New Updates!

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We just wanted to give some updates, mainly to keep members informed, and but also to keep content fresh. We have seen a huge uptick on visits to the website, so we know it is becoming a valuable tool, we thank you for that.

  • Class A and B GCSAA members, Melvin Waldron will be doing the voting for our chapter, if you have had a chance to watch the candidate videos on the GCSAA website and would like Mel to direct you vote to a certain candidate, he will certainly do that. He will be voting at the GCSAA Annual Meeting next Thursday, January 30th, at the Golf Industry Show in Orlando. Before Sunday you can email Mel at ozarkturfassn@yahoo.com. After Sunday Mel will have limited access to that account, but you can then email him at ballmark8989@yahoo.com or text him at 417-860-9449.

  • Check out the calendar and also the classified sections of the website. We have dates and locations for meetings up through May. We also have the dates for the Border War meeting to be held in Kansas this year. We will have more details to follow, such as speakers, costs, formats, which all should follow soon. We did want to get dates announced as soon as possible, this way you can schedule your aerification and other projects around them. In the classifieds, we have position announcements and shop equipment listed.

  • Before next week we will have invoices out for our 2020 dues, prepaid, and partner plans. Good news is, no increases, and very little changes. Biggest change is for Gold Partners where the partnership will cover up to 3 company members can attend each meeting at membership prices. Look for invoices in your email.

  • For those members heading to Orlando for the GIS Show, hopefully you have down loaded the GIS App, you can set your schedules and find other OTA members who are attending the show. Also if you are there, swing by the Lebanon booth to vote on your favorite dog calendar pinup. This year it is August with Zelda, the boss over at Schifferdecker Golf Course, in charge of both Maron and Maura Towse, an excellent irrigation head checker. If Zelda gets the most votes, she will get $500 for more toys, our chapter will receive $3,000, and best of all a $2,000 donation will be made to a charity in Zelda’s honor. This is one election worth voting in!

  • The new Board has met this past Tuesday, and we are looking at possibly having a couple of different meetings, maybe at a Cardinals game, or kids evening at the Betty Allison, or if the new “Big Shots” range (there is also something similar opening in Republic) opens, something we can attend with our families and/or wives. Other suggestions are welcome, we will post any new information once we have it.

  • We have a goal this winter to provide news updates at least once a week, so check back often. If you have news you would like to share, please pass it along!

    Thanks for reading!

    Mel