Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Structure. The following positions shall be established /
filled to work with the President/CEO and World Headquarters (WHQ)
staff in providing IAAM member-driven support: (1) Chair –
responsible for overall coordination of committee strategy and
agenda(s); (2) Vice Chair- (serves on Professional Development
Committee -PDC) – responsible to coordinate development of
Programming / Education content for ISMC and Annual Conference; (3)
Budget & Finance Rep - (serves on Budget and Finance Committee) –
responsible for coordination of ISMC budgetary development (due each
year by Oct 1 for FY beginning Apr 1) and ISMC financial forecast
management using current FY budget as well as work on the 3yr Master
Business Plan; (4) Sponsorship Rep– responsible for coordination of
ISMC sponsorship; (5) EAC Rep – (serves on External Affairs
Committee) – responsible for event publicity, promotion and
membership. To facilitate empowerment of committee development,
chair may appoint other sub-committees where applicable. Vacancies
should be filled no later than July 1, annually and assume role
following Annual Conference.
2. Advocacy. Monitor the stadium industry, including Stadium
Managers Association, Suite Managers Association, etc, and provide
information and/or recommendations to the External Affairs (EAC)
Committee (and IAC) as deemed appropriate for further evaluation,
input, and position statements relative to public assembly facility.
Identify issues within the industry of interest to Stadiums and
communicate to membership positions and recommendations of the
Committee. Issues requiring action by the Board shall be coordinated
with the Director-at-Large and other committees as applicable. Key:
DAL, Chair, Allied, EAC, CERT.
3. ISMC. Develop programming content and produce an annual
event, targeted at arena professionals, for International Stadium
Management Conference (ISMC). Work in conjunction with the IAAM
Meetings Department with coordinated input from the IAAM Director of
Education and the Professional Development Committee (PDC), to
provide strong educational content in accordance with IAAM
Conference standards and policies (manual provided). Include
interests of local Host Committee, Diversification Committee,
Universities Committee, and Allied Committee with coordinated
solicitation of sponsorships with WHQ staff utilizing sponsorship
guidelines (guidelines provided). Provide recommendations of
Committee to Meetings Manager for future conference sites for
advance booking. Key: Chair, VC, B&F, Sponsorship.
4. Annual Conference. Develop Stadium Committee’s portion of
the program for the Annual Conference & Trade Show with IAAM
Meetings Department and coordinate input from the IAAM Director of
Education & Research, Professional Development Committee,
Diversification Committee and other program groups. Key: Chair, VC,
ACPC.
5. Communication. Communicate with allied industry
associations to promote mission of IAAM and seek industry liaison in
areas of common interest or issues; offer participation in allied
industry meetings and panels. Key: Chair, EAC,
6. Articles. Provide articles [via – WHQ Editor] with Arena
perspective for Facility Manager relative to each of the following
magazine departments: Finance & Administration, Sales & Marketing,
and Operations & Events as requested by WHQ staff. Provide
information on stadium industry for IAAM E-News to communicate
issues with membership constituents. Key: Chair, EAC
7. Meetings/Reports. Meets during annual conference and trade
show at specified times with a prepared agenda and thereafter a
minimum of two occasions (fall and spring) via audio conference
calls (assisted by WHQ). Provide minutes of each meeting to
committee and WHQ staff [Directors – Board Services; Sales and
Marketing] and submit reports to DAL-Stadiums at specified times
prior to mid-winter Board of Directors (BOD) meeting (December each
year) and Annual Conference. Prepare recommendations to fill
committee responsibilities for IAAM 1st VP by April 1 each year.
Key: Chair, DAL
Works: / Objectives:
Scope: Scope of work might include (1) providing a cohesive and
unified academic program; (2) establishing program guidelines for
student involvement, (3) encouraging data research and article
initiatives, and (4) work with DAL – Stadiums along with CFO to
develop a Business Plan for enhancing Stadium constituency
contribution to the industry.
