Church Elected IAAMC President
August 25, 2004
Glen Ellyn, IL — Rick Church, vice president of associations for CM Services, Inc. The Association Partnership Company ® was elected president of the International Association of Association Management Companies (IAAMC) at IAAMC's Summer Meeting in Minneapolis , Minnesota.
Church has served as a member of IAAMC's Board of Directors since 2000 and as president-elect since 2003. During Church's time on the IAAMC Board of Directors, the association has enjoyed more than a 50-percent increase in membership, become accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop standards for the association management industry, developed an association management company accreditation program recognizing quality association management companies, and begun steps to unify the association management company industry.
"Certainly through the development of our standard and accreditation program, IAAMC has done and is doing its part to raise the quality level of association management companies," Church told attendees. In fact, as of August 1, 2005 , all IAAMC member companies will have to self-attest that they meet or exceed a certain level of minimum criteria to be a regular member of the association.
"As we raise the quality bar for individual association management companies, we increase the respect and reputation of our industry," he added.
Judy Keel, IAAMC Executive Vice President, added, “ Rick's commitment to IAAMC and the association management company industry demonstrate the partnership philosophy he and his company live by. ”
CM Services Inc. The Association Partnership Company ® offers a set of essential and customized services to certain types of associations. “We work to be the best in the world at specific services for each of our association partners,” said Church. “Some call it depth of service; we call it Targeted Partnership Services ®. We think this best describes the relationships, or partnerships, we develop with associations.”
Essential services include financial management, budgeting, 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, trade show management, strategic business planning, public relations strategies, and special membership and marketing initiatives. For example, CM Services has dramatically expanded electronic communications options for its association partners by developing and maintaining customized, members-only intranet websites, in addition to traditional internet websites, to facilitate the particular needs of members-only communications on key industry issues as well as association business.
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.
IAAMC was founded in 1963 as the Multiple Association Management Institute (MAMI). In 1976 MAMI’s name changed to the Institute of Association Management Companies (IAMC). In 1996 to incorporate the global perspective of the business, IAMC became the International Association of Association Management Companies (IAAMC).
IAAMC provides a means by which association management companies can coordinate their efforts to advance the status and scope of the association management company industry. It offers members informative meetings, networking opportunities, an array of publications and other educational and promotional benefits. For more information on IAAMC, visit the website at www.iaamc.org.
