Club Insider Brief: Dec. 3, 2025 Club Insider Brief (CIB) covers what we’re reading, what private clubs are doing, governance solutions, golf/racquet/yacht trends, F&B, unlocked NCA articles and legal updates. It's a must-read for all club staff and leaders—and remains a free benefit for the entire club community

What We're Reading Now Private Club News: Country Club Dues have Hit their New Reality. Here's How Dues Hikes Could Change in 2026, Kansas City Business Journal F&B: How the Private Club Dining Boom is Reshaping America's Dining Culture, Food & Wine

Private Club News Inside The Copper Club: Villa Miami's Exclusive New Culinary and Wellness Haven, CityBiz Hunters Run Country Club Names Director of Agronomy, Golf Course Industry Inside The Gathering Spot: The Club Reshaping Community, Culture, and Influence, Forbes Inside the Club Kitchen, Club Director (NCA member-only content) Mission EDC Plans to Sell Cimarron Country Club Less than One Year After Acquiring It, My RGV Boca Raton Courts St. Andrews Country Club for Possible Annexation, TapInto Boca Raton Deborah Scott Shares the Secrets Behind Park House's Staying Power, Modern Luxury South Florida's Turnberry Isle Country Club Unveils New Racquet Club for Pickleball and Padel, C+RB

Workforce New GM, New Direction, KKW Hospitality Hits an All-Time Workforce High as a New Labor Crisis Emerges, New 2025 Report Finds, CBS 42

Upcoming NCA Webcast (included in your NCA membership) January 15, 2PM ET: Evaluating Club Upgrade Costs Through Cost Segregation Analysis

2026 National Club Conference   Join private club leaders from across the country April 19-21 at the world-class Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Fla., for three days of forward thinking education, meaningful networking and strategic insights in an unforgettable setting.    Register today at low pre-sale rates!

On the Green 'Boutique' Private Golf Clubs are Hot—Here's One in Florida, Golfweek Gil Hanse Joins TGL's Virtual Golf Course Design Team for Season 2, Forbes The New ROI: Return on Instruction, Club Director (NCA member-only content)

On the Water First Look at Conceptual Designs for St. Petersburg Yacht Club's Future in Downtown St. Pete, St. Pete Rising Governance Call for Submissions: Governance Templates for the NCA/CMAA Governance Handbook, NCA Joint Committee on Governance

Renovations Desert Highlands, Home of the 1st Skins Game, Re-opens After Renovation, Golfweek

Legal Judge Blocks Property Owners from Raising Assessments on Prestigious Country Club, Charlotte Business Journal WWU: IRS Issues Guidance on No Tax on Tips, Overtime, (NCA member-only content) OSHA Compliance Essentials for Janitorial Safety, Boelter

From the Vault (unlocked NCA content) What are Best Practices in Successfully Using Analytics in Private Clubs?

Food & Beverage Suntree Country Club's Chef Dean Lee Delivers Aid to Jamaican Areas Devastated by Hurricane Melissa, Space Coast Daily

NCA Welcomes New Members in November Southward Ho Country Club, Bay Shore, N.Y. Travis Pointe Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich. LuLu Country Club, Glenside, Pa. Highland Springs Country Club, Springfield, Mo. Quail Valley Golf Club, Vero Beach, Fla. High Meadows Golf & Country Club, Roaring Gap, N.C. Rockerbox

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