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presentation. A general <strong>the</strong>me was proposed to bridge <strong>the</strong> idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> different society<br />

members coming toge<strong>the</strong>r to address technology and weed control issues that impact aquatic<br />

and terrestrial weed management and stewardship.<br />

Additional Symposiums: Mike Fidanza organized and recruited speakers for an Education<br />

and Outreach Symposium on Teaching and Scholarship. He submitted his complete program to<br />

<strong>the</strong> Program Chair. No additional help was requested for his symposium. Randy Prostak and<br />

Todd Mervosh organized an Ornamental Symposium and recruited <strong>the</strong> speakers for <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

session. Randy reported that he and Todd used various recognized organizations throughout<br />

New England to advertise <strong>the</strong>ir outreach activity. They designed a flier to advertise <strong>the</strong><br />

symposium and forwarded it to <strong>the</strong> following organizations along with o<strong>the</strong>r activities:<br />

• Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association newsletter<br />

• New England Nursery Association mailing and newsletter<br />

• New York State Nursery and Landscape Association newsletter<br />

• Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association newsletter and short article<br />

• New Hampshire Plant Growers Association list-serve and newsletter<br />

• New Jersey Nursery and Landscape Association November newsletter<br />

• Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association e-newsletter and web calendar<br />

• Maryland Nursery and Landscape Association newsletter<br />

• Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association (Jeff)<br />

• Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association (Todd) newsletter and list-serve<br />

• Delaware Nursery and Landscape Association list-serve<br />

• Maine Nursery and Landscape Association list-serve and newsletter<br />

• Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association <strong>the</strong> Buckeye calendar <strong>of</strong> event<br />

• Vermont Association <strong>of</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Horticulturalist website and newsletter<br />

• Western Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association( Jeff)<br />

• UMass Extension LNUF program List-serve and web pages<br />

• UMass Extension Floriculture program List-serve and web pages<br />

Graduate Students: Following <strong>the</strong> summer board meeting a flier was designed along with a<br />

cover letter providing encouragement to students to give papers, posters or o<strong>the</strong>r means <strong>of</strong><br />

participating in <strong>the</strong> annual meeting. These packets <strong>of</strong> fliers were sent to each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> following<br />

state schools and coaches for delivery to students: Canadian schools, Mass., Conn., Rhode<br />

Island, New York, Penn State, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio State, North<br />

Carolina State, Clemson University, and New Jersey.<br />

Summer Weed Contest: This year’s contest was held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and was<br />

hosted by Dave Johnson at <strong>the</strong> Penn State Research and Extension Center. Student winners<br />

were as follows:<br />

Graduate Division<br />

• 1 st place team: NCSU (Walter Thomas, Whitney Barker, Wesley Everman)<br />

• 2 nd place team: Clemson (Mayak Malik, Prashant Jha, Marcos Oliveria)<br />

• 3 rd place team: VA Tech (David McCall, John Willis)<br />

• 1 st place individual: John Willis (VA Tech)<br />

• 2 nd place individual: Wesley Everman (NCSU)<br />

• 3 rd place individual: Prashant Jha (Clemson)<br />

Undergraduate Division<br />

• 1 st place team: Guelph team B (Andrew Chisholm, Brian Gowan, Chrissie Schill)<br />

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