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GCSAA Delegates Meeting Synopsis Continued from page 8 Delegates Meeting for at least 7 years. The field staff program is now one of GCSAA‟s biggest initiatives, with plans to have a field staff representative in place over the entire country in the next 2 years. California will have a field office representative in 2011. Where it is in place it has been well received, and has increased both local association membership, and member satisfaction. The field staff program is a high priority for GCSAA and based on the delegate feed back it is an initiative that the majority of delegates strongly support. GCSAA has been part of a number of efforts to bring the golf course maintenance industry in alliance with other industry related organizations, and communities at large. Partnerships include the Golf 20/20 (GCSAA, CMAA, NGCOA,PGA TOUR, USGA, PGA, LPGA, NIKE, GCBAA), whose initiatives include Get Golf Ready Play Golf America, The First Tee, and the World Golf Hall of Fame. Other partnerships and initiatives include We Are Golf (PGA, GCOA, CMAA), Golf‟s Drive Toward Sustainability, and the EIFG. The discussions were positive regarding the
efforts to align GCSAA with other organizations, and unfortunately Golf‟s Drive Toward Sustainability was not well recognized or understood by most delegates. GCSAA will need to do more education on this one initiative to bring its benefits to the members of the association, It is an important business model that includes making decisions based on the success of “people, environment, and profit,” and I believe it will make the game and business of golf relevant to those who don‟t play the game. I appreciate those of you who contacted me with your concerns prior to the delegates meeting, and your view point was brought forward at the meeting. If you are reading this and have something that you would like to bring to the attention of GCSAA please let me know, and I assure you your voice will be heard. My job as the California GCSAA delegate is to keep a two way conversation going that strengthens and empowers you as a member and that in turn benefits the association, and our industry.
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