AMKA STRATEGIC PLANNING 

 Hello Teams, 

 For those who did not attend the AGM on January 11th, check out the NEWS section to catch up on what was discussed, voted on and decided on. All important. However, there was also a presentation given on the process of creating and carrying out a 'strategic plan' for AMKA.  

 Here is what you need to know: 

 Benjie Nycum made the presentation. He is a new member but actually spent some of the 2025 season observing. He approached the Directors in early December with a proposal to help guide AMKA into the short term future. He has a very impressive resume.  

 Benjie is an architect who owns and leads Nycum + Associates, an architecture, planning and project management firm in Halifax with a focus on public institutions, is a professor at Dalhousie University at the School of Architecture and School of Health Administration as well as the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, serves as Chair of The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (a Canada Crown Corporation in Winnipeg) and as director at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. He has led dozens of Strategic Planning and Change Management initiatives in the not-for-profit sector. 

 There is no secret that the club has some significant challenges, now and in the near future, so the fact that Benjie has come along and volunteered his guidance and expertise is a windfall. However, this will take the collective membership's input and help to accomplish. Benjie has indicated that we should have a plan well underway by the time the season begins in the spring.  

 Please take a few minutes to answer the questions on the link below to help get the process started. 

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTW03KLwXv4DOw_3_b9jbrtQ_95_W-IwGtFzl6A0yTKY5_DA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=104979125364794475119 

 Thank you in advance, 

2026 AMKA Directors