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 Presidents Report 2010
This years AGM sees the Australian Piper Society begin its ninth year. For me it has been a hard year trying to emulate the efforts of past Presidents. We have continued with programs and activities from previous years and are continually looking at new ideas for future events. The web provider has now been changed, which has made updates a lot easier. This now means that members can be kept better informed.

Thankyou to the committee for their support over the last twelve months. Faye has kept the Pilot Proficiency programs running with interesting destinations, liaising with Tony Smith and making sure members are informed of future events. Irene has done a magnificent job with membership keeping records up to date and making sure the committee is briefed with membership changes. Irene was a great help to me with the web design/changes giving her time to source the best outcome for the committee.Duncan has brought the committee into the world of internet banking and not only been a very capable treasurer but a mentor to me on some of the more difficult issues.  Barry arranged and hosted the last AGM in Roma and now in Dubbo, I am sure members will not have been disappointed with this weekend. Barry has already started preparing for our next Northern Safari which will be up and throughDarwin. David our Secretary has kept procedures in place and also ran the very successful Flinders Ranges South Australian fly away. Finally I would like to thankSterling for his support and articles he sourced for our newsletter.

This year we also had our technical support from Graham Bell. His information was invaluable this year with an article supplied on time for every newsletter.

Our Pilot Proficiency's have had mixed results with Port Pirie cancelled due to bad weather in January and the re-scheduled again in March. The Dubbo PPP was again cancelled due to lack of numbers. We are very hopeful that the next Pilot Proficiency Program to be held in Tumut on November 5th-7th will be well attended with hopefully an improvement in the weather.

I would like seeing more members support the fly aways, PPP's and even become involved in the committee. This will ensure the Society has a future that we can all participate in and enjoy.

The Avalon 2011 Air show committee invited general aviation groups to a planning dinner recently. The idea is to promote general aviation which they believe they have neglected in the past. The assistance we will receive from their committee makes the decision to attend more inviting than it has in the past. With this in mind I will be looking for help, ideas and manpower during the show March 1 - 6 2011

Finally I must thank all of those that have supported us over the last twelve months including those who have contributed articles for our newsletter.

We look forward to seeing new and familiar faces at our future events.

 

David Law

Presidents Report 2009

 
After the AGM in Roma Qld., a new committee was formed with some new faces and a few members continuing with their commitment for this year.

 

I look forward to my term as President of the Australian Piper Society, and all members can be assured we will work hard to bring you up to date information and great fellowship on our fly aways.

We are very fortunate to have inherited all the hard work Tom Courtney and his committee has put in place over the years and on behalf of all of us I would like to thank Tom and his committee for their tireless work.  Tom has agreed to continue with his help in the future, and we look forward to his involvement.

We have seen much change since Piper Society's inception in 2003 with the vision of Andrew Barraskil, our first President Min Stokes followed by Geoff Derrin who were totally committed to setting up the many programs we have today.

 

I would also like to thank Chris Johnson who has managed to distribute all our information as our Secretary. Not only did he keep us informed with our newsletter, but up to date with changes in regulations, service reports that affected our aircraft and other newsworthy items.

 

The AGM which was held in Roma was well attended and very well organized byBarry McCabe and Susan.  There was a selection of town tours and sights of interest around Roma to please all those that attended.

The Coming Year

 

The new committee met recently to put forward plans for the coming year and to make sure all our obligations are met and are up to date legally and financially. We also checked to see if we were meeting the needs of the members and if there were areas we needing change to allow members to benefit from the Society.

Some of the issues the committee decided are as follows:

 

  1. To look at ways of increasing our membership base. Also retention of members by making sure we are keeping them up to date with newsletters etc, fly-away's, pilot proficiency programs and fellowship whenever we should meet.

 

  1. The website needs to be updated and made more user friendly so as the committee can make changes and update information.  This will mean that we can keep members up to date with the latest information on fly-away's, PPP's and other related matters. Advertising is being looked into to help offset some of the costs of the newsletter which of course would be included on the website.

