Vision and action will be at the heart of Walsh's Munster plan
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Wednesday March 10 2010
AS I start my term as Chairman, I am acutely aware that we as an Association will face many challenges over the coming years. In order to face these challenges we must look towards fulfilling our strategic Vision and Action Plan 2009-2015. This will place us a council in a position of strength which will in turn, enable us to give support and guidance to all our members and clubs.
The success of our Strategic Vision and Action Plan is heavily reliant on the committee system which is currently in place within the council. To this end I intend to make a number of proposals to the full council at a forum to be held in Killarney next weekend. I aim to outline enhanced terms of reference for some committees, and will also propose structural changes to other committees in order to meet the requirements of the Council. More importantly however I envisage changes that allow the committees to have the support systems and personnel are in place to help them deliver what the counties require, particularly in the area of club and county units that require our assistance.
I will also be suggesting the setting up of a new work group to look at the whole area of 'urbanisation' to help us link up with the National Committee to see that the aims and aspirations of the Association in this area can be met. The significant shift in population over the last twenty years has produced many challenges for the Association. The continued growth in urban areas aligned to the decline in rural Ireland threatens the very existence of some of our rural clubs. As such the committee will have a wide ranging brief linking up with all facets of the Association in the province. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the members that have agreed to work on the various committees, fully knowing their workload will be increased, I wish them well in their deliberations.
Over the next few weeks we will be producing a budget for the Council for the next three years. This budget will reflect our commitment to the clubs of the province, as the council has done for many years, while remaining mindful of the fact that some major developments by some counties will also require our support. This budget will also reflect our continued support for our much increased games development programme in all counties of the province to ensure that all targets set out can be achieved.
