SportsTurf

June 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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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. ■ SportsTurf 43 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

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