are available in addition to field safety and maintenance checklists.
• Multimedia – members can access the Mound
Building and Home Plate Maintenance and Infield
Maintenance Instructional videos.
• Professional Development - If you are looking
for a job, resources that help you write a cover letter and resume and ace an interview are available.
If already employed, bulletins on communication,
leadership, and workplace issues are also available.
• Synthetic Fields – In addition to what is available on the public side, members can access additional advisory bulletins that give
recommendations for equipment, project management, and more.
• Turfgrasses – more in-depth information is
available for sports turf managers to determine
which type of turfgrass will best meet the needs of
athletes and perform the best on the field.
• STMA Educational Bulletins – STMA members
can access bulletins that cover a wide range of turfgrass management topics including seasonal field
maintenance calendars for cool season, warm season, and transition zone regions, field management, environmental stewardship, safety, synthetic
fields, professional development, construction and
renovation, and business practices. n
SAFE Foundation expands Board
THE FOUNDATION FOR SAFER ATHLETIC
FIELDS FOR EVERYONE (SAFE), STMA's Charity,
has expanded its Board to 12 people. In 2012,
SAFE had nine board members. "The expanded
board adds new depth of experience to better
help us pursue our key goals this year," said
Chairman of the Board of Trustees Cathy
Bradley. "Our focus in 2013 is to increase community outreach efforts as well as to continue
to pursue our fundraising goals."
Past fundraising efforts include the events
held in conjunction with the STMA conference,
such as the auctions, raffles, casino night and a
golf tournament. For the first time, SAFE is developing an interactive community educational
component. "Providing maintenance staff,
coaches, volunteers and parent groups with
education on how to care for their field is a
very important component of ensuring player
safety," said Bradley. The educational outreach
is planned for the San Antonio area around the
STMA national conference in January.
In addition to Chairman Bradley, who is
also the Executive Director of the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, SAFE Officers include:
Vice-Chair Allen Johnson, CSFM, Fields Manager, Green Bay Packers
Secretary Steve Wightman, Retired Sports
Turf Manager
Treasurer Doug Schattinger, President, Pioneer Manufacturing
Trustees
Jon Butler, Executive Director, Pop Warner
Little Scholars
Ken Curry, Vice President, Covermaster, Inc.
David B. Houseknecht, Sr. VP of Administration/CFO, Little League International
Debra Kneeshaw, Lead Park Technician, City
of Portland Parks & Recreation
Gil Landry, Jr., Ph.D., Professor/Turfgrass
Management, University of Georgia-Griffin
Campus
Chad Price, CSFM, CFB, President, Carolina
Green Corp.
Paula Sliefert, Sr. Marketing Manager, The
Toro Company
Jay Warnick, CSFM, Athletic Fields Manager,
University of Portland
The SAFE Executive Director is also the CEO
of STMA, Kim Heck. n
STMA Affiliated Chapters Contact Information
Sports Turf Managers Association of
Arizona: www.azstma.org
Iowa Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.iowaturfgrass.org.
Oklahoma Chapter STMA: 405-744-5729;
Contact: Dr. Justin Moss okstma@gmail.com
Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.cstma.org
Kentucky Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.kystma.org.
Oregon STMA Chapter:
www.oregonsportsturfmanagers.org
oregonstma@gmail.com
Florida #1 Chapter (South):
305-235-5101 (Bruce Bates) or Tom Curran
CTomSell@aol.com
Keystone Athletic Field Managers Org.
(KAFMO/STMA): www.kafmo.org.
Ozarks STMA: www.ozarksstma.org.
Michigan Sports Turf Managers Association
(MiSTMA): www.mistma.org.
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.pnwstma.org.
Minnesota Park and Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.mpstma.org
Southern California Chapter:
www.socalstma.com.
MO-KAN Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.mokanstma.com.
South Carolina Chapter of STMA: www.scstma.org.
Nebraska Sports Turf Managers Association:
sphillips4@unlnotes.unl.edu
Tennessee Valley Sports Turf Managers Association (TVSTMA): www.tvstma.com.
New England STMA (NESTMA):
www.nestma.org.
Texas Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.txstma.org
Sports Field Managers Association
of New Jersey: www.sfmanj.org.
Virginia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.vstma.org.
Sports Turf Managers of New York:
www.stmony.org.
Wisconsin Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.wstma.org.
Florida #2 Chapter (North): 850-580-4026,
John Mascaro, john@turf-tec.com
Florida #3 Chapter (Central): 407-518-2347,
Scott Grace, scott@sundome.org
Gateway Chapter Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.gatewaystma.org.
Georgia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.gstma.org.
Greater L.A. Basin Chapter of the Sports
Turf Managers Association:
www.stmalabasin.com.
Illinois Chapter STMA: www.ILSTMA.org.
Intermountain Chapter of the Sports Turf
Managers Association:
http://imstma.blogspot.com/
Indiana - FORMING - Contact Clayton Dame,
Claytondame@hotmail.com or Brian Bornino,
bornino@purdue.edu or Contact Joey Stevenson,
jstevenson@indyindians.com
North Carolina Chapter of STMA:
www.ncsportsturf.org.
Chapter Sponsors
Northern California STMA:
www.norcalstma.org.
Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association
(OSTMA): www.ostma.org.
www.stma.org
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