CMDA
Report
Zoe Clegg
Professional Development Manager
It has been a very
eventful few months
here at the CMAA offices,
where to start!
We launched our National Mentoring
Program with 40 participants! The
program is coming up to the mid-way
point and so far so good. We have
some really great Mentors as part
of the first program, from a range of
different clubs, sizes and locations.
Our Mentees are just as diverse and
both are finding the relationship
rewarding! Work is already
underway for next years’ program.
We held another successful Country
Managers Conference in May, in the
beautiful Hunter Valley. Cessnock
Leagues Club were our hosts for the
two day event, Paul Cousins and his
team did a brilliant job of looking
after us, from the Club hospitality
to the comfy beds at their motel!
This event is in its 3rd year with
attendance growing each year. It is
great to be able to take such events
to the country areas and recognise
Celebrating 130 years
of Winemaking!
For more information please contact:
Michael Riitano
0467 001 884
www.angove.com.au
www.vhws.com.au
the unique challenges that they face
and hopefully provide some support
to them. It has been awhile since
we held our last gaming summit
and clearly from the response we
received from our members at the
recent one held, it was definitely
wanted and needed!
We had a great line up for day, who
took our members through the
player journey, from the collection
and analyses of player data, buying
machines, room layouts, player
loyalty right through to gaming
strategy For the full wrap up see
our Club IQ, better yet, attend for
yourself, the event is running again
on the Gold Coast in August!
One of the most important jobs we
have, is to make sure the CMDA is
always relevant to our members.
To ensure we are, we have been
working hard to bring new training
programs to market. We are
currently working on a number of
new programs including the areas of
Gaming, HR and Club Compliance,
to release in the second half of the
year, watch this space!
Unfortunately we hear far too often
of managers struggling with their
boards, as part of our new course
development we are designing a
course specifically for Club GM,
CEO’s and Sec. Man. to help them
understand and manage their
boards more effectively. This course
will complement our Secretary
Managers course which is currently
compulsory for NSW Managers.
Summits, Summits and more
Summits! We have lots of exciting
summits coming before the end of
the year, F&B (Sydney and Brisbane),
Marketing (Sydney and Brisbane)
Finance (Gold Coast, Sydney and
Albury) Gaming (Vic).
These will all be released during
July, for more information on each of
the events or any other CMAA events
and courses please go to our website
– www.cmaa.asn.au
Look forward to seeing you at the
next CMAA event!