EKMHA AMALGAMATION VOTE RESULTS
The East Kings Minor Hockey Association is pleased to announce that the general membership have voted to extend their participation in the trial amalgamation with Acadia Minor Hockey Association for the 2005 - 2006 Season. The vote was held on Sunday, March 6th and Monday, March 7th 2005 and 128 Association members came out to cast ballots. Seventy eight percent of participating voters (100 votes) were cast in favour of continuing with the trial amalgamation. The East Kings MHA Executive is pleased to begin planning for next season and hopes to make significant improvements to the programs already started.
Voters appeared to be encouraged by some of the progress made during the initial year of the trial and were pleased with the plans to improve the player evaluation process, allocation of ice time in the affected local arenas and the committment to rationalize the selling players' share of 50/50 tickets to $0.90 of every ticket sold. People seemed to realize that building a new association is an immense task and that it takes considerable time and effort from many people for it to succeed.
East Kings MHA President, John Curry, was pleased with the voter turnout and the response. He thanked the many volunteers who contributed so many hours to making the trial amalgamation possible. He was quoted as saying, "It's a great day for hockey in the Annapolis Valley. Our parents voted based on their childrens' experience this season playing with boys and girls from the Kentville area. They made new friends and had many opportunities to grow as players and people. Everyone is looking forward to bigger and better things next season as our relationship with Acadia MHA grows."
© 2004 Acadia Minor Hockey Association