ARIZONA PARKS & RECREATION ASSOCIATION LETTER TO MEMBERS

Hello APRA Members,

In keeping with the national theme of "Leave No Child Inside" and APRA's goals, we're pleased to announce a partnership opportunity with Sports MatchMaker® (SMM). Owners Chris and Ken Zrike have pledged to donate monies to our Foundation as they do an international media launch of their cutting-edge website. They have spent years preparing and we are hoping the technology goes viral quickly as you all start using it and the media stories hit the press. The Zrikes are committed to raising money for youth-athletics and other youth-achievement programs around the world.

This technology is the next generation of "social networking," but thankfully it is not a new indoor "toy" like MySpace or FaceBook. This is a digital "tool" that recreation professionals, individuals, couples and/or teams can use to search for and set up sports/activities matches (parents can set up supervised matches for their children, too). For example, you can quickly search for an individual or group that has requested to play tennis/golf or any sport/activity at a defined level of ability, location, date and time, while traveling or at home, and join-in with one simple click.

The APRA is inviting you to use this new free website, which can not only help you coordinate teams and competition for your parks departments, but can also be used to find other individuals and couples to hike, bike, or do any sport/activity with you personally or with your family. The new website, called SportsMatchMaker.com, is being launched in Arizona and we will be the first group of members using the tool for our sport/activity matches.

On the home page you can watch a movie, listen to audio or read all about SMM, and then sign up for free. Then you can begin inviting your friends into your Player's Network™ (like friends circle). There are no costs to use this software, as the advertising revenue by businesses will keep it up and running.

In fact, in the first three months, all advertising revenue generated by the $200 fee to be included in the Players Guide™ will go to our APRA Fund, along with 40% of all website page banner ads, and a certain percent of all Arizona advertising for the life of our partnership.

So golf clubs, gyms, tennis clubs, baseball field owners, fitness centers, restaurants, sports pubs, etc. should sign up now to secure their permanent place in the Guide (see Players Guide on site). Then when players search for these types of venues after making their matches with others, advertisers will be shown. Also, be sure to do your profile and add a picture so your friends/family/associates know it is you, and you can invite each other into your Player's Network™.

The site is designed to increase membership in a very rapid manner (utilizing "viral loops") once the initial members kick it off and invite all their friends. This is where we really need your help, please, since APRA will benefit financially and be able to pass all that along to our and YOUR programs. So, it is imperative that we help populate the SMM website, which will help to attract the advertisers, since we all directly benefit from this ad revenue.

To this end, we have set up a special incentive program for PRA members ONLY (PRA Incentive Program). The PRA professional who brings in the most new SMM members in each contest period will win a FREE Forever Resorts travel package for two, such as a houseboat vacation. Click here to learn how you can enter and compete with your fellow PRA members.

This is a tremendous opportunity for us all, as many professionals believe this site has the potential to grow as rapidly and large as any of the world's leading social networks. With its use of "viral looping," one user becomes two, four, eight on up to a million and more. Regarding funding of our programs, you can think of it as taking a penny and doubling it every day. That's well over $2 Mil just by the end of one month - and it all starts with you, literally! You'll be proud to see your enjoyable charter member efforts building for the benefit of our children - of course, we will all be having lots of fun and fitness, too!

Picture this: you're about to get off work on Friday and your cell phone beeps with a new text message. You see it is an automated SMM message that someone in your Player's Network™ has just made a Match Request™ on the SMM site to play racquetball (or anything else) in an hour at his/her club. You want to play so you "Reply" quickly on your cell with the "Join" keyword (without knowing the requestor's cell # and vice versa). The requestor gets a message that you joined and replies with the "accept" keyword. You get a message back and proceed to the club to meet your match! The ways to use this site are intriguing and represent an improved healthy, exciting lifestyle!

You can also search for SMM players for all kinds of sports around the state. If you want to go hiking somewhere in Arizona, look for another APRA player that has requested to hike on the days and times your are free. The software is extremely versatile and can sort through thousands of profiles to find someone that fits your skill level and interests. The key is to get as many people signed up as possible so there are plenty of opportunities for public matches (anyone), as well as private ones with people in your own Player's Network™.

Once you join SMM, you can invite all your friends and associates by using the Invite Form on the site. Simply insert their email addresses (ten at a time), or you can email them yourself using your own email account, of course. Once they join, invite them into your Player's Network™. The larger your network, the more fun and adventure you'll get.

Please assist us with this important launch by joining SMM now. You'll be a free lifetime charter member, and can also get a free ad listing in the Player's Guide™. It is simple and within minutes you can begin making your own match requests or joining ones made by others. You can also communicate with your friends onsite via the Instant Messenger, email or commenting on each other's personal page. Follow the blog and as the site grows, the Zrikes will be turning on the video upload and video contest areas for your viewing enjoyment.

APRA's immediate goal is to get the community to book as many outdoor matches, hikes, games as possible for National Trails Day on June 7. We want APRA to be leaders in this national effort to reduce obesity by reaching the people through the computers they use to actually drive them outside (away from their computers and televisions) to engage in their and their family's most desired sports and activities.

Also, if any company or organization you know wants to be part of the unveiling of this software on the worldwide web and in the media, as a charter advertiser, they can place their own Player's Guide ad listing(s), with a photo and live link back to their website, and/or purchase a banner ad on the website pages. As the lion's share of this revenue goes to the APRF, please spread the word to every advertiser you know! Remember, all proceeds will help us fund your programs.

In addition to providing a revenue stream to our Foundation, all charter advertiser listings will get top rank positioning in the ad display on a first-come, first-served basis, for the life of the ad listing.

There are many categories for advertisers in addition to sporting/athletic facilities and clubs. In the social arena there are movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, sports pubs, etc., which are frequented by active people. These advertisers can also participate and be part of the national promotional launch.

Sign up today!! Be a part of the biggest Player's Network™ in America and beyond - SportsMatchmaker.com

Jeff Spellman, President
The Arizona Parks & Recreation Association