News for CMAA Leaders: December 2023

CMAA News

1. Boris Gradina, MCM, CCE, Named 2023 Club Executive of the Year
2. Listen to Let’s Talk Club Management, Episode 104: Private Club Governance Handbook and Episode 105: An Expert Look at AI

To Do

1. December 20: Early Registration Deadline for 2024 World Conference and Club Business Expo
2. December 31: Volunteer for a 2024 National Committee
3. February 5, 2024: Idea Fair Entries Due
4. Ongoing: Share the Spirit of CMAA by Emailing Your Chapter Photos to goodnews@cmaa.org

All Officers

Review CMAA’s Antitrust Guidelines

It is a Chapter best practice to annually review CMAA’s Antitrust Guidelines to ensure your Chapter’s compliance. A few association policies or programs that might be discussed at Chapter meetings or via other means including email, online discussion boards, or list serves raise issues of antitrust and trade regulation. These areas include:

• Prices, fees, or rates, such as discounts, costs, salaries, terms and conditions of sale, warranties, or profit margins;
• Membership restrictions, categories, and termination;
• Uniform terms of sale or contract provisions.

Review CMAA’s Antitrust Guidelines to keep your chapter in compliance. As a Chapter officer, you should also ensure that your Chapter’s directors and officers insurance policy includes coverage for antitrust.

Deadline Approaching: Calling All National Committee Volunteers

As a membership organization, CMAA is governed by members to serve members. Standing and At-Conference committees are an important part of CMAA’s leadership structure and vital to its success.

Each fall, CMAA puts out a call for volunteers for Professional/Alumnus members to serve on national committees. CMAA Chapter leaders are a great resource for helping us identify potential applicants and encouraging them to submit the required volunteer service information.

Appointments are made by the incoming CMAA Chairman and designed to achieve balanced member representation from chapters and regions, club types, individual demographics, skill set, and professional experience.

Close to 150 committee openings are anticipated for 2024. Access the national committee service qualifications criteria, additional information, and the service request form. As committee placements and needs vary annually, CMAA cannot guarantee selection of all volunteer applications. Applications to serve are due by December 31.

Thanks in advance for encouraging your fellow members (or you!) to get involved with CMAA in this volunteer capacity. Member guidance and input are critical to the Association’s continued success!

Managing Directors

Members who have not paid their National dues by the end of the year will be dropped from the Association’s roster. Please look at your Chapter lists to see who has yet to renew and help us keep these members onboard. If you need assistance determining who still needs to renew, please contact the Membership Team.

Career Services Chairman

Let the Planning for 2024 Begin!

Does your club hire Interns? If so, please list your openings on CMAA's Internship Job Board. You may list one or dozens of positions and the listings are FREE. Begin by logging in on the CMAA home page. Then go to Post a Job to begin entering the information. If you have listed an internship before, you should get a message that information has been saved. All the information is easily editable making updating easy.

If you are part of the Verified Internship Program (VIP) for 2024, be sure to check the box when filling out the form. Not part of the VIP? Please consider having your club become part of the program that is aimed at nurturing and helping to bring the best trained talent into the Club Management Industry.

If you have questions on Internships or the Verified Internship Program, please contact Karen Woodie.

Communications/Public Relations Chairman

Brag on Your Chapter

We know your Chapter is accomplishing great things. Share your events, philanthropic activities, awards, and more. Submissions are used as space is available, and may appear in Club Management magazine, Chapter Digest, Outlook, or on social media (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram). 

Add these dates to your calendar and make plans to brag on your Chapter in the Chapter News section of the Club Management magazine!

• January/February 2024 Edition—Content Due by December 10 (Space is limited!)
• March/April 2024 Edition—Content Due by February 15
• May/June 2024 Edition—Content Due by April 10
• July/August 2024 Edition—Content Due by June 5
• September/October 2024 Edition—Content Due by July 10
• November/December 2024 Edition—Content Due by September 13

All items should be submitted electronically to goodnews@cmaa.org. Please send high-resolution photographs (300 dpi) as separate graphic files (jpg, png).

For questions, please contact CMAA’s Vice President, Communications & Advocacy Melissa Low, CAE, at 703-739-9500 ext. 286.

