The number of winter-only registrations has been declining significantly in recent years, for both NCAC and the ACTAA as a whole. Through reduced registration fees and the appointment of winter captains, NCAC aims to draw former members back to the club and attract new members. Social activities at winter pointscore events will also be used to provide added focus for club in the winter season.

Ensure that the club coaching director has access to an up-to-date list of coaches willing to take on NCAC members across the full range of disciplines. Organise one or two club coaching days at the start of the track and field season to assess new members and place them with the most appropriate coaches.

Continue to liaise closely with Belconnen Wests and Corroboree LA centres. Host 'little athletics days' at interclub. Deliver newsletters to U13-U15 athletes registered at these centres.

ACTLAA approached NCAC to help develop a new LA centre focussing on the proposed new multi-putpose facility in Gungahlin. With the changing demographics in our traditional catchment area, an expansion of focus to the Gungahlin area is a strategic move. Our sponsor's presence in the area is an additional motivation for this initiative. While NCAC does not have the capacity to run the centre, it will assist in its development, working closely with ACTLAA. As a first step, NCAC will join with ACTLAA in applying for Active Australia development grant funding, and will help establish a planning committee.

Across the ACT, participation by female athletes has been dwindling. NCAC needs to ensure all its activities are attractive to women, and in all promotional material should seek to attract additional female athletes. With the closer integration of disabled sport with mainstream athletics, as evidenced by recent developments at the national level, it is likely more athletes with a disability will seek to register with athletics clubs. NCAC is well placed to welcome additional athletes to its ranks, and should ensure that their special needs are addressed. In particular, a club award for athletes with a disability should become a permanent feature of annual presentations.

Complete the documentation package commenced by Clinton Bebb in 2000. The main documents still in the drafting stage which will be our major priorities for this twelve month planning cycle will be – the Strategic Plan, the Financial Plan, and the Club Handbook

E-mail has proved an effective means for the rapid dissemination of information and for receiving feedback from members and other stakeholders. The club will establish an e-group dedicated to club activities, which will enable all committee members to post items of interest. The extended capabilities of the system will be explored. With increased use of the club web pages, the need for a re-designed site needs to be monitored.

As specific tasks are identified, club members should be approached for assistance. A number of possibilities that are of immediate interest relate to writing the club’s history, re-designing the club web-site by more experienced practitioners, soliciting articles for the club newsletter, etc. The most effective method identified for soliciting help is through email.

Achieving Active Australia provider status opens up a number of new avenues for obtaining additional funding. Specifically, the Development Grant Program would appear to be ideally suited to our interest in fostering a new Little Athletics Centre in Gungahlin.

The budget should provide an estimate of income and expenditure based on data for the previous two years. An estimate of likely travel subsidies should be made based on predicted representative achievements by members, and past experience of the number who actually request assistance.

Details of the sponsorship should be advertised more widely in the club newsletter, on our website, on the Bulletin Board, and in our information brochure.

A club publicity officer should be identified from within club membership. The person need not necessarily be a committee member, but will be the person to whom stories of general interest can be fed from throughout the club. The person should establish links with the local media, particularly the Canberra Chronicle.

All documents prepared by NCAC should incorporate the club logo. Disks will be prepared for distribution to committee members (and other members as necessary) containing graphics files of the club logo in black and white, and in colour. Also on the disks will be the Active Australia logo, and other graphics that can be used in the headers of letters, minutes, etc.

The NCAC banner should be displayed wherever practical to raise the visibility of the club. In particular, it should be displayed at all cross country pointscore races, regularly at northside schools cross country events, and each week at interclub. Where appropriate, it could also be displayed at major school events.

The achievements of current and past members of NCAC should be highlighted wherever possible. In addition to highlighting current achievements in newsletters, all current and past accomplishments of note should have a permanent place on the club website. Historical lists are to be drawn up covering the following topics:

-- Committee members since NCAC's foundation

-- Establish a set of club records

-- List all club award winners

-- List all NC winners of ACTAA awards

-- List all life members of NCAC, with the citations given by their proposers

Once club records have been established, a record certificate will be presented, at the same time as other annual awards, to any members who sets a new record during the current season.

A number of social activities are to be organised in conjunction with regular competition days. 'Soup kitchens' and 'hot dog stands' have proved popular at cross country pointscore events; and sausage sizzles at the AIS track during summer interclub competitions.

Enabling activities:
-- Enhancing links with ‘feeder’ Little Athletics centres
-- Establish strong links with the new LA centre proposed for Gungahlin
-- Providing a strong client service to improve the retention of members
-- Designing publicity campaigns targeting potential new members such as local secondary schools, particularly in the Gungahlin region
-- Continuing the northside schools cross-country program
-- Working closely with ACTAA development officer, if appointed

Enabling activities:
-- Ensuring access of all athletes to good quality coaching, with enhanced activities provided where the need is identified
-- A strong membership base

Enabling activities:

-- Strengthening the links with Ainslie Football Club as our primary sponsor with a view to increasing sponsorship from this source. Once-off requests for funding targeting specific projects, particularly in the area of junior development, are well received.
-- Identifying strongly with the Gungahlin LAC to strengthen links with our sponsor in a region of Canberra where they also have a strong presence.
-- Develop cooperative activities and events with the Ainslie Football and Sports Club.

Enabling activities:
-- Continued enhancement of the club information avenues – the website, newsletter and e-group communication – with the timely updating of all information.
-- An identifiable local media profile
-- An identifiable presence at major athletics competitions throughout the year

Enabling activities:
-- Continuation of the northside schools cross country program
-- Establishment of a fun run, or cross-country series, in the Gungahlin area

Enabling activities:
-- Development of member surveys that are to be completed annually
-- Extension of e-group capabilities to two-way communication with members

Enabling activities:
-- Close liaison with ACTAA development officer
-- Attendance at all ACTAA management council meetings
-- Support of officials, including financial, to enable the continued efficient conduct of athletics competitions in the ACT.
-- Extension of e-group capabilities to two-way communication with members.