SEPTEMBER 1984

ISSUE.6

THE BEND J IM M . BUTLER

D i r e c t o r o f M a n u f a c t u r i n g

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DIRECTOR'S REPORT

The successful introduction to the market of our VK Commodore series has given us all at Holdens' a much needed upUft in morale and more im­portantly a boost to our economic outlook. These factors combined with future model plans and our reorgan­isation program indicate that we have taken the first steps towards ensuring our Company's viability as a Manu­facturing force in Australia.

During the past month display boards have been located in each cafe­teria which show the activity that will be taking place at Fishermen's Bend during the next eighteen months. These displays have been prepared to keep all employees up-to-date with our plans and give each and every em­ployee some indication of the per­sonal effect of these activities. It is our intention to continue to update these displays as planning progresses and details are finalised.

In order to achieve the Company's objectives of quality products at a competitive price, it is recognised that these goals could not be achieved by Management decision or directive alone and the involvement and com­mitment of all employees will make all our tasks easier and more reward­ing. At a recent meeting of Manufac­turing Managers from all plants the matter of employee participation occupied most of the day, and all managers gave their total commit­ment to the acceleration of the volun­tary employee participation process. The discussions resulted in the pre­paration of Manufacturing Depart­ment's policy on employee participa­tion which appears in this edition.

As the Director of all Manufactur­ing operations throughout the com­pany, I am personally committed to the voluntary employee participation policy as I believe that this method of operation will give all participants a greater understanding of their role in the organisation, the opportunity to influence their work, work environ­ment and the quality and competitive­ness of our products.

J. M . BUTLER July 11, 1984

\ JAMES M . BUTLER Bachelor of Science — Adelaide University Joined G M H , 1984 in S.A. Operations

During following years was asso­ciated with the introduction and operation of new electroplating, auto­matic transmission and die casting plants at Woodville and press shop, body and vehicle plant, hardware, trim fabrication, and plastics plants at Elizabeth.

For many years active in the Aust­ralian Institute of Metals and served as its Federal Resident.

February 1981 — appointed Man­ager, S.A. Operations.

August 1981 — elected to G M H Board.

March 1983 — appointed Manu­facturing Director. Hobbies:

Music, Oil Painting, Golf, Wine Collecting, Reading, Geology.

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EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION POLICY

THE MAHUFACTUfiUJG OEPARTMEfiT OF GENERAL t-aTORS-HOLDEN'S IS COMMITTED TO THE ACCELERATION OF THE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION PROCESS.

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THE TERM "EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION" EXPRESSES THE CONCEPT OF EMPLOYEES ACCEPTING, ON A VOLOtiTARV BASIS, OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE THE DECISIO.'IS WHICH AFFECT THEM, THEIR WORK, THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRODUCT.

IT FOCUSES ON :

* ACCESS TO INFORMATION * THE WAY DECISIONS ARE MADE * THE WAY PEOPLE AT WORK RELATE TO EACH OTHER

THE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION PROCESS RECOGNISES THE SEPARATE YET DEPENDENT INTERESTS OF UNIONS AND THE COMPANY. THESE INTERESTS ARE PROTECTED BY AN AGREEMENT THAT AWARD AND INDUSTRIAL MATTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROCESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ESTABLISHED INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS PROCEDURES.

IT IS THE DEPARTMENT'S PREFERENCE TO CONDUCT EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES WITH THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF THE UNIONS.

THE GOALS OF EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT ARE TO :

* PRODUCE PRODUCTS THAT SATISFY OUR CUSTOMERS * OPERATE WITHIN OUR MANUFACTURING AND FINANCIAL TARGETS * MEET OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE INDIVIDUAL

NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE IN OUR ORGANISATION

DEVELOPING STRUCTURES A!,'D OPPORTUNITIES SKILLS AND TALENTS OF ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.

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SUB GOALS

THE STRATEGY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS RELIES UPON TWO SUB GOALS :

* EXTENSION OF THE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION GROUP CONCEPT {EPG CONCEPT) AT DAHDENONG AND ELIZABETH PLANTS AND ITS DEVELOPMENT AT FISHERMEN5 BEND MANUFACTURING.

* PROVIDING MECHANISMS FCR EPG MEMBERS TO BECOME AWARE OF AND UP\'E INFLUENCE ON ITEMS BEYOND THE NORMAL SCOPE OF A SINGLE WORKING GROUP.

