The Middle Atlantic Professional
Newsletter Date: November 2015
The e-newsletter of the Middle Atlantic PGA Inside this issue: President’s Perspective: Fall Meetings & Preparing for Next Year Section Direction: Wrapping Up a Great Year
With the 2015 golf season in the books, the MAPGA Section Staff would like to thank everyone for an outstanding season. We hope you have a safe and happy holiday season and are looking forward to another great year in 2016!
2016 Award Winners and Hall of Fame Inductee Eyes on Employment: Preparing for the Job Search j Player Development Discussion: Upcoming Town Hall Meetings Chapter Chat
President’s Perspective: Fall Meetings & Preparing for Next Year Important Dates: November 26-27 Section Office Closed
Dear MAPGA Members and of his memories serving the previously elected chapter Apprentices,
The past three weeks have November - January been nothing Player Development Town Hall short of a Meetings whirlwind since being elected as your President. The December 14-15 Section meeting was full of Board Planning Session great information and everyone in attendance got to December 24-January 1 hear from our District 10 Section Office Closed Director, Rick Murphy, PGA as January 26-29 well as outgoing National PGA Demo Day & Merchandise Board of Control member Show—0rlando, FL Paul Michaelian. PGA. Rick shared what is happening February 6—College Golf within the National PGA and Seminar what will be introduced for Congressional CC next season. Paul, shared what the National Board of Control does and also some
PGA and MAPGA over the past 15 plus years. I hope you stayed for Mike O’Donnell’s seminar on Player Development — it received such rave reviews that we are bringing him back in February for a day and a half seminar to go more in depth.
At that same meeting, Josh Tremblay from Springfield Golf and Country Club was elected our next Section Secretary. Greg Scott from Army Navy Country Club was also elected to the Section Board of Directors as the Director-atLarge. Brain Dix was reelected to serve as the Assistants Representative on the Board as well. I look forward to working with them and the
officers over the next two years.
The following week our delegation headed to West Palm Beach for the 99th PGA Annual meeting. We were also joined at this Annual meeting by our Chapter Presidents. They had the opportunity to attend all of the sessions and see the business of the Association in action. . At this Annual meeting we proposed a resolution and while it was not passed, we were able to affect change in our Association by bringing up the need to improve the recertification process as well as on-line education. (Cont. on page 2…)