- NTEP Policy Committee Meetings
Feb. 5, 1998 - GCSAA Conference Anaheim, CA
June 2, 1998 - VPI, Blacksburg, VA
- NTEP Policy Committee Structure
| Four representatives from regional groups |
|
NCR-192 |
Tom Fermanian |
|
NE-169 |
Bridget Ruemmele - Peter Landschoot |
|
WRCC-11 |
Tony Koski |
|
Southern Turf Group |
David Chalmers |
| Five representative from industry |
|
ASTA |
Doug Brede |
|
ASPA |
Al Gardner |
|
USGA |
Mike Kenna |
|
TBA |
Don Floyd |
|
GCSAA |
Jeff Nus |
- Executive Director report - Bob Shearman
| A. |
Bob reported that most of his time was spent on site visits, communication
(web site, newsletter, etc.) and new program development and coordination. |
| B. |
Coordinate a new initiative to establish an USDA ARS scientist position
for turf. |
| C. |
Coordinate effort to continue support of NTEP by USDA at Beltsville. |
| D. |
Develop training workshop at ASA meetings. |
- National Program Coordinators Report
| A. |
Most of Kevin's time is spent managing cultivar trials and producing and
distributing annual reports. |
| B. |
He is working with the University of Maryland to develop a new national
research center. |
| C. |
Has created a new color brochure with information on NTEP organization,
activities and results. |
| D. |
Report a fire in their seed storage area destroyed NTEP seed reserves. |
- GCSAA/USGA/NTEP Onsite Testing
| A. |
16 trials established, 8 bentgrass, 4 bentgrass and bermudagrass, and 4
bermudagrass. |
| B. |
Most sites have established well. |
- New Cultivar trials for fall 1998
| A. |
Fine Fescue, 3 maintenance level, 5 years, Investigators receive $8,000. |
| B. |
Creeping Bentgrass, green height, 5 years, Investigators receive $8,000. |
| C. |
Creeping Bentgrass, fairway height, 5 years, Investigators receive $8,000. |
| D. |
All new trials are developed through a coordinating committee. They
independently rank the potential sites for this. Number of sites selected dependent on
number of entries. |
- New services
| A. |
Two new NTEP services were discuss. A custom analysis of NTEP data will be
available for a fee. |
| B. |
A database lookup system is planned for the web site to speed up retrieval
of data tables for specific situations. |
- Election of Committee Officers
| A. |
Tony Koski, Chairman; Tom Fermanian, Vice-chairman; Jeff Nus, Secretary. |
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