I suppose my message, if there is one, in celebration of the Institute’s 30th anniversary, is that you too will suffer this when you retire or slow down and that is what this is about. Work is to keep you busy and to earn money for the family, the house and holidays, BUT do some planning for retirement. It is never too soon to start.
You will need things to do for the days are long and they will need filling. So far, I have written my memoirs, tidied up my files though many of the business files will be around for a few years yet, and am still working on the family history - that has been a fascinating effort through the Boer War, First World War, Russian campaigns and Second World War with relatives torpedoed in the Atlantic (survived), Indian Ocean near Madagascar (died) and a lot of life from UK, Denmark, South Africa and New Zealand.
I work as a volunteer for the Dartmoor Preservation Association on a variety of projects including bracken clearance, stone wall repairs, Bronze age hut circles, Second World War training and exercise areas (now abandoned) where we survey the area and plot the remaining features for mapping history, fundraising for the RNLI and the local Mountain Rescue team. I also walk guide dogs when I have time and have just taken on a retired black Labrador called Alfie.
It is a shock when you stop work and slow down - initially perhaps not a noticeable slowing down but, it creeps up on you so plan accordingly.
In the meantime, keep up the good work and congratulations to you all for an excellent Institute. You have done well.
From Adam Brancher (Past President 2016-2018)
I was lucky enough to be President during our 25th anniversary - my goodness how quickly time passes! When I took over, I think I may have commented that I was the most remotely located President the IIMS had ever had - frankly with hindsight I think I got that wrong.
We are each only ‘remote’ if there is a never varying point to measure from and as a worldwide organisation I now am clear that we are in fact integral parts a web or network, and that is, I think where our strength lies. The server sits where IIMS was founded, but the work and much of the brainpower is in the hundred or so countries we are represented in. We are unique amongst surveyor associations in this regard.
This network has clear business advantages both across Australia and in the wider region IIMS members talk and share knowledge and co-work jobs. We each know that we have been tested and vetted and that we are all on the same page ethically and professionally. I’d be seen as naive if I said that everyone was at the same level or that no one had off days, but on the whole I respect and admire my IIMS peers and know that they can be relied on to honestly and professionally discharge their duties in this multifaceted industry.
So, if I were to sum up IIMS - to me it’s a place where you can grow up as a surveying professional. To do so requires more than just a keen technical education and being street smart. You need decent supportive peers and the ability to educate and inform yourselves; and the courses, publications and seminars IIMS constantly produces are of the quality to do just that.
The relationships and links I have formed as a member have definitely got me to the point I am at today. I look forward to the next 30 years, though I’ll then be 80+ and we will all be driving around in flying cars!
From Capt Zarir Irani (Past President 2018-2020) ‘’IIMS and its Members and The Board of
There was and is a lot to learn and to give back to IIMS. During my formative years with IIMS, it was considered that ‘new blood’ was the need of the hour, hence I was successfully elected as deputy Vice President and then in 2018 through 2020 had the good fortune of serving IIMS membership as their immediate Past President. This I see as the highlight of my career. IIMS has taught me the fundamentals of all I know with respect to the business. The seniors of the board have been my bouncing board to steer Constellation Marine into its diversification of Marine Surveying and Consultancy.
This has been my good fortune and I have been able to give back to the fraternity. I am thankful to the board of director, grateful to Mike Schwarz and all the past Presidents, mentors I have had, and the knowledge I gained from the institute.
I end with sincere good wishes to IIMS on its 30th birthday and its digitalized future to continue its path of spreading knowledge and leading the surveying world with new ideas and inducting fresh bright minds into our surveying fraternity.
Directors have been my teachers for years.’’
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