Tim Gibson’s President’s Report for 2004 – from March 2005 AIDA Newsletter
A5’l ,r.ear lvas a ver-y actir,,e one fc,r ;\IIIA, ri,ith zr numl-.cr af ner. iniriativcs ln add.ition t(! oi-lr filat1,* ongoing projects. Or.rr actirritir:s harre been on a broader.iioal than in thc pasr
anil rvoukl not Lrar,r L-ccn possible rvithor.tt tlrc hclp r;f inanv .r,o1. uflteers arnonllst our rnrrltrers – in ar-Llitkrn to the hard-rvorki.ng AIIIA Con:nrirree members. Jt is r.erry enciir-iragint to see lrfiirt can L-:r ar:hievr.d ll,ith the suppcrt ofthr: interests ancl talents of our mer:b,crship.
h’laili.,.rioLrr projects ir:vo1r,cd significatrt cooperaiir.:n vi.ith thc Surf”Coast Slrire * as re,eil as wi*i the other ageni:ies and au- thorities ros;>ousible fi.rr coastal colservatir:ri and developrrierrt in the district. ;ilD;\ llas aiso irnproverl its cornrnLlnicatitn and cooprratir:n r,vitlr othcr 1oc*l c*rnrnunitl, gri:ups and lrril.! con- tinr.ie to ciri so ll,lreneter p*s-tible. tr ;lm very pleasecl that ma.ny of the actii.,it:ies r.r,,e have sta::ti:ri *r r*sponrled to h.ave addr:e_rserl issues consi.{err:d ro be of rh* highcst priorin in rhe ‘1i*lues *nd llirections’r,vorkshc,p rhat Geoff Erorryn ran fbr AIDA tcrvrari{s r}re cnd a{ 2t}82. ‘I}:ese includeel r- greater ernphasis
oI] pro-activelv pursuin{ rrrvirorlrrirntai and de1 e].rprneirt issues of irnpcrt:rnce tr> thr cornrnirnitl,. I{“, suh.iects raisrd inclurJrd the i’l*alth of the Painkalac Crcek valier.,i improvermentii to the 1-rla n ni n{ corrtr*1 s’lv}: ich a ftect dcvelcipmen t an rl envi ronrrler ttl consetrr,ation in tlre area, the sustninab1c developnrent of the dis- trir:r,r,v:rter and sr:vrer:rp;c pianning, and }*.uiicli.ng on or-tr rrla.tion, ships rvitir iocal <;rganizatirins ancl l,vith g.rvernmeli aEcncies responsibk: {irr our area.