VIEWPOINT
AMCTO Staff
Andy Koopmans, CPA, CMA, CMO Executive Director
Craig Wellington Director, Programs & Services
Rick Johal Director, Member & Sector Relations
Roger Ramkissoon, CPA, CGA Manager, Finance & Administration
Anubha Meta, Ph. D. Manager, Education & PD Program Development
Brenda Armstrong Johnston Specialist, Membership Services
Michelle Sampson Executive Assistant
Kathleen Barrett Co-ordinator, Communications & Marketing
Jeanne Moon Co-ordinator, Programs & Services
Rosita Bourke Co-ordinator, Programs & Services
Manjit Badh Co-ordinator, Programs & Services
Eric Muller Policy Advisor
Tawanda Chirenda Co-ordinator, Accreditation
Jane Chevannes Administrative Assistant, Programs & Services
Looking Back
50 Years
Municipal concerns in 1967 were much the same as today
In June 1967, AMCTO launched the first edition of the Municipal Monitor, as a new monthly publication designed to“ serve as a small library of current matters to keep the membership as fully informed as possible.” Noting that this was the second attempt to produce a bulletin for the Association, after a short-lived quarterly publication was discontinued in 1953, Doug Watt, editor( and recently retired city clerk for the City of Welland) wrote that“ the life
“ Nobody seems to be able to amuse themselves, from a fouryear-old, so Mother can bowl, to the Old-Age Pensioner who wants to play checkers, but has to have somebody make the arrangements. This all costs money! Where do we stop and get back to earth?”
By Andy Koopmans, CPA, CMA, CMO Executive Director, AMCTO
of this four-page booklet is only as long as our 400-odd members make it.”
Now, 50 years later, the almost 2,200 members of AMCTO are the beneficiaries of the ambition and dedication of that first editorial board who started us on the path that led us to today’ s Municipal Monitor, a 20- to 30-page quarterly magazine that features articles on the key management and leadership issues affecting municipal professionals across the province.
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