May 31, 2024
Professional Development
Is a Renovation on the Horizon for Your Club?
Get the blueprints to make your club’s next project a success at the Capital Improvements Symposium. Hosted at The Chicago Club in Chicago, IL, August 4-6, this event will focus on construction management in clubs and the competencies a club management professional needs to complete a successful project, renovation, or deconstruction.
Topics will be diverse and extensive and cover every aspect from start to finish of a major project including:
- Gaining member approval for the project,
- Managing your project on schedule and on budget,
- Implementing capital improvement funding strategies,
- Creating an effective and efficient project management team, and
- More!
Check out the full schedule and register today!
Register for the 2024 Club Wellness Summit
The 2024 Club Wellness Summit will be hosted at Boca Grove Country Club in Boca Raton, FL, August 4-6. The Summit is designed for club wellness professionals and club leaders who are interested in learning about how to integrate a variety of wellness offerings into their clubs. The education, networking events, and club tours will provide participants with critical insights into this very important and constantly changing aspect of club operations.
Educational sessions will feature hands-on opportunities to share and learn from fellow club wellness professionals and industry experts.
Learn more and register today!
Join Us Online for the Virtual Membership & Marketing Summit
Prepare yourself for success with education focused on your most pressing membership and marketing issues. The virtual Membership and Marketing Summit takes place July 24-25 and will feature six sessions to help you boost your club’s:
- Member recognition and personalization;
- Marketing and employee recruitment; and
- Reputation and brand management.
This Summit is designed to have an immediate impact on how professionals design and execute the membership experience. Attendees will gain insight, best practices, and real-life examples to apply at their own clubs, along with 8 CMI Credits for attendance and completion of all sessions.
Membership and Member Benefits
Save Money by Enrolling in CMAA’s Shipping Program
PartnerShip helps all CMAA members save on every shipment you send and receive. Members who enroll in the CMAA Shipping Program save on select FedEx services. This program is available to all CMAA members with no obligations and no minimum shipping requirements. Members who participated saved an average of $150 last year! Members also benefit from PartnerShip’s Inbound Shipping Management tools to save on every shipment received from suppliers.
Visit PartnerShip for complete program information and to enroll in the free CMAA Shipping Program.
If you have any questions, please call PartnerShip at 800-599-2902, or email sales@PartnerShip.com.
Students: Complete Your Student Chapter Officer Report
We know you’re ready to start your summer, but please remember to fill out your Student Chapter Officer Report. At CMAA Headquarters, we need to make sure that all our Student Chapter information is up-to-date.
If you haven’t done so already, please fill out the form. Have a great summer!
Grow the Power of Your Contribution
It’s no secret that The Club Foundation counts on donations to fund scholarships and grants for CMAA members. The Foundation has played a critical role for hundreds of scholarship recipients to pursue their professional aspirations and desire to become the best leaders they can. And the dollars donated are critical to The Foundation’s mission fulfillment.
It’s also no secret that those who donate take pride in supporting others - truly making a difference in the success of individuals in our industry and the industry itself. More than one-third of CMAA members donate to support The Club Foundation. Approximately 70 percent of past scholarship recipients also donate to The Club Foundation—a testament to the importance of what The Foundation does.
We say “every dollar counts” because your donation is part of a larger movement and commitment to our industry. All those donations add up to allow us to provide meaningful support for members.
What may not be widely known is the power of recurring donations. Many CMAA members commit to automatically periodic donations; that kind of stabilizing support not only funds today’s needs but also the future of our industry. Over the course of one year, just 4 donors giving $10 per month will generate the funds needed for a Student Chapter Grant. It takes fewer than 28 donors committing $15 per month to support a Joe Perdue Scholarship. Please join the group of remarkable individuals who commit to providing ongoing and future support for scholarships and grants.
Scholarship Deadlines Tomorrow
Applications for both student-focused funding opportunities are tomorrow, June 1.
The Joe Perdue Scholarship awards $5,000 for undergraduate student tuition. For complete eligibility information and to access the application please visit our apply page.
The Student Chapter Grant awards $500 travel grants to Student Chapters to support expenses for attendance at the 2025 World Conference and Business Expo. To apply, please visit our apply page.
If you have any questions about these scholarship and grant programs or about donating to The Foundation, please call us at 703-299-4284 or contact Ava Spece.
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Resources
Board Brief: What Club KPIs Should You Be Watching?
Inside the latest edition of Board Brief you will find what Key Club Performance Indicators should your club be watching, bylaws reviews, and more. Check out the latest edition, designed to educate and inform club board members on the latest trends, research, and best practices. It is available in print as an insert in the upcoming May/June edition of Club Management magazine or download the PDF version now.
2023 Finance and Operations Report Now Available
The 2023 Finance and Operations Report, a detailed report of key financial and operating data for the club management industry, is now available to all CMAA members. This report is a collaboration with Club Benchmarking, a CMAA Executive Partner.
The data presented in this report represents the aggregated financials results of clubs closing their 2023 fiscal year between December 31, 2022, and December 31, 2023. A total of 1,028 clubs participated in the survey. The 1,028 clubs are comprised of 840 clubs with golf and 188 clubs without golf.
CMAA members may also access their complimentary copy of the full report through CMAA Connect in the Best Practices Exchange Community Library in the CMAA Annual Reports folder. CMAA and Club Benchmarking will also host a one-hour webinar to dive into the data in June. Stay tuned for your invitation to participate!
If you have any questions, please contact Amilcar Davy, CMAA's Director of Research, at 703-739-9500.
Trends and News
KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE Renews CMAA Partnership
KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE, a leading club industry recruiting and consulting firm, has renewed its partnership with the Club Management Association of America (CMAA) through December 2026. KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE (KKW) has been a long-time partner and a valued supporter of CMAA.
As a CMAA Executive Partner, KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE will continue to be the presenting sponsor of the Governance and Leadership Symposium that they helped to develop in 2016. To date, Principals Richard Kopplin, CMAA Fellow; Kurt D. Kuebler, CCM, CMAA Fellow; and Thomas B. Wallace III, CCM, CCE, ECM, have shared their expertise with more than 500 club management professionals and club board members through these in-person and virtual events, helping to create a better-educated club industry.
CMAA’s President & CEO Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE, explains “We are pleased to continue our partnership with KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE, and extend their expertise to CMAA members and their volunteer leadership through board education.”
"Dick Kopplin, Kurt Kuebler, and I are honored to continue our involvement and support of Club Management Association of America through our renewed partnership commitment. Much of our team has an invested history with the association and we are dedicated to advocating for CMAA’s continued success. The pillars of CMAA that support professionalism, education, and leadership align seamlessly with KK&W. We look forward to engaging with the membership and their team members, sharing our experiences in private club leadership, governance, and best practices. The coming years are sure to be exciting for CMAA and we are thankful to be a part of their mission," shared KK&W Partner, Tom Wallace.
Further, KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE will support BMI International as an event sponsor along with a wide range of other educational resources available to the CMAA membership across a variety of platforms. Previous collaborations through the Let’s Talk Club Management podcast and Club Management magazine include:
For more information about KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE, visit kkandw.com.