Johannesburg Branch
February 2004
SAIMC
January, and we are all back. A notice was sent out on 6 January calling for an Annual General Meeting of the Johannesburg Branch to be held at Rivonia Country Club on Wednesday 14 January, 2004. This meeting took place as per schedule:
The following members resigned from the Committee and they were thanked for their contribution over the past year:
Malcolm Findlay
Warren Mitchell
Cornu Perold.
Malcolm Findlay, Vivian MacFadyen, Johan Grobler, Nico Marneweck, Paulo da Silva, Jan van Wyk, Cornu Perold, Johan van Jaarsveldt
The following members were nominated and accepted by all members present and will serve on the 2004 Committee
* Johan van Jaarsveldt, chairman
* Paulo da Silva, treasurer
* Vivian MacFadyen, vice chairman
* Johan Grobler, education
* Nico Marneweck, education
* Jan Van Wyk, member
* Martin Kotze, secretary
* Greg Smook, member
* Members of the 2003 Committee
We would like to welcome the two new members to the 2004 Committee.
The AGM was very well attended. We were honoured to have our SAIMC President Johan Steyn and three past Branch Chairmen in attendance. The SAIMC Council was well represented with four of their members present. We also had a visit from Jo Melville and Zia Tomes from Exhibitions for Africa with Annet Thompson representing EE Publishing.
The 2004 Committee was voted in and after all the formalities were completed the floor was handed over to Dave Howcroft. Dave entertained us all by sharing his knowledge and experiences with turbine runaways. He explained in detail what happens when 40 tons of metal rotating at 40 000 rpm decides to climb off of its foundations and create its own landing strip... 8 km away!
Dave Howcroft
We would like to invite you to sponsor an evening and present a technical paper telling us all about your company's latest products and share the technology used. Cost of the evening: R1500, venue: Rivonia Country Club.
Our next meeting is to be held at Rivonia Country Club on 8 February at 18h00 for 18h30. Join us and share your ideas, we encourage and appreciate constructive discussion at our meetings. There is no charge for attendance, and both members and visitors are welcome. Please attend. Remember! We always meet on the second Wednesday of the month.
Johan van Jaarsveldt, chairman
[email protected]
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