FMD, University of Waikato
Issue No: 8 – February 2003
Greetings and a belated welcome to the new 2003 year!
This copy of Facilitation was my responsibility this time and was delayed due to my involvement with the breaking news of the
pesticide contamination issue within the old orchard site on the east of Hillcrest Road. This has taken up a huge amount of time by
myself and others to ensure that we are appropriate in our handling of the issue and making sure that anyone using the site is doing
so in a safe manner. As at the day of doing this comment (Wednesday 26th), we have completed initial sampling and reporting and
believe that there is no immediate concerns and indeed relatively minor long term concerns. Nevertheless we are looking at some
further sampling and reporting to clarify the issues, particularly in the areas where young children are commonly present on site,
namely in the area of the Kura Kaupapa and the Kohanga Reo. Whilst the effect of any pesticide residues is considerably less for
adults working on the site I have nevertheless met with the most obviously affected group, the gardeners, and some simple
procedures have been put in place. If there is anybody else who has concerns on this matter please feel free to see me to discuss
it.
On a completely different topic, the management team has been working through the Strategic Plan for Facilities Management and
has more recently had input from many people in the various work groups. That input has now been assimilated into the plan and
within a week or two you should be receiving back the draft complete plan. This is a live document which will not be perfect but
should represent the kinds of goals that the division is aiming for over the next year or so. We will now need to take the points
mentioned in this strategic plan and bring them down to the actual how, who and when, these points get implemented. Many of the
items mentioned in the plan are merely things we are already doing but others are targets which we may have to stretch a bit to
achieve. It will be an interesting exercise to review this a year or so down the track and hopefully we will find that we were
successful in achieving many of the goals we set ourselves.
Lastly at the back of this newsletter there are the photo captions for the photos from the Alumni Revue. These captions were
chosen by a totally impartial objective and unbiased team of myself and Ken Housely (well Ken is unbiased and objective etc anyway!)
and I wish to thank all those who responded with suggestions, all of which were in good taste! All those participants in the photos
will get a copy of the newsletter which will no doubt thrill the caption writers!!
John Cameron, Director FMD
Porters
Two Capital Works projects on the go
Here are some figures that may be of interest
to you.
During the period 02/09/02 to
18/12/02 the Porters carried out the following
tasks:
Work has started on the extension to the Pavilion. It comprises three new
change rooms, new separate toilets, a games equipment store and some
alterations to the existing building. The roof is a concrete slab with a
temporary roof covering over. This will allow an upper floor lounge or exercise
room to be easily built later when funds allow. The finish date for the present
work is the end of May.
Recycling Tasks
Carpet Moves
Room Shifts
Misc tasks
Course and Conference set-ups
166
6
33
185
12
The recycling tasks do not include recycling
done as part of our normal routine but are the
tasks as requested by the departments on
campus. There are also many tasks that do not
appear in the figures - these include deliveries
from the Store, providing coverage for the
Mailroom, Graduation set-ups, etc.
Derek Freeman who does the Print and Campus
Computers run has completed in the same
period an amazing 1,426 pick-ups and
deliveries from Campus Computers, not to
mention his deliveries to and from the ITS
workshop, or the deliveries from the Central
Store and the Printery – Awesome!
Laurie Drummond
Support Services Supervisor
The Academy outdoor performance stage is nearing completion (early-mid
March). We are now seeking quotes for the extension to the existing adjacent
servery terrace, which will complete the planed landscaping between the
Academy and Knighton Lake.
John Badham, Capital Works Manager
FMD Social Club update
2003 raffle and lotto number winners to date are:
14/2 – Meat Pack – Peter Duggan – no. 18
15/2 – Lotto no.8 – Judy Brighting $40; Lotto no.37 – Nan Sinclair $10
21/2 – Meat Pack – Marganne Allen – no. 14
22/2 – Lotto no.37 – Nan Sinclair $40; Lotto no.7 – John Raureti $10
The next big event is a bus trip to Waiheke. This is scheduled for the beginning
of May. Price and exact date to be decided.
Keep supporting the raffles because they are what help to subsidise trips, sausage
sizzles, and other functions.
Contact Tom Reidy or one of your social club reps if you have any queries about
the above.
From the department of useless
statistics that might be of interest!
You might be interested (or otherwise) to
know that the University of Waikato uses
approximately twice as much water per
student as any other University in New
Zealand except Massey.
We don’t know why this is and Trevor
Harris is leading a project to look at the
whole way in which we use water and
dispose of waste water.
Caption contest winners and their winning captions – thanks to everyone who took part:
Photo 1:
Look at that bloody fantastic
Christmas tree!
(Robin Dunmall)
Photo 3:
Security on another undercover
assignment.
(Mark Thompson)
Photo 5:
Hemi, I told you to spray the fleas!
(Robin Dunmall)
Photo 7:
Hey Tom, where do I put my fingers
next?
(Clive Hobson)
Photo 2:
I just shouldn’t have used Mark’s
special fertiliser mix!
(Laurie Drummond)
Photo 4:
Come on it was bigger than that!
(Michael Anderson)
Photo 6:
I told you before Bryan … this is
John Cameron’s carpark!!
(Laurie Drummond)
Photo 8:
It’s going to take a couple more of
these before I get the guts to put on
that dress.
(Marganne Allen)
Photo 9:
Photo 10:
Photo 11:
Photo 12:
I’ve heard of weapons of mass
destruction but this takes the cake
phew …
(Laurie Drummond)
There’s a lady in a pink dress in the
mens’ toilet.
(Mark Thompson)
Tom and Ray deep in discussions
about Tom’s PDR.
(Michael Anderson)
Hi, I’m from customs – don’t be shy,
this is just one of those new anti
terrorist safety checks.
(Laurie Drummond)
Facilitation is to be published twice monthly. This publication will be online in 2003!!
For communications relating to the FMD newsletter please contact Judy Brighting, ext 4980, email [email protected].