April BOD Meeting & Check-in

COVID-19...we have been at this for over a month and what lies ahead is still uncertain.  My thoughts are with everyone during these unprecedented times.  There are so many unique situations in our industry and I encourage any of you to reach out to me or other CIGCSA members if you need anything. .

We met as a board via Zoom to continue with plans for CIGCSA in 2020.  It is hard to predict the future, but we are doing our best with the current information we have.  A few important outcomes:

• We are extending the deadline for membership renewals until the end of May.  
• We will make an announcement for the May Scholarship Outing as soon possible.  We are waiting for more guidance from the allied golf associations and the Governor's plans after April 30.  

As you know our April Meeting was cancelled.  I'd like to thank Brian Barnes and Oak Terrace for offering to host and our sponsors who had planned to support that event: Erb Turf, MTI and Site One.  Hopefully, we can get back there soon.  I also want to take a moment and thank all of our vendors that have continued to support us via the PRP program.  Your support is valued and I ask our members to support these partners.  We will be spotlighting each of them on social media over the next couple weeks.  Here is the reference list of this years PRPs to-date:

      Platinum- Winfield, Erb Turf, MTI, and Site One

      Gold- Helena and D & K

      Silver- Syngenta, Waupaca, PBI Gordon, Tyler Enterprises and GreensPro

Finally, I thought it would be fun to produce a video montage of our members commenting on what the closures have been like.  Here are the details:

Ideas…but improve is welcomed

1. Why/how you are inspired by preparing the course for play
2. What we miss…why we miss golf/golfers or preparing for golfers to play
3. Any tongue and cheek funnies-  keep them appropriate

Video instructions 

1. Film all of your videos landscape by turning your phone sideways before pushing record.
2. Cell phone microphones pick up a lot of environmental noise, so try your best to pick a quiet room or place on the course that mowers or blowers aren't driving near you.
3. After filming, go to WeTransfer.com on your phone and click “Send a file” in the middle of the page. Push the “+” button and select your video from your phone camera roll. Click Next. Click Next again to send an email. Input my email address: tsw.supt@gmail.com and your email address as the sender. Then submit. The transfer may take a few minutes depending on your Wi-Fi connection, but this allows to get the best video file rather than submitting via your personal email.

Alternative would be to use DropBox transfer.  If you are more comfortable with DropBox go ahead and try transfer with them.

For PRP vendors, if you could do the same, I would like to use them during our spotlight pieces.

Take care everyone! If you need anything please reach out to Bryan or me.  Thanks for reading.

Travis Williams, CGCS