Admin Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 On the RAAus web site: CEO’s Last Day in Office 04-01-2013 You will all be aware that today is the final day in office for Steve Tizzard, who has represented RA-Aus as the CEO since April 2010. The Board would like to thank Steve, on behalf of all members and staff of RA-Aus, for his tremendous effort, loyalty and devotion to duty displayed during his time in office. Steve has offered to continue to assist RA-Aus in any way he can in the future and I feel sure that we will be making use of his knowledge, experience and dedication in the future. On behalf of all members and staff of RA-Aus we wish Steve Tizzard well and good fortune for the future. Regards Steve Runciman President
Bubbleboy Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 :amazon:Geez... That is a glowing reference. Hope he changes his mind and stays on! We need someone like that! Scotty 2
dazza 38 Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I hope he enjoys his retirement, no need for him to assist in the future, err, he has done enough . Time for the RAA to move forward, with new people with fresh ideas. 3
Bubbleboy Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Ah all fixed then! See guys and girls...genuine mistake. lets all go play in the sandpit together again...
drifterdriver Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 :celebrate:Tomorrow is my birthday and I can honestly think of no better present than this. I certainly feel that it was worth every penny of the member's money to stay on during the Christmas break. Thank you so very very much Mr Tizzard for this generous gesture. Nick 4
fly_tornado Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Ah well, every RAA manager from now on will be compared to Mr Tizzard...
flyhi Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 That's a frightening thought. Only if we get another ex CASA retiree.
fly_tornado Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I guess the lesson here is don't hire someone without experience running an office?
Gentreau Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 And Mr Runciman is still signing himself as President........ .
Thirsty Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 And blaming someone else for the 13000 mistake! 1
Captain Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I have not been able to ascertain exactly where the figure of 13,000 came from but it was briefed to the Secretary by a previous employee of RA-Aus just prior to the meeting.RA-Aus regret any inconvenience this may have caused members. Regards, Steve Runciman President When the then President (Reid) tried to gag me at the Temora Meeting of Members, nobody could subsequently remember who advised the Executive (Reid, Middleton and Runciman) that I was not a member of RAA, when in fact I was financial. Now the Exec can't recall where the 13,000 came from, but it was from some mystery past employee. These clowns have been overstating the membership numbers by 3000 or more for years and didn't monitor that claim in any way when membership number are a simple KPI for the health of the organisation. The Exec sure do listen to a lot of people who make "mistakes" and this Executive must never actually check anything. They have been derilict in their duty on numerous occasions and the grounding of members + the continuing inability of members and suppliers to register new aircraft is the result. How many "mistakes" will members tolerate? Regards Geoff 4
facthunter Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Surely an accurate knowledge of the numbers would be needed for insurance purposes. Regardless of the legal requirement ( which I have no knowledge of), It seems such a fundamental thing that It should be known. Perhaps one thing that IS tied to it is advertising revenue for the magazine. The bigger the circulation the more effective the advertising. Perhaps it is just "padding' to look good. AS stated, it is an index of how we are going. Nev
turboplanner Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 If it has been padding, there could be some legal implications with Insurance contracts - the last thing that needs to blow up right now.
Guest ozzie Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Is there any link btween how many members we have to how much funding is recieved from CASA to run the show?
fly_tornado Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 The members should expect a 30% discount for the next year's insurance bill or most likely not after all when has the exec managed to achieve the achievable?
Admin Posted January 4, 2013 Author Posted January 4, 2013 Is there any link btween how many members we have to how much funding is recieved from CASA to run the show? None that I know of however, on a positive side, the more members may or may not have a bearing on claims to get extra money from CASA...more members needs more money to manage but then, the more members the more economies of scale could be CASA's reply...either way the membership number has no implications on the Deed as far as I know
facthunter Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Ozzie , It would have to relate to numbers in some way. IF it related to board meetings .... we would have more..... Get the drift. I note Ian's comment. Maybe not in direct absolute numbers, but the idea is that we do a job for CASA and are compensated. Size must matter. Much of what comes to us must be coming from them. Philosophically...If we didn't do it they would have to be more involved which clearly they don't want.... Nev
drifterdriver Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 Nope, it's a flat fee from CASA in the region of $100,000 and has been the same for years and wouldn't pay the wages of one of their FOIs.
FlyingVizsla Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 Do the numbers matter? Well, this site can now boast a BIGGER representation of RAA members, now we know there are not that many of them. So 7,000 on here - 9,500 RAA members ... are 50%+ RAA members tuned into RecFlying? Sue
facthunter Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 Ian will know, but I think we have a lot of non RAAus members here. Nev
Guest Andys@coffs Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 I spoke to Lee Ungerman in the last month and he identified that RAAus have an obligation to advise CASA of our membership numbers every 3 months. It is why I have asked the board what numbers had been reported to CASA in recent times. Andy
turboplanner Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 Do the numbers matter? Well, this site can now boast a BIGGER representation of RAA members, now we know there are not that many of them. So 7,000 on here - 9,500 RAA members ... are 50%+ RAA members tuned into RecFlying?Sue It certainly does matter if a fraud has been committed Sue; if there is a package deal tied to member numbers (risk%), then member numbers need to match.
robinsm Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 [Comment removed - Mod] I thought the duty of the CEO was to oversee the day to day running of the organisation, that includes the monitoring of the correct adherence to rules, procedures and operations requirements. Why is this incompetent being allowed to fade into the sunset instead of being pilloried publicly for continuing to oversee an organmisation with a history of incompetent, self serving senior executives. The term here is PROFESSIONALISM. I hope for our sakes he did not get any sort of a performance bonus. For goodness sake employ a professional MANAGER, not a CASA cast off wannabe or someone looking to climb on our backs to get into CASA positions. 3
FlyingVizsla Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 It certainly does matter if a fraud has been committed Sue; if there is a package deal tied to member numbers (risk%), then member numbers need to match. I was being a bit "tongue in cheek" given all the flack the site gets for only representing the views of a handful of RAA members. This site probably reaches more members than the official RAA website. Sue 1
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