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BICSI South Pacific Annual General Meeting 2018

Richard MorrisonBICSI Chair of the Board

South Pacific AGM 2018

• Call to Order – Richard Morrison (Chair)• Adoption of Agenda – Richard Morrison (Chair)• AGM 2017 Meeting Minutes – Marie Vermes (Secretary)• Paul Weintraub – BICSI Global• Financial Report – Peter Lochner (Treasurer)• CEO Report - Paul Stathis• Chair report – Richard Morrison• Chair Elect Report – Trevor Kleinert

BICSI Training Update

October 2018

Paul Weintraub, RCDD, ESS, RTPM, TECH, CAEVice President Global Development and Support

BICSI Training Update

The next generation of ICT learners will enjoy

advantages of a broad global portfolio of training

and knowledge transfer.

Objectives:• Increase the availability in different modalities of training globally.• Increase training on emerging topics.• Increase the variety of training.

Strategies:• Identify the different modalities to maximize global training (i.e.

Learning Management System (LMS), webinars, Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT), Instructor Led Training (ILT), etc.). - H

• Develop training on emerging topics (Future Education Needs and Trends (FENT) survey). – M/H

• Develop a variety of training from current body of knowledge (modularization project). – M

• Develop outreach programs to target shoulder industries by expanding limited current outreach program. – M

• Create a mentorship program (Action Request Form (ARF) from Membership Outreach and Development Committee). – L

BSP Goal

BICSI Strategic Goals

Training Modalities

Classroom (ILT)

“All of the material was great, but the online study questions were awesome.”“Love the online study aid”“Having access to the online study guides was helpful.”

• Enhancements– Micro-learning for Installation

and Outside Plant Study-Aids– Job Aids– Level 1 Gamification

vILT Workshop Series

• Launched March 2018– Intelligent Building Design Workshop:

ANSI/BICSI 007 Intelligent Building Standard– Estimation and Earned Value Management for

ICT Projects

• Attendees responded favorably to the sessions. Instructors rated 4.5 and 5 respectively.

• Attendees from P.R., UK, Italy, Australia• EVM Sold out twice!

“presenters are doing a great job at communication”“The material and content were relevant to today's working environments.”“Loved it! It allowed me to learn from my home.”

Upcoming Sessions

Webinars

Pathways for Cabling

Infrastructure

Is Aerial Going Underground?

Health Care and the IoT

Data Center Operations

Structured Cabling Systems Admin

Distributed Antenna Systems

• Advanced Power over Ethernet

• Wireless• Intelligent Buildings• Passive Optical Network

Technology

• High Speed Cabling for the Data Center

• Building Information Modeling

• Outside Plant• Audio/Visual

Training on Emerging ICT Topics

Emerging ICT Topics

• Conference Tracks (under review w/EAC Chair)

• ICT Today Articles (in progress)

• vILT (in progress)• Webinars (in progress)

Industry Recognized Validation

Presenter

Presentation Notes

We have received the following Industry Recognized validation for our organization and Educational programs.

CIE Licensure Approval

• BICSI Installation Program was granted a provisional license by the Commission of Independent Education.

• It indicates that BICSI meets standards for licensure.

CIE Licensure Approval

• BICSI courses have been independently evaluated for Continuing Professional Development purposes by The CPD Certification Service.

• BICSI courses comply with universally accepted principles of Continual Professional Development (CPD) and have been structured to meet the criteria of personal development plans.

• CPD certified training means the learning activity has reached the required CPD standards and benchmarks.

• BICSI Training approved for CPD can be found at:

https://cpduk.co.uk/directory/search/bicsi#results

CPD Certified

https://cpduk.co.uk/directory/search/bicsi#results

• BICSI has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as an AIA Continuing Education System (CES) Approved provider.

• BICSI’s Design* courses will satisfy AIA credential holders' general learning unit hours requirements, as well as the coveted Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) learning unit hour requirements!

• AIA members will have a deeper understanding of why inclusion of an RCDD on-staff is critical in order to accurately assess a building owner’s telecommunications needs, and to design and implement a plan that allows for imminent growth, with minimal costs for later upgrades.

