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For info on adding references - see the Troy Williams talk page. For info on the POV issues see also my recent comments on that talk page too.--Golden Wattle ^talk 01:08, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article rewrite

In response to your comment of 11 August on the Troy Williams article talk page: I think it may be easier to rewrite the article. If I post it on an online scrapbook I have, would you be good enough to assist me with it? My hope is that if I rewrite a clearly contentious article it's a good foundation for other work.

I would be happy to look at a draft at either Troy Williams/temp or User:CanberraStudent/Troy Williams. I don't think this is a clearly contentious article, it has a number of issues but for contentious articles it has a pretty low score really - there are lots of great opportunities elsewhere on the project if you wish to seek such fun and games :-) The article should be cleaned up though. Regards --Golden Wattle ^talk 05:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The article was deleted as a copyright violation of the Canberra Liberals website text as per the article talk page. Content therefore can be sourced from that page.

The refs which you inserted in the text are:

<ref>{{cite news | title=2000/01 AIB Annual Report | publisher=[[Fire Protection Association
 Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref> in connection with the paragraph:

In 1995 he was appointed as a research officer with the [http://www.fpaa.com.au Fire
 Protection Association Australia] (FPA Australia), promoted to Executive Officer of 
its Victorian branch in 1997 then national Assistant Executive Director in 1998.  He 
was responsible for coordinating FPA Australia’s industry policy, making a substantial
 contribution to the creation of [[Australian Standards]] and technical codes associated
 with reduced [[global warming]] and ozone depleting gases used by the fire protection
 industry.

Other paragraphs and their refs are:

During 1998 he was seconded to the [[National Fire Protection Association]] (USA)
 to study the harmonisation of Australian and US building codes. This work has been
 augmented by further postings to [[Washington DC]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire 
Talk Newsletter, Oct 1998| publisher=[[Fire Protection Association Australia]] | 
url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>


Under his leadership FPA Australia became a [[Registered Training Organisation]],
 the first independent organisation in Australia to offer training in portable 
fire equipment serving and training.<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire Australia magazine,
 Spring 1999| publisher=[[Fire Protection Assocition Australia]] | 
url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>

He made a lasting contribution to the Australian fire protection industry as 
principal author of ''FPAA01-2000 Code of practice for the fire protection 
industry'' which continues to provide a best practice and ethical framework 
for the installation and maintenance of life safety systems in Australia.
<ref>{{cite news | title=Fire Australia magazine, Spring 1999| publisher=[[Fire 
Protection Assocition Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>

Australia is a world-leader in the removal by industry of ozone layer destroying 
gases and one such gas, Halon, was used extensively by the fire protection industry.
  The [[Montreal Protocol]] established an accepted international framework to 
protect the ozone layer and Williams’ expertise in assisting industry meet its 
obligations under the [[Montreal Protocol]] saw him promote Australia’s expertise 
overseas in 2001, traveling to the USA, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.  One 
of his last policy initiatives at FPA Australia was an industry-sponsored program
 to voluntarily meet, indeed exceed, greenhouse gas emissions targets set out in 
the [[Kyoto Protocol]].<ref>{{cite news | title=2000/01 AIB Annual Report | 
publisher=[[Fire Protection Association Australia]] | url=http://www.fpaa.com.au}}</ref>

Following these accomplishments Mr Williams was appointed Chief Executive Officer 
of the [http://www.ctiq.org.au Community Titles Institute Queensland] 
[http://www.ctiq.org.au CTIQ], a leading professional institute representing 
the interests of managers of some 165,000 properties valued at more than AUD$53billion.
  During his time at CTIQ the organisation doubled in size and became a considerable 
influence in body corporate law reform.<ref>{{cite news | title=2003/04 CTIQ Annual 
Report | publisher=[[Community Titles Institute Queensland]] | url=http://www.ctiq.org.au}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=NCTI Newsletter, Sept 2004| publisher=[[National Community 
Titles Institute]] | url=http://www.ncti.org.au/docs/newsletter_2004_19.pdf}}</ref>


In 2005 he accepted the position of General Manager of the [[Australian Institute of 
Building]] (AIB), a professional body for builders that received a [[Royal Charter]] in
 1969.  Previous AIB Presidents include Sir Manuel Hornibrook and Sir Albert Jennings. 
 Williams' primary responsibilities include managing the institute and acting as its 
princpal [[lobbyist]].  He has been responsible for a structural turn-around of the 
organisation, securing the Institute's long-term financial viability and his position 
was restructured to that of Chief Executive Officer in recognition of this 
accomplishment.<ref>{{cite news | title=AIB Website| publisher=[[Australian 
Institute of Building]] | url=http://www.aib.org.au}}</ref>

He has also served as General Manager for Queensland of a conglomerate 
incorporating a law firm, funds manager and strata-manager, 
[http://www.teys.com.au TEYS]<ref>{{cite news | title=NCTI Newsletter, Sept 2004|
 publisher=[[National Community Titles Institute]] | 
url=http://www.ncti.org.au/docs/newsletter_2004_19.pdf}}</ref>

You had suggested on the article talk page I think it may be easier to rewrite the article. If I post it on an online scrapbook I have... I am happy to look at a draft as per my comments above. The article talk page is still there with referencing formatting etc in answer to your previous questions. Please avoid a repeat of the copyright violation - I am sure you will.--Golden Wattle ^talk 06:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Canberra meetup

Hi, there will be a meetup in Canberra on the 20 January 2018 at 7pm, I hope you're able to make it but understand that this is very short notice. Bidgee (talk) 22:26, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]