CONSULTING ENGINEERS SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG SOUTH BRANCH
DRAFT MINUTES OF BRANCH MEETING NO. 03
NAME
EVENT
DATE
TIME
VENUE
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CESA Gauteng South
Branch Meeting No. 03
02 December 2011
09h00
CESA Head Office, Bryanston
1.
WELCOME AND ATTENDANCE
1.1
Welcome
Mr. S. Pillay, chairperson, welcomed all present to the meeting.
1.2
Present
Name
Organisation
Cell No.
Tel No.
Fax No.
E-mail
R&R
084 555 8909
(011) 463 2767
(011) 706 1317
[email protected]
Sugen Pillay
SP
Albert Moloi
AM
CKR
082 686 6754
011 ) 217 7305
011) 217 7335
[email protected]
Nico Swart
NS
Bigen Africa
0832632420
011 8020560
011) 802 0565
[email protected]
Thabo Khunyeli
TK
SSI
0828039380
(011) 798 6539
011) 798 6013
[email protected]
Cell No.
Tel No.
Fax No.
E-mail
011 463 2022
011 463 7383
[email protected]
1.3
Apologies
All apologies were accordingly noted
1.4
Additional Distribution
Name
Godfrey Ramalisa
Organisation
GR
CESA
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CONSULTING ENGINEERS SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG SOUTH BRANCH
ITEM
DISCUSSION
NO.
BY
DUE
DATE
2.
ALTERATIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO PREVIOUS MINUTES.
2.1
The minutes of the previous meeting were corrected and adopted.
3.
KEY ACTIVITIES REQUIRED OF THE BRANCH.
3.1
The key activities that were expected of the branch are as per the CESA guidelines.
3.2
Maintaining Regional Database and contact with Member Firms.
3.2.1
SP has received a copy of the regional members’ database (i.e. member firms with offices
in the Gauteng South Region), and has forwarded the database to committee members.
3.2.2
Member firms in the region will be contacted, so that each member firm can nominate a
representative, and an alternative, that will participate in the branch activities.
3.2.3
The database will be split equally amongst the committee members, for each member of
the committee to contact a certain no. of firms via a telephone call to office managers.
3.2.4
It was decided that member firms would be contacted once an event had been scheduled.
3.2.5
A short survey will also be instituted to assess the requirements of the member firms. QN
to draw up questionnaire and circulate to committee members. The implementation of the
foregoing decisions will be discussed in the next meeting.
3.3
Building and maintaining a relationship with Sister Organisations
3.3.1
The resolution made in the last meeting was noted and the matter will remain on the
agenda of the next meeting.
3.4
First Branch Event
3.4.1
It was decided that the first branch event will be scheduled for late Feb / March 2012. This
could take the form of a business breakfast.
3.4.2
It was resolved that potential speakers to be approached can come from the following
organizations: SANRAL; Eskom; Spoornet, DBSA; Investec; and IDC
3.4.2
As decided in the previous meeting, the committee members would approach the potential
speaker that they have identified to check willingness to speak at the event.
3.4.3
Logistics to be confirmed once speaker and date have been confirmed. The press would
also be invited.
3.4.4
The Brynston Country Club was proposed as a possible venue for the event.
4.5
Local Client Liaison Committees
4.5.2
It was resolved that the Committees will be established as indicated below:
Client Organization
JRA
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan municipality
Emfuleni Local municipality
Gauteng Housing
QN
27,01.12
27.01.12
All
Committee member responsible
Nico
Nico
Nico
Nico to ask Simelane
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CONSULTING ENGINEERS SOUTH AFRICA
GAUTENG SOUTH BRANCH
ITEM
DISCUSSION
BY
NO.
DUE
DATE
Joburg Water
City of Joburg
Joburg Property Co.
JDA
Rand Water
Mogale City
Sugen
Albert
Albert
Thabo
Thabo
Thabo
4.6
Presidential visit.
4.6.1
The visit is planned to take place in June, 2012.
4.6.2
As resolved in the last meeting, potential speakers to be approached include the following:


Executive Mayor of City of Joburg, Councillor Parks Tau – new growth strategy for
CoJ
Representative of the National Planning Commission or National Treasury.
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DBSA
4.7
YPF.
4.7.1
There were no new discussions under this item.
4.8
Finances.
4.8.1
There were no new discussions under this item.
5.
NEXT MEETING.
5.1
The next branch meeting has been scheduled for Friday, 27 January 2012 at 9.00am at
the CESA offices.
TK
ALL
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Secretary
Chairman
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