Business View Magazine Jan-Feb 2019

21 ing events. The association manages a number of email groups and publishes e-newsletters crammed with news and updates. “These kinds of interactions and exchanges of ideas and information is really very important for what can actually be quite a lonely job,” opines Stokes,“And it’s critical for to us continue to share industry knowledge across the nation – things like what’s going on in terms of good practice and innovation.” BUILDING BOARDING ABSA continues to grow internationally too, with boarding schools in New Zealand and China enlisting the association for training and guidance.While New Zealand does have its own ABSA Kiwi counterpart, this counterpart is cur- rently entirely voluntary, and many of its mem- bers just don’t have the time. ABSA has since taken on some of the mantle and will even start its first run of training in Christchurch in July of this year. Stokes’ influence has been far reach- ing: