ASBA (SA&NT) Newsletter Welcome to New Members 2019 National Conference We would like to make welcome the following new members: The National Conference was held in Hobart from 1 October to ▪ Geoff Abbott (Scotch College) 4 October and was a very successful event with many from ▪ Karen Fielke (Hope Christian College) both South and Northern Territory attending.

▪ Rochelle Fernandes (Cathoic Education Office NT) ▪ Megan Gillespie (Crossways Lutheran School) ▪ Sankety Kaukhanis (Catholic Education Office NT) ▪ Amanda Kleeman () ▪ Sarah Loveday (Good Shepherd Lutheran) ▪ Ping Ping Newell (St Pauls Cathollic ) ▪ Peta Rossow (Catholic Education Office NT) ▪ Christopher Tee (Yipirinya School Council) Welcome Reception at ▪ Phillipa Tilburgs () MONA ▪ Chandrika Undapali (Mother Teresa Catholic Primary) ▪ Declan Walsh (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)

Farewell to Members We would also like to farewell the following members who have retired over the past year: ▪ Heather Bishop (Unity College) Michael (Pilgrim School) Dancing at the Gala Dinner ▪ Ian Gore (Walford Anglican School for Girls) ▪ Linda Huckauff (Our Saviour Lutheran School) ▪ Janice Merrett (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) 2019 NT End of Year Event Many thanks to Karen for organising an excellent 2018 end of year break up for our NT members last year. 2020 Mentoring Program The ASBA 2020 Mentoring Program covers a period of ten Another event has been organised for Friday 6 December at the months and will facilitate mentoring relationships allowing Oyster Bar, Darwin Waterfront from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. experienced ASBA members (5+ years in the industry) to share advice, knowledge and experience with mentees (2+ years), resulting in a mutually beneficial professional development relationship. All members were emailed information regarding this program on 13 November 2019 if you are interested.

2019 Professional Learning Our Annual General Meeting and Term 1 PD was held at Piper Alderman on Thursday 21 March 2019. Attendees heard from various lawyers specialising in Privacy, Enrolment Contracts, Intellectual Property and the engagement of non-employees and volunteers. 2020 State Conference Our Term 2 event was held at the Convention Centre and the guest speaker was Nicole Livingstone who shared her The Committee has been busy working with All Occasions story as a former Olympic swimming champion and Head of Management to put together a programme for our upcoming Women’s Football at the AFL. Attendees also heard from Design conference which will feature a combination of technical Inc (one of the two architect firms who designed Adelaide sessions focusing on HR as well as some network sessions. Botanic High School) and the Mossop Group. Thank you to our sponsors below who made this event possible.

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2019 Term 4 Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Term 4 celebration at The Gallery on 15 November. It was a great day to see out 2019 with some mind blowing tricks by Matt Tarrant. A huge thank you to those who volunteered (or were nudged?!) to be part of the show.

Thank you to our sponsors: ▪ Canon ▪ Longford Cleaning ▪ Metro Canteen ▪ NGS ▪ Programmed for your support. Days like this would not be possible otherwise.

MAGMAG Upcoming Events SA/NT Committee MAGMAG’s (Maintenance and Grounds 18 March 2020 Members Managers Advisory Group) purpose is to Term 1 PD—TBA Chair: Stephen Rosier (Trinity College) keep up to date with latest knowledge/ industry trends on how to best manage Deputy: Tanya Rowland (Portside Christian 17 June 2020 schools and look after their assets/ College) ASBA National Roadshow - Darwin infrastructure. The group meet once a Neville Atkinson (St Pauls College) term and it provides a networking Jane Hogarth (St Peters College) opportunity for the members. Meeting 19 June 2020 Johnny Ioannou (Cardijn College) locations are varied so that each school ASBA National Roadshow - Adelaide can highlight their working environments. Paul Hunter (Woodcroft College)

Karen Kehoe (Tiwi College, NT) Guest speakers provide relevant 12-13 August 2020 Erin Kluge (Tyndale Christian School) information on a particular topic that “Heard it through the grapevine” Paul McCabe (St Francis de Sales College) impacts the work grounds & maintenance State ASBA Conference staff are involved with. Various SA Tom Pearce (Catholic Ed Office, NT) Novotel Resort, Barossa Valley business have welcomed MAGMAG to Steve Sanders (Lutheran Schools Association) participate in a tour of their premises so Focus: Human Resources that members can see first-hand how products are made. Business Managers 13 November 2020 SA Platinum Strategic are encouraged to discuss membership of End of Year Event MAGMAG with their Grounds & Partners of ASBA Maintenance staff and any enquiries can be directed to Lisa Nowak 8215 6856 or Feedback email [email protected] The committee would like to extend an Membership invitation to all members for feedback on what they like or what improvements can For members who have recently moved be made for future ASBA events. schools, please contact our Executive Support Officer, Alice Hamilton to update your contact details. Membership is attached to the person not the School.