A time to reflect on 2012

Welcome to the new year - a time to reflect on the achievements of the last year and a time to set goals for the new one.

The highlight of the year for ARCIA was the Annual Gala Dinner and in particular it was gratifying to see the growing membership and the almost 550 people who enjoyed a marvellous networking opportunity in conjunction with RadioComms Connect.

Attendance at the dinner continues to grow as does the number of nominees for peer recognition through the Industry Excellence Awards. The following people should be very proud that their colleagues nominated them for recognition and we look forward to even more nominations this year:

Apprentice/Trainee Award
Nathan Leonard from RFI - Winner
Jared Rogers from JRD

Community Service Award
Phil Proctor from Victoria Police - Winner
Bob Rogers from JRD
Doug Bowden from Sepura
Martin Cahill from PWC

Customer Service Award
Geoff Syms from Simoco - Winner
Ian Holt from RF Industries
Natasha Traynor from RFI
Rachel Hill from CSE-Comsource
Shyam Cheruvillil from Polar Electronics

Engineering Elegance Award
Mathew Botherway from PWC/Daniel Chivell from Telstra - Winners
Alex Kanikevich from Vertel
Neil Thompson from Communications Australia
Stephen Pattinson from JRD Group

New Talent Award
Jay Pinder from Sepura - Winner
Amy Baxter from CSE-Comsource
Caroline Seawright from JRD
James Kelly from JRD

Professional Sales Award
Matt Burleigh from Communications Australia - Winner
Danny Quagliani from AA Radio
Doug Bowden from Sepura
Jamie Baker from RFI
Johnny Van Rooyen from Trans Communications
Murray Sadler from Telstra

Technical Excellence Award
Shaun Campbell from Zetron - Winner
John Matheson from RFI
Michael Merritt from AA Radio
Rod Brown from Ambulance Service NSW
Rodney Oliver from JRD

Nominations will be open on the website www.arcia.org.au and I urge you to nominate someone in your company, someone who may work for one of your suppliers or even someone who may work for one of your customer organisations. Nominations are open to all industry association members on the website form and you will find more details on the award categories and criteria.

Here’s to a successful year for you and the industry and another round of networking events throughout the country.