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Sports Turf Managers Association of
Arizona: www.azstma.org
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,
Dale Croft, dale.croft@ocps.net
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 - Contact Clayton Dame,
Claytondame@hotmail.com or Brian Bornino,
bornino@purdue.edu or Contact Joey
Stevenson, jstevenson@indyindians.com
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.
Minnesota Park and Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.mpstma.org
MO-KAN Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.mokanstma.com.
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 Association
(OSTMA): www.ostma.org.
Oklahoma Chapter STMA: 405-744-5729;
Contact: Dr. Justin Moss okstma@gmail.com
Oregon STMA Chapter:
www.oregonsportsturfmanagers.org
oregonstma@gmail.com
Ozarks STMA: www.ozarksstma.org.
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Managers
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.
STMA Affiliated Chapters Contact Information
Chapter Sponsors
Nominations for Board
service are now open
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STMA's election process for 2016
is underway. The Nominating
Committee is seeking candidates
for board service. Four Director positions
are up for election:
Academic Director (2-year term):
A voting member who is engaged in
research, education or in extension out-
reach programs related to sports fields.
Parks & Recreation Director (2-year
term): A voting member who manages sports
fields for a parks and recreational facility,
municipality, city or other non-profit entity.
Higher Education Director (2-year
term) – A voting member who manages
sports fields for institutions that provide
education beyond the secondary level.
At Large Director (1-year term): A
voting member from any membership
category.
To indicate interest, go to STMA.org
and click on the Board Interest link under
Recent News. STMA also has a board
handbook that outlines the responsibili-
ties of board members. To request a copy
of the handbook, email kheck@stma.org.
The process to submit interest ends
August 14, after which each candidate
w ill be contacted. The Nominating
Committee will review each candidate's
qualifications and research other infor-
mation before determining the slate of
candidates who will be placed on the bal-
lot. They will present the slate and ballot
to voting members in mid-November.
The election will close December 15, and
the 2016 Board of Directors will take
office at the STMA Annual Meeting in
San Diego. ■
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