President's Post - August
As the year marches on, and the shortest day has been and gone, I would like to think that we are coming into the busiest time of the year, September, October, November and December. These four months are vitally important to ensure we get through the disruptions to workflow that Christmas, Auckland Anniversary, Wellington Anniversary and Waitangi Day create early in the new year. Plus, the long sunny days make it hard sometimes to be in the office. I hope the next 4 months sees an increase in workload for everyone out there all-around New Zealand.
I managed to sneak across to Brisbane to the Visual Impact sign show recently and got to spend a day walking around the show. I thought the show was great this year, I got to construct a fabricated letter (which I hadn’t done in a while), attend a great and informative presentation from Jeremy Brew regarding some upcoming trends, and met some suppliers and industry operators, some who had travelled over from New Zealand. I wish that I had stayed for another night as the afternoon that I left there was a tour around SS Signs brand new sign shop, of which I have seen the photos and videos. The set up they have created just looks amazing, and I really wish that I had planned my trip a little bit better. I did however find a restaurant that offered 20 buffalo wings for $2 when you buy a beer, so that had lunch sorted.
We have had a great time recently going over the Napier Conference. The feeling was that it was a great success. I just want to again say a huge thank you to our sponsors, Melissa and Mikayla, our organizers, and all the clever, creative people from our industry that turned up for the conference. Thanks also to those that turned up for our awards dinner, and to our apprentices, of whom I managed to speak to every one either on the night or during the conference. I urge everyone to make plans now for the Nelson Conference next June for our association’s 60th Birthday party. It is going to be a fantastic event, I would love to see as many people there as possible.
We had our Waikato regional meeting on 25 July in Hamilton, where we had a great turnout, which was outstanding. This was held at Clinton’s sign shop Red Star signs, we arrived to a very clean and tidy sign shop, with some seats and lollies set up looking at a screen for some presentations. It was a great, informative evening. We also managed to make it out to see a couple of sign shops that could not attend the evening, a part of these regional meetings that I particularly enjoy. I am looking forward to our next regional meeting in Dunedin on 22 August.
Until next time,
Shae Goom
Director Wise Studios
President NZSDA
