The CVIAQ Board of Directors, when recommending the membership fees for the 2011/12 financial year, resolved to waive the year's membership fees to those members who were directly affected by the January floods.

In the weeks following the floods, CVIAQ staff were busy meeting with flood affected members to ascertain how best the Association could help. In several instances CVIAQ was able to assist by linking those companies flood affected with other member companies who could provide specialist equipment.

Further, CVIAQ provided members with financial assistance information extracted from the State and Federal Government web sites.

CVIAQ CEO, Mr Brett Wright, commented "The Board's generous offer now takes CVIAQ's flood assistance to a financial level equating to over $12,500 in direct relief to 19 flood affected industry member companies."