VOLUME XIII, PART 1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1997
NEWSLETTER OF THE FLORIDA GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION
Jan. 6

UPCOMING EVENTS

West Coast chapter meeting, The Eagles CC, Odessa

Jan. 7-10

North Carolina Turfgrass Conference and Show, Charlotte, NC

Jan. 13

Central Florida chapter 9th Annual Research Golf Tournament,
Interlachen CC

Jan. 14

South Florida chapter meeting, Doral Silver, Miami

Jan. 15

Palm Beach chapter meeting, Emerald Dunes GC, Palm Beach

Jan. 21

Assistant Superintendent Seminar, Indian River Community College

Jan. 21

FTGA Research Foundation Regional Conference, Polish American
Club of Lake Worth

Jan. 22

FTGA Regional Conference, Knights of Columbus Hall, Fort Myers

Jan. 23

FTGA Regional Conference, Postal Workers Hall, Tampa Bay

Jan. 23

Treasure Coast chapter meeting, Windsor GC, Vero Beach

Jan. 24

FTGA Regional Conference, Seminole Community College,
Sanford

Jan. 24

FGCSA Winter Board Meeting, Orlando

Jan. 24-25 Jacksonville Horticultural Trade Show, Agricultural Fairgrounds
Jan. 24-27 PGA Merchandise Show, Orange County Convention Center

GCSAA

Las Vegas
GCSAA's 68th International
Golf Course
Conference and Show

February 6-12, 1997
Las Vegas Convention Center
Trade Show: February 10-12
March 3

Sixth Annual Ridge GCSA
Invitational, The Grasslands CC

Mar 7-8

Spring Horticulture Show,
Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa

Mar. 13

University of Florida Field Day/
SFGCS A Expo, Ft. Lauderdale

Mar. 27

University of Florida Overseed
Mini Field Day, Gainesville

Jan. 30

Assistants Day at Palm Beach Community College

Feb. 6-7

Weed Management Workshop, Clarion Hotel, Orlando

Feb. 4-12

GCSAA Conference and Show, Las Vegas Convention Center

Feb. 9

FGCSA Reception, Ballys Hotel, Las Vegas

Feb. 24

Central Florida chapter meeting, Vendor/Superintendent Tournament Apr. 14
Alaqua GC, Longwood
Apr. 17
West Coast chapter meeting, Largo Municipal GC

Feb. 25

USGA Conference, Orlando
Airport Marriott
USGA, Palm Beach Gardens

President's Message

President's Message
by Dale Kuehner, CGCS

local chapters will have to amend their
bylaws saying that this voluntary class
of assistants must be members of both
the chapter and GCSAA after July 1997.

Now that the holidays are behind us we
have the GCSAA Conference & Show
to look forward to in February. There
seems to be a disturbing trend taking
place at the annual show every year.
Bylaw changes.

I do not know about the rest of the
country, but I do not want to have to
change our bylaws again. Even if the
local chapters do not have to change
their bylaws, it is definitely going to
complicate things for them.

First, I want to say that I strongly support
GCSAA affiliation and the bylaw
changes that have taken place in the past
couple of years. But after two years of
trying to get our chapters affiliated and
having changed our bylaws and our local chapter's bylaws, we are looking at
possibly more bylaw changes.

Last year GCSAA members voted overwhelmingly to remove voting rights and
lower dues for Class C members. This
also had the effect of exempting them
from GCSAA dual membership requirements. The result of this has been
an explosion in the growth of Class C
members in GCSAA in the past year.
Some chapters were not happy with this
bylaw change and strongly opposed it at
last year's conference. They stated that
it was a slap in the face of the career
assistants in their chapters. While it may
be true that some assistants were not
happy about the change, the numbers
show that most assistants like it. The
chapters that opposed the change the
most were also the chapters that have
always required Class A, B and C
members to also be GCSAA members.

I am having reservations concerning the
new C/C-V membership class that is
being proposed. The new classification
would allow assistants with three or
more years of experience to voluntarily
become voting members, and raise their
dues back to Class A, B levels. This
would also mean that they must conform
to the same dual membership requirements that Class A and B members have.
This would probably also mean that

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Dale Kuehner, CGCS
As an outsider to these chapters it is hard
not to say that politics has not entered
into their strong opposition of this bylaw. I imagine that taking the vote away
from Class C members hurt these
chapters' delegates voting strength more
than other chapters. Maybe this is the
real reason behind the push to add this
new classification. I think the argument
that this is a slap in the face to assistants
is unfounded. Assistants still have a
voice in local chapter politics. While
assistants have lost the right to vote in
GCSAA, they still vote in most, if not
all, local chapters. Since better than
90% of all votes cast at the conference
are done by chapter delegates, assistants
can influence their local chapter voting
delegates on how to vote for issues that
concern them.
This topic, along with the rest of the
GCSAA bylaw amendments (see page 7
of this Green Sheet) and candidates,
will be on the agenda for our January
FGCSA board meeting. I welcome any
comments or opinions on this or any
other issue you would like to discuss.

The Green Sheet

In Memory
John P. Hayden, Certified Golf
Course Superintendent and 1991
recipient of the FGCSA
President's Award for Lifetime
Service died Saturday, December 14,1996, following a lengthy
illness.
John attended Michigan State
University and South Bend College of Commerce. He began his
turfgrass career in Michigan
where he leased and ran a ninehole facility. The whole Hayden
family was involved in the business, with John sending his young
son, Jeff, out to mow fairways at
a tender age. John later moved to
Florida to take positions at Coral
Springs, Inverrary and then on to
Augusta National. He returned to
Florida to become superintendent
at Jacksonville Beach GC and
spent five years at San Jose CC in
Jacksonville.
In addition to his work on the golf
courses, John made the time to
serve his fellow superintendent in
various organizations. John was
a long standing member and past
president of the North Florida
GCS A chapter and was a member
of both the FTGA and GCSAA
Board of Directors.
The family has asked that in lieu
of flowers, donations should be
made to the FGCSA Research
Fund. The officers and directors
of the FGCSA would like to join
with all Florida superintendents
in sending condolences to the
Hayden family on their loss.

FTGA Seminars
The FTGA has finalized plans for their FTGA Research Foundation Regional Conferences. The all day Conferences will be held
the week of January 21st with plenty of Florida pesticide core
CEU's and good education for all who attend. Each Conference
will have different speakers but the same topics will be covered at
each site.
Speakers include Dr. Rick Brandenburg, Professor of Entomology,
North Carolina State University; Dr. Don Short, University of
Florida; Burt McKee, V.P. Environmental & Regulatory Services,
United Horticultural Supply; Gene Joiner, Palm Beach County
Extension Agent or Celeste White, Orange County Extension
Agent; Geri Cashion, FMC Corporation; Bill Sisley, Manager,
Technical Services/Equipment, LESCO; and Erica Santella, Regional Technical Manager, Tru Green Chem Lawn.
Topics include Weed ID and Control; Insects/Diseases in Ornamentals and Palms; Equipment Safety; Effective Insect Management in Turfgrass; and An Overview of Operation Clean Sweep.
SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, Jan. 21
American Polish Club, Lake Worth
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Knights of Columbus Hall, Fort Myers
Thursday, Jan. 23
Postal Workers Union Hall, Tampa
Friday,
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SeminoleJan.Community
College, Sanford
The Conferences are approved for three (3) L & O and two (2) Core
CEU's towards the renewal of Pest Control Operators, Restricted
Use Pesticide Applicator licenses, and Commercial Lawn & Ornamental licenses. In addition .5 CEU's have been approved by the
GCSAA for credits toward certification renewal requirements
only.
Pre-Registration is $20.00 before January 8th. The seminars begin
with registration at 7:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 2:00 p.m. For
registration information, please call the FTGA at 1-800-882-6721.

