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Annual General Meeting

Joe — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:35:56 +0000

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

Tree Hazard Assessment Workshop

Joe — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:40:10 +0000

On Tuesday 28th September the VTIO in partnership with Council Arboriculture Victoria (CAV) will be running a workshop on tree hazard assessment in the beautiful grounds of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne.

Details are still to be finalised, but we hope to be working with several leading speakers to cover a range of topics related to visual tree assesment, identifying structural weak points and discussing targets, as well as offering a guided ‘walk and talk’ around some of the interesting trees in the gardens. Further information will be posted here as soon as it becomes available.

Registration is available using the form given here.

2010 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship

Joe — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:17:04 +0000

Registration is now open for the 2010 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship, to be held in Warragul across the weekend of the 24th and 25th of October.

Entry is available across four grades: Student Grade is for both male and female climbers who have not competed before and are currently enrolled in an arboricultural training course; female competitors are asked to enrol in the Women’s Grade; and the majority of male climbers will be taking part in the Men’s Open Grade. Only climbers with previous competition experience will be able to compete in the Men’s Masters Grade, which has a limited number of places available. Qualification for this grade will be based primarily on ranking in previous VTCCs, then on ranking in other ISA-format competitions.

International and interstate climbers are very welcome to take part, and although only Victorian climbers will be eligible to take part in the Master’s Challenge, out-of-state competitors will in all other respects compete on a level footing with local climbers: you will be able to win events and take home prizes!

To register please use the form provided here

Tree Hazard Assessment Workshop; VTCC

Joe — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:58:56 +0000

Registration is available using the form given here.

The dates for the Victorian Tree Climbing Competition have also been pencilled in – we hope to run the competition across the weekend of October 23rd/24th, with the venue tentatively confirmed as Warragul. Further details and entry forms will be given here as they become available.