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BOARD HIGHLIGHTS 



February First 



Andrea, Bob, Chris, Peter, and Roger were present. 



Peter was thanked for the work he did on the Winter 

 Meeting. People were pleased with the attendance, the 

 talks, and the fact that we made a slight profit (that will 

 be split between us and the landscapers). 



Roger showed samples of the handouts he wrote and 

 had made up for Farm & Forest Bob and Chris will set 

 up the display, 



Roger plans to make up a questionnaire to give to 

 members attending the Summer Meeting. This would 

 ask for information about member businesses and how 

 the NHPGA could do more for its membership in general 

 Bob will work with him on it. August 17 is now the offi- 

 cial date for our Summer Meeting Bill Stockman and Ed 

 Person will attend the March board meeting to work out 

 details. 



March First 



Bob, Henry, Dick, and Ben attended Bill Stockman and 

 Ed Person came to discuss plans for this year's Summer 

 Meeting. 



Henry gave a very enthusiastic and upbeat account of 

 plans for this year's New England Greenhouse Confer- 

 ence. He felt the program was particularly strong, with a 

 wide range of topics and speakers with a lot to offer 

 Harnois will be setting up a greenhouse to house part of 

 the trade show-, a bus tour to local operations is being 

 tried for the first time — reaction seems very positive. 



Bill and Ed discussed logistics for the Summer Meet- 

 ing at Ledgewood — parking, registration (at the stand out 

 front), lunch (Perillo'sl, tent (from Spider Web|, trade 

 show, auctioneer (Peter Callioras), Ledgewood tours, 

 tours to Spider Web (from Laidlaw; sponsored by Pleas- 



ant View), rain (it won't). The overall day seems to be 

 nicely in place and details (soft drinks, chair and table 

 rentals, toilets) were discussed as well Ed brought a 

 list of nearby motels and bed-and-breakfasts and a read- 

 able map; Bob Demers is looking for an appropriate door 

 prize. 



Andrea will be the board member working closely with 

 Bill and Ed on the meeting. 



Few handouts were taken from our Farm & Forest 

 booth — we feel that the booth needs to be manned and 

 the information sheets handed to people. Roger will be 

 working on next year's handouts and the overall display 

 as well as a questionnaire for members. 



Peter will be working on next year's Winter Meeting — 

 he sent word that it would be another joint meeting with 

 the landscapers. 



This year's Twilight Meetings are in place; two are al- 

 ready planned for 1995. Ben will be making the arrange- 

 ments for these meetings — coordinating plans with hosts, 

 making sure a board member is at each to act as mod- 

 erator 



Dick will be looking for speakers for 1995's pesticide 

 recertification meeting. 



It was decided to co-sponsor New England Grows next 

 year 



It was decided to ask Chris to write to the Pesticide 

 Board, asking for a list of the specific requirements for 

 recertification presentations, so that these can be for- 

 warded to other organizations who can, in turn, tailor 

 their offerings to meet New Hampshire's requirements as 

 well as their own. 



It was decided to discuss criteria used in awarding the 

 NHPGA scholarships at the next meeting. ^ 



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