October 3, 1990 



The meeting opened at 7:15 in 

 Barton Hall. Chris, Alan, Kirk, Don, 

 and Bruce were present. 

 After the previous meeting's minutes 

 and financial report were read and 

 accepted, the discussion centered 

 around the planning and cost of the 

 winter meeting. The meeting room 

 would be $150; a nice meal would be 

 $13.30 per person; coffee could be 

 $3.00. Tlie featured speaker would 

 cost $300.00. Given these expenses, it 

 was felt a $30.00 registration fee was 

 not unreasonable. 



Details — the guest list, awards to be 

 given, registration table, introduction 

 of the speakers — were finalized. 

 Other, less expensive ways of hoi ding 

 the winter meeting — possibly in a 

 function room or a restaurant — for 

 another year were discussed. Find- 

 ing matching funds for paying 

 speaker costs is a possibility. Or co- 

 sponsoring a speaker with another 

 organization. 



Increasing costs seemed to be a 

 dominant theme. The current cost 

 of producing The Plantsinan — 

 $1500.00-1700.00 per issue— is in- 

 creasing far more than the or- 

 ganization's revenues and it was de- 

 cided to look into other, less expen- 

 sive, designers and printers. We also 

 discussed raising advertising rates. 

 We realize we may lose a few adver- 

 tisers, but hopeful]}' the income 



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gained would make up for it. 

 Ways to increase membership were 

 looked at. More members would be of 

 benefit financially and give the or- 

 ganization a more powerful voice in 

 the state. Sending a brochure to non- 

 member businesses was discussed, as 

 well as a total membership drive and 

 marketing plan. 



Chris will prepare a new scholarship 

 application that will be sent to the 

 UNH Plant Biology and Thompson 

 School Horticulture Departments. 

 The cut-off date for application is 

 November 15; the recipient will be 

 announced at the Winter Meeting. 

 Tlie number of organizations needing 

 a representative from the NHPGA 

 continues to grow. Kirk Wyant of- 

 fered to represent us on the "America 

 the Beautiful" Project and Tom Price 

 will be on The Farm & Forest Coun- 

 cil. Alan Eves will be our second 

 representative on the Granite State 

 Flower Show Board. 

 The meeting adjourned at 10. 

 November 7, 1990. 

 The meeting was held at the green- 

 house complex at UNH. Chris, Jen- 

 nifer, and Richard were there. 

 Reports and minutes were accepted. 

 A mailing list of the organization will 

 be given to John Hart of the Thomp- 

 son School. All members will be sent 

 a description of a new part-time de- 

 gree program. 



The NHPGA will contribute $50.00 

 to buy trophies for the FFA Inter- 

 scholastic contest. Curt Givan will 

 not be attending the Winter Meeting, 

 but will send a representative to in- 

 troduce the scholarship recipient. 

 There have been three applications 

 for this scholarship so far. 

 It was decided to have a new de- 

 signer and printer for The Plants- 

 man. Three bids for the job were dis- 

 cussed and the portfolios of the de- 

 signers looked at. Joni Doherty, a 

 freelance designer living in 

 North wood, was chosen. 

 Increasing the rates for advertise- 

 ments was also discussed. A decision 

 will be made before the new year. 

 Final arrangements for the Winter 

 Meeting were made. It was an- 

 nounced that the Summer Meeting 

 will be held at Pleasant View Gar- 

 dens. The program will include a 

 walking tour of Millican Nurseries 

 next door and a bus trip to D. S. Cole 

 Growers in Louden. No date has 

 been set. 



A marketing proposal by Sawtelle 

 Associates designed to sell the orga- 

 nization and build membership was 

 discussed, but it was felt that at this 

 time we didn't have the people or 

 time needed to implement it suc- 

 cessfully. We decided to look into 

 smaller projects, but all aiming to- 

 ward one goal. 

 The meeting adjourned at 9:30. 



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