BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS 



OCTOBER 1. The Board met at Pleasant 

 View in Pittsfield at 6:30. Richard, Roger, 

 Henry, Chris and Bob attended. 



Chris reported that even with deletion 

 of non-paying members from the list, 

 membership has increased this year. It 

 was decided that next year, the cut-off 

 date for dues payment will be April first. 

 All members who haven't paid by then 

 will be dropped. The list of these people 

 will be divided among the board mem- 

 bers, who will contact each person to 

 make sure non-payment wasn't just an 

 oversight. 



Board members mentioned the large 

 numbers of NE Greenhouse Conference 

 fbers they received. Most received three; 

 one received six. People also questioned 

 whether the NHPGA should be paying 

 the postage on the mailing it was asked 

 to send to its members. 



Not all aspects of the day-long program 

 organized to earn pesticide applicator re- 

 certification credits are firm enough to 

 send out an official program, but good 

 speakers have been found and it'll be held 

 on November 12 at UNH Manchester. 

 Five credits will be offered — one per hour: 

 two in the morning and three after lunch. 

 There will be no charge for NHPGA 

 members and a $10 registration fee for 

 non-members. A flier will be sent out a 

 couple weeks before the event. 



Four twilight meetings are planned for 

 1993. One flier will be sent early in the 

 year promoting all four. Other publicity 

 will be in The Plantsman. 



The Winter Meeting was discussed at 

 length. The theme is "Color in the 



Garden" and speakers, menu (scrod or 

 shish kebab), and the logistics of sharing 

 the day with the Landscape Association 

 were discussed. At the end of it all, it 

 looked like a genuinely interesting day 

 was taking shape. 



In new business, Pat Fitzpatrick of Wen- 

 zler Associates gave a presentation on 

 how Wenzler would approach a new 

 NHPGA logo design. The cost would be 

 $500. The idea of a new logo will be 

 brought up at the Winter Meeting and if 

 members are in favor, we will go ahead. 

 Other designers will be sought as well. 



The possibility of a questionnaire at- 

 tached to next year's membership form 

 was discussed. It seemed like a good way 

 to find out what was wanted and to help 

 focus the organization's direction. 



NOVEMBER 5. The meeting began at 

 7:05. It was held at Pleasant View; Bob, 

 Chris, Andrea, Peter, Peter, Bruce, and 

 Henry were there. 



The main topic was the Winter Meet- 

 ing. It was decided not to have a com- 

 bined meeting with the landscapers. Each 

 organization had very specific require- 

 ments for its own meeting that seemed 

 difficult to reconcile with the require- 

 ments of the other. However, each organi- 

 zation will still be meeting at the Granite 

 Street Bar & Grill on January 13 (the 

 Plant Growers in the morning until mid- 

 afternoon and the Landscapers in the 

 evening) and anyone can register for and 

 attend either meeting. 



Prices, meal, speakers — these topics and 



others were discussed. 



The upcoming pesticide recertification 

 meeting is organized and fliers have been 

 mailed to all members. Henry will mod- 

 erate in the morning; Bob Demers, in the 

 afternoon. 



The Granite State Flower Show organi- 

 zational meeting will be held at Demers 

 Garden Center on November 17. Three 

 Plant Grower members will need to at- 

 tend in order to make a quorum. 



There will be four Twilight Meetings in 

 1993— Pleasant View (Pittsfield) in Janu- 

 ary; Kathan Gardens (Newport) in April; 

 Michaud Nurseries (Exeter) in June; and 

 Carpenter's Olde English Greenhouse 

 (Newmarket) in September. 



The 1993 Summer Show was discussed. 

 D.S. Cole (Loudon), Eliot Rose (Dover), a 

 combination of Rolling Green and Garden 

 of Eves (Greenland), and Olde English 

 (Newmarket) were all suggested as pos- 

 sible sites. Bob said he'd check and see if 

 any were interested. 



The scholarship fund auction produced a 

 higher amount than usual this year and 

 the two scholarships will he $750 each. 

 The recipients will be chosen at the next 

 meeting. 



It was decided to have a booth at the 

 ERNA Show in January. Chris volun- 

 teered to represent the Plant Growers 

 there and the Board accepted his offer. 



It was also decided to attach a question- 

 naire to the membership renewal form 

 this year. Peter Corey will solicit sugges- 

 tions and get ideas to Chris as soon as 

 possible. I* 



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