CM Services Announces New Management Partnership with
American Fence Association
July 1, 2002
GLEN ELLYN, IL -- CM Services, Inc., The Association Partnership Company®, today announced a new partnership with the American Fence Association (AFA). CM Services has been successfully creating and maintaining long-term relationships with national and international trade associations in the building/construction industry for twenty-five years. AFA is the 1500-member trade association of manufacturers, distributors and installers of fence and related products.
"At CM Services, our mission is to partner with associations to develop, maintain and advance their missions, " said Rick Church, CM Services' Vice President of Associations. "We believe our partnership with AFA is an ideal match of our core strengths and goals."
Under the new partnership agreement, CM Services' Trade Show Director, Chuck Simanek, will oversee and implement FENCETECH, an annual industry trade show and marketplace and one of AFA's most visible activities. Simanek's experience includes ten years as the director of the World of Concrete, the world's largest annual construction industry trade show.
AFA also sponsors Field Training School and the Certified Fence Professional (CFP) designation. CM Services has had significant experience developing and maintaining similar educational programs and installation publications for its other partners in the building/construction industries. In addition, CM Services is a member of the American National Standards Institute. Company personnel are highly regarded experts in construction industry regulatory and codes and standards setting organizations.
CM Services is a charter-accredited association management company by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). Accreditation standards address an association management company's management services and activities, resources and protections, operational policies, contracting procedures and other matters. It demonstrates the competence of CM Services' staff and the procedures and systems they employ in the day-to-day and long-term management of Association Partners.
"I believe CM Services will not only lead AFA through this time of transition successfully, but will also lead AFA to new and even greater heights," said Linda Chamberlin Clark, AFA President. AFA benefits the fence industry and the consumer by promoting the highest levels of professionalism, ethics, and product standards through the dissemination of information and the education of its members. To learn more about AFA or FENCETECH, visit the website at www.americanfenceassociation.com.
CM Services Inc. The Association Partnership Company® is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The company offers a set of essential and customized services to certain types of associations. The company works to be the best in the world at specific services for each of its association partners. CM Services describes the relationships or partnerships it develops with associations and staff as Targeted Partnership Services®.
Essential services include financial management, budgeting, prompt response to inquiries and orders, meeting and convention planning and management, and member and database management. Customized services may include such functions as the facilitation of industry standards development, collection and publication of statistical data, strategic business planning, public relations strategies, and special membership and marketing initiatives.
To learn more about CM Services, Inc. and its Targeted Partnership Services® contact the company at (800) 613-6672 or by email at partner@cmservnet.com.
