MEETING CALLED BY SIMON MALONEY

Date: Tuesday 11th October2016

Time: 5.00pm – 5.30pm

Venue: Conference Room, DAFF Research Facility, 26-40 Delancey Street, Cleveland, QLD, 4163.

PURPOSE OF THE MEETING:

Lifetime Member, Simon Maloney has called a special meeting at the QAA’s 2016 AGM (06/09/2016), as per the requirements set out in the QAA’s Constitution, to implement a course of action for Board of Trustees formally recognised within the constitution.

The Board of Trustees roles will be defined by a Sub Committee formed by the Executive Committee with emphasis on these key roles –

1. To ensure the continued good and responsible governance of the Queensland Arboricultural Association Inc.
2. To uphold the constitution and to ensure that it remains current.
3. To uphold the Code of Conduct as per the constitution.
4. To provide/preserve any and all historical information and ‘corporate knowledge’ relating to the Queensland Arboricultural Association (QAA)
5. To have representation at all AGMs, and Special Meetings, to ensure the constitution is upheld at all times and to provide any advice as may be required
6. To act as an advisory group to the Executive Committee and QAA staff
7. In the event of not having enough committee members to vote, the executive committee can request voting support from the Board of Trustees to pass the motion so that the committee can move forward.
8. To hold a meeting either by conference call or a sit down meeting, at least two times per calendar year.

Board of Trustee Requirements:

A focus group/sub-committee will be appointed to finalise all details regarding appointment, operation and requirements of the Board of Trustees.

If you are unable to attend this Special Meeting but would still like to vote, please fill out a Proxy form to have another member vote on your behalf.

Proxy Form can be found here: 244 KBproxy-form_special-meeting_11102016

Any objections to this Special Meeting can be lodged through the QAA Office outlining the reasons. This must be lodged within the next 14 days. Please email admin@qaa.net.au

Simon Lonsdale, QAA President
on behalf of the Executive Committee

Tree Guild WA are proud to present this year’s Arbor Retreat at the Bickley Outdoor Recreation Camp.

Nestled amongst the trees on the Darling Scarp alongside the picturesque Bickley Reservoir this natural bush setting is an ideal location for a weekend full of adventure for climbers and family activities.

The Arbor Retreat weekend is open to everyone interested in trees.
Families are encouraged to attend on Sunday 30 October.

The weekend will be action packed with presentations from Grant Harris, Brent Rees and two world class climbers as well as Climbing demonstrations and workshops, Chipping demonstrations, and much more.

Over three days an action packed timetable has been worked out for all skill levels where you will learn, have fun, share stories and literally scale to new heights.

The 2016 NZ ARB Annual Conference, will be held in ‘The City of Sails’ – Auckland.  The conference venue is the Rendezvous Hotel, centrally located in downtown Auckland, the hotel is centrally located within easy walking distance of Queen Street, Sky Tower and the Viaduct Harbour.

Running alongside the conference once again, is the Husqvarna sponsored NZ Arb National Tree Climbing Championship on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th. This event will be held at Albert Park, which is walking distance from the Conference Venue.

These two events will culminate in the Conference Dinner, Auction and Awards Ceremony – to be held on the evening of Saturday 5th November at the Rendezvous Hotel.

In addition to these major activities, there will be the following events…

• Practitioners’ Stream
• Independent Workshops
• The Tâne Mahuta Free Lecture
• Trade & Exhibition Hub
• New Arborist of the Year Finals
• Students’ Mentoring Lunch
• Auctions
• Spot Prizes

Conference Information:

• Registration fees 2016 
• Keynote speakers for this year
• Conference Programme
• Register HERE

Henk Morgans and the Evergreen Boys are back for the next instalment of their series – The Groundies Program!

The essentials for new people to our industry to keep them safe and efficient.

Basic tree assessments knots rigging and work method plans

Will cover or touch on things that could happen and what to do if something goes wrong and how to manage most things on the ground efficiently and safely.

Tricks and tips to make life a little easier in a hard and physical industry.

If you have any questions, please contact Bec in the Office on 07 3821 1488 or admin@qaa.net.au

AIH National Symposium: “Mechanics of Urban Greening“
AIH Awards Night will be that same night.

Wednesday 23rd November
Don Burke OAM RH – Opening Discussion
Patrick Regnault RH – Planning City Eco Systems
John Rayner – Research Informing Design – Contrasting Green Roof Performance
Simon Leake – Soil Design for Urban Greening
Tim Edmonson RH – Urban Oasis or Desert? Water Harvest with Aquifers
Kim Morris RH, FAIH – DevHeloping the Landscape Sustainability Maintenance Index (SMI)
Mark Paul RH – Simple Ecological Systems – Small steps to larger reclamation of the built environment
Nicholas Rivett RH – Green Walls & Roofs – Folly, Fantasy or Fact
Martina Matzner – Future Youth in Agriculture & horticulture

Thursday 24th November
Don Burke OAM RH – AIH Plenary session
Dr Jana Soderlund – Biophilic Architecture
Matt Mitchley RH – The Jurassica Project
Nicholas Rivett RH – Conserving Landscape Tree Species & Age Diversity
Andrew Price RH, FAIH – Profiting from Chaos – Optimising Photosynthesis
Kim Courtenay – First Indiginous Kakadu Plum Plantation
Neville Passmore RH – Winning friends in government for more green spaces
Glenice Bachelor RH – Nature v Nurture
Andrew Prowse RH/Kim Morris RH, FAIH – War Graves in Perpetuity

Find out more about each session and the speakers –http://aih.org.au/symposium2016speakers/

Australian Institute of Horticulture Symposium ‘The Mechanics of Urban Greening‘ will be held on 23rd and 24th November 2016.

Registration Process, go to http://aih.org.au/symposium2016/

Longer stay options available for those who wish to stay for the full week. The Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday 24th November with host Don Burke. For bookings, go to http://aih.org.au/symposium2016/

A post-symposium industry bus trip is organised for Friday 25th November. Details here.

Book now to secure your reservation!
NOTE:
The overall symposium is entitled “International Symposia on Tropical and Temperate Horticulture” will run from 20-25th November. There will be 12 different symposiums including the AIH option mentioned above. http://aih.org.au/istth2016

Estimating the likelihood of tree or branch failure is a key component of any tree risk assessment. In QTRA, we use a system of bench marking our estimates, where we consider those things that we are least confident in (partially compromised trees and branches) against our two benchmarks (a. structurally optimised trees and b. wholly compromised trees) where we have the greatest confidence in our judgement.

In 2015 we ran several field days where Arborists were able to trial our approach, calibrating their estimates and putting them into one of the QTRA Probability of Failure ranges. These field days are free of charge and you don’t need to be a QTRA user.

For more information or to book, please contact: admin@qtra.co.uk or visit website: QTRA website