ACCOUNTABILITY

THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF THE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION PROCESS RESTS WITH THE PLANT MANAGER AT EACH LOCATION.

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$10,000 SUGGESTION AWARD PROBLEM SOLVING

This happy group of FOUNDRY PROBLEM SOLVERS put their heads together and come up with a suggestion that netted them a total of $10,305.

Wolf Oppawsky Joe Viscuso Peter Todorov Joe Azzopardi Jimmy Crawford Sammy Thomopoulos Charlie Loverso Nick Papadam

DIRECT PURCHASING EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION GROUP

The Materials Management Direct Purchasing Employee Participation Group (EPG) was formed in July 1983 from volunteers within the Department to advise Management on the structure most suitable to handle the current and envisaged work load.

The EPG was set up after consult­ing with Mr. W. Holland, Director Oldsmobile Purchasing, who had identified operating problems within Direct Purchasing Department.

The basic idea behind this EPG was to allow the people doing the job to have a say in what they consider to be the best way to handle their work load, both now and in the future.

To this end EPG has met regularly and has identified and put in place training programs to enhance and further develop the skills of our buyers.

To ensure that the new structure is workable, two buying groups are now working to the new format on a trial basis with feed back to the EPG for discussion and modification i f required.

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Works Engineering retirees: Nelson Hughes — 34 years; Sam Bonnici — 33 years; Fred Cumberland — 36 years.

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BEAUTY & THE BEASTS Christine Romero was recently pre­

sented with a Holden jumper by Bob Marshall and Peter Drew. Christine who works on the Engine Assembly Line, received the jumper for her design for the Plant 16 Good House­keeping award.

The competition was initiated by the Plant 16 Employee Involvement Action Group.

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FOUNDRY PRESENTATION

A group of Foundry employees receiving digital desk clocks for their efforts made in their own time towards translating the material for Problem Solving Workshops. Sam Horrobin, Foundry Manager, pre­sented the gifts to the group which included: Van Nguyen, Gastone Cain, Joe Catalfamo, John Azzopardi, Rizzo Karim, (Simon) Van Hoang, Jim Stylianou, Drago Mlinarevic, Bill Boyaci (not present) and Paul Carey — the writer of the Problem Solving Booklet.

HELPFUL HINTS G A S K E T - C U T T I N G

Cutting gaskets for water pump, carby flanges, etc., can be a hit-and-miss business, but here is a simple method to save time and headaches.

Paint the surface of the flange or component with bearing blue, then place the gasket material over it and press down firmly. You wil l get a perfect imprint of the gasket shape to be cut, including bolt-holes.

D R Y U N D E R F O O T Here is a simple way of keeping the

underfelt on the car floor dry when water enters.

With the rubber mat on top of the underfelt stopping the water drying out on my own car, the floor was beginning to rust. So I took the drain plugs out of their holes then put a piece of expanded metal mesh, cut to fit the shape of the floor well, beneath the underfelt. Now the air can circulate and dry out any moisture.

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SHIVERS! PRIZE

Plant 16 employees will soon be wearing T-shirts with this original 'Chivers' design.

Kerry Chivers from Works Engin­eering, took out 1st prize, with his design, in a competition organized by the Plant 16 Employee Involvement Action Group.

D A I L Y GREETING Are you still here? Signed . . .

Hanging In.

COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED A T FISHERMEN'S BEND

OTHER T H A N F A M I L Y I I ENGINES

MACHINE SHOPS

L6 & V8 ENGINES — Pits 10 & 16. Cylinder and case, cylinder head

and assembly, crankshafts, cam­shafts, connecting rods, pistons, inlet and exhaust manifolds, clutch and pressure plate assemblies, clutch housing, engine assembly and hot test, shipping.

TRASMISSION ASSEMBLIES — Pi t s .

3 & 4 speed manual transmissions including manufacture of: all gears, shafts, transmission case, transmis­sion cover and extension housing. Assembly and test of 3 & 4 speed transmissions.

Automatic transmission compon­ents, gears, shafts {assembly and test carried out in South Australia).

Plant 1: Rear axle assemblies, disc brakes, differential components and assembhes, front knuckle and strut assemblies, drum brakes — compon­ents and assemblies.

ON THE JOB TRAINING

The Direct Purchasing Employee Participation Group (EPG) recom­mended the development of the Pur­chase Analysis skills of the buying groups. The EPG organized a training program under the "tutorship" of the Finance Department expert Alan Kel-let (Manager-Pricing). The group is featured here in their training environment.