FGCSA Fall Board Meeting Minutes
The Fall 1996 meeting of the FGCSA
Board of Directors was called to order
by President Dale Kuehner, CGCS, at
1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15th, at
Bonnet Creek in Orlando.
All officers were in attendance. All
chapters except Coastal Plains chapter
were represented.
Other FGCSA members attending the
meeting were Garth Boline - West Coast
GCSA President; Kevin Rotti - Central
Florida GCSA President; Past Presidents Scott Bell, Kevin Downing and
Mark Jarrell; Committee Chairman Steve
Pearson and consultant Mike Goldie
Minutes of the Summer 1996 FGCSA
Board Meeting were approved.
Michael Perham presented the FGCSA
Financial Statements for the first quarter. He noted that he will be sending a
memo to all chapters requesting their
intended schedule of donations for this
fiscal year to cover the $25,000 figure
that is included in the budget.
GCSAA AFFILIATION/CHAPTER
INCORPORATION: All chapters
received their Florida Incorporation
papers and signed checks that need to be
forwarded to the Florida Department of
State. Each chapter will then receive
notice from the Department of State that
they are approved as a Non Profit Corporation. The fees for this Incorporation
have been paid by the FGCSA.
Next, all chapters received a copy of the
amended affiliation agreement between
the local chapters and the FGCSA.
Dale Kuehner asked that they be signed
by chapter president and secretary and
returned to the FGCSA office before the
Winter board meeting. All chapters are
expected to sign these agreements to
keep the Florida superintendents united
under one umbrella. The agreement
will serve to formalize our status for any
further IRS audits.
Dale spoke briefly about the GCSAA
Affiliation Agreements. The FGCSA
has fulfilled all the requirements and has

received a Certificate from the GCSAA
noting that we are an Affiliated Chapter
of the GCSAA. He urged all chapters to
sign the Affiliation Agreement with the
GCSAA and again asked if any chapters
were not sure they were going to affiliate. Only Seven Rivers chapter replied
that they are still undecided.
In a related discussion, Dale reported
that under Anti Trust Laws chapters are
not allowed to refuse membership to any
superintendent working in their chapter's
area. If you interfere with a superintendent seeking employment you leave
the chapter open for a law suit.
PUBLICATIONS: Marie Roberts
reported that the 1997 FGCSA Membership Directory should be mailed to
all members next week. The Directory
will again show a good profit.
Since neither Joel Jackson or Paul
Crawford were at the meeting, Dale reported that we have not heard from the
IRS regarding our UBIT appeal. It
could take as long as six months for the
IRS to make a ruling. Dale also reported
thatPaul Crawford opposes any increase
in Florida Green ad rates at this time
until the audit appeal is resolved. Scott
Bell announced that he is doing an article
on management companies for the next
issue of the Florida Green and invited
input from any board member.
EDUCATION: A discussion was held
on the large number of GCSAA Regional
Seminars that are being held in Florida
this year. It was reported that the seminar
held in Clearwater did meet its guarantee and that the December 5th seminar in
Orlando looks like it will also have
enough attendance. Concern was noted
about the December 12th seminar in
Jacksonville because very few superintendents can justify two seminars in one
week. It was felt that chapters need to
coordinate their dates and topics so that
they can be spread out more evenly
throughout the year. It was suggested
that the FGCSA Education Chairman
should be contacted as soon as a chapter
decides to sponsor a seminar in the future. The Education Chairman will then

keep a list of dates and topics. Roy
Bates noted that the FGCSA is considering sponsoring a GCSAA Regional
Seminar on one of the days before or
during their Show this year. Kevin
Downing reported that the GCSAA is
evaluating the quality of all its regional
seminars and offers assistance in promoting the seminars once they have
been booked by the chapters.
MEMBERSHIP: Discussion was
held regarding those chapters who have
gone down in membership numbers this
year. Darren Davis reported that even
though Everglades is lower than last
year their paid membership stands at
about the same as in past years. Last
year their board decided to prepay for
members but it turned out that many of
those superintendents failed to actually
join their chapter. That policy has been
removed, resulting in lower numbers.
All chapters were reminded to keep submitting names of those superintendents
who join throughout the year, preferably
on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. The
GCSAA Dual Membership requirement
was discussed. Some chapters are
considering making another Classification that would be for those superintendents who choose not to join the GCSAA
but want to join the local chapter. They
can not be classified as Class A or B but
may still join the chapter if another classification is established. Dale Kuehner
urged all chapters to go on a membership
drive before the July deadline so that all
members who join before July are
Grandfathered in and may be classified
as Class A or B without joining the
GCSAA. Of course Dale did urge all
chapters to encourage their members to
become GCSAA members.
GOLF: Joe Ondo reported that Chris
Cartin, assistant superintendent at
Alaqua GC, won the qualifying event
held in October and becomes the fourth
member of the FGCSA team that will be
entered in the GCSAA Tournament.
Joining Chris in defending our title will
be Mark Hopkins, Mark Henderson and
Vic Conigliaro. The qualifier at Southern Dunes had 30 players and was a

