Minutes of the Board Zoom meeting held on 28th August 2023
The meeting opened at 3:05pm. In attendance were Colin McElwain (CM), Nick
Davies, Neale Faulkner (Chair), Craig McInnes (CKM), Jane Davel (lay member),
Anselm Haanen (SG), Phil Napper (Secretary)
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1 Apologies
Nil
Act
2 Agenda
The purpose of the meeting was to review and approve the final licence renewal
applications with supporting evidence.
3 Licence renewals:
The renewal application from
was approved.
[ s 9(2)(a) ]
Information
is to remain on the s7(1)(d) watch-list for next year.
[ s 9(2)
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ed CKM/ND.
The following renewal applications were approved –
Michael Brownie,
Sam Elliotte,
Official
Cameron Chow.
In the case of
he is to be advised that should he seek licence renewal
[ s 9(2)(a) ]
the
in 2024 he would need to provide a comprehensive and recent CPD record that
covers all the competencies in Schedule 1 of the Standards.
Moved ND/CM.
It was agreed that the application from
could not be approved because
under
[ s 9(2)(a) ]
he had not complied with the Board’s requests for further evidence of his
competencies for licensing. The Secretary has tried unsuccessfully to contact him
several times by email and phone, and a former employer had advised that he had
gone overseas without leaving a contact address.
Additional matters:
Released
The Chair briefly updated the Board on current business -
(1) new Board appointments by the Minister will be advised soon;
(2) the recent competency assessment Webinar was well received with over 200
people attending. Written answers to questions raised during the Webinar will be
published on the Board’s website. A recording of the Webinar is available on the
S+S NZ website;
(3) CRSBANZ – Dr Don Grant has been accepted as a member of BAOQ. He will
also be in an advisory role for the NCS University accreditation programme;
(4) payments for Board committee and consultants are to be ratified by email
following this meeting;
(5) payment for this meeting – half day total, to cover preparation and meeting;
(6) the next Newsletter will be published following confirmation of the new Board
members next month. Other items to include in the newsletter – licence renewal
competency information requirements, advice of additional fees for late applications
and requests for additional information, competency framework, Annual Report LCS
statistics including LINZ lodgement statistics;
(7) law exam – there was a 75% pass rate with positive feedback from candidates
and no requests for remarking. A summary of results is to be published on S+S NZ
and CSLB websites;
(8)
has expressed a strong interest in assisting the Board with the
[ s 9(2)(a) ]
build of the framework to support the proposed competency assessment redesign;
(9) Anselm advised that he had attended the recent Plumbers and Gasfitters
Regulation meeting and found it very worthwhile. There was a wide range of
industries present, and it could become an annual event. The Architects Board had
introduced a new streamlined complaints process which was working well and less
bureaucratic.
The Chair closed the meeting at 3:55pm
Minutes Approved
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Chair
under the Official Information Act 1982
Released
CSLB minutes of meeting of 24th July 2023
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