Adrian Hobson

PAST A C T I V I T I E S

P L A N T 1 Vehicle assembly and paint, also

toy pedal cars, aircraft wings and torpedoes.

P L A N T 2 WoodmiU, assembly of work boats, Bedford utility joints leaded, main­tenance department until late 1983.

P L A N T 3 Manufactured grey marine diesel

engines for work boats, toolroom and production engineering.

PLANT 4 Grey iron foundry.

P L A N T S Grey engine and one piece trans­

mission plant, engine assembly and test.

P L A N T 6 Toolroom and steering knuckles

manufac tu re , m u l t i spindle automatics.

P L A N T 10 Manufacture of L6 red engines —

149, 179, 161, 186, 173, 202 and 1.9 L4.

PLANTS H & 14 Grey and nodular i ron —

foundries.

PLANTS 12 & 15 Fettling and cleaning components

for presentation of castings to machine shops.

PLANT 16 Manufactured

components. V8 engines and

C U R R E N T A C T I V I T I E S

P L A N T 1 Holden L6 differential component

assembly, rear drums and rear brake assembly, front and rear disc brakes. " V K " knuckle and strut, tool sharp­ening area, boxing and shipping, mail and communications centre.

PLANT 2 Cold forming and storage.

PLANT 3 Experimental engineering.

P L A N T 4 Refurbished in 1979 for manufac­

ture of family I I con rods, camshafts, cam followers and water pumps.

P L A N T 5 3 & 4 speed gear boxes, trimatic

gears, heat treatment furnaces.

P L A N T 6 Works engineering, pattern shop,

battery charging, disco which manu­factures wire harnesses, spark plug leads, etc.

P L A N T 10 Extended in 1979 for manufacture

of family I I cylinder blocks, crank­shafts and bearing cluster.

PLANTS 11 & 14 Extended to include family I I

requirements.

PLANTS 12 & 15 Extended to include family I I

requirements.

P L A N T 16 Extended in 1979 for family I I

engine.

ADDTTION CASTING COMPONENTS FOR TOYOTA

Cylinder blocks, crankshaft, fly­wheel, exhaust manifold, bearing cluster.

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G.D.W. (BILL) DOBELL Manager, Manufacturing Engineering Operations -

Fishermens Bend MECHANICAL EHGINEERING

Mechanical Engineering are responsible for the method of production. This involves the evaluation, s e l e c t i o n and amount of equipment and tooling required to meet Production schedules and the steps (Production Routing) by which various components and assemblies are produced.

MARIO PAULINI PREPARING F I I CAMSHAFTS FOR THE STRAIGHTENING MACHINE

ROBERT HUDSON - CHECKING L6 CYLINDER BORES - PLT lO.

ELECTRICALS — Pit 6 Switches, fuse boxes, wirin

esses, lead assemblies.

Cymer head and assembly nywhee, and assembly, pistons, piston and con rod Sembly inlet and exhaust mani-fSfdf en^ne assembly, engine test

• Ind trim, oil pump, thermostat assy, camshaft housing and assy.

SUY PO LIM - PACKING FAMILY I I ENGINES READY FOR SHIPMENT OVERSEAS.

ENGINEERING

Engineering are responsible for the design, s p e c i f i c a t i o n s and t e s t i n g of a l l components and assemblies required for the manufacture of motor v e h i c l e s .

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SAM D. HUHROBIN Manager - Foundries

FOUNDRIES Producdon of grey iron and nodu­

lar iron castings; including manufac­ture of core sand moulds and fettling of finished castings.

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VLADMIRE STOYANOVIC BRAKING C Y L I N D E R BLOCK CASTINGS PROM CORE BOXES.

IAN W. GALE Manager - Works Engineering

WORKS ENGINEERING Apprenticeships, maintenance of

machine tools and equipment, manu­facture and maintenance of jigs, fix-^ tures and gauges, manufacture and maintenance of patterns, etc., for foundries, electrical services, mainten­ance of all plant and equipment on the Fishermen's Bend area.

DAREY SALINAS WITH AN L6 MOULD SAND, WATER JACKET CORE.

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GREG KEANE, MAINTENANCE F I T T E R , MAKING UP A PART FOR TRYQUT.

