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Soil First Academy at Houston National Golf Club on March, 18 at 8:30?    This seminar is being hosted by Estes and is free of charge with .4 GCSAA credits available.  Interested participants should contact Paul Tessman @ 713-301-2964, Scott Anderson @ 713-248-4145, or Pat Neuendorff @ 281-216-9290.  

Facts about the Seminar:
This seminar is conducted by Joel Simmons, owner of Soil First Consulting.
All materials presented are compiled into a take-home guide for future reference.
Half-day seminar with 0.4 GCSAA credits.


Educational Articles, Webcasts and Seminars

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USGA Green Section Winter Freeze Webcast - Important notes and a link to the recording

First, we want to wish you all the best of luck with the upcoming weather. Ideally, a month from now you will all be complaining that the USGA guys were like Chicken Little with these webcasts and that you suffered no damage. That's fine with us - we are taking the better safe than sorry route.

 
Secondly, thanks for attending. Bud White, John Foy, and I (Jim Moore) were really surprised so many showed up with so little notice. We are excited about our ability to get information out to so many so quickly and the good attendance we had validates the work we are putting into this. If you have a second, drop Jim Snow (National Director of the Green Section) a quick note telling him what you think of the concept. Jim's e-mail address is jsnow@usga.org
 
Thirdly, I know a number of you could not receive audio. 9 times out of 10, this is due to installing the web access option rather than the Live Meeting CLIENT. I wish Microsoft did not even offer the web access option since it confuses people during the installation. If you had trouble with your audio, give me a call at 254.848.2202 and I will help you troubleshoot things until we get you going.
 
Lastly, many have asked about being able to view a recording of the webcast. I have pasted a link to the recording below. When you click on the link you will be asked to put in your e-mail and company. I gather this information to help us notify you of upcoming webcasts and to show our USGA leadership that folks are using this service. I will NOT publish the names anywhere or misuse them in any manner.
 
When you click on the link (it is at the end of this e-mail) you will get to a page that gives you a choice of how to play the recording. I have pasted a screen capture of this page below. The easiest option is to select the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Replay. The High-Fidelity presentation is ok too but you will need to install more software to use it. I find the Replay works faster and is every bit as useful.
 
 
Here is the link and the sample screen shot of the page you will be take to. Forward the link to others if you like. Notice also that you have the option to download the webcast if you want.
 
View Recording 
 

USGA Green Section Webcast Recordings

 

 

Links to the Recordings of

 

Building Your Backyard Putting Green

What We've Learned About Ultradwarf Mangement #3 - Fertilization and Growth Management

The links below will take the user to recordings of previously delivered USGA Green Section webcasts.  

The recordings of the webcasts include audio and video and can be easily downloaded or played on any computer. Although there are two options for selecting a presentation, it is recommended that the user choose the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Replay option. You will be asked for your name, e-mail, and company name. This information is not used for any marketing purpose.

 

No recording key is required.

   

 



    Building Your Backyard Putting Green

 

View Recording
    Recording URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usga/view
    Recording ID: K5FFJ3

No recording key required

 

 

What We've Learned About Ultradwarf Mangement #3 - Fertilization and Growth Management

 

View Recording

Recording URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usga/view
    Recording ID: N3D4WC

No recording key required


The links below will take the user to recordings of previously delivered USGA Green Section webcasts.  

The recordings of the webcasts include audio and video and can be easily downloaded or played on any computer. Although there are two options for selecting a presentation, it is recommended that the user choose the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Replay option. You will be asked for your name, e-mail, and company name. This information is not used for any marketing purpose.

 

No recording key is required.

   

 



    Building Your Backyard Putting Green

 

View Recording
    Recording URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usga/view
    Recording ID: K5FFJ3

No recording key required

 

 

What We've Learned About Ultradwarf Mangement #3 - Fertilization and Growth Management

 

View Recording

Recording URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usga/view
    Recording ID: N3D4WC

No recording key required


Public Policy Issues Impacting the Golf Course Superintedent Profession


For government relations information, visit the Advocacy section of GCSAA Online. Issue specific information will be found in the GCSAA Legislative Action Center.


MSMA agreement -
http://capwiz.com/gcsaa/issues/alert/?alertid=12651336
 
Methyl bromide - http://capwiz.com/gcsaa/issues/alert/?alertid=14119511
 
EPA WaterSense home specs and expansion into commercial/institutional sector (see attachments) - http://capwiz.com/gcsaa/issues/alert/?alertid=13655836
 
NPDES permits for pesticide applications (this information is a bit outdated – I plan to update it this week) - http://capwiz.com/gcsaa/issues/alert/?alertid=13154066


More articles can be found at the USGA Portal: http://gsportal.usga.org/default.aspx

 


Educational Articles

Is There Value in Tissue Tests? By Bud White

Marketing Yourself as a GCS

Growers Toolbox: Chelated Iron

Six principles for landscape waste reduction

Resolved to renovate

"Changing" landscapes:

Manufactured Bunker Sands

Soil Temperature Maps

Economy Impacting Builders

Professional opportunity or a waste of time?

Dr. Bruce Clarke Speaks on Turf Disease

Free compost-quality publication available

This device could save your life

Economic Survival Kit GCSAA staff has pulled together articles and resources that can help members during these difficult economic times.

The labor market.It's tough competition

Water Sense Comments

EPA Water Sense Home Specs

Dec. 2009-Golf Facilities required to provide health Insurance for seasoned workers.....

 


Scholarship Opportunities for A&M Students in the Agronomy Fields

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