It is an honour and a privilege to be appointed President of the PAOCA for 2012. I take over the role from Peter Brooks, who has worked tirelessly to drive much needed reforms in the way the Association operates. On behalf of the Association and the Committee I sincerely thank him for his efforts, and I look forward to working with him and the rest of the Committee in 2012.
I also wish to thank Mary-Ann Standish for all of her efforts this year. Without Mary-Ann’s hard work and dedication the projects we have undertaken would have been very difficult to complete.
I am fortunate that the bulk of this year’s Committee have been re-elected for 2012, as I will be drawing on their support as we continue to implement the programmes and developments already well under way.
We will continue to improve our communications with the membership through a combination of email using the updated members’ database, expanded use of the web site to provide ongoing access to information about current and recent activities as well as historical information, and increasingly using Facebook and similar networking platforms for the computer savvy among us, to assist in promotion of upcoming events, and sharing a few laughs about those events recently completed.
The programme of country dinners is already taking shape, with a major event scheduled for the Clare Country Club in mid-April, which promises to be a spectacular event. We will also be increasingly using Committee personnel to more actively promote and participate in our interstate and country dinners.
I look forward to getting to know many more of you throughout 2012.
Graham Burfield
President 2012
From down the far years comes the clarion call:
Your school and my school, the Best School of All.
2010: F.G. Hamood
2009: A.J. Clarkson
2008: A.J. Clarkson
2007: R.M. Wilson
2006: S.R. Miller
2005: P.B. Brooks
2004: F.G. Hamood
2003: A.A. Willcox
2002: S. Heylen
2001: A.J. Brasher
2000: R.J. Hall
1999: P.A. Crouch
1998: D.J. Blanch
1997: A.D.C. Walker
1996: A.M. Olsson
1995: C.P. Moffat
1994: C.P. Moffat
1993: G.E.Taplin
1992: A.L. Chapman
1991: P.P. Bacciarelli
1990: I.M. Rudd
1989: T.P. Moffat
1988: M.W.B. Thompson
1989: N.G.A. MacDonald
1986: G.D. Evans
1985: R.W. Hone
1984: A.G. Gerard
1983: A.M. Olsson
1982: P.O. Buttery
1981: D.C. Hassell
1980: B.J. Francis
1979: G.C. Marshall
1978: R.G. Gerard
1977: R.J. Byrne
1976: D.J. Tucker
1975: B.J. Potter
1974: B.K. Hobbs
1973: J.G. Bundey
1972: E.V. Cox
1971: M.B. McLachlan
1970: W.M. Johnson
1969: E.F.W. Hunwick
1968: D.S. Riceman
1967: B.A. Fricker
1966: R.B. Craven
1965: R.W. Piper
1964: J.H. Gerard
1963: D.L. Davies
1962: A.W. Crompton
1961: A.J. Clarkson
1960: C.L. McKay
1959: N.S. Angel
1958: P.E. Clark
1957: F.C. Hassell
1956: N. Todd
1955: N.A. Walsh
1954: F.H. Chapman
1953: R.W.M. Johnson
1952: L.P.A. Lawrence
1951: R.W. Pearson
1950: D.A. Clarkson
1949: G.T. Clarke
1948: J.F.W. Dunn
1947: M.W. Evans
1946: G.K. Ryder
1945: C.J. Glover
1944: H.N. Shepley
1943: F.E. Piper
1942: L.S. Walsh
1941: F.T. Cooper
1940: W.J. Hiatt
1939: J. Crompton
1938: A.G. Trott
1937: F.L. Collinson
1936: L.S. Clarkson
1935: P.R. Claridge
1934: S.W. Jeffries
1933: A.G. Collison
1932: A.L. Bertram
1931: R. Vardon
1930: W.R. Bayly
1929: J.M. Bath
1928: H.B. Piper
1927: T.C. Craven
1926: D. Waterhouse
1925: M. Erichsen
1924: H.H. Cowell
1923: S.G. Lawrence
1922: R.O. Fox
1921: W.S. Kelly
1920: W.S. Kelly
1919: W.S. Kelly
1918: A.A.L. Rowley
1917: A.A.L. Rowley
1916: W.D. Taylor
1915: W.D. Taylor
1914: N.A. Webb
1913: N.A. Webb
1912: J.R. Robertson
1911: A.C. Catt
1910: A.C. Catt
1909: W.R. Bayly
1908: W.R. Bayly
1907: W.R. Bayly
1906: W.R. Bayly
1905: W.R. Bayly
1904: P.E. Johnstone
1903: G.W.R Lee
1902: A.E. Davey
1901: J.W. Grasby
1900: G.W. Cooper
1899: J.H. Chinner
1898: A. Hill
1897: F.A. Chapman
1896: A.W. Piper
1895: G.S. Cotton
1894: G.M. Evan
1893: E.B. Colton
1892: E.B. Colton
1891: J.A. Hartley
1890: J.A. Hartley
1889: J.A. Hartley
1888: J.A. Hartley
1887: J.A. Hartley
1886: J.A. Hartley
1885: J.A. Hartley
1884: J.A. Hartley
1883: J.A. Hartley
1882: J.A. Hartley
1881: J.A. Hartley
1880: J.A. Hartley
1879: J.A. Hartley
1878: J.A. Hartley