Sitting: from left to right: Drago Mhnarevic, Paul Carey, Neil

Howard, Sam Horrobin, Dragoslav Dimitric, John Azzopardi, Gordon Kearns, Jim Stylianou, Romolo Cane, Eric Houghton, John Ross.

Etem Agusevski. Absent: Bryan De Kretser.

COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

Standing: from left to right: Debbie Rough, Fred Kaestner,

Steve McKenzie, John Mills, Bob Clark, Con Balayanis, John Rosetti,

It is now a little over 11 months since the Foundry Communications Committee members started meeting on a weekly basis. Through meetings with Day, Afternoon and Night shift employees, the Committee has had a significant influence on matters con­cerning foundry employees.

Among other achievements, the Committee has initiated the publica­tion of "Foundry News", published on a weekly basis exchanging in­formation between foundry employ­ees. Foundry Open Day Sub Commit­tee formed to organise a day for families to visit the Foundry, current­ly planned for August 19.

The Foundry Communication Committee also influences other activities around 'the Bend', it invites people from other departments to learn about their activities.

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SEC power restrictions in June severely disrupted our Fishermen's Bend operations.

Two days production was lost — other areas worked on under difficulty.

" I 've heard of design securi ty , but th is is redicu l o u s " !

NO IDEA HOW M U C H ROOM FOR THIS A D D : : W I L L H A V E TO BE SET W H E N KNOWN:::: :

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE

After the formation of the Engin­eering Department Communications Review Committee in November 1983, one of the first issues examined was employee morale and attitudes.

A Sub-Committee was formed and one aspect of their work has been to measure the level of morale in the Department.

At the end of June, an Organisa­tional Climate Questionnaire was ad­ministered throughout the Depart­ment, with everyone having the op­portunity to express their attitudes on a variety of subjects.

TThe results of the survey will be used to help formulate a plan of ac­tion and also to gauge at a later date the effectiveness of any action.

Work in this regard must be a co­operative action between members of the Engineering Department and their management.

In the coming months, everyone will have further opportunities to con­tribute towards the ultimate aim of the committee; that is, to see an im­provement in feelings and attitudes throughout the department which wall hopefully spill over to other areas of company operations.

In the photo . . . from left to right; David Martin of the Drawing Office, Benice Pocock of Project Control, Paul Carey of QWL, Paulette Awais of Persormel and Stephen Bridget of Design Staff look at early results of the questionnaire. Ken Hopkins of Laboratory and Keith Ross of Experi­mental Engineering were both on Annual Leave.

THE GENERAL'S APPRENTICES W I N MEDALS

On Wednesday, July 4th, 1984 at Newport College of TAPE, our ap­prentices won 10 of the 18 medallions presented fo r ou t s t and ing performance.

As similar results have been earned from Collingwood TAFE and RMIT, it would appear otir apprentices are holding their own against stiff competition.

Attending the presentations and representing the Company were Messrs. T. Perini, K. Lee and P. Penny, all of whom would indicate their satisfaction with the evening.

The medallions our young men received were all engraved vrith their names and bore a symbolic pattern indicating the broadening horizons of succeeding years.

Listed below are the medal wiimers: Fitting and Turning

Year 1: Andrew Kowal ~ 1st Out­standing Medallion; Troy Pearce — 3rd Outstanding Medallion.

Year 2: Wayne Sampson — 2nd Outstanding Medallion; Horace Spiteri — 3rd Outstandmg Medallion.

Year 3; Craig Atkinson — 1st Out­standing Medallion. Technician Studies

Year 1: Elmer Pamintuan — 2nd Outstanding Medallion.

Year 2: Peter Henry — 2nd Out­standing Medallion.

Year 3: Gary Kendrick — 1st Out­standing MedalUon; Michael Oleksiuk — 2nd Outstanding MedaUion; Graeme O'Meara — 3rd Outstanding Medallion.

G M H (EMPLOYEES) QWL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE LTD.

— On June 27, 1984 the Credit Co-Op held their second annual gen­eral meeting. Four representatives from Fishermen's Bend attended. The results showed a turnaround of some $18,000 on the 1983 results, and after tax retained earn­ings of $84,416 is now shown.

— The expansion to Fishermen's Bend is now being actively plan­ned. The Co-Op staff have already met with Melbourne area manage­ment to discuss the use of facilities and location. A vital step in the ex­pansion program is the purchase of computing facilities. Several com­panies have submitted proposals and the evaluation is due for com­pletion by the end of July.

