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Systems Engineering Society of Australia (SESA)
www.sesa.org.au2009 has been a challenging year for SESA. We identified a number of initiatives in 2008, but implementation has been slow.
Achievements and Highlights
Three committee workshops were held for further work on our strategic direction:
- marketing and promotion initiatives,
- re-defining our conference program,
- identifying topics for our Special Interest Groups, and
- establishing a 1-day SESA workshop.
We have re-focused our annual conference SETE, now to be run every 2 years, in late April/early May. The first of these will be SETE2010, in Adelaide, 3-6 May 2010. Another highlight for 2009 was the signing of four new SESA corporate memberships – these reflect our continuing growth and stability as a technical society.
Challenges and Opportunities
2009 has been a busy year for all SESA members, including the committee team, with the added stress of a volatile economic climate.
The introduction of the 1-day SESA workshops to give our members a forum to discuss and work on topics of interest had to be cancelled due to the small number of registrations received. We aim to conduct a survey of members so we can better target their needs, redefine the place of our Special Interest Groups, and at the same time promote SESA to industry, government and academia.
Inputs for our newsletter are still very much a challenge. We have changed from 4 editions to 3, and have introduced a reward scheme for the best submission.
Our marketing plan is still in development. Some progress was made this year, but our inability to find a volunteer to fill the Marketing Officer role has hampered progress.
On re-defining our relationship with INCOSE, progress has been minimal. It is likely to take the next two years, but we should be able to reach agreement to merge INCOSE in Australia with SESA, under the SESA banner.
Conclusion
Thus 2009 has been a year of challenge for SESA. We will continue to look at different means of attracting members, at the same time increasing the value of membership to current members.
I thank you for your support in my second term as President and hope that you will continue to support the new President of 2010 and the management committee. The role and the experience has been fulfilling and entertaining.
Kerry Jan Lunney
President