 

  1. Finally we need to include more links to benefit Piper members.

 

  1. We have now started looking at our next fly away and the committee are putting the final touches to an area that we have not been to in the past. We would love to hear from members with their ideas for future fly-away's, fly-ins or AGM's. We have had some ideas put forward for an overseas fly-away such asOshkosh, Sun n Fun, Wanaka etc. If we have enough interest shown the committee could check on costing and timing.

 

  1.  We need to change our committee structure  to incorporate a web/newsletter editor and create a role for Fly-aways. This will streamline the Society with definite roles for future committee members.

 

  1.  Of all the functions of the APS, the Pilot Proficiency Program would have to be a must do for every pilot.. This program is co-ordinated extremely well byFaye Warren, and run expertly by Tony Smith ATO. For those that have experienced this program, the feedback is that it is one the best things they have done and quite a few have done the program several times.

The PPP's have been held in various locations allowing as many members as possible the opportunity to participate.

 

Finally to members that I have not met please call me with any information or concerns you may have or just to say hello. When you participate in one of our functions you will be made most welcome. Please consider how you may be able to help, even an afternoon BBQ at your airfield; you may be surprised how many members are in your area.

 

Safe &Happy Flying

David Law

 

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President 2009-10 
Presidents Report 2009-10

 
After the AGM in Roma Qld., a new committee was formed with some new faces and a few members continuing with their commitment for this year.

 

I look forward to my term as President of the Australian Piper Society, and all members can be assured we will work hard to bring you up to date information and great fellowship on our fly aways.

We are very fortunate to have inherited all the hard work Tom Courtney and his committee has put in place over the years and on behalf of all of us I would like to thank Tom and his committee for their tireless work.  Tom has agreed to continue with his help in the future, and we look forward to his involvement.

We have seen much change since Piper Society's inception in 2003 with the vision of Andrew Barraskil, our first President Min Stokes followed by Geoff Derrin who were totally committed to setting up the many programs we have today.

 

I would also like to thank Chris Johnson who has managed to distribute all our information as our Secretary. Not only did he keep us informed with our newsletter, but up to date with changes in regulations, service reports that affected our aircraft and other newsworthy items.

 

The AGM which was held in Roma was well attended and very well organized byBarry McCabe and Susan.  There was a selection of town tours and sights of interest around Roma to please all those that attended.

The Coming Year

 

The new committee met recently to put forward plans for the coming year and to make sure all our obligations are met and are up to date legally and financially. We also checked to see if we were meeting the needs of the members and if there were areas we needing change to allow members to benefit from the Society.

Some of the issues the committee decided are as follows:

 

  1. To look at ways of increasing our membership base. Also retention of members by making sure we are keeping them up to date with newsletters etc, fly-away's, pilot proficiency programs and fellowship whenever we should meet.

 

  1. The website needs to be updated and made more user friendly so as the committee can make changes and update information.  This will mean that we can keep members up to date with the latest information on fly-away's, PPP's and other related matters. Advertising is being looked into to help offset some of the costs of the newsletter which of course would be included on the website.

 

  1. Finally we need to include more links to benefit Piper members.

 

  1. We have now started looking at our next fly away and the committee are putting the final touches to an area that we have not been to in the past. We would love to hear from members with their ideas for future fly-away's, fly-ins or AGM's. We have had some ideas put forward for an overseas fly-away such asOshkosh, Sun n Fun, Wanaka etc. If we have enough interest shown the committee could check on costing and timing.

 

  1.  We need to change our committee structure  to incorporate a web/newsletter editor and create a role for Fly-aways. This will streamline the Society with definite roles for future committee members.

 

  1.  Of all the functions of the APS, the Pilot Proficiency Program would have to be a must do for every pilot.. This program is co-ordinated extremely well byFaye Warren, and run expertly by Tony Smith ATO. For those that have experienced this program, the feedback is that it is one the best things they have done and quite a few have done the program several times.

The PPP's have been held in various locations allowing as many members as possible the opportunity to participate.

 

Finally to members that I have not met please call me with any information or concerns you may have or just to say hello. When you participate in one of our functions you will be made most welcome. Please consider how you may be able to help, even an afternoon BBQ at your airfield; you may be surprised how many members are in your area.

 

Safe &Happy Flying

David Law