— On July 18, the Melbourne Steer­ing Committee will be meeting with the Co-Op Board to discuss progress to date, and to outline future steps. This will enstu'e that the expansion is made efficiently and smoothly. It is also expected that the Co-Op Board will also be able to advise timing for the move to Fishermen's Bend.

S E E I N G T H E L I G H T When reconnecting headlight wires

after removal, it is often hard to ensure that high and low beams are correct on both lights.

To do away with any chance of error, connect the wires to their respective filaments, then put on a pair of oxy-acetylene welding goggles or dark glasses and look at the lights. You can tell immediately which filament is alight in each lamp — remembering that the lower filament will be the high beam and upper filament the low beam.

' A FOUNDRY WINNER"

Sakin Boyaci is a 4th year Foundry Production Apprentice. He came to Australia from Turkey six years ago when his family decided to migrate.

When Sakin first arrived in Aus­tralia he could speak very little Eng­lish, however this is hard to believe lis­tening to him now.

Sakin is obviously a person who perseveres and wins through. He has accustomed himself to a different cuL ture, learned to speak and write a new language and become the first Turk­ish apprentice with G M H .

In view of his achievement, you will hardly be surprised to hear that on the evening of 14th June Sakin ascended the stage of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology to receive the IBF Prize for his outstanding work in Stage 1 of the Cast Metal Higher Technician Course.

Sakin's father, mother and brother were among the audience of several hundred people who witnessed the ceremony. Even though Sakin's p'ar-ents do not speak Enghsh, their pride was evident. " W E L L DONE S A K I N "

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B E T T E R THAN BRUSH When preparing to repaint my car

recently, I found I had no wire brush to scrape off the old paint, so I had to improvise a substitute.

Cutting a 6" strip of old fly-wire, I wrapped it round a small block of wood and used this instead.

I found it did the job faster than a brush, being more rigid — and after­wards it became a handy tool for scraping dirt and grease off the work­bench.

i WEDDING CARS Don Clifton and Veronica Scott,

both of the Engineering Department, are pictured on their wedding day in a G M H Statesman wedding car.

The ceremony took place in the gardens of the Victoria Golf Club at Cheltenham, where Don is a member, and the reception was held at the 19th hole.

Don is a Design Draftsman, having been with G M H for 30 years, and Veronica, who is Hugh Videion's sec­retary, has been with the company for 7 years.

F A M I L Y I I ENGINE VISIT FROM ALCOA:: WANT TO GO TO NEPAL?

In 1980 G M H invested $350 million in our engine plants to meet require­ments of 1300 engines per day for both local and overseas locations.

Today that requirement has reduc­ed to 704 engmes per day, severely ef­fecting our efficiency and competitive costs on the overseas market.

In order to reduce cost and improve our position many aspects of our operations are being analysed.

Recently several of our general foremen have been assigned to moni­tor the costs of materials, power, tool­ing, and other operating supplies in their area. Herman Hepp of Works Engineering is working in conjunction with these general foremen.

Other general foremen are working as quality specialists to improve qual­ity and reduce scrap.

Some of the changes introduced by the co-operation of many people include the following: General reduction of hydraulic/lubri­cation oil usage. Plant 10 (John Arnold — Cost Monitor) 1. "Just in Time" on cylinder block

banks. 2. Scrap reduction on cylinder

boring. Plant 16 (Noel Valle — Cost Monitor) 1. Salvage porous aluminium castings

using PMS lOE loctite solution. 2. Programmed tool change frequen­

cies to improve tool Ufe, quaUty and machine up time.

Plant 4 (Rohan Wilson — Cost Monitor) 1. Introduction of automatic debur-

ring of oil holes on camshaft. 2. Introduction of statistical process

control on key operations. Plant 16 (Noel Edwards — Cost Monitor) 1. Replacement of expensive shipping

plugs by common V8 plugs. 2. Relayout of piston and con rod as­

sembly area to improve methods. Foundry (Doug Scott — Cost Monitor) 1. Increased speed of cylinder block

painting. 2. Robot dipping of jacket assembly.

We have seen more improvements other than those listed, yet we still have a long way to go to build our quality engine at a competitive cost. THE TIME A N D CHALLENGE IS NOW! TOGETHER WE CAN W I N

A recent tour of the Fishermens Bend area was considerai "most worthwhile" by three visitors from the Geelong Alcoa Aluminium Plant.

