LOGIC September 2017 Vol 16 No 3 | Page 7

Editor’s Report Yvonne Little Nurse Practitioner Welcome to the Spring Edition of LOGIC. Hopefully everyone has survived the winter ills and chills which appears to have been the worst we have had for a while. True to life, not everything goes to plan and due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to make some adjustments to our planned articles for this edition, despite this I hope you enjoy what we have put together. On the 19 th August the NZCPHCN held their symposium: “Future Direction, Your Roadmap” in Auckland and whilst attendance numbers were down on last years, it was still a resounding success with some very talented and experienced speakers. A more intimate number allowed for more networking also. This year the Executive Committee decided that we would concentrate on two awards, rather than multiple ones and we had some brilliant entries. We were able to give September 2017 L.O.G.I.C awards to two very deserving recipients: Tall Poppy Award (sponsored by Jane Ayling) went to Kim Carter – Tasker and the inaugural Nursing Excellence Award (sponsored by NZCPHCN Committee) went to Tim Ryan – please be sure to read their nominators comments in this edition and think about who you would like to nominate for 2018. Along with the learning, networking and fun at the Symposium, we had to say fond farewells to many of our standing committee members who have completed their terms of office or are having to leave for personal reasons, they are: Kim Cameron (Chair); Dhyanne Hohepa (Vice Chair); Karen Smith (Treasurer); Kim Carter- Tasker (Executive) ; Bronwen Warren(Professional Practice), Trish Wilkinson (Professional Practice), Karry Durning (Professional Practice); Marilyn Rosewarne (LOGIC). We wish them well in their future directions and I am sure we will still hear from them in this journal from time to time as we tap into their wealth of experience in their respective fields of nursing. You will see that we have new committee members, and some of us are staying on in both our previous role but also taking on new ones, so please take the time t o read the biographies, if we are from your area then make yourself known to us as we are your voice and want to know what you think and want from the college. Welcome aboard: EXECUTIVE Celeste Gillmer (Publisher of LOGIC) and new Chair Emma Hickson (LOGIC committee ) and new Deputy Chair Cathy Nichols (Professional Practice) and new to Executive team 5