FMD, University of Waikato
Issue No: 100 – March 2012
Looking back over the past 10 years – or 100 issues of Facilitation ….
Our first issue of Facilitation went out in July 2002, and surprisingly has continued through to now. All previous issues of
Facilitation can be found on the Facilities Management website – click on the NEWSLETTER link. It’s great to go back and look at
all the social club trips/functions, and other activities the staff of FMD have been involved in, etc …
It’s also interesting to look back and see the various staff changes during the 100 issues --- (if anyone has been overlooked it’s
because they managed to escape appearing in Facilitation):
Arrivals – (italics refer to staff who started and left over the 10 years)
• 2002 – Laurie Drummond, Karleen Smith (name changed to Purchase when married in January 2009), Steve Chambers,
Panapa Thompson, Bill Liddle, Huri Nelson, Shar Temara
• 2003 – Johnny Foy, Varena Beasley
• 2004 – Leah Jones
• 2005 – Neil Hindman, Mua Taito, Paul Blair
• 2007 – Paki Tuna, Bryan Wells, Karl Hansen, Philip Dodanis
• 2008 – Leigh Harrison, James Dean, Roger Crawford, Giles Goldsmith, Charlie Watson, Ub Van Jaarsveld
• 2009 – Mike Davies
• 2010 – Sarah George, Gary Mitchell, Paul Marsh
• 2011 – Isaac Arnold, Gary Dancocks, Robyn Hirst, Allison Henry, Rachael Goddard, Delise Roberts, Patsy Puttick
Departures --- remember them??
Susan Jensen, Cherie Mason, Robert Moir, Emma Coker, Kevin Ford, Tom Moke, Joy Moke, Roger Buckell, Phil Whyte, Dale
Gerrard, Claudia Baird, Luke Karanga, Merv Kapea, Terry Van Jaarsveld, Mike Cagney, Tony Duke, Clive Hobson, Peter Burrows,
Katie Laurence, Donna Woodcock.
Recently Tony, Ray and myself attended an Emergency Management Situational
Awareness day in Wellington. This was aimed at assisting people to make good
There are plans afoot this year to remediate decisions in the time of an emergency.
Oranga Lake.
It was an interesting exercise which certainly honed ones thinking around working
Our three lakes were established in 1969 to out what is important to focus on (and conversely what is not) when you are in an
drain swampy land and act as storm water emergency management situation, or indeed in any situation.
attenuation.
A very telling quote from the United States Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld,
Water quality has been an issue for over began the session and I think it’s relevant here.
twenty years. However, the complexity of
“There are known knowns: there are things we know we know. We
the sites and costs of remediation has
also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there
delayed solutions.
are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown
Oranga Lake is often murky and clogged with
unknowns – these are things we do not know we don’t know.”
aquatic weed. This is due to the shallow
The trick with all of this of course is trying to figure out the things that we do not
depth, nutrients, and mixing of sediments.
know we don’t know.
Pest fish (koi carp and catfish) exacerbate
the water quality by stirring up sediments, If that all seems rather confusing then it is really, and it’s dealing with the unknown
and they also compete with native fish unknowns that can become quite a challenge in an emergency situation.
species.
The three of us had to work through a scenario in this workshop, around student
The lakes are an essential part of the demonstrations, occupations and fires on an Australian campus, and it was an
University and connect to the Waikato River. interesting exercise, which thank goodness we have not as yet had to deal with at
Over the next few months, pest fish removal Waikato.
and riparian planting will be taking place.
John Cameron
Oranga Lake
Sediment removal, traps on stormwater
drains, and floating wetlands are also being
investigated for future remediation work.
Rachael Goddard
The FMD Social Club once again put on a very successful function,
with a get together at the Gostiona, for Sunday lunch on the 25th March.
Thanks to the organisers of this event.
Feedback on Facilitation
We have successfully managed 100 issues of Facilitation. Quite some
time ago we asked for your feedback, and would like to see what your
views are now.
Please take a couple of minutes to answer the following and return to
Judy Swetman, PA, FMD (you do not need to put your name on this):
Don’t forget the Balloons Over Waikato Nightglow
on the Hillcrest campus
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Saturday 31 March from 4.00 to approx 9pm
Some pictures taken by Tony Dicks in the early hours
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of the morning on 28 March at Innes Common
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Found this photo during an office cleanup – do you recognise these
people? You can come and get the original picture if you want it!!!!
Energy on Display
Two photos displaying energy consumption, water, and solar generation. These are located inside the main entrance on Level 2
of the Student Centre. Some fine tuning is required but they certainly create an interest. Check out next time you are up that
way.
------- Robin Dunmall
Facilitation will be produced monthly. This publication is available online (where the pictures are a lot clearer) at http://www.waikato.ac.nz/fmd/
For communications relating to the FMD newsletter please contact Judy Swetman, ext 4980, email [email protected].