May 5, 2023
Professional Development
Upcoming Board Education Opportunity in Chicago
Enhance your partnership with your club’s elected leader(s) with CMAA’s Club Leadership Summits. These one-day Summits bring together club management professionals and their club’s President Elect/President or Chairman of the Board for cooperative education and engagement on club governance best practices and trends. On May 22, the Summit will be held at The Chicago Club in Chicago, IL. Since 1869, The Chicago Club has been the city’s premier club, offering members and guests the finest, most personalized service.
Prepare your club’s elected leadership for success with focused information on relevant strategic topics, including governance, finance, club trends, and legislation.
These highly rated Summits are presented in partnership with KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE, a CMAA Business Partner.
Save the Date for the 2023 Chef Summit
Join Club Chefs from all over the country to learn, grow, and taste together, October 8-10, in Scottsdale, AZ, an amazing desert oasis and year-round luxury destination!
The Chef Summit is designed specifically for club chefs to boost their business acumen in the areas of executive presence and leadership, team and culture building, finance, and governance.
Attendees will visit Desert Mountain, an award-winning club that features a magnificent natural landscape that surrounds the illustrious 8,300-acre property.
Registration opens soon and is limited to the first 100 Club Chefs!
The Chef Summit is presented in partnership with ClubProcure.
Membership and Member Benefits
Share the Spirit of CMAA
During his closing remarks at the 2023 World Conference and Club Business Expo, 2023 Chairman Michael Seabrook, CCM, CCE, introduced a movement to carry CMAA throughout his year as Chairman. To show the spirit of the CMAA community at large, he explained that each CMAA Chapter, Student Chapter, National Committee, applicable member and special interest group, BMI program, allied organization, etc. will have access to a CMAA logo beach ball for use in a year-long effort to highlight all we are, all we do, and our BIG reach across the globe!
So, the next time your Chapter gathers, or you’re attending a national event, participating in a student-related club tour, or showcasing a fun team event at your club, please take a picture with the CMAA logo beach ball (sent for starters to all Managing Directors) and send it to goodnews@cmaa.org. We will make sure your photos are included in an issue of Club Management magazine, on the CMAA website, in one of our digital newsletters, on social media, and quite possibly in next year’s World Conference slideshow!
Graduating Seniors: Is it Time for You to Join as an Alumnus Member?
Congratulations to our graduating seniors! Have you secured a management position in the club industry? If so, it’s time to join CMAA as an Alumnus member.
Simply log into your CMAA account and join as an Alumnus member. Once the process is complete and your join date is established, your Alumnus years (you are eligible for the status for two years) count towards your six Professional years needed to be eligible to sit for the Certified Club Manager exam. Alumnus status is a Professional classification, the only difference is that you receive a dues break for the first two years of your membership, at which point you automatically change to a Professional member.
Congratulations once again! Please contact Erica Benjamin with any questions about joining as an Alumnus member.
Submit Your Entry for the 2023 Wine Program Awards
The Wine Society is now accepting entries for the 2023 Wine Program Awards. The entry deadline is September 18. You do not have to be a Wine Society member enter and all CMAA members are encouraged to submit their club’s wine list and program.
Have Your Club’s Internship Program Verified by CMAA
CMAA has developed a Verified Internship Program to elevate and streamline club internship offerings. Because clubs differ widely in their membership size, culture, and offerings, it may be difficult for students to know exactly what they can expect from their internship experience. This verified internship criteria helps manage the expectations of students, faculty, and managers, and holistically showcases what a career in the club industry looks like.
Interested in having your club’s internship program recognized as a CMAA Verified Internship?
Share Your Story with The Club Foundation
Club professionals are generous with their time and resources to support The Club Foundation, but they also support local CMAA Chapter charitable giving, events, and volunteer initiatives.
The Club Foundation would like to capture your stories about giving. Whether an organized volunteer effort, fundraising for regional scholarships, or presenting events that support outside charitable organizations, we want to hear about what’s happening in your area!
