March
31, 2009 is the deadline for the annual affiliation
reporting requirements. Please complete
the necessary forms
today.
2009
Board of Directors elected at annual meeting
At the Annual Meeting and Election Feb. 6, held
during the GCSAA Education Conference and Golf
Industry Show in New Orleans, members elected
Mark D. Kuhns, CGCS, to the office of president.
James R. Fitzroy, CGCS, was elected vice president;
and Robert M. Randquist, CGCS, was elected secretary/treasurer.
Peter J. Grass, CGCS; Keith A. Ihms, CGCS; and
John J. O'Keefe, CGCS, were elected directors.
Patrick R. Finlen, CGCS, and Sanford G. Queen,
CGCS, remain on the board for the second year
of their two-year terms. David S. Downing II,
CGCS, will serve an additional year as immediate
past president.
GCSAA
discontinues regional education programs Effective Jan. 1, GCSAA will no longer
administer the Chapter-hosted Regional Seminar Program
and the Superintendent Leadership Series, with the
exception of program requests that were previously
submitted by chapters for 2009. After a comprehensive
examination of regional education, it has become
clear that local educational opportunities have
grown considerably in recent years, and there is
no longer a need for GCSAA to offer these programs.
The majority of chapters that participated in the
past are now conducting their own education programs
and/or have affordable, accessible education events
in their areas. Read
more.
National
water survey published in scientific journal Results from the Water Use and Conservation
survey, the second survey in GCSAA’s Golf
Course Environmental Profile Project, were published
in the January 2009 edition of the online scientific
journal, Applied Turfgrass Science. View
a full report of the study, including narrative,
graphs, charts and tables.
GCSAA
TV launches at conference and show GCSAA recently premiered GCSAA TV with
daily video coverage from the Golf Industry Show.
The new online service is produced in partnership
with EPIC Creative, and will offer weekly video
features on golf course management topics. Learn
more about GCSAA TV.
2009
GCSAA Excellence in Government Relations Award goes
to Tim Hiers, CGCS A 2009 EGR Award was presented at the Golf
Industry Show in New Orleans to Tim Hiers, CGCS
for his exceptional commitment to government relations
in the area of advocacy. Hiers, a member of the
Everglades GCSA and Florida GCSA has served as chairman
of the GCSAA Methyl Bromide Task Group since 2006.
The task group has worked to preserve golf course
use of methyl bromide, supply the U.S. EPA with
economic impact data related to the loss of methyl
bromide, and assist with submission of annual critical
use exemption applications to the agency. He also
helped prepare GCSAA’s official response to
the EPA’s methyl bromide Reregistration Eligibility
Decision (RED), which would remove golf course use
of methyl bromide from the label. Congratulations
to Tim Hiers, CGCS!
2010
Call for Presentations and Request for Proposals
are now open! Deadline March 12
As the jazz music of New Orleans is still
ringing in our ears, we're already thinking
about the San Diego GCSAA Education Conference
in 2010. Plan now to get involved in the
ultimate conference experience by sharing
your knowledge and expertise at the 2010
GCSAA Education Conference presented in
conjunction with the Golf Industry Show.
The Session Call for Presentations
and the Seminar
Request for Proposals are now available
online. The deadline for submittals is March
12, 2009.
Did
you know that The Environmental Institute
for Golf annually awards more than $100,000
in scholarships? Please help us get the
word out to your members! Applications are
being accepted for the following:
The
Scotts Company Scholars program –
deadline March 1
Par Aide’s Joseph S. Garske Collegiate
Grant Program – deadline March 15
GCSAA Student Essay Contest – deadline
March 31
GCSAA Legacy Awards, funded by Syngenta
Professional Products – deadline
April 15
The North Texas
GCSA received a heartfelt thank-you from the Texas Scottish
Rite Hospital. Take
a look!
The Carolinas
GCSA creates “Rounds 4 Research”, an online auction
of close to 250 tee-times at golf facilities throughout the
Carolinas to raise funds for turfgrass research. Learn
more.
Does
your chapter have an assistant superintendent on its board
of directors?
How about
an assistant superintendent committee? Chapters that are reaching
out to their assistant superintendent members are seeing the
return on their investment with an increase of participation
in meetings/events and volunteers.
The GCSAA
Assistant Superintendent Committee has created a proposal
that chapter leaders and executives can use to help them decide
whether or not they would like an assistant superintendent
to be a board member. The proposal also discusses assistant
superintendent committees. Read
on.
Congratulations
to Alexis Wenker, GCSAA Assistant Superintendent Committee
member, and assistant superintendent at the Oswego Lake Country
Club in Oswego, Ore. Wenker used the proposal created by the
committee to persuade the Oregon GCSA to create a position
on their board of directors for an assistant superintendent.
Wenker is the newest member of the OGCSA Board of Directors.
Each month,
GCSAA provides membership reports of
new, reclassified and dropped members to assist
chapters with the shared membership verification
process. Get
these reports now.
Certification
reports
Congratulations to these individuals for on becoming certified
golf course superintendents: Matthew Dobson, CGCS - Jumeirah Golf Estates,
Dubai UAE
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