The Desert Highlands Association has been fortunate to experience successful governance practices over many years. In my role as COO, it has been important for me and our board members to seek out and encourage club members with vision and wisdom to serve on committees,
Q How can the club president do an effective job of reviewing the general manager’s performance? How do you measure success in the GM review? A General manager reviews are often a difficult process when conducted by board presidents, most of whom are successful executives but do
Future club leaders are groomed early—often by serving on committees before being elected to the club board. Successful clubs give much thought to leadership succession in the club boardroom. However, is that same process incorporated into management succession planning? In order to maintain a strong
Q How can I prevent expense reimbursement fraud at my club? A Expense reimbursement is just one of many areas in a club environment where fraud can occur. Although no system is foolproof, sufficient controls can be put into place so that the opportunities to commit
Clubs strive to be the best they can in providing the highest quality of services to their members. In this pursuit of perfection, club leadership is generally interested in what other well-run clubs do. In certain cases, it may be just as instructive to know
NCA is set to release its newest publication, Board Toolkit: Club Leadership Essentials, our first publication provided free to NCA members under recent expansions to the publication savings NCA members enjoy. Also apart of this expansion are 60 to 70 percent discounts on all existing NCA publications.
A CAUTIONARY TALE A great example of poor member communication derailing a capital project came from a membership sales manager from an affluent golf club. She asked to remain anonymous, so let’s just call her “Mrs. Smith” from “The Well-Intentioned Golf Club.” Smith shared the
Q. What does it take to be a “well-governed” club in the eyes of the IRS? A: Tax-exempt clubs that file Form 990 (Federal Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax) annually with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Part VI, Section B questions 12, 13 and 14
This summer, the members of Merion Golf Club gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the Hugh Wilson Pavilion, our newest space. A large, light-filled room, with a soaring ceiling and expansive views of the East Course, the pavilion appears as a natural extension of
Q. What does it take to be a “well-governed” club in the eyes of the IRS? A: Tax-exempt clubs that file Form 990 (Federal Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax) annually with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Part VI, Section B questions 12, 13 and 14