Please submit your story online
Board of Governors—Changing of the Guard
Board members are vitally important to the success of our fundraising and programming at The Foundation because they provide thoughtful and smart governance oversight so we can carry out our mission. We are very grateful to those who have served and are rolling off the Board this year including John Collins, E-Z-GO; Brian Kroh, CCM, John’s Island Club; and Tim Minahan, CCM, CCE, Country Club of Fairfield. We are also thrilled to welcome new board members Blaine Burgess, CCM, CCE, Country Club of Little Rock; Adam Harris, E-Z-GO; Richard LaRocca, CCM, CCE, Beechmont Country Club; and Kelley Williams, CCM, Carolinas Chapter. For a full list of this year’s Board of Governors and officers, please visit The Club Foundation Leadership page.
Scholarship Deadlines
Don’t forget to add the following Scholarship Deadlines to your calendar for 2023:
- Joe Perdue Scholarship—June 1
- Student Chapter Grant—June 1
- Faculty Research Grant—August 1
- Sally Burns Rambo Scholarship—September 1
- James B. Singerling Scholarship—October 1
- Willmoore H. Kendall Scholarship—November 1
- LaRocca Family Executive Scholarship—November 1
Did You Know? You Can Join the Women in Club Management Community This Spring!
The Women in Club Management community meets every month to show support to one another in their careers within the club industry. Join us this spring for some great conversation and great community!
- May 17 at 1:00 p.m. EDT
- June 21 at 1:00 p.m. EDT
Visit the Women in Club Management Community on CMAA Connect for more information and for the Zoom links.
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Support National Golf Day Virtually
Annually, CMAA joins the leaders of the US golf industry’s most prominent allied associations for National Golf Day, in cooperation with the American Golf Industry Coalition (formerly We Are Golf). Advocates meet with members of Congress and their staff to highlight and discuss the industry’s valuable contributions to our nation's economy, environment, and local communities. The 2023 event will be held on Wednesday, May 10, and 275 industry professionals will head to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Support CMAA’s Advocacy Committee and Legislative Chairmen in this important opportunity to make your voice heard on issues impacting our industry. CMAA members across the country are encouraged to support the event virtually by contacting their members of Congress using this Action Alert throughout the month of May and by posting on social media using #NationalGolfDay and tagging @golfcoalition.
Watch your email on May 10 for our official action alert and easy-to-use template.
Your voice is vital to our efforts to emphasize the immense value that clubs provide to their communities for decade after decade. Through your participation, we can reach every Member of Congress.
For more information, contact Melissa Low, CAE, Senior Director, Communications & Advocacy, at 703-739-9500.
Trends and News
Call to Serve: CMAA Board of Directors
CMAA is currently receiving nominations for those interested in running for the National Board of Directors, 2024 term year start. Professional members (with at least 10 years of CMAA membership) – now is your chance to help lead the Association dedicated to furthering the club management profession.
The benefits are many:
- A role in advancing the club management profession.
- An opportunity to enhance the value of CMAA to the industry.
- A part in directing information about the challenges facing club management professionals.
- A chance to exchange ideas and perspectives with other volunteer leaders.
CMAA’s Nominating Committee has identified qualifications criteria as well as several desired attributes that are part of the selection process for new and incumbent Board members. Interested members should consult the website for specific information or contact Kim Pasquale with any questions. Board nominations are due no later than May 31, 2023. All required candidate documentation is due by June 30, 2023. Thank you.
USGA Unveils $30 Million Commitment to Advance Water Resilience Efforts in Golf
The United States Golf Association (USGA) is accelerating its work toward a more sustainable game with the deployment of a multi-year, multi-million-dollar investment toward reducing golf’s use of water.
The organization’s $30 million commitment over the next 15 years will advance underutilized strategies and technologies that golf courses can use to economically reduce their use of water, a vital and increasingly regulated natural resource with near- and long-term cost and availability concerns. The work will focus on irrigation optimization, advanced conservation innovation and water sourcing and storage.