Strategic Development Plan
December 22, 2011The year just ending saw Monaghan county committee adopt its own Strategic Development Plan covering the period 2011 to 2013 and so this year was the first of a concerted effort by many in the implementation of the plan. Part of adopting the plan was the appointment of a special committee to oversee and measure its implementation and the task of chairing that committee was placed in the hands of former county board Secretary and Central Council Delegate John Heaphey. In his report to County Convention the chairman firstly admits that 2011 was a great learning experience for all who were involved but goes on to speak of "the great enthusiasm with which the members of the Implementation Committee assumed their roles as mentors and facilitators for the 10 themes in the Strategic Plan, showing he said a great desire to offer help and advice as and when required. During the year they met with the principal officers of the subcommittee responsible for implementing the identified theme outcomes and on one occasion they met with the full committee. These meetings, John Heaphey said "proved to be very productive and the feedback indicated a great willingness to progress the implementation of the plan". He does however go on to express with regret that some subcommittees failed to accept the importance of the objectives of the plan or to fully commit to implementing their own action plan forwarded at the beginning and one subcommittee failed to produce an action plan at all". Having given that as an over view his report goes on to point out that during 2012 i would have to be accepted that the creation of the plan involved working through a process of examining "where we are now, where we want to go and how will we get there". Where we are now the report states and where we want to go have already been identified. "The challenge is how will we get there and success will be measured in the manner in which the challenge is met, progressed and subsequently implemented. It will involve a dedicated leadership which is all about doing the right things complemented by effective management which is about doing things right". Any outcomes not achieved in 2011 will be transferred to 2012 and the ultimate outcome is that the GAA in Monaghan will be appreciated as a well administered, community-based organisation that values its amateur ethos, embraces diversity and promotes inclusiveness. It cannot, the report says "be identified merely as a games organisation". Tweet
