SportsTurf provides current, practical and technical content on issues relevant to sports turf managers, including facilities managers. Most readers are athletic field managers from the professional level through parks and recreation, universities.
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STMA in action Finn, Kevin Mathias, Ph.D., Brian McDougal, Joel Rieker, Brian Scott, Tom Serensits, John Sorochan, Ph.D., Tim VanLoo, CSFM, Lynda Wightman Technical Standards Committee Chair: A.J. Powell, Jr., Ph.D. Members: Patrick Berger, TJ Brewer, CSFM, Richard Campey, Skip Filanowski, Beth Guertal, Ph.D., Kevin Hansen, Jeffrey Hartman, William J. McBride, Sr., Andrew McNitt, Ph.D., Ed Norton, Robert Oppold, Steven Smith, Tony Strickland, CSFM, Gary Tubesing, Adam Thoms Turfgrass Curriculum Committee Chair: Jeff Fowler Members: Chad Follis, Mike Goatley, Jr., Ph.D., Bill Griffith, Mar- STMA & SAFE Report Audit Findings STMA and its charitable arm, The SAFE Foundation, undergo an annual audit, which is conducted by an independent auditing firm. In 2013, STMA changed auditors after 5 years with the same firm, a practice recommended in the corporate world. STMA adopted that practice to insure the highest level of transparency and confidence in its results for its membership. Pickett, Chaney & McMullen, LLP, (PCM) completed its work in June and reported the results to the STMA and SAFE Boards in July. The opinion of PCM confirms that STMA uses accepted accounting practices, has a solid financial basis, and has no evidence of fraud. "In our opinion, the combined financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Sports Turf Managers Association and Affiliate as of Dec. 31, 2012, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America," stated Chris Chaney. STMA 2012 Revenues, Gains and Other Support: Expenses tin Kaufman, CSFM, Nick McKenna, CSFM, Marc Moran, CSFM Website Committee Chair: Pam Sherratt Members: Josh Bertrand, Patrick Coakley, CSFM, Jason Demink, CSFM, Sam Doak, Ronn Ponath, Jim Reiner, Joe Rodocker, Sun Roesslein, Zach Severns STMA announces Minor League Sports Turf Manager of the Year winners STMA and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) are pleased to report the winners of the annual MiLB Sports Turf Manager of the Year awards. Each league in MiLB conducts a survey to select their league's sports turf manager winner. These surveys include input from nearly 30 different stakeholders rating these STMA members on 11 different criteria. These winners subsequently submit an application to the STMA, and a panel of independent judges rates them on a variety of criteria including staff, budget, events, cultural practices, game day routine, plus field safety and other factors. The MiLB and STMA are pleased to announce the following winners: AAA—Chris Ball, Gwinnett Braves, International League AA—Brock Phipps, Springfield Cardinals, Texas League A—Keith Winter, Ft. Wayne TinCaps, Midwest League Short Season or Rookie—Bryan Barkley, Connecticut Tigers, New York-Penn League STMA CEO Kim Heck presented these winners with their awards during the Baseball Winter Meetings, MiLB Annual Awards Luncheon, December 9, 2013 in Orlando. Gwinnett Braves' Coolray Field $ 1,154,399 $ 1,134,509 $ 19,890 SAFE Revenues, Gains and Other Support: Expenses $37,279 $42,627 $(5,348) For more detailed information, contact STMA headquarters, 800-323-3875. 46 SportsTurf | January 2014 www.sportsturfonline.com