Legislative/Advocacy Chairman

DHS and DOL Release 65,000 Additional FY2024 H-2B Visas

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in conjunction with the Department of Labor (DOL), announced its intention to release nearly 65,000 additional H-2B visas for FY2024. In a move that mirrors its actions in FY2023, these visas will provide welcome relief for many employers as the first half Fiscal Year 2024 allocation was already exhausted as of October 11. On November 16, the DHS and DOL detailed the visas available immediately as well as the plan for the remainder of FY24. Learn more. 

Meanwhile, DHS and DOL continue the efforts of the H-2B Worker Protection Taskforce in cooperation with the White House. The Taskforce has proposed policy options to address threats to the program’s integrity; vulnerabilities for H-2B workers; and the impermissible use of the program to avoid hiring US workers. In September, DHS announced a rulemaking proposal implementing program integrity measures impacting employers and increasing protections for H-2A and H-2B workers.

Membership Chairman

New Member Recruitment Contest Ends December 31

Please look at the New Member Recruitment Contest standings and see how your Chapter is doing. Most Chapters have already met or exceeded their goals! Remember, winning chapters in each size category will receive a $2,000 Education Grant funded by The Club Foundation. Congratulations on an incredible recruitment year!

Professional Development

Pre-Conference Workshops Offer an Expanded World Conference Experiences

Explore the full slate of Pre- and At-Conference Workshops & Experiences, including multi-, full-, and half-day options available at the 2024 CMAA World Conference and Club Business Expo in Las Vegas, NV:

• Hit the road with the Bicycle Chautauqua (March 2-4)
• Experience an exclusive workshop featuring top wine experts – blend you own wine, test your tasting skills, and savor a paired lunch with the CMAA Wine Society (March 4)
• Move beyond your club’s vision and effectively implement your strategic plan with GGA Partners (March 4)
• Navigate your Yacht Club management challenges with targeted education and research (March 5)
• Walk the Las Vegas Strip and experience a new Chautauqua opportunity (March 6)

Learn more!

Research Chairman

Welcome to the Club Employee Demographic Assessment Year Two

The Club Management Association of America designed the Club Employee Demographic Assessment (CEDA) to help evaluate the degree to which your club follows leading practices in diversity and inclusion throughout your workforce. CEDA represents a comprehensive and confidential tool for clubs to assess and benchmark themselves against other clubs. The Club Foundation and CMAA have collaborated on a survey that will provide valuable information on what will be year two of what will be a journey toward understanding the demographics of private club employees. This survey takes about 10-15 minutes and only needs one submission per club. Learn more about the project and participate.

Diversity in the workplace means employing people of different ages, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, and education levels. Through the four components of CEDA (Workplace, Workforce, Marketplace, Supplier & Community), we hope to help each club identify their own areas of improvement, build and update practices, and implement positive changes in their day-to-day operations.

2022 saw data collected from more than 140 clubs and we look to improve upon that in year two. Please take a moment to participate and help your club take steps toward adding value to your staff. Please contact Amilcar Davy with any questions.

Student Chapter Liaison

Help Your Students Prepare for the Student Chapter and Faculty Idea Fair and Shark Tank Competition

There are two opportunities at the 2024 World Conference and Club Business Expo for Student members to show off their ideas and interests.

The Student Chapter and Faculty Idea Fair is your Chapter's chance to share as many ideas as you’d like across five different categories for a chance to win a $1,000 chapter grant from The Club Foundation. Show off everything your Chapter has done to be successful! Entries are due February 5, 2024.

The Student Shark Tank Competition is for any student member (or a group up to five) that has an innovative mind. Do you have an idea or product that you think the club industry could benefit from? Tell us about it! Learn more about this program and the chance to win a $1,000 Visa gift card. Entries are due February 2, 2024. 

Wine Society Representative

Join the Wine Society at World Conference

Register today for the Pre-Conference Wine Workshop: Wine Fusion: A Journey through Blending, Tasting and Innovation—featuring top wine experts Bob Paulinski, Dave Clouston, Micah Wirth, and Mark Davidson.

Grab your seat at the 2024 Annual Wine Dinner, held at DragonRidge Country Club, featuring Chef Akira Back! To purchase tickets, please email Alanna Eckard. Tickets are currently available for Wine Society Members only.