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QLD REPORT Retirement of a great bloke from Qld Chair- Thanks Dave Dear Qld exec, clubs and members As indicated at the recent AGM I wish to stand down as the Qld chair, but agreed to stay on in the interim since there were no nominations and felt I may be able to help the new committee “settle in”. Due to work and personal commitments I will be standing down from the Chairperson position immediately. I will still make myself available to the SC committee of Shane, Craig, Anthony, and Chad if needed but only in an advisory type role. When I stepped in to the position over 5 years ago there really wasn’t a lot of guidance as to what the role was, apart from a very broad duties statement. That statement has since become more detailed (attached) as I have taken on tasks I felt were appropriate to those duties, and tasks I felt were needed. In that time we were fortunate to have risk management training so as to develop a risk assessment (attached) for spearfishing in Queensland. This risk assessment served to ensure me that the tasks I was carrying out were the right ones, and also identified areas where the spearfishing commission should be paying attention to. Many of these include: better communication with members, education of non-spearfishers (and spearfishers), changing public perception, and engaging with decision-makers better. This helped me in developing a strategic plan (attached) for spearfishing in Qld, which I sought input from club contacts. A strategic plan is simply a plan of what we want to achieve within certain time frames to help ensure the tasks and actions that are needed are clearly identified, and that they are actually carried out. These tasks were what guided me in setting up a committee based on types of tasks (eg communication), however the roles of each of the committee members will probably evolve a little. In the past 5 years I have written numerous articles, given many public talks and displays, spoken to all types of media, met and worked with other stakeholder groups and representatives, met and worked with environmental and fisheries managers from Qld and NSW, attended and chaired many meetings – AUF and others, organized an annual Qld competition schedule, met and worked with many other spearos from around Australia, collated and maintained state and club contact lists, have been an integral member of the Great Australian Shark Watch project, promoted our activities at every opportunity, assisted Qld members in representative duties where possible (eg. grants, team shirts), created AUFQ links with research, as well as the many administrative developments mentioned. I have had deputies during most of this period in Shane Morrison (Assistant – Nth) and Kevin Chard (Assistant – Sth), who have been great to work with. However, many of these tasks are now spread among the committee to make the load easier, to spread the knowledge of the commission among several, and hopefully make being a part of the Spearfishing Commission more enjoyable. I have also worked with the national AUF spearfishing executive over the years and with the current professional leadership through Adam Smith, my job has benefited through learning and adopting national approaches and initiatives. I therefore would like to encourage somebody to nominate for the Spearfishing Chair position. If you love spearfishing and working with others, have some basic computing skills and access to email, have some political awareness, have a professional attitude, and feel you can devote 2-3 hours a week to the role then you are ideal. I can honestly say that I have personally gained a lot from being in the role: new friends, training, many new skills, travel, a sense of achievement and in helping make a difference. Please contact me if you wish to discuss or Judy Breeze (judyaufq@bigpond.net.au) if you wish to nominate. Emerging future needs: AUF Mission: Bring Sport, Conservation and Awareness to the Underwater World
� Review of AUFQ spearfishing rules and bylaws (need to be consistent with AUFQ constitution and the national spearfishing rules where appropriate) � Review of the risk assessment � Develop policy on competition organisation (a guide using template docs and spreadsheets, include sponsorship guidelines) � Explore NEATFish competition accreditation. � Policy on commission spending (in conjunction with AUFQ) Also attached for your records are: the current AUFQ constitution, the current AUFQ Spearfishing Bylaws, and a notice of competition eligibility in Qld as a result of the changes made to the AUFQ constitution recently. Cheers David Welch Ph: 0414 897 490 NQ Titles 16/5/09 COMPETITOR Total Species Total Weight Points Percentage 6. Adam Smith/TSC 12 37.0 1570 100.0 13. Marc Richards/CUA 10 20.0 1200 76.4 16. Jake Boyd/TSC 8 30.0 1100 69.8 9. Kevin Ranger/CUA 7 19.6 896 57.1 11. Keith SeeKee/CUA 7 18.5 885 56.4 7. Dave Welch/TSC 7 18.0 880 56.1 21. Jason Coe/CUA 7 17.2 872 55.5 20. Matthew Ludbrooke/TSC 6 15.7 757 48.2 19. Sid Caswell/CUA 5 13.0 630 40.1 12. David Williams/TSC 5 9.0 590 37.6 10. Shane Holley/CUA 3 21.5 515 32.8 3. Warren Faithful/CUA 4 11.0 510 32.5 17. Chris Ray/CUA 3 13.0 430 27.4 4. Andrea Severati/TSC 3 10.5 405 25.8 5. John Picard/TSC 3 10.0 400 25.5 2. Alan Banister/TSC 2 8.5 285 18.2 8. Stephen Menzies/TSC 2 8.5 285 18.2 1. Bob Malcolm/TSC Did not weigh Did not 0 0.0 14. Michael PannachTSC weigh Did not 0 0.0 15. Will Evans/TSC weigh Did not 0 0.0 18. Joe Elams/CUA weigh 0 0.0 Total fish = 94 Av 3kg Total weight = 281 kg 94 281.0 AUF Mission: Bring Sport, Conservation and Awareness to the Underwater World
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