SYNOPSIS— BOARD MEETINGS 



JULY 6, 1992 



TTie meeting was held at Village 



Green Florist & Greenhouse, Littleton. 



Bob, Chris, Henry, Bruce, Roger, 



Peter van Berkum, and Peter Corey 



attended. 



As the business climate changes, 

 The Plantsman needs to find new 

 advertisers to replace those leaving or 

 cutting back. We have a new one-time 

 ad, a new two-time ad and a new one- 

 year ad. This IS a start. 



Summer Meeting: fliers will be sent 

 out this week (Jolly Farmer is sending 

 out one as well); pesticide recertifica- 

 tion information goes to Concord this 

 week; exhibitors continue to sign up. 

 Let's hope the weather's good. 



Farm &. Forest may not be the best 

 place for our Winter Meeting because 

 NE Grows is about the same time. 

 Another possibility is a combined 

 NHPGA/NHLA meeting in mid-Janu- 

 ary. The Board would like a morning 

 NHPGA meeting, a joint afternoon 

 meeting with speakers that would in- 

 terest both groups, and an evening 

 NHLA meeting. It was decided that 

 Peter van Berkum, Henry, and Bob 

 should get together with the NHLA, 

 work out details, and report back in 

 September. 



TTie Strawbery Banke Twilight 

 Meeting is being arranged by Andrea. 

 TTiere will be a tour and a chance to 

 see Prescott Park across the street. 



Bob Demers has been working with 

 Griffin Greenhouse Supply getting 

 speakers for the tentative November 

 12 recertification meeting. No loca- 

 tion has been confirmed. 



Bob also attended an organizational 

 meeting for a 1993 Granite State 

 Flower Show. He reported that there 

 seem to be a lot of problems to re- 

 solve and that the group decided to 

 meet again in early fall. 



Henry attended a PPGA Board 

 Meeting in Washington State recently 

 and spoke in favor of the NHPGA be- 

 coming a member. The cost is about 

 $270, but there are advantages that 

 could make the price worthwhile. 

 The Board voted to join. 



The Board must also decide 

 whether to go to the NE Grows show 

 in Boston or to the Concord in New 

 York. 



The meeting started at 5:30 and 

 ended at 7:45. 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1992 

 The meeting was held at Pleasant 

 View Gardens, Pittsfield. Bob, Claris, 

 Andrea, Peter Corey, Peter van 

 Berkum, and Henry attended. 



The twenty-three members who 

 haven't paid dues yet will be phoned 

 by members of the Board. But even 

 without counting these people, mem- 

 bership will have increased this year. 



Since the last meeting, The 

 Planlsman has four new advertisers — 

 one one-issue and three one-year. If 

 this trend continues, the newsletter 

 can continue in its present format. 



The Summer Meeting was seen as 

 successful. Discussion centered on the 

 work involved and a location for next 

 year. 



Plans for the pesticide recertifica- 

 tion meeting (still tentatively sched- 



uled for November 12) will be final- 

 ized at the next board meeting and a 

 flier giving specific details sent to 

 members. TTiere may be a small regis- 

 tration fee; lunch will be on your own. 



It was decided to have a Twilight 

 Meeting at Murray Farms in Penacook 

 on Thursday, November 19th. It will 

 be held from 3:30 until 5:30 so that 

 members can look around in daylight. 



The Winter Meeting was discussed. 

 Information concerning a joint meet- 

 ing printed in the NHLA newsletter is 

 misleading. The time is a misprint and 

 the location is incorrect (this happens 

 occasionally to all of us). The Board 

 feels a chance for members of both or- 

 ganizations to meet and get to know 

 each other is a good idea and hope- 

 fully any misunderstanding will be 

 straightened out. Information will be 

 in the next Plantsman. 



The Board hopes to have a final 

 listing of 1993 Twilight Meetings done 

 in February so that they can all be on 

 one flier which could be posted for 

 the year. TTiis will give members a 

 chance to plan ahead. Michaud Nurs- 

 eries &. Greenhouses (Exeter) is inter- 

 ested in hosting a twilight meeting for 

 both the plant growers and landscapers 

 next June. 



A designer working on a new logo 

 for Pleasant View Gardens will be in- 

 vited to the next meeting to discuss 

 her work and the sort of input she ex- 

 pects from clients. 



The meeting began at 7:15 and ad- 

 journed at 9:30. >* 



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