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With any organization, whether paid staff or volunteers, it is important to development a team concept for working with your customer whether that is a sports organization, city recreation staff, a vendor, or a field participant.

The Sport Turf Management Association has been developing a educational material for its members as well as visitors to their web site. One of the more recent publications is a tutorial on Fundemental of Project Management.

One of the nuggets from the material is on "Document the Progress Using Photography."
The sports turf manager should document the project’s progress pictorially. The more pictures you can take during the building process the better. It is suggested that you photograph the project from the same positions daily. This will provide a historical time lapse of the project. Make sure that you communicate to the construction team that you will be photographing the project for future reference. Take pictures from more than one angle.

An often discussed topic at all the STMA annual and state chapter conferences is the subject of overuse of sports fields. Another recent document "Strategies for Dealing with Overused Athletic Fields," helps everyone supporting a sports operations to understand the tradeoffs involved. The document was published by S.T. Cockerham, University of California, Riverside, CA.

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