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For info on adding references - see the Troy Williams talk page. For info on the POV issues see also my recent comments on that talk page too.-- Golden Wattle talk 01:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
In response to your comment of 11 August on the Troy Williams article talk page: I think it may be easier to rewrite the article. If I post it on an online scrapbook I have, would you be good enough to assist me with it? My hope is that if I rewrite a clearly contentious article it's a good foundation for other work.
I would be happy to look at a draft at either Troy Williams/temp or User:CanberraStudent/Troy Williams. I don't think this is a clearly contentious article, it has a number of issues but for contentious articles it has a pretty low score really - there are lots of great opportunities elsewhere on the project if you wish to seek such fun and games :-) The article should be cleaned up though. Regards -- Golden Wattle talk 05:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- The article was deleted as a copyright violation of the Canberra Liberals website text as per the article talk page. Content therefore can be sourced from that page.
- The refs which you inserted in the text are:
<ref>{{cite news | title=2000/01 AIB Annual Report | publisher=[[Fire Protection Association
Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref> in connection with the paragraph:
In 1995 he was appointed as a research officer with the [http://www.fpaa.com.au Fire
Protection Association Australia] (FPA Australia), promoted to Executive Officer of
its Victorian branch in 1997 then national Assistant Executive Director in 1998. He
was responsible for coordinating FPA Australia’s industry policy, making a substantial
contribution to the creation of [[Australian Standards]] and technical codes associated
with reduced [[global warming]] and ozone depleting gases used by the fire protection
industry.
Other paragraphs and their refs are:
During 1998 he was seconded to the [[National Fire Protection Association]] (USA)
to study the harmonisation of Australian and US building codes. This work has been
augmented by further postings to [[Washington DC]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire
Talk Newsletter, Oct 1998| publisher=[[Fire Protection Association Australia]] |
url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
Under his leadership FPA Australia became a [[Registered Training Organisation]],
the first independent organisation in Australia to offer training in portable
fire equipment serving and training.<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire Australia magazine,
Spring 1999| publisher=[[Fire Protection Assocition Australia]] |
url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
He made a lasting contribution to the Australian fire protection industry as
principal author of ''FPAA01-2000 Code of practice for the fire protection
industry'' which continues to provide a best practice and ethical framework
for the installation and maintenance of life safety systems in Australia.
<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire Australia magazine, Spring 1999| publisher=[[Fire
Protection Assocition Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
Australia is a world-leader in the removal by industry of ozone layer destroying
gases and one such gas, Halon, was used extensively by the fire protection industry.
The [[Montreal Protocol]] established an accepted international framework to
protect the ozone layer and Williams’ expertise in assisting industry meet its
obligations under the [[Montreal Protocol]] saw him promote Australia’s expertise
overseas in 2001, traveling to the USA, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. One
of his last policy initiatives at FPA Australia was an industry-sponsored program
to voluntarily meet, indeed exceed, greenhouse gas emissions targets set out in
the [[Kyoto Protocol]].<ref>{{cite news | title=2000/01 AIB Annual Report |
publisher=[[Fire Protection Association Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
Following these accomplishments Mr Williams was appointed Chief Executive Officer
of the [http://www.ctiq.org.au Community Titles Institute Queensland]
[http://www.ctiq.org.au CTIQ], a leading professional institute representing
the interests of managers of some 165,000 properties valued at more than AUD$53billion.
During his time at CTIQ the organisation doubled in size and became a considerable
influence in body corporate law reform.<ref>{{cite news | title=2003/04 CTIQ Annual
Report | publisher=[[Community Titles Institute Queensland]] | url=http://www.ctiq.org.au}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=NCTI Newsletter, Sept 2004| publisher=[[National Community
Titles Institute]] | url=http://www.ncti.org.au/docs/newsletter_2004_19.pdf}}</ref>
In 2005 he accepted the position of General Manager of the [[Australian Institute of
Building]] (AIB), a professional body for builders that received a [[Royal Charter]] in
1969. Previous AIB Presidents include Sir Manuel Hornibrook and Sir Albert Jennings.
Williams' primary responsibilities include managing the institute and acting as its
princpal [[lobbyist]]. He has been responsible for a structural turn-around of the
organisation, securing the Institute's long-term financial viability and his position
was restructured to that of Chief Executive Officer in recognition of this
accomplishment.<ref>{{cite news | title=AIB Website| publisher=[[Australian
Institute of Building]] | url=http://www.aib.org.au}}</ref>
He has also served as General Manager for Queensland of a conglomerate
incorporating a law firm, funds manager and strata-manager,
[http://www.teys.com.au TEYS]<ref>{{cite news | title=NCTI Newsletter, Sept 2004|
publisher=[[National Community Titles Institute]] |
url=http://www.ncti.org.au/docs/newsletter_2004_19.pdf}}</ref>
You had suggested on the article talk page I think it may be easier to rewrite the article. If I post it on an online scrapbook I have... I am happy to look at a draft as per my comments above. The article talk page is still there with referencing formatting etc in answer to your previous questions. Please avoid a repeat of the copyright violation - I am sure you will.-- Golden Wattle talk 06:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi, there will be a meetup in Canberra on the 20 January 2018 at 7pm, I hope you're able to make it but understand that this is very short notice. Bidgee ( talk) 22:26, 15 January 2018 (UTC)
Hello CanberraStudent, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, they have helped improve Wikipedia and make it more informative. I hope you enjoy using Wikipedia and decide to make additional contributions. Some resources to help new Wikipedians include:
- How to edit a page
- Editing tutorial
- Picture tutorial
- How to write a great article
- Naming conventions
- Manual of Style
As a contributor to Australian articles, you may like to connect with other Australian Wikipedians through the Australian Wikipedians' notice board and take a look at the activities in Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia and associated sub-projects.
Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ~~~~; this will automatically produce your name and the date.
If you have any questions, please see
Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, try the
Wikipedia:Help desk, or ask me on my talk page. Or you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Thank you for signing up!
For info on adding references - see the Troy Williams talk page. For info on the POV issues see also my recent comments on that talk page too.-- Golden Wattle talk 01:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
In response to your comment of 11 August on the Troy Williams article talk page: I think it may be easier to rewrite the article. If I post it on an online scrapbook I have, would you be good enough to assist me with it? My hope is that if I rewrite a clearly contentious article it's a good foundation for other work.
I would be happy to look at a draft at either Troy Williams/temp or User:CanberraStudent/Troy Williams. I don't think this is a clearly contentious article, it has a number of issues but for contentious articles it has a pretty low score really - there are lots of great opportunities elsewhere on the project if you wish to seek such fun and games :-) The article should be cleaned up though. Regards -- Golden Wattle talk 05:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
- The article was deleted as a copyright violation of the Canberra Liberals website text as per the article talk page. Content therefore can be sourced from that page.
- The refs which you inserted in the text are:
<ref>{{cite news | title=2000/01 AIB Annual Report | publisher=[[Fire Protection Association
Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref> in connection with the paragraph:
In 1995 he was appointed as a research officer with the [http://www.fpaa.com.au Fire
Protection Association Australia] (FPA Australia), promoted to Executive Officer of
its Victorian branch in 1997 then national Assistant Executive Director in 1998. He
was responsible for coordinating FPA Australia’s industry policy, making a substantial
contribution to the creation of [[Australian Standards]] and technical codes associated
with reduced [[global warming]] and ozone depleting gases used by the fire protection
industry.
Other paragraphs and their refs are:
During 1998 he was seconded to the [[National Fire Protection Association]] (USA)
to study the harmonisation of Australian and US building codes. This work has been
augmented by further postings to [[Washington DC]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire
Talk Newsletter, Oct 1998| publisher=[[Fire Protection Association Australia]] |
url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
Under his leadership FPA Australia became a [[Registered Training Organisation]],
the first independent organisation in Australia to offer training in portable
fire equipment serving and training.<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire Australia magazine,
Spring 1999| publisher=[[Fire Protection Assocition Australia]] |
url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
He made a lasting contribution to the Australian fire protection industry as
principal author of ''FPAA01-2000 Code of practice for the fire protection
industry'' which continues to provide a best practice and ethical framework
for the installation and maintenance of life safety systems in Australia.
<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire Australia magazine, Spring 1999| publisher=[[Fire
Protection Assocition Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
Australia is a world-leader in the removal by industry of ozone layer destroying
gases and one such gas, Halon, was used extensively by the fire protection industry.
The [[Montreal Protocol]] established an accepted international framework to
protect the ozone layer and Williams’ expertise in assisting industry meet its
obligations under the [[Montreal Protocol]] saw him promote Australia’s expertise
overseas in 2001, traveling to the USA, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. One
of his last policy initiatives at FPA Australia was an industry-sponsored program
to voluntarily meet, indeed exceed, greenhouse gas emissions targets set out in
the [[Kyoto Protocol]].<ref>{{cite news | title=2000/01 AIB Annual Report |
publisher=[[Fire Protection Association Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>
Following these accomplishments Mr Williams was appointed Chief Executive Officer
of the [http://www.ctiq.org.au Community Titles Institute Queensland]
[http://www.ctiq.org.au CTIQ], a leading professional institute representing
the interests of managers of some 165,000 properties valued at more than AUD$53billion.
During his time at CTIQ the organisation doubled in size and became a considerable
influence in body corporate law reform.<ref>{{cite news | title=2003/04 CTIQ Annual
Report | publisher=[[Community Titles Institute Queensland]] | url=http://www.ctiq.org.au}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=NCTI Newsletter, Sept 2004| publisher=[[National Community
Titles Institute]] | url=http://www.ncti.org.au/docs/newsletter_2004_19.pdf}}</ref>
In 2005 he accepted the position of General Manager of the [[Australian Institute of
Building]] (AIB), a professional body for builders that received a [[Royal Charter]] in
1969. Previous AIB Presidents include Sir Manuel Hornibrook and Sir Albert Jennings.
Williams' primary responsibilities include managing the institute and acting as its
princpal [[lobbyist]]. He has been responsible for a structural turn-around of the
organisation, securing the Institute's long-term financial viability and his position
was restructured to that of Chief Executive Officer in recognition of this
accomplishment.<ref>{{cite news | title=AIB Website| publisher=[[Australian
Institute of Building]] | url=http://www.aib.org.au}}</ref>
He has also served as General Manager for Queensland of a conglomerate
incorporating a law firm, funds manager and strata-manager,
[http://www.teys.com.au TEYS]<ref>{{cite news | title=NCTI Newsletter, Sept 2004|
publisher=[[National Community Titles Institute]] |
url=http://www.ncti.org.au/docs/newsletter_2004_19.pdf}}</ref>
You had suggested on the article talk page I think it may be easier to rewrite the article. If I post it on an online scrapbook I have... I am happy to look at a draft as per my comments above. The article talk page is still there with referencing formatting etc in answer to your previous questions. Please avoid a repeat of the copyright violation - I am sure you will.-- Golden Wattle talk 06:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Hi, there will be a meetup in Canberra on the 20 January 2018 at 7pm, I hope you're able to make it but understand that this is very short notice. Bidgee ( talk) 22:26, 15 January 2018 (UTC)