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uVIEWPOINTuJEFF CALDERWOOD
There has never been a better time to join the CGSA!
The value proposition on CGSA member benefits is at an all-time high, delivering for you both professionally and personally. Whether your top priorities are networking with your peers, advocacy on behalf of our profession, accreditation, professional development, savings from national account status on your supplier purchasing, industry events, or personal perks, the CGSA delivers.
The CGSA has had several consecutive successful years that now allow for investing into further growth on your behalf. On that note, our staff team is expanding to further increase service levels. Programs are growing too, such as Thank a Golf Superintendent Day expanding to a one-week event this September, a new environmental platform for 2024, new solutions to the tight labour market, additional investment into our Fall Field Day and Canadian Golf Course Management Conference, and much more.
There is also much better alignment between the CGSA and the various Regional/Provincial associations than at any time in the past, as well as with the NGCOA Canada, GCSAA, PGA of Canada, Golf Canada, and CMAC.
The golf industry, overall, is doing well these days. Although CGSA membership dues are priced very affordably, much lower than all of the other sectors in golf, healthier golf operating budgets may now allow for additional investment into your profession.
Help us help you!
The CGSA is also running a series of membership promotions through this year, attracting new members with these introductory offers. Once inside the CGSA community, members rarely leave unless retiring or exiting the industry. A special welcome to all those new members who joined during our July promotion, which generated the highest member acquisition month in recent years.
So spread the word to any other Supers who need a nudge. Add other CGSA memberships for your own staff team. Ask your suppliers to join too. Let’s capitalize on the opportunity to further grow your national association for everyone’s mutual benefit of representing our profession as effectively as possible.
You do own the CGSA. Our shared success is all about strength in numbers, which leads to more and more member value as we grow. Help us help you by joining today!
For more information, contact Lori Micucci, CGSA Member Services Manager, at lmicucci@golfsupers.com or 800-387-1056 ext 27.
Cheers!
Respectfully,
Jeff Calderwood, CEO Canadian Golf Superintendents Association
CGSA STAFF
1-800-387-1056
Jeff Calderwood
Chief Executive Officer, ext. 24 Editorial Committee jcalderwood@golfsupers.com
Kathryn Wood, CMP
Chief Operating Officer, ext. 23 kwood@golfsupers.com
Lori Micucci
Manager, Member Services, ext. 27 lmicucci@golfsupers.com
Barb Manifold
Events and Administration, ext. 25 Editorial Committee bmanifold@golfsupers.com
Additional Editorial Committee
Cameron Kusiek, (Chair)
Carnmoney Golf Club
Tyler McComas, (Vice Chair)
Dakota Dunes Golf Links
Dean Piller, AGS
Cordova Bay Golf Course
Karen Rumohr, AGS
Woodside Golf Course
Josh Tubbs
The Toro Company
Garry Haynes, MS, AGS
Blue Devil Golf Club
Jim Flett, AGS
Muskoka Lakes Golf and Country Club
Sara Stricker
Guelph Turfgrass Institute
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