The Cut - Your Weekly AGCSA Update - 20 Aug 2010

 

Welcome to this week’s instalment of The Cut, the AGCSA’s weekly email update. In this week’s ‘election’ edition we look at the AGCSA Water Management Review workshops which kick off in 11 days' time and see who will headline the upcoming Bayer Environmental Science International Speaker’s Tour. Enjoy the read...and don’t forget to vote! 

AGCSA water management workshops kick off in 11 days

As mentioned in recent editions of The Cut, the AGCSA is about to host eight Water Management Review workshops around the country. The first of these will be held in Port Macquarie on Tuesday 31 August and registrations are now being taken for that and all other workshops. To register simply click here. Since releasing the dates and venues last week there has been a change of details for the Perth workshop. This four-hour workshop will now be held at Wembley Golf Complex on Tuesday 21 September.

All superintendents, assistant superintendents and turf managers are encouraged to attend this highly informative workshop which will take attendees through the AGCSA’s Water Management Review which helps you build a Water Management Plan for your facility. The workshops are FREE for all AGCSA members and will run for four hours. AAP members will earn three CEPs for attending. Numbers are limited due so be sure to book a spot now

Registrations can be made by downloading the registration form or by contacting John Geary at the AGCSA – (03) 9548 8600 or email jgeary@agcsa.com.au  

Click here to find out more about the AGCSA Water Management Initiative and the Water Management Review.

2010 turf conference webcasts prove popular

Delegates who attended the recent 26th Australian Turfgrass Conference have taken advantage of the recent release of webcasts from the event. As mentioned in last week’s edition of The Cut, all fully registered and day delegates were sent access to 17 presentations from the plenary and golf stream sessions that were videoed during the Gold Coast conference.

Since releasing them this time last week, more than 280 people have viewed footage with nearly 70 hours worth of presentations downloaded. Jostling for top billing at this time are Euan Grant’s ‘A Life on the Links’ and Matt Roche’s ‘Final Results for Warm Season Grasses (HAL Project TU 05001)’. (Incidentally, that last presentation as well as Andrew Peart’s ‘Evaluating new Bentgrass Cultivars’ – HAL  Project TU08002 – are available for viewing free of charge through the following link. 

Those AGCSA members and non-members who were unable to attend this year’s conference can purchase access to all webcasts or individual day sessions (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). As a special offer, if you purchase access to all webcasts the AGCSA will also include a copy of the 174-page 26th Australian Turfgrass Conference Proceedings. Click here for more information on prices and a list of presentations.  

For more information about the conference webcasts or to purchase access please contact Lyndel Conway at the AGCSA or call (03) 9548 8600. The AGCSA is also keen to get your feedback on the webcasts and this can be directed to either Brett Robinson or Simone Staples.

New banking details for AGCSA

It’s not often we hear from AGCSA accountant Philip Horsburgh, but this week has been an exciting one for the resident beancounter in more ways than one. Not only did his daughter Abbey give birth to Liam Jack earlier in the week - the first Horsburgh grandchild - but Phil also signed off on a change of banks for the AGCSA. The AGCSA is now with Westpac so if you are planning on making EFT payments for membership etc... then please note the new account details as follows:

Westpac
BSB: 033 380
ACC: 382426

For more information, or if you have any issues with EFT payments to the AGCSA, contact Philip or call (03) 9548 8600

August 2010 AGCSA Action newsletter out now

The August 2010 edition of AGCSA Action, the members-only newsletter, was emailed to members yesterday and is also available for download through the members section of the AGCSA website. Members can also view back issues of the Action newsletter here as well. This edition’s From the Board piece is from AGCSA president Allan Devlin (Secret Harbour, WA). (Please note the date for the VGCSA education day at Eastwood Golf Club is incorrect in this edition of AGCSA Action. The date should be Monday 23 August, not Tuesday 24 August).

If you are an AGCSA member and do not have access to the members area of the website, contact Lyndel Conway at the AGCSA on (03) 9548 8600 or email info@agcsa.com.au

Yelverton to headline Bayer International Speaker's Tour

Members of the AGCSA Accreditation Programme will be able to earn points towards their status by attending the upcoming Bayer Environmental Science International Speaker’s Tour which was announced recently. Headlining the four-seminar tour, which will touch down in Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney, is turfgrass weed expert Professor Fred Yelverton from North Carolina State University. The tour will run from 14-23 September and AAP members will receive two CEPs for attending.

Bookshop special - Handreck and Black's Growing Media

If there is one book which has established itself as a seminal text for the Australian turf and horticulture industries over the past quarter century, it is without question Kevin Handrek and Neil Black’s Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf. After three reprints of the first edition in 1996, 1989 and 1991, revised editions were released in 1994 and 2002. Earlier in 2010 Handreck and Black released the fourth edition which has again been substantially revised and updated. The AGCSA currently has a number of copies of this book in stock and AGCSA members can pick up a copy for just $65 (non-members $79.95). To order your copy contact Lyndel Conway at the AGCSA or call (03) 9548 8600.

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