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July 2021 Edition |
Contents
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- Membership
- Approved designers
- Training
- Technical updates
- Congress
- Magazine
- Meetings
- POPIA
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Membership
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It’s always a good time to check your membership status. We know many of our SABI members are very busy working from home and in the field, but we would appreciate it if you look at the following:
- If you feel you need to upgrade your membership status, please contact Riana.
- If you have moved or changed jobs, notify René at the SABI office/admin@sabi.co.za.
- Please do attend at least one branch meeting a year, keep in touch and participate in all that SABI offers you.
- Membership fees must be fully paid by the end of July 2021. Paid-up members will receive a Certificate of Verification as proof of SABI membership.
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SABI Approved Designers
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Do remember that it is vital to accumulate points to maintain your SABI Approved Designer Status. There are several Approved Designer members who did not accumulate the required 5 points in the last two years.
Please earn your points!
- Attend a branch meeting – 1 point
- Attend the SABI Congress – 2 points
- Write an article for SABI mag – 1 point
As a Corporate Member (Fellow/Member) wanting to write the SNE please be in touch with Riana - riana@sabi.co.za. We do anticipate organising an examination in Gauteng the next few months. Please do email Riana for these updates on the SNE, where it will next be written etc.
If you should require the Irrigation Design Manual, the new version –
please feel free to email Lani van Vuuren at the WRC. laniv@wrc.org.za
The Manual is freely available. |
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Training
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SAPWAT training |
SABI IrrigationWise Training will be introducing SAPWAT training in 2021 – and this course is sure to be very much in demand.
Award winning SAPWAT is a well-known WRC funded model used by irrigation designers for the determination of crop water requirement to ensure sufficient water during the growing season.
This course will cover the basics to understand all the options to use the model effectively, as well as highlighting the functionalities applicable to irrigation water management.
This includes the use of weather data, crop coefficients, soil texture, root depths, leaching fraction requirements, irrigation system efficiencies, distribution uniformities, wetted areas and water balances. |
Online training |
Please note that during these indoor-bound months you can do online training with us – the D1 is now available online, and can be completed in your time at your own pace. |
SABI Schools Training |
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Our thanks to Agrico for sponsoring SABI Schools Training – our ongoing and much-admired educational endeavour, which has introduced many learners to irrigation and the importance of optimum irrigation and water conservation.
- Do have a look at the SABI website for all the updates on our training as well as the curriculum. Please email us at info@sabi.co.za or admin@sabi.co.za for any training related queries.
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Technical updates
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Norms (Agricultural and Landscape) |
SABI Council has discussed the proposed changes to the Norms at the Council meeting. By the end of July, the Norms will be available on the website.
Code of Practice (Agricultural and Landscape)
The Council is busy updating the Code of Practice, which will also include the SABI statement on Why Designers Must Ask a Design Fee. This will be completed we believe by the end of July. |
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SABI Congress
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Taking Irrigation to the Next Level
12-14 October 2021
The Boardwalk Hotel – Gqeberha (Eastern Cape) |
Congress has been postponed from the original date in August to the Summer of 2021, due to Covid regulations. We are hoping that by this time there will be no or little restrictions.
100 Congress attendees have already booked, and their bookings are being transferred seamlessly to the new date. We are proceeding in good faith and flexibility, and will keep you abreast of any changes as move closer to Congress.
Please be in touch if you wish to be a delegate, speaker or exhibitor at the Congress. |
SABI magazine
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Netafim graced our Cover with a unique image in June July 2021.
Our distribution has expanded in recent months via digital formats particularly:
- SABINET – online journal repository with subscribers from local and international universities, governments and companies.
- Growing sharing of our e-edition on email and other online forums.
- Distribution electronically to organisational and industry players in horticulture, Green industry, agriculture and water users.
SABI magazine:
- The official journal of SABI, SABI magazine – Africa’s first and only glossy and online irrigation magazine – is delivered to SABI members via print and digital distribution every second month.
- Should you want to tell your story or promote your services and products, in SABI magazine – whether it is in the agricultural or landscape arenas – please feel free to be in touch with carol@sabi.co.za or riana@sabi.co.za.
- Visit www.sabi.co.za and view the Ratecard for current themes – we are currently working on the Greenhouse and Undercover Edition, August September 2021.
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SABI Meetings
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We look forward to seeing you at the branch meetings later in the year! In all our activities we are Covid regulations compliant at all times.
Due to the new congress date (12 – 14 October 2021) we therefore changed the dates of the last branch meetings in 2021. Please diaries the new dates –
- Eastern Cape:
30 September 2021
- Gauteng:
9 September 2021
- KwaZulu Natal:
29 October (golf day)
- Limpopo:
29 September 2021
- Mpumalanga:
30 September 2021
- Oranje:
28 October 2021
- Western Cape:
16 September and golf day 11 November 2021
Please note 2021 is election time - at these meetings the new branch chairperson and committee will be elected.
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PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ACT (POPIA)
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Kindly note that we have your contact details on our newsletter distribution list.
Please do kindly send us an e-mail at admin@sabi.co.za - if you have any objections to your contact being on our newsletter distribution. |
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