how many WA's

[dolphinscales]

hello WA labbies just wondering how many of the memebrs are from WA

//EDITED by adam. Reason: small change to make subject more descriptive.

[Julia]

Hi mate,
I'm 'just' down the road from you in Pinjarra SHS.
Are you working with Nathan?
Julz

[dolphinscales]

Hey Jullie
Yes i am working with Nathan - taken over form Maureen.

nice to see you are on the forum

[Sandy]

Hi Guys
I am at Morley High School good to see more WA labbies on site

[dolphinscales]

Hey Sandy
hello to you.
I guess unless we both go tothe inservices not much chance of us meeting but yes it is good to see a few WAers on this site. under used by WAers from what i can see.

Are you going to this years Inservice?

[Jen1]

Hi Annette,
I too am "just down the road" at Halls Head Community College in Mandurah. Hope to catch up with you at the lab techs conference at the end of the year at North Lake. I'm just going for the first day. Do you know about it? If not I'll post more details. Cheers
Jen

[labtrash]

Hi to all the new WA'ers
I have been using this site for quite a while now. I'm at John Curtin and have been telling the others in my area to have a look. I find it very informative.
See you at the PD at NorthLake.

[dolphinscales]

Hello Jen1 and labtrash - good to say hello.

I am not attending this years PD - i only started this term the school did not think it was appropriate for me to go to this years. Next eyar though i will be there.

Jen i am hoping to get around to the local labbies to meet you face to face always makes contacting people easier and allthat let alone knowing you have some local support if required.


catch you both on the list some where soon.

[Nikki]

Hi all

I will see any of you that are going to the end of year PD in Perth. I get to come to Perth for a week, shopping on the weekend yay. (We dont have many stores in our town lol)

Nik

[dolphinscales]

Hey there Nic
no wont be going to the inservice this year so wont have a chance tomeet you but i wish you all the luck with the shopping.
I know what it is like to be let loose onteh city when living in Dampier for many years.

I trust you will all have a great time and learn heaps of new stuff.

[Teresa]

Hi all,
I am also from WA.
I think that Chemtalk is a great way to communicate with other Lab Techs around Australia. I think it is particularly valuable for people in remote schools. However in many schools where there is only one Lab Tech it is nice to have contact with others as one can feel quite isolated at times.
Perhaps we should suggest that numbers from each state could be included in the Statistics or membership section of this website?
Regards
Teresa

[Julia]

Chemtalk is also a great way for us WA'ers to get in touch with each other, as we are not only isolated in areas but segregatated into Public and Private schools which is a shame. We have different PD days so there is hardly any contact between us. Be nice if there could be one day at the end of the year for all WA Labbies to meet together. But at least we all have chemtalk!
Thanks
Julz

[Teresa]

Hi Julia,
I agree. It is certainly worthwhile getting together.
In fact last year I liaised on behalf of LABNETWEST with the Regional Technicians to have a combined meeting at North Lake. It was a great opportunity to get together in WA.
If many people are in favour then maybe it can be arranged for sometime in the future!
We will have the World Conference happening in Perth July 2007, where we will have 2 dedicated days for Lab Technicians.See http://www.worldste2007.asn.au for further details.
Kind Regards
Teresa

[Didee]

Hi all, yes it is good to be in contact with large numbers of other techs in a wide variety of places. Hope all of you going to PD this year really enjoy it. I hope to get down to next year's one.
Diana (Geraldton)