We have just completed loading two trucks full with over 16,000 lbs of freight. Although staff doesn't head out to Anaheim for the 2007 CMAA World Conference on Club Management and Golf Industry Show until next week, our freight hit the highway this past Friday.

You can see by the smiles on our chilly faces that we are excited about our 2007 CMAA "Member/Guest Event!" For those CMAA members who are not able to join us in the 'OC', all information, including election results and daily photos will be available on ClubNet within minutes of the events unfolding in Anaheim. The CMAA National Offices are staffed and all Headquarters Staff members onsite in Anaheim will be responding to all CMAA member requests on a daily basis.

On behalf of CMAA National President Burt Ward, CCM and his fellow CMAA National Officers and Board members we congratulate all of you for your commitment to choosing to participate in CMAA. It says a great deal about you and about our industry; seeing so many managers gathering for more and better education.

Whether you are with us in Anaheim taking part in a fantastic week of programming to strengthen your leadership skills and your marketability as a professional club manager or if you have chosen to attend a BMI this year or your chapter's educational offerings, your professional association and I, personally, renew our commitment to you as individuals. Let us know how we may be of help. See most of you on the 'left coast' soon!

Jim Singerling, CCM
Chief Executive Officer