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| TUANZ - what's up? |
| Posted Fri 14 November 2008 @ 9:17 a.m. by Ernie |
Lots happening here - some good, some sad!
You might have read in the media that TUANZ and Internet NZ have entered into a formal collaborative discovery process to explore opportunities for closer organisational alignment. Here's the full statement signed off by our Chairman Chris O'Connell and Internet NZ President Pete Macaulay.
It's convergence-driven and makes heaps of good sense in my personal view!
On an unrelated and sadder note, with the international financial meltdown the forecast for TUANZ's major events programme next year looks bleak. The sponsorship on which we rely for support is likely to come under a lot of pressure, and attendance at major conferences has always been one of the first cuts companies make in tough economic cycles. So our confidence in our events market next year is low.
The "After 5s" are holding up well and will continue, but we've decided not to do any further work on major events for 2009 until the market clarifies.
Very sadly this has staff implications. Like any other business we have to cut our cloth, so some very talented people will be leaving TUANZ over the next three weeks. It’s all part of managing through a recession, but it’s hard in a small, tight team. They'll go with our very, very best wishes. |
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