Weekly Notes 1/22/13

A few things from tonight's meeting:

1) GCSAA Turf Bowl Study sessions will be held in Hort. 160 (the lab at the end of the hall) the following times:

Wednesday the 23rd, tomorrow, at 5:30

Friday the 25th at 3:00

Friday the 1st at 3:00

Monday the 4th at 5:30

You should be studying hard, its crunch time! Get together with your teams!

2) If you are traveling to San Diego you owe the club $75. This is due immediately, get your check or cash to Andrew Doyle, Dan Strey, or Myself.

3) Iowa Turfgrass Conference is being held in Des Moines next week and we still need volunteers. If you received a scholarship you will be there anyway and have no reason not to give them a little bit of your time. The sign up sheet is outside Nick's office, get signed up by Thursday so we can let them know who is going to be there. If you volunteer you need to be there 30 minutes early. Also if you have received a scholarship please let me know which scholarship.

4) If you are traveling to San Diego you are required to sign up for a time to man the Turf Club booth. You only have to sign up for one two hour shift and you are off the hook. Get signed up NOW,

5) If any Spring 2013 graduates are looking for a job an assistant position is opening up at Rumson Country Club in Rumson, New Jersey. Ben Stover is the superintendent at the course and is a past graduate of Iowa State. If anyone is interested they can get in contact with Mr. Stover at

Ben Stover

Golf Course Superintendent

Rumson Country Club

Rumson, NJ 07728

(732) 842-5096

Minutes 11/29/12

Max Bloomquist, a recent Iowa State Graduate, came and spoke about his internship experience in Medinah, Illinois. He had the opportunity to work at the last Ryder Cup and is now looking to find interns for this next summer. If you are interested, contact him or Dr.Christians.

Elections were held at last meeting and the results are:

President: Spencer Nelson

Vice President: Joel Rieker

Treasurer: Andrew Doyle

Secretary: Andy Harmsen

Ag Council: Dustin Schelling

ITI Rep: Ben Palczynski

Fundraising: Jeremy Ehlers

Webmaster: Bryant Marks

Congratulations!

Max Bloomquist from Medinah Country Club is an Iowa State alumni and talked about the preparation going into the Ryder Cup this past fall and the internship opportunity they had available for the summer of 2013

Past President Dan Strey

Pictured are the new officers for the Spring 2013 semester

Minutes 11/09/12

-STMA deposits are due! Please write "STMA deposit" in the memo so that it does not get cashed and given to the club. Get those to Dan by the end of the day Friday preferably.

-Email Dan if you were not at the meeting and plan on going to GCSAA, it is time to start thinking about travel plans and we need numbers for hotel rooms. This year we will be signing up for hour long time slots to work the booth at the trade show.

-Nominations for club officers are as follows:

President: Joel R, Evan A, and Spencer N
VP: Josh L, Andy D, Andy H, and Kevin H
Treasurer: Kevin H, Joel R, and Andy H
Secretary: Blake D and Colton M
Ag Council: Ben P, Dustin S, and Colton M
ITI Rep: Joel R, Brady C, Andy H, Dustin S
Fundraising: Dustin S, and Jeremy E
Webmaster: Bryant M

-Elections will happen after Thanksgiving, so please plan to attend. -Please pick up Turf Club apparel as soon as possible, lots of people are wanting extras, so don't let yours be given away!

Have a good break!

There will be a turf club meeting this evening at 6:30 in room 118 Hort. Tonight will be an important meeting to attend. We will be taking nominations for next years club officers. I would like for everyone to be attendance.

Also, I need to get all of the names of individuals who are going to attend the GCSAA conference. I will be discussing the travel arrangements and other critical items at tonight's meeting.

If you are not able to attend tonight and are planning on going to the GCSAA conference, let me know so I can add you to the list.

Final Reiman Gardens Application

Just as a reminder, today is the last Reiman Gardens application of the season. We will be putting down a herbicide and need as many certified applicators as possible. If you are not certified, there are still other things that can be done. We will be meeting at Reiman at 4:00 this afternoon.

Minutes 10/23/2012

First off, turf club apparel is finally here and can be picked up in my office (Room 54, across for the head house). Please have a check or exact cash. I won't have any change.

Second, as I stated at last weeks meeting, we will be applying herbicide at Reiman Gardens this Thursday afternoon at 4:00pm. We need as many certified applicators as possible. If you are not certified and would like extra hours, we will have other things that need to be done besides spraying.

Now that most people have scheduled their classes for next semester, please come sign up for volunteering at the ITI Conference. I have the sheets down in my office. This is a great way to network with professionals from within the industry.

The ITI is currently in the process of relocating their office from Ames to Ankeny. I met with Jeff Wendel today and he is looking for help moving out of their Ames office this Thursday morning. The moving truck will arrive at 9:00 in the morning. Anyone who helps out will receive entry to the conference. I will be there and it would be great for the turf club to help out.