SportsTurf

April 2011

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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M2MEDIA360 PRESIDENT/CEO Marion Minor VP OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Gerald Winkel VP OF CIRCULATION AND COLLATERAL SALES Joanne Juda-Prainito PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Mary Jo Tomei DIRECT MAIL LIST SALES Cheryl Naughton 678-292-6054 cnaughton@m2media360.com SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES Phone 847-763-9565 Fax 847-763-9569 REPRINTS Cheryl Naughton 678-292-6054 cnaughton@m2media360.com Account Representatives: Joy Gariepy 16267 W. 14 Mile Rd., Ste 202 Beverly Hills, MI 48025 • Ph: 248-530-0300, ext. 1401 jgariepy@m2media360.com Bruce Loria 626 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 500 Los Angeles, CA 90017 • Ph: 213-596-7226 bloria@m2media360.com Classified Sales/Marketplace: Glenn Datz Phone: 213-596-7220 Fax: 213-624-0997 gdatz@m2media360.com Education opportunities “spring” up lent way to network and continue your education. Chapter gatherings are an ideal value for your crew, too. They are low cost and have tremendous worth in more than just education. By helping your crew members establish their own network, you are helping them succeed and furthering their job satisfaction. You can also support your chapter in other ways. Offer to help plan an event, chair a com- mittee, or write an article for the newsletter. Our profession becomes stronger through the work of our chapters. Your Board recently met for its Spring meeting, and we spent time discussing the confer- L ence we just held in Austin and next year’s conference in Long Beach. Thank you to those who filled out the post-conference survey. Your comments are invaluable to the development of our 2012 Conference and Exhibition. We had a great response to the call for presentations, and I know that your Conference Education Committee is working to develop an excellent program. We have negotiated the best hotel rates for the greater Los Angeles area, $189 per night at the host hotel, the Long Beach Hyatt, and $179 at the Westin. Being on the West Coast in a major metropolitan area, STMA’s costs are higher than in a Midwest city. However, your board did not increase conference attendee registration prices. For a full conference registra- tion, the cost is $375, and for our 1-day education/trade show combo, it is $105. In fact, these are the same rates that we had in San José in 2009. For those of you who are within driving distance of Long Beach, our 1-day package offers an affordable and value-packed op- portunity for you to bring your staff. Again, this is an effective way to provide staff training and strengthen their loyalty. There is also an STMA regional educational event, June 15-16, at the University of Ten- PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: We Assume No Responsibility For The Validity Of Claims In Connection With Items Appear- ing In Sportsturf. Reader Service Numbers Are Given To Fa- cilitate Further Inquiry. Commercial Product Names Are Used For The Convenience Of The Reader. Mention Of A Commercial Product Does Not Imply Endorsement By Sport- sturf Or M2MEDIA360, Or Preference Over Similar Products Not Mentioned. nessee. The 2-day event features a tour of the new turf research center, hands on and class- room education, an exhibition and tickets to a baseball game—value priced at $95. This is an event at which you will truly experience national level education. For those of you who are within driving distance of our national or regional conferences, and all members of a chapter, I’d like for you to consider bringing your employer to a confer- ence or to a chapter event. What better way to have him or her begin to understand the com- plexity of our profession, the importance of continuing education that provides value back to the facility, and the high level of professionalism that we as sports turf managers exhibit. This is a solid way to increase the respect for the job that we do. Best wishes for a great spring season! IKE SPORTS TURF MANAGERS, chapters spring into action as warmer weather arrives. Many have educational workshops, field days, and charitable field re-builds. Your chapter is where you can establish your strongest network when you need advice. All agronomy is local, and these local educational events offer an excel- troy.smith@broncos.nfl.net President’s Message Troy Smith, CSFM www.stma.org SportsTurf 7

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