* AIA CES Approved BICSI Design courses: DD101, DD102, BG101, BG102, DC101, DC102, OSP102, PM102

AIA Approved Provider

• BICSI is accredited by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the received the A+ rating.

• Select businesses based in the United States and Canada earn BBB Accreditation by undergoing a thorough evaluation and upholding the BBB Accreditation Standards.

• BBB assigns ratings from A+ (highest) to F (lowest).

BBB Accredited

In Process:

• Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET)

• International Association for Continuing Education And Training (IACET)

• Regulated Qualification Framework (RQF)• US Veterans Affairs


Treasurer’s Report – Peter Lochner

Financial performance for the FY2018 period in relation to Profit / Loss was broadly in line with Budget expectations and very similar to the FY2017 period.

The account books showed a small profit of $17,091.21 before various accounting adjustments (Allocating Conference Income and Pre-Payments into their respective FY’s, accrual for Staff Annual and Long Service Leave, Asset Depreciation and accrual for professional fees for FY2019) reverted this into a small loss of -$8,783.67.


Summarised BICSI SP FY2018 Profit and Loss Adjustments Profit / Loss per MYOB 17,091.21 Adjustments: Conferences Income and Expenses in advance adjustment - 10,994.17 Provisions for Annual Leave and Long Service Leave - 4,257.51 Tax Adjustments for FBT and GST Rounding 388.07 Foreign Currency Adjustments 547.10 Asset Adjustments Depreciation and Expenses Capitalisation - 1,308.37 Accruals for Professional fees for FY2019 - 10,250.00 Adjusted Profit / Loss - 8,783.67

South Pacific AGM 2018BICSI SOUTH PACIFIC LTD ABN 73 127 016 102 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2018

2018 2017 $ $

Revenue from ordinary activities 561,265 503,403 Revenue from outside ordinary activities 479 3,046__ Total revenue 561,744 506,449 Less: Finance expenses (3,427) (3,692) Conference expenses (143,957) (88,852) Depreciation and amortisation expenses (6,407) (1,121) Employment expenses (244,927) (247,780) Occupancy expenses (14,532) (24,826) Administration expenses (25,793) (26,074) Communication expenses (8,425) (6,561) Other expenses from ordinary activities (123,060) (109,553) Total Expenses from ordinary activities (570,527) (508,459) Profit/(Loss) from ordinary activities before income tax expense (8,784) (2,010) Income tax expense - - Profit/(Loss) for the year (8,784) (2,010) Other comprehensive income for the year - - Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year (8,784) (2,010)

South Pacific AGM 2018 BICSI SOUTH PACIFIC LTD ABN 73 127 016 102 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 JUNE 2018

2018 2017 $ $

ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents 162,582 170,237 Trade and other receivables 89,063 111,586 Other assets 1,030 2,782 TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 252,675 284,605 NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment 27,179 25,101 TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 27,179 25,101 TOTAL ASSETS 279,854 309,706 LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables 31,145 31,275 Provisions 38,865 34,607 Other 74,129 96,436 TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 144,139 162,318 NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Other - 1,650 TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES - 1,650 TOTAL LIABILITIES 144,139 163,968 NET ASSETS 135,715 145,738 EQUITY Reserves (1,149) 91 Retained earnings 136,864 145,647 TOTAL EQUITY 135,715 145,738


Membership, Member Benefits & Social MediaMembership Breakdowns as of July 2018:Individual 167 MembersCorporate

Premier (20 members) 1 {0} 20 MembersPrestige (10 members) 6 {0} 60 MembersProfessional (5 members) 14 {7} 70 MembersCorporate (2 members) 66 {17} 132 Members

Total Corporate 88 {24} 282 Members

Total 449 MembersNotes:1. Report excludes 16 memberships in Guam that were transferred to BICSI Asia by BICSI HQ2. {.} represents number of corporate members that have not registered all of their

available memberships with actual people


Membership, Member Benefits & Social Media

Social Media• LinkedIn BICSI South Pacific company page – 508 followers (up by 216 in 12

months)• LinkedIn BICSI South Pacific group – 728 members • Facebook – 292 followers and 300 likes in past 12 months• Twitter – 248 followers• Instagram – 281 followers


Standards & Industry Representation

BICSI South Pacific has positions or its members have positions on over 20 Standards Bodies and/or Committees, including:• AS/CA S008 & S009 Working Group;• AUS/NZ Standards CT001-CT002 Fibre Optic Group;• AUS/NZ CT001 Committee;• Communications Alliance Customer Equipment and Cable

Reference Panel (CECRP);• Communications Alliance IoT Advisory Group;• Communications Alliance Encryption Bill Industry Forum• ADTIA Communications Advisory Group


Standards & Industry Representation Cont.

