ARCIA launches new-look website

It is a busy time of year for the association with the successful regional event held in Adelaide at the National Wine Centre in September, planning for the Annual Gala Dinner now in December but still coinciding with RadioComms Connect 2012 and preparation underway for regional events in WA, NSW and Qld with venues and dates to be announced soon.

The Spectrum and Technical Committee has been busy meeting with the ACMA on the rollout of the 400 MHz changes and there will be a newsletter very shortly requesting actions by association members to assist with the process.

A statistics project has been initiated to gather data about the size of the market in Australia with regular reports supplied by the radio equipment manufacturers and suppliers being collated by the Australian Industry Group and made available through the association to financial members along with more detailed reports to subscribers.

A history project has also been launched to preserve the rich legacy of tall tales but mostly true over the last century about the radio industry in Australia and this will be made available as a publication.

A new website has been launched and accreditations are being renewed. Visit www.arcia.org.au for more details, to apply for accreditation or to book tickets for the gala dinner.

On the ARCIA site, you can also nominate peers for the excellence awards.

These prestigious awards recognise the achievements of individuals and teams in the radio communications industry, specifically in the areas of customer services, sales, technical excellence, engineering elegance, contributions to the industry in memory of Peter Wallace, and awards recognising our apprentices and welcoming new talent to the industry. The excellence awards are the highlight of the gala dinner and are becoming fiercely competitive.

Now is the time to nominate your co-workers so that the rest of the industry can see their achievements. Use the online form on the ARCIA website to place your nominations and remember, the more detail you include and the more creativity you employ, the easier it will be for the judges to agree that your peer is worthy of recognition.

I look forward to seeing you at RadioComms Connect and the ARCIA Annual Gala Dinner which will together serve as unique networking events allowing unprecedented opportunities for interaction with suppliers and customers.