On Tuesday 23 October the national Young Pipeliners Forum (YPF) committee met face-to-face during the 2007 APIA Convention. As the members of the national committee are based around Australia in various capital cities, YPF national committee meetings have always been held via teleconference, so it was the first time they were able to hold a meeting in person.
This meeting was very successful with the committee discussing ideas for the 2008 YPF seminar in Brisbane next year. YPF committee members said they were grateful to their employers who agreed to send them to the convention.
Earlier in the week, YPF committee members and other young pipeliners got together for pre-dinner drinks at the Royal Pines Resort bar. The get-together had excellent attendance, with everyone keen to get networking and all enjoying a few drinks.
Young people in the pipeline industry who haven’t yet got involved in the YPF should contact APIA to learn about how they can get active – and encourage others to do so!
STOP PRESS!
In the months following Convention it became clear that all YPFers were very keen to get together again, and get their hands dirty in the process. On 4 December the Queensland YPF branch (and some interstate interlopers) donned orange vests and hardhats to visit the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project’s Western Pipeline, a first-time site visit for many attendees. Thanks go to Jacqui at APIA, Lara from Oil Search at the Queensland YPF, and Leon, Daniel, Chakib and Georgina from MACDOW and the Western Pipeline Alliance for organising this terrific day out.
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The YPF visits the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project’s Western Pipeline.
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