Shopfitters. There was very good attendance with a number of matters discussed including arrangements for our industry Golf Day on Friday 28 October, and the National Trade Road Show at the end of August. Planning is well underway for these events.
Our next ASOFIA General Meeting will be held on Monday 20 June from 4.00pm at the premises of The Laminex Group, 163 Currie Street Adelaide. The Committee welcomes, indeed encourages, members to attend.
Professional Development Program
Last week some of the SA ASOFIA members attended a professional development event organised by ERBA on Direct Marketing by John Semba of Australia Post. Two more of these events are coming up that all ASOFIA members will be invited to attend:
Times and venues to be advised.
General Meetings
The SA Committee has decided to open their meetings to allow all SA members to attend. Future General Meetings have been scheduled for:
- 4 April from 4pm at Winkle Shopfitters, Edwardstown
- 20 June from 4pm at Vizplay, Norwood
- 10 October from 4pm at a venue to be advised
We encourage you to attend and become proactive with your membership in SA.
ENews Issue 01
Business administrator engaged to support SA Division
The SA Committee has engaged the services of Di Wittert to assist the committee in administrative affairs. Di is the Business Facilitator at Edwardstown Region Business Association and will attend all ASOFIA meetings and support the Committee with their plans to grow ASOFIA throughout the state.
Benefits to SA members – attendance to various informational sessions
SA members have been afforded the opportunity to attend various informational sessions run by the Edwardstown Region Business Association. These sessions have been offered as an additional benefit to members to help support them in their business. The current sessions on offer are ‘Direct Marketing Know How’ presented by John Semba and ‘An Invitation to Lunch with Gooran Roos, Adelaide Thinker in Residence’.
More on Direct Marketing Know How
More on An Invitation to Lunch with Gooran Roos, Adelaide Thinker in Residence’
Member company profile in the City of Marion local newspaper ‘CityLimits’
In the March issue of CityLimits, the community magazine from the City of Marion, you’ll find a business review article written about the Winkle Group; from its humble beginnings in a garage at Morphett Vale to its current state-of-the-art facility in Edwardstown (pg 29 of the magazine).
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If you have any news that you’d like to share with your state division, let us know at national_office@asofia.com.au!