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York Sta~e. It is still unclear what will be done; however, there will likely be a permit or reporting
process i~volved. Rich Bonanno contacted Dr. Maureen Serafini regarding this issue. A copy of the
letter is 1ttached. To date, she has not responded.
There appears to be a move by the manufacturers of home/specialty pesticide products
(Chemical Specialty Manufacturer's Association or CSMA) to change state registration fee
structures, This grouped had worked in New Hampshire and Vermont to change the usual one level
system i~to a multi-tiered system. Their rationale appears to be that home and specialty uses of
pesticid~s pose a reduced risk to the environment. In Vermont they have, as yet, been unsuccessfulin
their efforts which also includes lower fees for these products. In New Hampshire, however, they
were successfulin creating a multi-tiered system but not in separating fees.
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WSSA REPRESENTATIVE
D. B. Vitolo
Adi/Vities this year included attending both the winter and summer WSSA Board of Directors
meetings, 1995 was the first year that regional society and at-large board members could vote at
the summer meeting. Various matters of regional interest were acted on, including awards,
resolutions, and budget matters. I am currently the NEWSS representative on the WSSA's new
"Washi*gton Liaison Committee", set up to provide rapid responses to the needs of the AESOP
group reyresenting us in Washington, DC. The WSSA Board of Directors was reorganized, and the
NEWS9.representative sits on the Finance Sub-Committee. Discussions were held with Anne
Legere, iWSSA Editor, on the issue of data tables accompanying Abstracts in the NEWSS
Proceedings.Anne, unlike her predecessor, has no problem with that data being included in papers
submitted to Weed Science or Weed Technology, as long as it does not constitute the bulk of the data
subrnittFd. Specific guidelines will be written.
As Jjnembersof the NEWSS Executive Committee, Rich Bonanno and I represented the Society
at the ¢AST Workshop.
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PAST PRESIDENT
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W. G. Wright
A fey function for the Past President is serving as Awards Chairman. Nominations for
Distinguished Member and Award of Merit awards were solicited in the newsletter. Response by
members was good. Many candidates were properly written up and supported. Bill Curran served as
Chair for the Innovator of the Year and the Outstanding Applied Research Awards for Food and
Feed Cropsand Turf, Ornamental and Vegetation Management. RonRitter chairs the Photo Award
Committee and Matt Mahoney, the Poster Awards. Nominees for Distinguished Member, Award of
Merit, iApplied Research Awards and Innovator of the Year were presented to the Executive
Comrnlittee and received unanimous approval. Awards were presented at the Awards Luncheon,
JanuarY 3, 1996. Distinguished Members were Roy R. Johnson and Edward R. Higgins. Award of
Merit /were received by Robert M. Devlin, Wilbur F. Evans, Raymond B. Taylorson and S. Wayne
Binghi:'m. Jim Orr was Innovator of the Year. E. Scott Hagood received the Applied Research
Awar for Food and Feed Crops and Larry Kuhns for Turf, Ornamental and Vegetation
Mana ement. See the Luncheon Brochure for more detail.
T ,e Poster, Photo and Best Graduate Student Paper will be presented at the Annual Business
Meeting, January 21,1996.
T~e Constitution and Bylaws were reviewed for possible revision. Only minor corrections were
idenqfied.
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These were recorded in the October 23, Executive Committee Minutes. Since the changes
they will be carried forward and incorporated in the next significant revision.
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