EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S TURF Farewell to the 2018 short membership year; Hello to 2019!
Casey Reynolds, PhD
As the 2018 6-month membership year comes to an end, we’d like to say thank you to our TPI members who saw us through this process. Te TPI Board of Trustees’ recommendation and the TPI membership’s vote in Tucson to transition from a June through May fiscal and membership year—to fiscal and membership years that run from January through December— has many benefits that we hope will streamline TPI processes. TPI members came through in full force with solid renewals back in May and we hope to repeat this trend as 2019 membership dues mail out in November. Once this cycle is complete, TPI will officially begin a January through December cycle on all fronts, including: fiscal year, membership year, Turf News publication year, and TPI employee policies.
During the 2018 membership year, the TPI staff has been working hard to promote natural turfgrass, participate in state and regional sod association events, wrap up and analyze consumer and market research on natural turfgrasses, implement the new bylaws voted on in Tucson, and prepare the 2019 budget to include TPI’s future initiatives, membership services, and more. Since the TPI Board of Trustees’ April board meeting, TPI staff members have participated in field days or trade shows with the Turfgrass Producers of Florida, the Wisconsin Sod Producers Association, the Ohio Sod Producers Field Day, the Western Canada Turfgrass Field Day, the MidSouth Turfgrass Producers meeting, and the European Turfgrass Producers Seminar, Farm Tour and Turf Expo in Portugal. We also will be participating in the South Carolina Sod Producers meeting in November, and the Texas Turfgrass Producers meeting next January. All of this is in an effort to support TPI members on a local level and let them know that we are here to serve.
As we discuss this list of events, I’d like to take time to send our thoughts and prayers out to turfgrass producers and their families in North and South Carolina who were affected by Hurricane Florence in early September. The NC Sod Producers Association Field Day was cancelled as a direct result of the
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significant impact that NC sod producers felt from this storm. We are currently working with the leadership at the NC Sod Producers as they reschedule their event, and we will fully support them in every way. The resiliency and determination that farmers show in the midst of challenges, hardship, and natural disaster is something I will always be inspired by. As NC and SC sod producers rebuild from these events, I know that thoughts and support from TPI producer and supplier members worldwide are with them.
With 2018 coming to a close, we wish all of our TPI members and the natural turfgrass sod and seed production community all of the best during the upcoming holiday season. We hope to see you at one or both of our two 2019 TPI events: the TPI 2019 International Education Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, from February 18 to 20, and the TPI 2019 Summer Convention & Field Day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from July 23 to 25. As always, please reach out to me or other members of the TPI staff or Board of Trustees with ideas on how we can continue to serve you and our industry. See you soon!
Cheers,
As this issue was being finalized for printing, the reports of the
devastation of Hurricane Michael were just coming in. The hearts, thoughts and support of the TPI family worldwide are with those involved.
Turfgrass Producers International: @TPITurfTalk The Lawn Institute: @TLIhealthylawns
TPI Turf News November/December 2018
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