MAY 2011 - Association of Marina Industries

Training Continued from Page 26thanks go out to Milt Hazel, CMM, Benchmark Marine Services,for his time and dedication to seeing through this revisionto the end. Milt has been using this manual for many years ashe has been providing services to his clients in customizing themanual to a particular facility and updating it for what worksbest for them. Because of his consistent use of the manual in hisday to day operations, Milt has had a strong interest in this manualbeing updated and he rose to the top as the logical choice tohelp AMI update it. Milt continues to provide services of customizingthe manual to marina facilities and is happy to helpwith anyone purchasing a manual to do the same.Many thanks also go out to Gary Groenewold, CMM, KevinLussier, CMM, and Keith Knowlton, CMM, for their timein reviewing and making final edits to the manual.The MOM can be purchased through AMI’s website andpublication section. The manual costs $500 for AMI membersand $650 for non-members. Through May 31, 2011,AMI members can receive a $50 discount on the manualand purchase it at a cost of $450.Certification ProgramsCMM Program - New CMMsIn the past several months, 6 marina managers have receivedtheir CMM certificates. The geographical breakdown of theseCMMs is as follows: 4 from Australia, 1 from Singapore, and1 from Massachusetts. This brings the total number of CMMsto 279 worldwide. IMI would like to congratulate the newestmembers to the CMM program. They are as follows:268 John Paul Mira, CMM, Scarborough Marina269 Stephen Smith, CMM, Empire Marina Bobbin Head270 Symantha Suprain, CMM, Marmong Point Marina271 Peter Moxham, CMM, Marina Manager,Royal Motor Yacht Club - Broken Bay272 Francis Oscar Olsen, CMM, Marina at Keppel Bay279 Christina Martin, CMMAsst Director, Nantucket Boat BasinCMM RoundtableLas Vegas was the site of the first ever CMM roundtable. TenCMMs were in attendance at the roundtable, coming from theWest Coast, Brazil, Southeast Florida, to Boston, MA. After thegroup introductions, the CMMs talked about the state of theindustry in general and then specifically how their own facilitieshave been affected, or in some cases not. These discussions werefacilitated by Kevin Lussier, CMM, IGY and CMM Chair.26Some other items ofdiscussion were:• The desire for a3-4 day, voluntary,CMM review trainingcourse withhigh level speakers.• The need for assistancein developingclean marinaprograms in thosestates that do nothave an organizedprogram. The desirefor obtainingan updated CleanMarina publicationthat capturesthe 80% of the CMprograms regulationsand policiesand proceduresthat are consistentfrom state to state.CMM Roundtable AttendeesKevin Lussier, CMM (facilitator), IslandGlobal Yachting, Bill Harper, CMM,Bidwell Canyon Marina, Tim Colvin,CMM, Trinity Lake Resorts & Marinas,Rod Taylor, CMM, Forever Resorts,Randy Roundtree, CMM, ForeverResorts, Ronaldo Souza, CMM, WestrecMarinas, Latin America, Bill Adkins,CMM, Boca Chica Marina, NAS KeyWest, Kathy Haley, CMM, Bill BirdMarina, Miami, FL, Gary Groenewold,CMM, Westrec Marinas, KeithKnowlton, CMM, Riverside Yacht Club,CT, Jason Johnson, Marine Travelift,IMI Advisory CommitteeCMO ProgramDo you qualify to receive your CMO? Maybe all you haveto do is apply!Since 2005, over 200 marina operations personnel havetaken the Intermediate Marina Management Course andmany of those that took this course may have also takenthe AMM, but may not have ever qualified ultimately toapply for the CMM due to not meeting the CMM qualifications.These qualifications include being a full-chargemarina manager for five years, managing a marina of over100 slips and gross revenues exceeding $1.0 million.If you fall into this category you may qualify to receive aCertified Marina Operator certificate (CMO).If you have taken the IMM and the AMM and manage a marinaor a large segment of a marina that has at least 50 slips or atleast $500,000 in gross revenues, and meet 14 of the 26 points ofmanagement on the CMO application, you may already qualifyto receive this certificate. If you have any questions about thisor would like more information on the CMO program, pleasecontact Merritt Alves at imitraining@marinaassociation.org, orcall 866-367-6622. You may also obtain more information bygoing to the CMO certification page on the AMI website http://www.marinaassociation.org/certification.Training Continued on Page 28