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BOARD HIGHLIGHTS 



lUNE 7 



Andrea, Ben, Bob. Chris, Henry, Peter, and Roger met at 



Pleasant View at seven 



Chris said that 30 members did not renew by the April 

 first deadline and did not respond to phone calls made 

 by board members and were not mailed the most recent 

 issue of T(te Planlsman. Some of these will renew once the 

 busy season is over and two new people have joined. 

 Thirty extra copies of Aug/Sept. Plantsman will be printed 

 to give to prospective members at the Summer Meeting. 



Bob contacted Paul Parent and Paul will speak at the 

 Summer Meeting; Peter Callioras from The Auction Profes- 

 sionals will again be the auctioneer, Chris will send out 

 fliers in ten days; the Huntingtons will look into finding 

 an appropriate door prize. 



The Pesticide Recertification Meeting will be held at 

 The Granite Street Bar & Grill on October 20. Two speak- 

 ers have been found; three more are needed. 



It was decided to look into holding a joint Winter 

 Meeting with the New Hampshire Landscape Association. 

 Chuck Simpson, NHLA president, will attend the next 

 NHPGA board meeting. 



It was decided to renew membership in the PPGA. 



)ULY 5 



Andrea, Bob, Chris, Henry, and Peter attended. 



Chuck Simpson, President of the New Hampshire Land- 

 scape Association, attended and the first order of busi- 

 ness was the discussion of a joint NHLA/NHPGA winter 



meeting Problems that caused the cancellation of last 

 year's attempt seem to have been ironed out and a date 

 was set for ]anuary 12. It will be held at the Granite 

 Street Bar & Grill in Manchester. There will be space for 

 separate business meetings, time for both organizations 

 to get to know each other, a series of talks of mutual in- 

 terest throughout the day, and a jointly-sponsored key- 

 note speaker. Chuck Simpson (NHLAI and Peter van 

 Berkum (NHPGA) will coordinate the event. 



Henry reported on plans if the 1994 NE Greenhouse 

 Conference. One of the difficulties has been the need for 

 more space. Solutions to this one problem seemed to be 

 a major topic of the June 10 committee meeting. A tent, 

 an offer by one of the greenhouse companies to set up a 

 greenhouse to house vendors, the possibility of moving 

 to a larger site in the future — all were discussed. New 

 ideas and themes for the three-day program were dis- 

 cussed as well. The next meeting is September 24. 



Plans for the NHPGA Summer Meeting seem to be in 

 place. 



There will be no pesticide credits offered at the Olde 

 English Greenhouse Twilight Meeting on September 22. 



There will be five credits offered at the all-day pesti- 

 cide recertification meeting on October 20. This will be 

 free to members; non-members will pay $10.00. An Au- 

 gust Board Meeting will be needed to make final plans. 



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