WINDOWS Magazine Winter 2017 | Page 4

WORDS WORDS FROM THE CHAIRMAN W elcome to the Winter edition of Windows. As the newly elected Chairman of the Board, I would like to thank the Board members for their confidence in me and the general membership for their votes again in February. The Australian Window Association (AWA) strategy has four pillars; Membership, Technical, Compliance and Education. Our role in representing our members and the industry as a whole is reviewed at quarterly meetings to ensure our business plans remain robust, targeted and, most importantly, relevant. With confidence and consistency, the AWA secretariat and staff lead the way for all states and territories in many issues, including national compliance issues, product conformity, accreditation services and the emerging energy efficiency stringency increases that are under discussion. In my new role as Chairman, I also bring my two greatest passions to the table, Australian manufacturing and housing affordability, and commit to aligning our strategies, and the work already in train, to these important industry issues. En