1. Public role and professional standing

− Engagement with Government

− Professional and industry links

− Promoting the profession

− Public celebration of achievements

− Regulatory framework

• The Division arranged an ACT Election Forum which featured main candidates from all major parties.
• Major initiative for the 90th Anniversary was the planting of an “Engineers Australia Forest” at the Canberra International Arboretum and Gardens.
• Achieved good range of media coverage across a broad range of events including the ACT Election Forum, Engineering Week activities, Butters Oration, launch of the Excellence Awards and the 90th Anniversary Tree Planting.
• Positive success achieved with the newly branded Australian Engineering Week – a good foundation on which to build for future years.
• Number of entries into the Excellence Awards are lower and sponsorship targets are not being achieved and is in large part attributable to the global financial crisis.

2. An inclusive professional team

− Membership initiatives

− Encouraging member involvement

− Supporting non-metropolitan members

− Encouraging diverse member interests

• Young Engineers were actively engaged in delivering a diverse range of activities. The Gen2X lunch was an outstanding success with 150 attendees.
• Young Engineers have held careers booths at all tertiary institutions sometime during the year with good rates of sign up of new student members.

3. Youth appeal 

− School outreach programs 

−Engineering competitions 

−Promoting engineering on campus

• The Division was actively involved in a number of school-based programs including Engquest, Engineering Games, GirlTalk and Discover Engineering Careers.
• Facilitated sponsorship for Engquest at the national level by a local engineering organisation.
• Delivery of Girltalk was made possible with the appointment of a part-time project officer to deliver the program – 13 schools participated (around 400 students).
• Linkages with the three tertiary institutions have greatly improved and all were actively involved with the Discover Engineering Careers workshop.

4. Chartered Status

− Promoting the Professional Development Program towards Chartered Status for members

• Significant PDP signing with Air Services Australia.
• Number of Chartered interviews was again lower than in past years with only 33 processed.
• Chartered Status workshop held with attendance of 36.

5. Continuing professional development

− Conducting learned society events

− Improving access to CPD material for members

• Number of events, including technical, on the increase. 61 technical events held with 1674 attendees, plus 2 site visits with attendance of 49, plus 7 events during Australian Engineering Week with attendance of 193.
• CELM continued to hold their annual leadership presentation and also held a successful half day workshop.

7. Internal (member) communications

− Keeping members informed

• Four newsletters were produced during the year; details of all events continue to be emailed directly to all members.
• New newsletter format makes it more likely that members will update their contact details.

8. A capable organisation 

−Working with our sponsor partners 

− Good management

• Division office continues to provide outstanding member and customer service with a very small team.

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