Calling all Allieds!  We need your help to make our golf tournament a huge success.  We still have numerous sponsorship opportunities available for the Foundation Golf Tournament at VenueConnect 2018 in Toronto, July 22, available.  We need you to invest in your foundation and help make this year’s golf extravaganza the best ever.

Foundation Golf is a classic combination of business development, networking, sport, relaxation, and philanthropy. Average attendance is 120 golfers. Attendees are active IAVM Members, including decision-making facility managers, and Allied IAVM Members, made up of business representatives for various consultants, service providers and vendors.

This year’s tournament is heading to Lionhead Golf and Conference Centre, which boasts beautifully landscaped grounds that incorporate the natural beauty of meadows, wetlands, forests and natural foliage on 520 acres of land. Designed and groomed to excite every level of golfer.

This is your chance to expand your brand recognition through targeted sponsorship opportunities.  By making your presence known at the Golf Tournament, you will have the chance to personally communicate with our members. gain prime, credible exposure and make a long-term impact among a highly influential audience, and exude a message of commitment and support to attendees and our industry.  All while having fun, networking with potential clients, and playing a best ball, par is your friend, scramble format, played on one 18-hole course.

Want to know more?  Contact Katheryn Eades or visit our online prospectus now!

Thank you to our current sponsors for continuing to help make the Foundation Golf Tournament possible: Feld Entertainment, Covermaster, SICO, Ungerboeck Software International, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., ON Site Audio Visual, Robbins Sports Surfaces, Dant Clayton Corporation, AECOM, Walter P. Moore, DLR Group, Carol Wallace & Associates, TicketsWest.

Today is the day! Time to launch 2018’s  100+ Women of IAVM Campaign! – specifically created for women by women.

Behind every great woman is a strong Foundation and this is my chance to say thank you once again for being one of the 108- 2017 donors. You made it all possible!

Please take a moment today and be among the first to support our new campaign for 2018.  I’d like to encourage you to join this elite group by visiting the 100 Women of IAVM fundraising page to make your donation. 

Meet the five women who were awarded last year due to the 100+ Women Campaign 2017:

• Arenas – Eboni Wilson –  Event Manager, MGM Resorts International, Las, Vegas NV
• Conventions – Dianne Javier, Event Manager, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
• Stadiums – Megan Max – Executive Assistant, National Music Publishers Association, Washington, DC
• AMP & FG – Lori Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, Cow Palace Arena & Event Center, Daly City, CA
• PAMC – Tori Morgensai – Technical Theatre Coordinator/Production Coordinator, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

Your investment in 100+ Women of IAVM has the potential to change the lives of the women in our industry. Each scholarship recipient will not only be able to attend one of our education packed events to further grow in their field, but also network with the great leaders in the industry as well.  

“I am so honored to have been awarded this scholarship and look forward to this opportunity to continue learning and networking with colleagues in this great industry” –  Lori Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, Cow Palace Arena & Event Center

Remember, the idea is simple – 100 Women each giving $100 means $10,000 each year! By paying it forward and giving $100 each, we can provide five (5) women a full scholarship to VenueConnect, as well as one (1) to AVSS for both years. 

I’m proud to be part of this amazing group of 108 donors and hope to see you join me again this year. Thank you for your support!

Kerry Painter, CFE | IAVM Foundation Trustee
Assistant General Manager | Cox Business Center

Dear Fellow IAVM Members:

Summer is beginning, and the excitement that is VenueConnect is drawing nearer every day.  I hope you are all planning to attend as this is one of the best ways to make connections with other professionals in our industry, obtain new information and training, meet with vendors who are exhibiting on the tradeshow floor and much more.   If you have not yet registered for VenueConnect, now is the time to do so as we are only about 7 weeks away from the event!  When you register, I also encourage you to register for the Foundation Golf Tournament and for any of the many tours and activities offered for your pleasure on Sunday.

There are also numerous sponsorship opportunities available.  We have opportunities for sponsorships to the golf tournament and various Foundation programs.  This is an excellent opportunity for you to spotlight your business to your customers.

As you may know, the Foundation Silent Auction will take place on the tradeshow floor again this year and is looking better than ever.  This year we are happy to announce that the Silent Auction will be brought to you by Spectra, our title sponsor.  To make this Silent Auction even more spectacular we need your help in providing auction items to the Foundation.  The auction is only so good as the items we have to offer, so please consider providing something from your venue or an item that people might be interested in.  Please contact Kathryn Eades with questions or to donate.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all in Toronto!

Stephanie Curran, CVE

Chair, IAVM Foundation Board of Trustees

The July/August VenueConnect issue of Facility Manager magazine will include a special section to honor the memories of several industry members who have passed away in recent months, including Ray Ward and Bill Cunningham, two former IAVM presidents who had a huge impact on so many in the profession.

Only you know how either of these industry giants moved along your career or just said something that has remained with you to this day. We would love to capture those thoughts or any brief stories you have to share about Ray, Bill, or both.

Please submit by email those tribute memories to Facility Manager Senior Editor R.V. Baugus by June 8 at rv.baugus@iavm.org. If you have a photo you would like to include with your comments, we welcome and encourage those as well.

Help us honor and remember these true industry legends and the role they played in shaping the Association and the profession.

During my years as education director at IAAM, I worked continuously with Ray on many projects. We warmed up to one another, he in a mentor role to me. Am I the only person Ray mentored? I worked briefly with Bill Cunningham in the mid-90s when IAAM was collecting its history for its 75th anniversary. At lunch in Austin, Texas after visiting the IAAM archives at the University of Texas, Bill told the story of his decision to hire Ray at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum as his assistant. I believe Ray had recently finished a master’s degree at the University of California-Santa Barbara and included in his job application a reference from some sports-related agency he had interned with. Bill called the reference and received a glowing recommendation except that Ray sometimes seemed to be too much of a perfectionist. With that warning, Bill said he knew Ray was the right man and hired him. So these two perfectionistic, Type A personalities, by all accounts were masterful as facility managers and as longtime leaders of IAVM.

Editor’s Note: Don Hancock will share more about these industry legends in the July/August issue of Facility Manager magazine. We invite anyone who has a memory of Ray Ward and/or Bill Cunningham to please email your brief comments to R.V. Baugus at rv.baugus@iavm.org to be part of the tribute package that we will be paying to honor these men.