Announcements

• GCSAA Board Policy Oversight Task Group to meet July 10
  The 2012 GCSAA Board Policy Oversight Task Group is seeking feedback, positive or negative, from members prior to its July 10 meeting. The group will meet to review and analyze the strategic intent and impact of all policies regarding GCSAA-paid support and expenses for board members, per an agreement made by the GCSAA Board of Directors with the membership in January 2006.
• Federal judge blocks H-2B visa program overhaul rule
  In a victory for seasonal H-2B employers, including golf facilities, a federal judge in the Bayou Lawn & Landscape Services vs. Hilda Solis lawsuit issued a preliminary injunction April 26 prohibiting the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing the H-2B visa program overhaul rule.
• 2012 Call for Nominations
  

  The following offices will be up for election for the GCSAA Board of Directors at the 2012 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nev.:

  • President
  • Vice President
  • Secretary/Treasurer
  • Board of Directors (two positions)

  Nominations are due Tuesday, July 5.

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Government Relations

GCSAA advocates on your behalf at the local, state and national levels of government. Plus, we can help you take action in your region.

Priority issues – the issues being watched in 2012

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GCSAA is a partner in the We Are Golf coalition.

Latest GR news

Action alert: Help block H-2B programmatic rule

Help support a House joint resolution that aims to prevent the H-2B rule from going into effect April 23.

H-2B visa wage rule effective Oct. 1

Congress included language in the FY2012 Omnibus spending bill that prohibits the implementation of the DOL's new H-2B visa wage rule for the remainder of the 2012 fiscal year, which runs through Sept. 30, 2012. President Obama signed the bill on Dec. 23, 2011.

Free webcast on EPA's final Pesticides General Permit

GCSAA has made available a free webinar -- “Clean Water Act Permitting of Pesticide Discharges – What does it mean?” – to help its members understand new Clean Water Act NPDES permitting requirements for pesticide discharges that went into effect nationwide Oct. 31, 2011.

Chapters & Field Staff

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Field staff

• Steve Randall – Senior Manager, Chapter Outreach
• Brian Cloud – South Central
• Ralph Dain – Florida
• John Miller, CGCS – Great Lakes
• Kevin Doyle – Northeast
• Jeff Jensen – Southwest
• David Phipps – Northwest