• NBN Public Information on Migration (PIM) Industry Panel;

• International Telecommunication Union ITU-T SG5 working group;

• International Telecommunication Union ITU-R ARSG-5 working group;

• InfoComm Standards Committee;• Queensland Whole of Government Cabling Committee;


Paul Stathis, CEO

New Volunteer AppointmentsRegional Coordinators

– Queensland Craig Buckingham RCDD– New South Wales Ian Russell– ACT Paul Williams– Victoria Dean Sutton– Hobart Steve Mutton

Golf Day Coordinators– New South Wales Tanya Langridge– ACT Evan Savescu


Volunteer Appointments Cont.BICSI South Pacific Committee Chairs• AdHoc Constitution Committee

– Bruce Turner

• Standards Subcommittee– Bruce Turner


Outgoing Board Members• Bruce Berry RCDD• Baz Hughes RCDD• Lawrence McKenna• Marie Vermes *


Incoming Board Members• Marie Vermes – Director and Secretary• Clive Hogg RCDD – Director• Paul McDow RCDD – Director• Roneel Singh – Director


Chair’s Report• Milestones

– 500 members– Continued the expansion of our Conferences (New Zealand)– Completed the third BICSI South Pacific “Strategy Paper”– Created our first Formal BICSI South Pacific Committee

dedicated to regulatory and thought leadership


Chair’s Report• To do list for South Pacific

• Volunteer Committees • Board Governance• Planning and execution

– Train the next generation….and the current one !– Engage

• Women in IT• Millennials

– More member involvement in US activities • Supporting standards activities• SP to lead content localisation• Tradeshow


Chair’s Report• To do list for South Pacific

– Elevate our Associations role• More media / more IT engagement• Public Policy• Reps and Senate inquiry's

– Enhance membership value• Education & Training• Standards• Conferences• Networking• Industry information and intelligence

– Financial strength and stability


• Chair Elect Report

• BoD Strategic Goals 2018/2019• Education & Training• Corporate Membership Growth


• BoD Strategic Goals 2018• By 2020:

• Goal A: BICSI South Pacific will modernise and advance its communications vehicles to the ICT community in the South Pacific Region.

• Goal B: BICSI South Pacific will provide greater participation on BICSI Global Committees, Standards & Manuals;.

• Goal C: BICSI South Pacific will expand it’s individual and corporate outreach membership programs.

• Goal D: BICSI South Pacific will develop it’s training platform to enhance BICSI Global’s educational programs and bring local focus to our Region.

• Goal E: BICSI South Pacific will modernise its Member Volunteer structure and participation.


Education & Credentialing

• Appointment of first Authorised Distribution Training Provider (ADTP) in South Pacific

• First BICSI Certified Trainer in South Pacific• Two DD102 courses held in 2018• Five new RCDDs and one new DCDC credential holders• Pilot ICT Standards Training day• Pilot BEES


• Pathway to RCDD Program• Starting the journey to the RCDD credential can be a daunting

prospect• BICSI SP has launched a “pathway” program to assist those

undertaking the journey• Using the RCDD community and our local ADTP, JB Hunter, the

program will assist participants along the journey to the RCDD exam with a combination of study groups, face to face training and RCDD mentoring

• Over a 6 month period, participants will be provided with valuable assistance to achieve the credential


• Existing RCDD’s, we need your help!• We are calling for volunteers to donate 2 hours of their time

to contribute as an SME to the group study sessions (via webinar)


• Corporate Membership

• Continue current year’s growth• Focus on multiple membership packages

– Increases value– Better value than multiple individual memberships– Corporate Membership brochure


• 2019 Conference

• Location – Sydney• Date – September/Early October• Venue – Look out for the save the date


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