Review of the 2017 Team Building/ Planning day

 

What a way to kick start the year. The sun was blaring and the Perth weather was living up to its reputation with a whopping high of 37 degrees. The heat was turned up but that didn’t stop the IET Team Building and Planning day from being a massive success. We started the day off with rock climbing at Rockface Northbridge. What better way to forge relationships than quite literally putting your life in another person’s hands? As expected, the activity was challenging, strenuous and all the synonyms you could think of, but the satisfaction when reaching the goal outweighed it all. An abundance of food and drink was also provided to fill our stomachs and keep us hydrated. A surprise birthday cake was also organised for one of our loyal members who still attended the event despite it being her birthday.


Later in the day the planning session for the IET was held in the Monadelphous Building at the University of Western Australia. The goal of the planning session was to get our new committee members up to organise and plan events in 2017, while also brainstorming new ideas to engage students and young professionals. Many brilliant ideas were seeded and are on their way to flourish throughout 2017. From the quick planning meeting (which again had an abundance of food and drink) a great foundation was built for the new year which will be jam packed full countless events that I look forward to taking part of. Although some of our leading committee member could not make it to the day, the “IET vibe” was still the same as always. Smiles on everyone’s dials.


On a final note I would like to thank Rockface Northbridge for their excellent staff and facilities. If it weren’t for their efficient air-conditioning and humorous staff the day would definitely have not been as pleasant.


Simon Nguyen J

IET WA YPS