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Birthday celebrations at last!

As we move forward into 2023 I hope you and your Clubs have had a good start to the year and that we can all look ahead with positivity to the rest 2023.

Much of our current business is Members catching up on occasions that they were not able to celebrate during the last few years, and CMAE is also one of those playing catch up Back in April 2001 the then Club Managers Association of Europe was officially formed by a group of forward thinking Club Managers and with the help of the Club Management Association of America. Twenty two years will have passed since this inception and the strides the association has taken over this period of time, and the figures listed below are quite staggering, credit must go to everyone involved with CMAE over the years for making the vision in 2001 a reality And now we can celebrate!

On the 28th of April we are expecting over 70 people who have been associated with the CMAE, whether it be as a Member, staff, presenter or partner to gather at The Caledonian Club to celebrate these achievements with a dinner and reflections on the past and positivity for our future, this is open to all Members and limited places are still available It certainly will be an occasion to remember and an article will feature in our next edition.

At our last Board meeting there was a great deal of discussion regarding our European Conference and it has been decided that this will now be held every two years with the next to be in London in late 2024. We have already put together a working group for this event and we will be approaching top class speakers over the coming months as well arranging experiences which will give everyone a taste of the world famous London Club-land.

This does not mean that we will not be looking at an opportunity for Members to meet in 2023, our CEO Toby has been looking at running a BMI, along the likes of which we have hosted for CMAA, and although currently in the early stages we hope to visit Washington DC in early Autumn Watch out for further details.

Craig Cotterill, our Commercial Director, has also been making great strides with our Corporate Partners. Relationships have been strengthened at a recent Corporate Partner Lunch in London where views were shared on how we can move forward together, on what we do well and on where we can perhaps do better from both sides. It was invigorating to sit around the table with people who support CMAE – some who have been supporting us for the full 20 years and some who have just joined us (and a warm welcome to Club Benchmarking!)

I look forward to seeing a number of you on April 28th, and at all our other events throughout the year.

David Balden CCM President, Club Managment Association of Europe (CMAE)

Contr ibutors

CMAE Board of Directors

David Balden CCM david balden@cmaeurope org

Michael Braidwood CCM CEO@bruntsfieldlinks co uk

Niall Carroll CCM niall@cducestates com

Cristian Fiora CCM fiora@tee-time it

Debbie Goddard debbie goddard@cmaeurope org

Alber to Iglesias CCM aiglesias@fdlgolf es

Torbjörn Johansson Torbjorn johansson@cmaeurope org

Michael Newland CCM michael@theberkshire co uk

Debbie Pern CCM admin@deesidegolfclub com

Silvia Serrano CCM serrano silvia@yahoo es

Michael McCormack CMDip michael mccormack@cmaeurope org

Craig Cotterill craig cotterill@cmaeurope org

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