Fall 2014

Exciting times for TXSTMA! We have finally hired a new part-time Chapter Executive. Her name is Carol Cloud and along with Carol we will be getting some extra help from her husband Brian. Both Carol and Brian have a background in the turf industry being the former Chapter Executives for the North Texas Golf Course Superintendents Association. They have hit the ground running since mid-September and haven’t slowed down much. They have already added another form of communications with you our members, that will come out bi-weekly called Scoreboard. If you know of some industry news or you have a story of interest please feel free to share that with Carol. We would love to have our membership news highlighted in this publication. There will be another form of e-communication coming at you also called Quick Hits that could feature job openings and timely industry news, etc. These two new forms of e-communications will be a great opportunity for
our Affiliate Members to get some new optional advertising formats. Please introduce yourself to Carol and Brian at our annual meeting in December. In the meantime if you have anything you need don’t hesitate to contact Carol. email: carolcloud@txstma.org Our new phone # is (817) 736-0727.

I hope you all have plans to join your fellow Sports Turf Managers at the Texas Turfgrass Association Annual Conference in Ft. Worth on December 16-18, as well as join us at the TXSTMA Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon on December 17 from 11:30-12:30. We will be electing our new officers for 2015 as well as giving away 2 Free registrations to the National STMA Conference on January 13-17 in Denver Colorado.

The board is working on getting our Field Day schedules and sites set for next year as well so if you have an interest in hosting one of those Field Days please get in touch with a board member. We also hope to expand our Scholarship Fundraiser Clay Shoot to try and include 1 in the DFW area, 1 in the Houston area and 1 in the Austin/San Antonio area.

Our main goal as a board is to try and provide as many quality educational opportunities for our membership as we can. We are always looking for members to step up and offer their facilities to host those events. If you think you would be interested in hosting an event, please call one of the board members and let’s discuss it. 

Sincerely your friend in Turf,
Rusty Walker, CSFM
Athletic Field Foreman—City of Grapevine