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• 2 nd place team: Guelph team A (Phil Aitkin, Gerald Pynenborg, Jim Burns)
• 3 rd place team: Cornell (Kristine Averill, Cameron Douglass)
• 1 st place individual: Gerald Pynenborg, Guelph
• 2 nd place individual: Jim Burns, Guelph
• 3 rd place individual: Brian Gowan, Guelph
I want to thank all the volunteers who assisted with the years activities. These include Dave
Johnson for the Weed Contest, Mike, Randy, and Todd for their symposiums, and Renee Keese
who put everything together.
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP
Dave Spak
Duties of Sustaining Membership Chair were transferred from Susan Rick in early 2005.
Letters requesting support for the NEWSS summer weed contest were sent in early August. A
total of six companies (BASF, Bayer, Monsanto, Syngenta, Valent, and Dow) contributed $4,250
for the contest. Many industry members also donated many hours of their time to help Penn
State host a successful contest.
Letters requesting sustaining membership dues and support for coffee breaks at the annual
meeting for 2006 were sent in late September. At the summer board meeting, the Executive
Committee voted to increase the cost of coffee break support from $200 to $300 and this
increase was reflected in the letter. To date, we have 16 paid sustaining member companies
contributing a total of $2,400. A total of 7 companies contributed $2,100 for coffee breaks at the
2006 meeting. Sustaining members for 2006 and those supporting the coffee breaks will be
acknowledged at the 2006 meeting and in the 2007 meeting program.
Additional support has been raised for the Social Mixer following the joint symposium with
NEAPMS at the 2006 annual meeting. We have commitments from four companies who will
receive acknowledgement at the meeting for providing this support.
The Sustaining Membership contact and address list has been updated as it is an ongoing
project. New contacts have been added to the list from various sources to recruit new
membership.
The herbicide list was sent to all current Sustaining Member companies for necessary revisions.
All comments have been forwarded to Hilary Sandler for editing.
NEWSS job placement service forms have been included in the annual meeting registration
form.
Finally, there are plans to discuss restructuring the Sustaining Membership fees into a tiered
system that would have various levels of support. Therefore, new fees may be implemented for
2007.
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