The creation of the SAIMC User Advisory Council is now complete.
Chairman: Gerhard Greeff
Financial Manager: Dr Arthie Moore-Robberts
Marketing Consultant: Jane Collett
We are excited to announce that we appointed Gerhard Greef as Chair of the SAIMC User Advisory Council. His expertise and vision will be instrumental in steering the Council towards continued success.
This Council will be responsible for the future SAIMC User Conference.
SAIMC User Conference
Furthermore, the highly acclaimed MESA Africa Summit will expand to become the SAIMC User Conference and will be under the auspices of the SAIMC User Advisory Council. This enables the Summit to cover aspects on all levels of enterprise automation in line with the modern trends in technology.
This expansion will allow us to engage with a broader audience and provide even more valuable insights and networking opportunities.
Goals of the EUAC
- Responsible for the annual User Conference and Exhibition
- Which exhibitions should the SAIMC be supporting and what end – users would like to see at these exhibitions
- Decide on topics for seminars, lectures, webinars to optimise their knowledge and skills
- Establish an Automation discipline based on the Automation Federation’s Competency Model (the position of Enterprise Integration Practitioner has already been approved by ECSA).
- Drive the Automation Federation job descriptions and modify where required
- Optimise the knowledge and skills of Automation personnel by doing an in-depth analysis of the Mechanician, Technician, Technologist and Engineer training programs. Determine the gaps between what education provides and what industry actually requires. Then develop a way to close those gaps.
- Create a schedule whereby students can rotate among companies to ensure that they will be able to register as professionals after three years.
- Government and other Interaction including discussions with Chambers of Commerce: Create a platform in which members within the Automation field (including Mechatronics and Procccess automation) can discuss issues of national importance
- Define End User requirements for the new Automation discipline, responding with a unified voice instead of responding as individual companies. (Responding as individual companies may lead to targeting after responses have been received).
Criteria for Membership
Any person satisfying the following criteria may apply for membership of the SAIMC User Advisory Council:
- Members of the Council must be SAIMC members in good standing.
- Any receiver of services from or for the industrial automation industry may apply for membership of the SAIMC User Advisory Council.
- The CEO of the SAIMC shall be an ex officio member of the User Council Committee
- SAIMC User Advisory Council EXCO shall typically be individuals who represent their organizations as heads of those organizations and shall typically be the Chief Maintenance Engineer, Chief C&I Engineer or person with equivalent responsibilities
Application for Membership
- Application for membership of the Council shall be made in writing, in compliance with the criteria set down by the Council from time to time, to the Secretary of the Council.
- Applicants shall be required to furnish such information as may be required by the Council.
- Applications for membership of the Council shall be considered by the Council at the next meeting following receipt of such application by the Secretary
- Acceptance of such application shall be by 90% majority of the members at the next meeting of the Council.
- The Council shall not be obliged to assign any reason for refusal/admission to membership. Reasons for the refusal shall be submitted to the CEO.
Membership Refusal
- Should admission to membership be refused by the End User Council, the applicant shall have the right of appeal to the next general meeting of the End User Council.
- An applicant to whom admission to Membership is refused shall be entitled to a refund of any Entrance Fee and/or Subscriptions paid on application.
- Such a member will retain the SAIMC membership status regardless of the outcome of the application although the SAIMC EXCO has the right to act on the information of the Council and review the applicant’s status within the SAIMC.
- Any member who has resigned or been expelled from Membership of the Council may be re-admitted to Membership on such terms and conditions as the Council may determine.
Resignations
- Any member may resign from the Council by giving written notice to the Council Secretary and the amount of any current Annual Subscription shall remain due and payable in full.
- A member who resigns from Membership of the Council shall not have any claim on the Funds of the Council.
- In the event of a member of the Council EXCO no longer being eligible for membership of a member organization he or she represents; he or she will vacate his seat or resign.
- A replacement will be elected at the next meeting of the Council.
- In the case of the member being part of the management committee, the Vice Chair will take over the responsibilities of the office in the interim.