Fall Board Meeting Minutes
break even event. Joe is planning to
have next year's qualifier return to
Southern Dunes and will push for more
players. This will enable the FTGA to
continue their Scramble Format while
we use the Southern Dunes tournament
as the third qualifier for the state team
(behind the Poa and the Crowfoot).
Joe noted that the Central Florida chapter
netted $4,000 profit from the Crowfoot
despite the low turnout this year and said
that Grand Cypress will host next year's
event during the first weekend in August.
FTGA: Roy Bates discussed the
progress being made between the FTGA
and the University of Florida in finding
a Turf Coordinator. The November 1st
deadline has been extended. He also
noted that the FTGA will keep us informed on the February turf review of
the university system that is being performed by a committee composed of
industry people. He also reported that
Dale Kuehner, Mark Jarrell and the
FTGA have been invited to an industry
meeting in Tallahassee this week. The
PGA officials who are planning the
meeting were surprised that the FTGA
has actual numbers available from the
survey showing the impact that golf has
on the Florida economy.
The 1997 FTGA Conference and Show
will be held September 5th through the
8th with tentative plans for a GCSAA
Regional Seminar on Thursday, September 4th, golf on Friday, and the Show
and remainder of the educational programs on Saturday and Sunday. He also
noted that IF AS updates and slide shows
will be available on video and will be
shown continuously on the showroom
floor. Kevin Downing discussed an
open forum format for new research.
Roy also reported that the FTGA has
decided to make another year commitment to MacVicar to continue their services regarding water management issues. He also announced the schedule
for their regional conferences that will
be held in January and asked for support
from the FGCSA. A $300 sponsorship
was approved by the board.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS:
Mike Goldie gave a report on the upcoming "Florida Golf!" meeting that is
being sponsored by the Florida Sports
Foundation who stated that "Golf has a
$5 billion economic impact on the state"
in their cover letter. Mike speculated
that they picked this figure out of the air
since they did not seem to be aware of
the FTGA survey. Mike and Dale have
spoken with Richard Bowers, VP of
Government Relations for the PGA Tour
who will be attending the meeting. Mike
stated that the meeting might be a bust
since it is doubtful that many legislators
will attend since the political situation in
Tallahassee is unsteady due to the shift
in power as a result of the past election.
But he did suggest that the meeting may
unite the various groups attending and
may lead to some dedicated funds.
Mike noted that the 1997 session will
probably be very quiet and that it is best
to not move quickly.
FUND RAISING: Mark Jarrell reported that he will be turning this committee over to Steve Pearson. We probably will not get much more money out
of those avenues we have used in the
past. He feels we should strive for
getting a line item for turfgrass research
from the state and will try to get some
discussion on this during the Tallahassee meeting. He suggested that the Ciba
program and the Valent program will
not be as profitable this year. Mike
Goldie discussed the state program for
tourism and the possibility of including
golf in this program. He also spoke on
the question of special license plate revenue but did not feel that this was a good
option.
RESEARCH: Kevin Downing reported
that we have received the $ 10,000 check
from the GCSAA and it has been deposited in the FGCSA Research Account.
There is an additional $10,000 available
to chapters this year but Kevin feels this
will go to new projects.
A research meeting will be held on December 12th in Orlando that will include
the FTGA, the FGCSA and IFAS per-

sonnel. Requests for research proposals will go out in January and the review
meeting will be held sometime in March.
Kevin reported that Dr. David Huff
provided accountability to the DNA
project by verifying that the procedures
were followed correctly. Dr. Busey has
written his report showing results of the
study. Kevin stated that Dr. Nell has
reported that Dr. Busey has been reassigned to Weed Identification. Kevin
will follow up on this.
Kevin discussed fairway cultivar
evaluations being performed by Monica
and new grass discussions. He also
reported on the possibility of interacting
with Gainesville on the new green despite
University politics. Further evaluation
is needed and will be discussed at the
meeting next month. Funding for the
Milton facility was also discussed.
Kevin distributed a letter from Dr. Pat
Cobb re product evaluation. The letter
will be copied and sent to all Presidents
and External Vice Presidents with their
copy of these minutes.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Darren Davis
presented a letter received from Pat
Jones, former GCSAA employee, offering his firm's services in developing
a public relations plan for the southern
chapters of the GCSAA. After some
discussion, it was decided not to follow
through on this.
Darren then discussed the progress of
the video and distributed an outline of
the text featuring a balance between golf
and the environment. Kevin Downing
and Darren debated the message for the
video and the proposed target audience.
Finally, Geoff Coggin made a motion
that we accept the outline as presented
and move forward with the video. The
motion carried.
GCSAA: Dale Kuehner, Voting Delegate, announced that all chapters had
sent in their voting forms for this year's
election. Since we will have another
board meeting before the GCSAA
election, it was decided to forgo any

