The Durban branch held its annual dinner at the Durban Country Club on 14 November 2015. With a packed venue of 220 guests, and a great buzz of enthusiasm and excitement, the evening kicked off with entertainer Mo Magic breaking the ice with some magic at individual tables.
MC Mark Calvert.
Everybody found Mo to be ... well, a magic entertainer – he was funny, witty and intelligent, and of course as a graduate engineer he was a perfect fit for our audience. Music was provided by Leon Rautenbach who proved to be a popular addition to our live entertainment line-up.
Howard Lister pictured with his wife, Anne.
And it seemed like Mo also enjoyed the evening as he tweeted during the event.
The formalities were short and sweet with Mark Calvert doing a great job as MC for the evening and his first introduction was to branch chairman, Howard Lister, who gave a run-down of the year’s events – proudly showing off the award the branch achieved during 2015, and thanking the committee for their hard work and dedication.
Howard Lister (right) hands the presenter’s award to Freddie Coertze.
Howard also presented the award for best technology evening presentation to Freddie Coertze from IFM for his presentation “Focus on the essentials: automating with AS-Interface”.
Incoming SAIMC president Oratile Sematle.
Next up was incoming president Oratile Sematle, who was standing in for Vinesh Maharaj. Oratile gave us a detailed look at the SAIMC’s activities during 2015 and outlined some plans for the future, including long term goals and objectives.
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