FROM THE CHAIR
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Dear Members,
After a busy few months we are back again with our Bulletin for May. Sheryl in our office has collected a couple of great articles by Michael Hall and Paul McCarthy; they are great reading and I encourage you to take a look.
This month one of our long-term colleagues Justin Gasparre took the opportunity of the coming elections to step down from the Board. Justin’s contribution to the itSMF over the years has been fantastic. He is a stalwart of the local chapter in Canberra and has had two stints on the board over his time with us. On the board Justin contributed his passion for local membership engagement and for corporate support. In Canberra he was the driving force behind many of the very successful events run by our local team. We all thank him for his enthusiasm, support and drive and wish him every success in his business and future.
We are also very pleased to welcome David Low as the new Chair of our WA Branch. He steps into the big shoes of Simon Dorst who has been our WA Chair for over 4 years. Simon brought a great passion for service management strong leadership and the ability to ask fantastic questions. His input will be missed at the national level, but his leadership and involvement will continue
locally. We can’t wait to meet David and are looking forward to working with him to grow WA.
In saying farewell, we also get to welcome the newest member of our Board, Rose Dyson from Victoria. Rose is a long-standing member of the local branch in Victoria and is well known to all our members who have benefited from her involvement in the local committee. Along with Candice Walker, Kathryn Howard and myself, Rose was elected to the National Board this month. Serving you together is a wonderful opportunity to support each of our local branches and the National Office to deliver more services our members find so valuable.
Lastly, Conference preparations are in full swing. Our Gala dinner venue is chosen, the keynotes locked in and we are excited by the quality of the speaker submissions that have come in. We are looking forward to meeting up with so many of you in September.
Warm regards,
Bradley Busch
Chair - itSMF Australia