further discussion on the candidates and
proposed By law amendments until our
January board meeting.

LCCC Student Wins
Scotts Scholarship

The FGCSA reception during the
GCSAA Convention will be held on
Sunday night, February 9th at Ballys
Hotel. Paul Crawford promises a spectacular view of the Vegas Strip and
needs two volunteers to help work the
doors during the reception.

The Scotts Company Scholars Program
has announced their 1996 winners who
will receive $2,500 awards and trips to
the GCSAA Conference in Las Vegas.

Dale described a new program by the
GCSAA to offer product software and
provide computer training for eight affiliated chapters. This pilot program
would allow easier exchange of information , e-mail, etc. The chapters selected
would need to pay for air travel to
GCSAA headquarters and have particular hardware requirements. Dale reported that the FGCSA computers do
not meet these requirements since they
are the original computers purchased
eight years ago. Dale proposed that if
we get accepted into the program we
should spend about $2,000 for a new
computer. He suggested that the funds
should come from the Florida Green
budget in the next fiscal year.
SURVEY: Paul Illgen distributed
copies of the proposed survey questions
for this year. He urged all Externals to
look them over and call him with any
changes before the end of next week.
The survey will go to the printers by
December 1st. This year we will include
a cover letter urging more superintendents to complete the questionnaire. We
will also include an article about the
survey in the next Green Sheet.
NEW BUSINESS: Dale Kuehner read
a request from Bob Sanderson asking
that some recognition be given to the
artist who designed the original FGCSA
logo. After some discussion, the board
decided to turn down the request.
Dale announced that the Winter board
meeting will be held in mid-January.
After a poll of Externals, it was decided
that a Friday afternoon would be best.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.

Donna Catrambone, student in the Golf
Course Operation Program at Lake City
Community College, is one of the two
winners of this prestigious award. John
Piersol, GLF Chairman at LCCC, stated
that Donna is an outstanding student
and is a worthy recipient of the award.
The Scotts Co. established this scholarship program in 1993 in partnership
with The GCSAA Foundation to offer
educational and employment opportunities to students interested in careers in
the green industry.

North Florida GCSA
Awards Scholarship

The North Florida GCSA is happy to
announce this year's recipient of the
Mike Richards Memorial Scholarship.
This is an annual award of $3,000 commemorating a man who was a great
representative of our industry.
David Robinson, a second year student
at Lake City Community College has
been selected. David and his wife, Kim,
have a six month old daughter, Kelsey.
David's wife is working full time to help
support the family's finances and David
is working part time while carrying a full
load of classes.
David currently holds a 4.0 grade point
average, and hopes to graduate at the top
of his class. He plans to continue his
education beyond LCCC if possible and
obtain a bachelor's degree. David is
now serving as vice president of the
student chapter of the FTGA. He has
worked at the Longboat Key Club and
River Wilderness CC. David's ultimate
goal is to become a contributing member
of the green industry and achieve excellence as a golf course superintendent.

1997 FGCSA Survey

The 1997 FGCSA Wage and Maintenance
Survey questionnaire has been sent to all
Class A and B FGCSA superintendents.
This survey has become a very important
tool for all Florida superintendents especially when it comes to justifying budgetary needs to your Greens Committee.
However, it is only effective if all superintendents take the time to fill it out a n d

send it back to the office for tabulation.
Please use 1997 budget numbers. Completing the survey is definitely worth your
time!
Last year we had a 45% return of completed questionnaires. Some chapters did
very well in responding and were rewarded
by having useful information. However,
there were some chapters with so few responses that the information was practically useless. Please don't let this happen
to your chapter.
Once you have completed the survey, all
you need to do is refold it, staple and drop
it in the mail. It is already stamped and
addressed to the FGCSA office.

