Projects

• Current
• Past
• Future

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Current

• We have recently announced at the 2009 SA Seafood Industry Awards the projects SAWIN wants to achieve over the next two years
• A major project is to include the SA Seafood Industry in the "Taste South Australia" pavillion at the Royal Adelaide Show
• In conjunction with the stand at the show, we want to particpate in the "Yellow Brick Road" by giving away samples of a seafood proudct.
• These two activites will need alot of support from the rest of the industry, but it is achievable.
• Anticipating the success of the 2009 Awards we made a decison to hold the next awards at the seafood capital of South Australia, Port Lincoln. There have already been many suggestions and ideas about the format of the awards and the buzz is that people are already planning a long weekend at the beautiful location in 2011.

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FUTURE

• A minor project is to develop additional activity resources for schools to build on the success of the workboot book "The Story of Seafood" and teachers resource kit.  Floor puzzles featuring different types of seafood are in the planning stages and will be funded by the proceeds of the silent auction held on the night.
• These can be taken to schools, events and other promotional activities.
• SA WIN is looking at using the latest technology such as teleconferencing and online forums to expand it communication and services for women.  We also hope to encourage greater participation by regional women.
• Committee meetings of SA WIN are now being conducted by teleconference which has help reduce the time and cost to members for attending meetings
• The next AGM will be advertised on the website

 

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Past

• Our major project for 2008 has been to purchase all remaining copies of “The Seafood Story” and provide them to 157 South Australian primary schools.
• The Workboot Series is a collection of high quality, innovative books featuring Australian farming industries and the story of food and clothing from the farm to the supermarket.  This series was published by the Kondinin Group
• WIN also purchased the remaining stock of “Workboot Series - Seafood Resource Kit” that accompanies the Seafood story book.  This Resource Kit includes ready-to-use lesson notes, activity pages and resource sheets for seven of the eight key learning areas.
• The lucky schools who receive these will be encouraged to use the “Seafood Resource Kit” as part of their curriculum.
• This huge undertaking was only possible with the funds raised at the 2007 South Australian Seafood Awards and the generous assistance of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
  
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• Many workshops have been held for our members including:
  • “Capitalising on the Talents of SA Fishing Women”;
  •  “Empowering Fishing Women to Capitalise on Networks”; and
  •  Several workshops on Working with the Media and Corporate Governance
• Organised  training days on meeting roles and procedures.
• WIN members have been involved in organising industry displays and historical projects on fishing in their regions;
• The State Seafood Industry Awards program have been established
• WIN Seafood Cookbooks have been collated and printed
• SAWIN coordinated the South Australian Maritime Museum “Catch of the Day” and also participated in the Basin Bytes website project.
• We were involved with the Living Health project “Eat well, live well”
• Actively involved in World Environment Day using the theme of the “River Murray and Lakes and Coorong”.
• WIN has cooked and provided seafood tastings to the public, up to 8,000 people At SARDI open days.
  
• Lakes and Coorong WIN group catered for the 2003 Regional Tourism Awards in the Limestone Coast region and were involved in the “Coorong Good Food” program cooking fish and assisting the Meningie Area School students for tastings at the Royal Adelaide Show
• Some of the projects organised by WIN are:
  • Bureau of Rural Sciences study “Understanding the Roles of Fishing Women”; and
  • “Seafood Women Embrace Best Practice Decision-making – “A calling of Seafood Women to Action”
• Some WIN members have since gone on to be active participants in their associations and peak industry bodies and industry women have won RIRDC Rural Woman of the Year in SA.