The visitors, comprising of a Safety Officer, Foreman and full time Shop Floor Safety Representative, were shown around by members of our own Safety Section.

The group were noticeably impress­ed by the high standard of machine guardings and tidiness within our plants. We beheve the group went away v/ith a few good ideas to discuss with their own management and an offer was extended to visit their plant as part of a Safety Information Exchange.

SAFETY SECTION, Fishermens Bend

WELCOME TO G M H Peter Hyatt — Senior

Affairs Officer. Pubhc

TROUBLE AFOOT Mark Telfer, Manufacturing Per­

sonnel Officer, returned to his child­hood and attempted a big run on a slide . . . hope the break repairs quickly.

PLANT 16 EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT ACTION GROUP

Back row: Mike Stokes, Noel Valle, Jeff Deed, Mai Reeve, Bob Marshall.

Centre: Ralph Leon, M i k e Shuvayev, Debbie Rough, Heather Carpenter.

Front: Frank Low, Dosta Dervu-soska, Dianne Beveridge, Ted Vinen, Andrew Szumny, Peter Drew.

As last year's trek in the Nepal Himalayas was so successful, Johan Kruize of Technical Centre, Ext. 1313, is again getting a private group of people together for a 4-5 week holiday this Christmas period. They will see the Taj Mahal on the way there, and see Mt. Everest close up. Give Johan a ring to find out more and to organise a slide night.

T R E K K I N G IN N E P A L A N N A P U R N A / E V E R E S T 4-5 Weeks this Christmas

Our private group is better and cheaper.

Day walks every 3 weeks before we go.

Ring John Kruize, Tech Centre Ext. 1313, or 728 4240

This is Ron Griffith, General Fore­man in the Foundry, enjoying a trek in the Nepal Himalayas during the last Christmas break. He advises any­one with a desire for adventure to ring Johan Kruize on Ext. 1313, who is or­ganising another private group to visit Nepal next January, for a 4-5 week holiday, seeing the Taj Mahal and Mt . Everest.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS GROUP

Jim Lynch's Employee Relations Group celebrated its second birthday on June 30.

Two years of hard work by group members have produced many satis­fying results: — "Around The Bend" created and

published. — "Take Away Food" has been

added to Cafeteria menu. — Managers make rostered plant

visits (twice weekly) to talk to employees.

— Employee groups have been form­ed in the Foundry, Disco, Plant 4, Plant 10 and Plant 16.

— Womens toilets have been upgraded.

— Display boards erected in cafeteria showing rationalisation details.

— Streets- have been named and signposted.

— A "Credit Co-Op" is on the way for Fishermen's Bend employees.

— Numerous R & R items have been implemented — garden seats, water heaters, office repaints, hand dryers, etc. etc.

NOSTRA CHAPMAN'S PREDICTION

THE LION W I L L ROAR in 1984 With the help of a crystal ball and

his mind for the goal. Chuck equips the Commodore to become the best of all . . .

Jim Stylianou Plant 14

PROBLEM SOLVING WORKSHOP No. 32

From left to right: Sioulas Socrates, Victor Benic,

Frank Muzzi, Jorge Valladares,

Drago Mlinarevic (Problem Solving Leader), Mrs . Darey Salinas, Vincenzo Aquilia, Frank Gallen, Akos Szilberleitner, Erick Cuevas, Ramsi Nessim (sitting).

Foundry Problem Solving Work­shops have been running since March 1983. To date 387 Foundry staff and payroll employees, through 33 ses­sions, have been trained in problem solving techniques. The sessions run for 3 days and the groups use a book­let developed by Paul Carey, an out­side consultant currently working with the G M H QWL group. Sections of this booklet have been translated into various languages by a group of enthusiastic Foundry employees.

The Problem Solving Instructor is Drago Mlinarevic, who worked in Plant 6 Pattern Shop as a Toohnaker Inspector. In addition to Problem Solving he is now working with Foundry Maintenance Supervision on a new training program for trades­men, soon to commence.

F] CI F I S H E R M E N ' S B E N D G O L F C L U B

by Colin McLean for: Jim Bell, Secretary

The 1983/84 Season for the Fisher­men's Bend Golf Club concluded on Sunday, July 1 with presentations and the Annual Meeting bemg held after the game at Bacchus Marsh.

