Operations Officer from Moree Plains wins Conference Attendance Award
22 February 2010
We are pleased to announce that Karen McKenzie, Operations Officer, Moree Plains Shire Council was considered the best candidate and she has been has been awarded the AWA/Water Directorate Conference Attendance Award to attend OzWater’10 in Brisbane from 8-10 March 2010.
This is the seventh year that the Executive Committee has offered this award and funding, to assist a worthy engineer with up to 7 years experience from a member Council water business, to attend AWA's 2010 national water conference.
The Water Directorate will provide up to $1,600 towards the cost of travel and accommodation and AWA has kindly donated a gratis conference registration also valued at approx $1,600.
This year four outstanding water industry professionals nominated for the award. The nominees were judged on their applications and assessment of the benefits to their councils and themselves of attending this peak water conference.
Congratulations to Karen. We look forward to hearing about your experiences from this year's OzWater’10 in the near future.