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NEWSAllan Hodda Memorial AwardThe Allan Hodda Memorial Award this year was won by Duncan McCarthy, a Fingerprint Officer from Queensland. Duncan will be travelling to the Seventh International Conference on Forensic Inference and Statistics to be held at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He will also be attending the Federal Office of Police in Berne, Switzerland to research digital and nano techniques that relate to Fingerprint Technology. Annual General MeetingThe AGM for this Society was held on the 25th of October 2007 at the Qld Police Headquarters at 6pm. At the meeting the President, Bill Crick announced the inaugural Allan Hodda Memorial Award. Details of the Award are available on the Awards page. For this year only, the Award application closing date will be the 14th of December 2007. The President reported that the Society has been asked to join TIFS (The International Forensic Summit) as a member of sub-group for Professional Societies. Members of the sub-group include
More information about this exciting development will be announced to the Society as it becomes available. The President also announced that new merchandise will soon be available, hopefully in time for Christmas. The new merchandise includes items such as ladies polo shirts, caps, golf balls and other memorable accessories. New Award - The Allan Hodda Memorial AwardOn the 20th of June 2007 at a meeting of the NSW Branch, the National President, Bill Crick announced a new award which will soon be available to members. The award is named in memory of Allan Hodda, who died suddenly in 2006. Allan was actively involved in the Society and his most recent position was as the President of the NSW Branch. The $5,000 award will be available each year to Full, Honorary and Student members and will be available to be used to travel to an overseas conference or educational opportunity. The successful applicant will be required to present at the next ANZFSS Symposium. More details will be available shortly. New Rules of AssociationThe new Rules of Association were presented at a Special General Meeting which was held in Brisbane on the 3 May 2007. The new rules were passed with over 200 members voting to approve the motion. The new rules are available on the Rules of Association Page. Notice of Special General MeetingA Special General Meeting will be held on the 3 May 2007 at 7pm in Brisbane at the Holiday Inn, Roma Street City. A Notice of SGM was sent to all members on the 29 March 2007. Business to be discussed at the meeting is described in the document, “Amendments to the Rules of Association of The Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society Inc.” which outlines 43 changes to the Rules of Association. A proxy form is available which you may use if you are unable to attend the meeting in person. The President of your local branch or their representative will be attending the meeting. A comparison sheet is also available which compares the existing rules with the proposed changes and gives some reasons for the changes. New MerchandiseOne of the topics of discussion at the National Council Meeting was the new merchandise that is now available from your local Branch. The new items include the an ANZFSS Compendium, a black leather-like document file equipped with a calculator pocket, a space for an A4 pad of paper, and pen or pencil holders, an ANZFSS tea-towel, a smaller version of the beach towel with a white background and a blue body outline and text; and an ANZFSS golf umbrella, a large and attractive navy-blue umbrella with the white body outline design, great for protecting you against rain or sunshine. The Body outline beach towel also makes a return. See your local for more details and to view the samples. A PDF file showing the new merchandise is also available (Merchandise PDF 750k). National Council MeetingA National Council Meeting was held on 24 November 2006 in Brisbane at Qld Police HQ. Please take a minute to read the minutes (PDF 24k) to see what was discussed. |
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