STMA Affiliated Chapters Contact Information
Reminder: The following materials are due to STMA Headquarters for your chapter to be considered in “good standing”: • Signed Affiliation Agreement
Annually by June 1
• Affiliation Fee (See Article 8 above for amount) • Officer List • Bylaws
• Articles of Incorporation
Upon Receipt of Invoice - Annually by June 1 Annually by March 1
Once (when adopted), and as Updates Occur Once (when incorporated)
• Secretary of State In-Good-Standing Documentation Annually by March 1 • Year-end Financial Report (Simple-unaudited)
Annually by June 1
Sports Turf Managers Association of Arizona: Chris Walsh cwalsh@scottsdaleaz.gov
Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association:www.cstma.org
Florida #1 Chapter (South): 305-235-5101 (Bruce Bates) or Tom Curran CTomSell@aol.com
Florida #2 Chapter (North): 850/580- 4026, John Mascaro, john@turf-tec.com
Florida #3 Chapter (Central): 407-518-2347, Randy Fisher, rfisher@kissimmee.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: www.imstma.org
Iowa Sports Turf Managers Association:www.iowaturfgrass.org
Kentucky Sports Turf Managers Association:www.kystma.org
Keystone Athletic Field Managers Org. (KAFMO/STMA):www.kafmo.org
Michigan Sports Turf Managers Association (MiSTMA): www.mistma.org
Mid Atlantic Sports Turf Managers Association (MASTMA) (formerly the Chesapeake Chapter STMA) Ph. 410-704-2197 www.mastma.org
Chapter Sponsors www.stma.org
Minnesota Park and Sports Turf Man- agers Association:www.mpstma.org
MO-KAN Sports Turf Managers Association:www.mokanstma.com
Nebraska Sports Turf Managers Association: 402/441-4425
New England STMA (NESTMA): www.nestma.org
Sports Field Managers Association of New Jersey: www.sfmanj.org
Sports Turf Managers of New York: www.stmony.org
North Carolina Chapter of STMA: www.ncsportsturf.org
Northern California STMA: www.norcalstma.org
Ohio Sports Turf Managers Associa- tion (OSTMA):www.ostma.org
Oregon STMA Chapter: www.oregonsportsturfmanagers.org oregonstma@gmail.com
Ozarks STMA: www.ozarksstma.org
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Man- agers Association:www.pnwstma.org
Southern California Chapter: www.socalstma.com
South Carolina Chapter of STMA: www.scstma.org
Tennessee Valley Sports Turf Managers Association (TVSTMA): www.tvstma.com
Texas Sports Turf Managers Association: www.txstma.org
Virginia Sports Turf Managers Association:www.vstma.org
Wisconsin Sports Turf Managers Association:www.wstma.org
How did you prepare for the CSFM Exam? Collins: I prepared for the CSFM exam by attending a couple of the “preparing for the exam” sessions at the national conference. Those gave me valuable insight on what kinds of infor- mation the testing would be on. I also took the practice exam on- line. I then studied the parts of the exam I felt weakest on.
How did you approach your employer to support your certification, both financially and in the time needed to prepare for the exam? Collins: My employer has supported my membership in the STMA for many years and we, together, thought it was a good idea to gain certification. He felt it would be well received across campus giving our department some recognition and adding to our credibil- ity as professionals. I used the STMA website to outline the amount and the diversity of the knowledge needed to perform well on the exam and my boss was impressed with the extent of the informa- tion processed every day by sports turf managers, he had no idea. It also helped to show that only a select group of profession- als have achieved certification and adding our university to the list would gain us some measure of national prestige.
Why did you decide to pursue certification? Collins: I decided to pursue certification to add to my value as an employee. I think of myself as a professional and this validates my credentials to a certain extent. I also like the aspect of being one of a few in the world who have achieved this status.
How has certification helped your career? Collins: Certification came for me at a critical time in my career where there were changes in upper management and roles within the university were being evaluated. There had also been a time where I as an employee and my bosses had settled into a routine verging on complacency. Becoming a certified professional reaf- firmed my commitment to my profession, to me, and to my em- ployer. It also made a positive statement to our working community of my dedication to continue to learn and evolve as a professional. I was promoted to a larger role a year later. ■
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Ask a CSFM Joe Collins, CSFM,
Director of Grounds, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
Benefits of
certification verified Editor’s note: This is another installments on how becoming a Certi- fied Sports Field Manager (CSFM) can benefit turf managers profession- ally as well as improve their facilities