NZ Branch Newsletter October 2021
The newest issue of the NZ Branch Newsletter is now available for download.
5th October 2021
Event Review: The Wreck Man
Wednesday evening June 24th saw over 60 corrosion enthusiasts gather to witness amazing footage captured by Chris and Allison Selman by whom have cleverly created a documentary called The Wreck Man. The story of Dr. Ian MacLeod, maritime archaeologist, and shipwreck conservator. In 2004 Dr Ian MacLeod was awarded the Corrosion Medal, a recognition bestowed by the ACA for his outstanding scientific and technical work in the field of corrosion in Australasia. Whilst in 2020 for his significant service to the museum and galleries sector Dr Ian was recognised with the medal of the Order of Australia.
5th July 2021
Queensland Branch AGM Review
The Queensland Branch of the ACA held its Annual General Meeting on the 15th March 2021 at the Easts Leagues Club. The formalities included the President, Murry McCormick being elected unopposed for another term, along with John Triebe as Treasurer, Wayne Thomson and Bob Phang as Councillors, John Triebe as Events coordinator, Javed Nadem as YCG coordinator, and Wayne Thomson as Membership officer.
28th March 2021
WA Branch – Minigolf Evening
On Friday 5th March 2021 approximately 40 corrosion enthusiasts attended the first social event for 2021 at Holey Moley – Northbridge for a fun-filled night of networking and mini-golf.
24th March 2021
Meet The ACA’s WA Branch Committee
The WA Branch Committee is made up of a team of dedicated volunteers who are responsible for coordinating a range of initiatives to service the WA Corrosion Community. Check out our committee member profiles so you can get to know who's representing you in the ACA. If you'd like a chance to meet us in person and get involved with our branch and our upcoming activities we'd love to see you at our upcoming Annual General Meeting and Dinner on the 26th of March 2021.
21st March 2021
The Boat Works | ACA Queensland Branch Christmas Lunch
The Queensland ACA Branch held its Christmas function at the Coomera, Gold Coast, Boat Works facility, a 55 acre site, recently constructed to service the superyacht industry.
6th December 2020
Hanieh Ghominejad | Member Profile
Hanieh is the Vice president OF ACA NZ Branch. Being a female, being an engineer, and being successful still looks impossible in some industries – and even in some countries....
2nd August 2020
ACA WA Branch – “Corrosion in Medical Devices: What we have learned from Retrieval Studies” Review
ACA WA Branch Technical Meeting March 4th 2020 – Dr Moreica Pabbruwe, Biomedical Engineer, Centre for Implant Technology and Retrieval Analysis (CITRA), Royal Perth Hospital. Dr Moreica Pabbruwe delivered an excellent presentation to...
23rd April 2020
Queensland Branch President’s Update
Hello All, I trust you and your families are safe and healthy. Just wanting to provide an update on where we are and what is happening with the Qld Branch...
13th April 2020
Queensland Branch 2020 AGM
The Queensland Branch of the ACA held its AGM at the Easts Leagues Club in Brisbane on the 16th March 2020. A modest turnout enjoyed the hospitality of the impressive club. Murry McCormick led proceedings and the following members were voted onto the Branch Committee for 2020:
23rd March 2020
Tasmanian AGM 2020
The Tasmanian Branch got together in Hobart at the Picturesque Grand Chancellor 15 floor foyer meet and greet .Tasmanian Branch President Mark Jones convened the meeting with members present and...
12th March 2020
NSW Branch Request for New Committee Members
Several long-serving members have had the privilege to move overseas or take on different volunteer roles with the ACA and we are looking to renew our committee membership and the leadership positions. With the upcoming AGM we are pleased to encourage any ACA members in NSW who are interested in serving as part of the local NSW committee to get in touch and indicate their interest.
26th February 2020
VIC Branch Annual Sponsorship Opportunities
For the year 2020 the ACA VIC Branch is offering 4 annual sponsorship packages. These packages will support the VIC Branch for the whole year, and give your company maximum exposure.
19th February 2020
Stay Up To Date With ACA – ECAL Calendar Integration
This year we have developed an ACA ECAL service for all our branches. ECAL is a calendar integration service that will let you stay up to date with all your local branch events, by automatically adding and updating them in your preferred digital calendar. When an event is listed on the ACA website we will either update the existing calendar event or add an event to the calendar with a link to the event page on the ACA website. You can then access the page by simply clicking on the link in your calendar.
22nd January 2020
Queensland Branch Christmas – All Aboard!
To close out 2019, the ACA Queensland Branch Committee organised a Brisbane River dinner cruise aboard the Kookaburra Queen. Click through to read the full report and check out some photos from the evening's festivities.
20th January 2020