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Continued From Previous Page length on the golf side, on the morning of Wednesday, January 26, directly after the conference, Scott Mitchell, Brian Holl, Trevor Smith, Jerry Rousseau and I met with the Sports Turf Association of Ontario (STA) executive; President Paul Gillen, VP Tennessee Propedo and Executive Director Lee Huether. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss how a partnership between the STA and WCTA can represent sports turf managers across Canada. The previous WCTA board knew the STA had aspirations of forming a National SportsTurf Association as they had consulted with us over a year ago on the possibility. The STA will soon be presenting a proposal to the WCTA Board for consideration that would allow WCTA members to join the STA for a cost much less than joining independently while allowing full access to all STA member services including the TGIF database at Michigan State University. The agreement also proposes to have one of the WCTA board members serve on the STA board of directors. There are many other irons in the fire THE 2012-13 WCTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT): MIKE SCHELLENBERG, TREVOR SMITH, KEITH LYALL, JASON PICK, PETER SOROKOVSKY, TAB BUCKNER, DR. BRIAN HOLL, SCOTT MITCHELL, LARRY OLSON, BRETT FINLAYSON, JEFF BENNETT that we will continue to communicate to you. As mentioned previously, the WCTA Board has some important decisions to make this year which will have lasting implications for the future. I welcome any suggestion and constructive feedback that would make our association even stronger. To reach me, my office email is tbuckner@tol.ca and my office phone TITLE ORGANIZATION PHONE FAX PORTFOLIOS is 604.532.3504. Regards, Tab Buckner, WCTA President NAME E-MAIL PRESIDENT: VICE PRESIDENT: 2 - YEAR DIRECTORS: Jeff Bennett Larry Olson Trevor Smith Dr. Brian Holl 1 - YEAR DIRECTORS: Mike Schellenberg Calgary Board of Education (403) 660-0160 O (403) 777-7145 F Brett Lamontagne Mid-Island Landscape (250) 714-4685 O (250) 323-7072 F Consulting Inc. Brett Finlayson Arbutus Ridge Golf Club (250) 743-1228 O (250) 743-5518 F Jason Pick Olds College PAST PRESIDENT: Scott Mitchell Target Products (604) 462-0364 O (403) 556-8243 O (403) 507-7797 (604) 614-7875 O (604) 856-7972 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Jerry Rousseau Box 698, Hope, V0X 1L0 (604) 869-9282 O 1-866-366-5097 F EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Viola Freer (604) 462-9655 F mjschellenberg@cbe.ab.ca tangoturf@shaw.ca bfinlayson@golfbc.com jpick@oldscollege.ca smitchell@targetproducts.com exec.director@wctaturf.com rvfreer@telus.net Okanagan Golf Club (250) 765-5785 O (250) 491-9171 F Penticton Golf & CC (250) 492-2819 O (250) 492-2819 Keso Turf Supplies (250) 320-6411 O (604) 940-2244 F Peter Sorokovsky City of Burnaby, Parks, (604) 297-4494 (604) 297-4492 F Rec, & Cultural Serv. Lamorna Enterprises (250) 370-9308 O (250) 370-9308 F okmaint@uniserve.com super@pentictongolf.ca trevoralfa@shaw.ca peter.sorokovsky@burnaby.ca fbholl@hotmail.com Tab Buckner Keith Lyall Township of Langley (604) 532- 3504 O (604) 532-7310 F Sun Peaks Golf Club (250) 578-5535 O (250) 578-5435 F tbuckner@tol.ca klyall@sunpeaksresort.com