AMANS News

AMANS Welcomes New President

The Association thanked Dan McDougall outgoing President with a plaque at its 41st Annual Banquet.  Louis Coutinho, CAO, Town of Windsor was elected as President for the 2011/12 year at the AMANS Annual Banquet on October 20, 2011 at the Inverary Inn, Baddeck, NS.

The Annual Fall Convention of the Association took place from October 18-21st. In addition, the AMA Municipal IT Conference ran concurrently to the AMA’s event.  The combined events hosted over 150 municipal administrators.  The Planning Committee lead by Victoria County CAO, Sandy Hudson chose the theme “The Colours of Change:  Letting Go of the Status Quo”.  You can get copies of AMA Annual Fall Convention presentations here  .

At the Annual General meeting on Thursday afternoon Dan talked about some of the Board activities and initiatives throughout the year. The AMA Board accomplished a great deal during Dan’s year as President. It started the year by refreshing the strategic plan and identifying five (5) priority goals.   A number of activities were accomplished under each goal. Some of these are as follows:
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