The winners of the Club Competi­tions for 1983/84 were:

"A'* Grade Champion: E . Byrne, QC 289 Nett. Runner Up: A. Pitcher, Works Engg. 305 Nett.

" B " Grade Champion: G. Huglin, TSA 267 Nett. Runner Up: K. White, Works Engg. 288 Nett.

Visitors: C . Tranter, Ex. Engg. 295 Nett. Runner Up: C . Mcintosh, Ex. Engg. 297 Nett.

Alan Anderson IVophy (Lowest Nett Score during Championship): G. Huglin 64 Nett.

Best Qualifying Score for Cham­pionship: P. Harris 198 Nett.

Members Eclectic — J . Finn Memorial Trophy: G. Huglm -I- 17.

Visitors Eclectic — K. Tough Trophy: C . Couchman + 14.

Following presentation of the 1983/84 trophies, the Annual Meeting was held and the following Office Bearers and Coirunittee Members for 1984/85 were elected:

President; Peter Harris — Works Eng. Ext 1381.

Vice-President; Leo Roberts — Eng. Ext. 1188.

Secretary: Jim Bell — Works Eng. Ext. 1376.

Treasurer: Colin McLean — Manufaa. Ext. 1926.

Captain: Alan Pitcher — Works Eng. Pit. 16.

Coirunittee Members; Tom Scordo — Works Eng. Pit. 16, Phil Merton — Works Eng. Pit. 16, Eddie Byrne — QC Pit. 10.

Any employee interested in playing monthly on various courses around Melbourne, Bacchus Marsh, Morn-ington, Glen Eagles, Churchill Park, Goonawarra and Rosebud during 1984/85, please contact an Office Bearer or Committee Man. Annual subscription is $10.00 with a $2.00 joining fee.

G M H FINANCE SPORTS ROUND-UP

by: Hector

Highlight on the G M H Finance Sporting Calendar was the inaugural World Series Table Tennis Cham­pionship June 6-13. A highly competi­tive series of 48 matches between Fin­ance and Materials Management was held, thanks to the initiative of Graham Braybrooke and some bril­liant organising.

After 5 days of intense competi­tion. Finance came out on top, 36 games to 12, although the games were a lot closer than the score indicates, since half of those 36 wins were by a margin of 4 points or less.

Stars of the series were Warwick Heinrichs, Sam Ip, Brian Ross and Erwin Spence, who each won 5 games for Finance, while Colin Bradley excelled for Materials Management, wiiming all his games. Biggest win­ning margm prize was won by Mick Howard (21-5).

NOTE; Finance are already getting match practice for the return chal­lenge in December 1984.

R U S S I A N T E A C A K E S 1 cup butter or margarine (softened) 14 cup icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 214 cups plain flour 14 teaspoon salt 4 cup finely chopped nuts

Heat oven to 400°C. Mix thor­oughly butter, sugar and vanilla. Work in flour, salt and nuts until the dough holds together. Shape the dough into ! inch balls and place them on an ungreased baking tray-Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. While warm, roll in icing sugar. Cool and roll again in icing sugar. (Makes approx. 4 dozen.)

M E G F U H R M A N N

G M H S M A L L BORE R I F L E C L U B

By: Colin McLean Secretary Manufacturmg Engineering

The Winchester competition, in which 9 members competed, has now been finalised and all acquitted them­selves well.

Out of the 120 shooters competing, GMH members finished in the Top 20 of the respective grades entered:

"A" Grade — 2 entered — Fin­ished 14th and 19th.

" B " Grade — 5 entered — Fin­ished 7th, 9th, 10th, 16tii and 19th.

" C " Grade — 2 entered — Fin­ished 10th and 20th.

Joe Etulain — Enguieering, with 964 points out of 1000 was our Top Shooter. Close behind Joe were Alan Davidson — 961, Geoff Birchall — 960, and Trevor Wright and Colin McLean — 956.

For the second time, Joe Etulain, our current Club Champion, was selected in the team to represent Vic­toria in the Postal Match against var­ious Commonwealth cities.

With over 500 shooters from which the State team of 30 was selected, we are very proud of Joe's inclusion.

He shot well to score 97 out of 100.

Congratulations . . . David Merrills of Safety and Vicky

on the arrival of Lauren. Vicki Nicholls of Finance on your

new bubble . . . Graham Hughes. Bi l l (Finance) and Lesl ie

Golding . . . MadeUne Jane welcome.

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ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1984.

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