Valent Research Donation
Valent U.S.A. has come forth with funds
earmarked for the FGCSA Research Account in the amount of $10,125 generated
through the Right Course Program. These
funds have been accumulated by 1996
purchases of ORTHENE® Turf, Tree and
Ornamental Spray and PINPOINT® 15 G
Insecticide made by Florida superintendents. Note that any purchases of generic
Acephate did not contribute to the fund.
Valent also made a $10,125 donation to
the FTGA Research Foundation through
additional funds generated by the 1996
program for a grand total of $20,250.
Valent's Right Course program for research dollars will continue into 1997.
Formal presentation will be made at the
Jan. 24th meeting of the FGCSA Board of
Directors in Orlando.

GCSAA Convention Activities

FGCSA Reception
The 1997 Florida GCS A reception at the 68 th International GCSAA Convention
will be held on Sunday night, February 9th, at Bally's Hotel on the fabulous Las
Vegas strip. The reception will begin at 8:00 p.m. so as not to conflict with the
Environmental Session which will be held earlier that night. All Florida
superintendents are invited to attend.
This is the last opportunity for any Florida turfgrass supplier to be a sponsor for
this popular event. If you are a supplier who is not on the following list, please
call the FGCSA office so that your company's name can be included in the
invitations and on the signage at the reception in Las Vegas.

DOUBLE PIAMONP
• Jacobsen Dealers of Florida
• Kubota Dealers of Florida
• Toro Dealers of Florida
• Golf Ventures
• Southern Golf Promotions
• United Horticultural Supplies
PIAMQNP SPONSORS
AgrEvo
American Cyanamid
Bayer
Ciba
Club Car
DowElanco
Florida Superior Sand
Golf Agronomics
Harrell's, Inc.
IMC Vigoro
NuCrane
Palm Beach GCS A
Precision Small Engine
Pursell Industries
Quality Grassing
Rhone Poulenc
South Florida Grassing
Terra
Valent USA
Trade Show Hours:
Monday, Feb. 10, noon - 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 11,9 a.m - 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 12,9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Distributor Preview:
Monday, Feb. 10,9 a.m. - noon
January/February 1997

GOLD SPONSORS
Aquagenix
Central Florida GCS A
Everglades GCSA
Googe Transport
North Florida GCSA
Pifer
Rohm and Haas
The Scotts Company
Sullivan Electric
TMI
Tom Burrows Turfgrass
Toro Liquid Ag
Vicksburg Chemical

GCSAA

Las Vegas

Proposed GCSAA ByLaw
Amendments
Fourproposed GCS AA bylaw amendments
will be voted on at the 1997 annual meeting
in Las Vegas. Three of these proposed
amendments concern membership classification and the fourth makes a technical
change in the wording of the dual membership requirement
1. To be a Class AA Life member, an
individual must be retired as a golf course
superintendent and either be a former board
member or a voting member for 25 years.
Dues will be waived for this Classification.
2. Dual Membership. Class A or B superintendent applicants for membership must
be members of an affiliated chapter, add:
the member will be required to maintain an
affiliated chapter membership thereafter.
3. Class C members. This proposed amendment will split the Class C category to create
a new classification for assistant golf course
superintendents with more than three years
experience. This new assistant classification would be voluntary and give assistants
in this category the right to vote. They
would be required to pay the same membership dues as Class A and B members and
would be bound by the dual membership
requirement to belong to both GCSA and
their local affiliate chapter.
4. Retired members: This amendment would
add a second option to the retired membership classification, allowing members who
have completed a minimum of 20 years of
service in any membership classification to
retire in that classification and maintain all
its privileges.
The FGCSA will be discussing all of these
amendments as well as candidates' qualifications at their January 24th Board Meeting.
Any concerned FGCSA superintendent
should contact your local External VP to
offer your opinions about these amendments
before January 24th. Once a decision on all
of these amendments has been made at the
FGCSA meeting, the votes of the Florida
members will be carried to Las Vegas by
Dale Kuehner, FGCSA Voting Delegate.
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