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S A Metal Finisher Issue 29

NEWS

ROUNDUP

Report by Tony van der Spuy

This report covers the period from the distribution of Issue 28 of this journal up to
the present date. It is a very necessary record enabling those who were not able
to attend meetings to catch up with events affecting our association.

OUR CHAIRPERSON IN KZN BIDS ADIEU
Towards the end of 2018 the SAMFA year end meetings got under way about a
month after Issue 28 of S A Metal Finisher was distributed during October.
The first of these was the KZN meeting hosted at the
Better ‘ole Shellhole in Pinetown on November 14. There
was a little sad moment as this occasion was to be the
one at which our regional chair, Mark Wright, would bid
us all adieu. Altogether, he had served as chairperson for
more than thirteen years. He had also been active in the
Waste Minimisation clubs that preceded the
establishment of the regional association. So he was
regarded as part of the furniture and when he informed
the committee of his plans to leave, he did take us by
surprise. Mark Wright
Regarding employment in England, Mark was fortunate
to have met Anthony Poeton, the chairman of Poeton
Industries, who visited South Africa for the first time
during February 2017. As a direct result of this contact he
was able to secure a position as a Compliance Engineer
in the quality improvement side at Poeton Industries
situated in Gloucester. On January 1, 2019, Poeton
Industries signed up as an overseas SAMFA member
company. So Mark Wright remains a member of SAMFA
even though he has left our shores!
John Danks
His leaving also meant we urgently needed someone to
stand in as interim chairperson, something that, due to various committments,
the other members were not in a position to do immediately. A decision was taken
to call on the founding chairperson, John Danks, to steady the ship and take on
chairperson’s role until the next AGM. Fortunately John agreed.

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