On 11 Oct 2011 the VTIO held it’s AGM.  Outgoing president Pat Kenyon accepted the thanks of the committee for several years of hard work on behalf of the organisation. 

The new committee and office bearers are as follows:

President: Kiah Martin

Vice-president: Joe Harris

Treasurer: Pete Reynolds

Secretary: Dean Simonsen

Website Manager: Juri Meggarity

Media Officer: Shane Hall

VTCC coordinator: Pat Kenyon

Promotions and prizes: Grant Cody

General committee members: Graeme Hughes, Troy Porter, Andrew McKennan, Michael North, Matt Weatherhead, Mark Cashmore, Alex Pinniger

Entry for the 2011 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship is now closed.  The event will be run on Saturday 12 November at the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown, to the west of Melbourne.  The aim is to run the whole event in a single day, weather permitting, so we’re going to be on a tight schedule! 

The event will be run in the same format as last year, with competitors split into four grades: Student, Men’s Open, Women’s and Men’s Masters grade.  Entries for the Masters grade will again be capped at 25, with places awarded on previous competition ranking then by precedence, so get your entries in early.

On the day before the competition, the VTIO will be offering a full-day tree climbing workshop, focusing on honing the skills and techniques used at the climbing competition, but also on tying those skills in to the practice of tree climbing in your day-to-day work.  Presenting the workshop will be some of the top climbers in the world: Scott Forrest (ITCC champion), Joe Harris (ITCC runner-up) and Grant Cody (3 time Australian champion).  Please see the post below, or click here to download a PDF of the flyer.

Entry for both the 2011 VTCC and the preliminary workshop closed at 6:00pm on Wed 2 November. 

The VTIO held its 2010 Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 5th October.  On the agenda was the election of office bearers for the year ahead, and proposals to change the structure of the VTIO in order to better provide content and events for the members.  The committee has also undergone a slight reshuffle, as we welcome several new office bearers.

The next VTIO committee meeting will be held on Tuesday 7th December at 4pm.  Details and location are still to be finalised.

The VTIO will be holding its annual general meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 5th October.  The agenda includes election of 2011 officials and committee members, as well as discussion of some current VTIO policies including the trauma fund, the current workshop series and plans for the upcoming climbing competition.  The meeting will be held in the arboriculture classroom at NMIT Fairfield campus, and all members are welcome.

For more details please contact Pat Kenyon on 0419 567454

The VTIO is proud to announce a new service for its members, and for the wider arboricultural community in Victoria.

Our new Employment Platform will allow anyone looking for work in the industry to send their information to many prospective employers by filling out a single form.  And any employer who wishes to subscribe to the service will receive brief details of every suitable candidate who applies.

Please visit our new employment page for more details.