John Kmitta Associate Publisher / Editorial Brand Director jkmitta @ epgmediallc . com 763-383-4405

I had the pleasure this past month of having my first Zoom call with this year ’ s STMA Editorial Committee . It was great to meet this year ’ s committee members and discuss ways to continue improving SportsField Management magazine .

For those who aren ’ t aware , the STMA Editorial Committee is tasked with ensuring that the magazine contains information relevant to the sports field manager , and to provide ideas and contacts for articles for publication .

We will continue to hold virtual committee meetings throughout this year , but the initial conversation generated plenty of great ideas . And while the committee members will be involved with bringing many of these efforts to fruition , you , the reader , also play an important role .

As sports field management professionals , you are the eyes and ears of this industry . If there are projects that should be profiled , interesting stories that should be covered , people who should be interviewed , or news and events to be highlighted , we want to hear about it . This is your

industry , and we want to provide the most in-depth coverage possible . As such , please e-mail me at jkmitta @ epgmediallc . com or call me at 763-383-4405 with information , ideas , etc .

Also , it is our goal to build up a database of photography for use in the magazine . I know many of you post great photos to Twitter , but we would love to receive your photography as well — especially photos of you and your crews at work . Most cell phones are capable of taking high-resolution photos , which makes it even easier to capture and share the industry at work .

We will be creating some different avenues through which you can submit photos ; but , in the meantime , please feel free to send me any pics you think might be of interest ( JPG format preferred ). If you have multiple high-resolution photos , I recommend sending via a file-sharing system such as Dropbox , Google Drive or WeTransfer . Please reach out to me with any questions regarding photography .

More details will coming soon regarding other efforts we have in store for SportsField Management .

I look forward to hearing from you . SFM

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