From the committee
By Elisabeth Thomas
The committee came together again on 8 October 2024 via Zoom, as we continue to trial meeting every two months. We worked on finalising committee handover matters and tasks. A survey of past and present committee members is providing ideas on such matters, particularly looking at the “onboarding” needs of new committee members.
One significant project, designed and managed by past committee member Dr Kai Jensen AE, is the redesign and update of the shared drive used by the committee. The review and changes will enhance our record keeping and simplify matters for the Editors NSW committees going forward.
The planning for PD events for 2025 continues as the final event for 2024 was Dr Linda Nix AE’s workshop “Developing your freelance editing business plan” on 30 October. We’ll share an event report in the next issue of Gatherings.
There are networking events aplenty (thanks to the work of Ruth Power) with lunch gatherings in October and November – in Sydney, Newcastle and Moss Vale. Our popular end-of-year dinner will be held on Tuesday 3 December 2024 in Kirribilli in Sydney.
And in late news, we welcome Kiara Thomas to the Editors NSW committee as our new PD officer.