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California Capital News President’s Message Kurtis Wolford
Good day members of the California Golf Course Superintendents Association. My name is Kurtis Wolford, and I am the superintendent at Woodbridge Golf and Country Club in Lodi, California. I am serving as your second term President of the California GCSA. I wanted to take the time to write everyone a message about what has been going on with the state association, where we are going, and where we ultimately want to be. I would also like to address numerous topics that are crucial to our success as an industry. Let us start off with our mission statement: “The purpose of this organization is to further promote and develop the interests of the memberassociations of this association through the gathering and dissemination of information and through the development of ethical standards for the profession. Our purpose is to support the purposes of the individual chapters.” I am old enough to have seen the state associations different iterations. From holding state meetings at various locations, holding education
events, and near bankruptcy of the association. The state chapter has had to morph with the changing times of the golf industry. Each of the past Board of Directors and officers of the state have done an excellent job of being flexible and looking into the future needs of the association and adapting it to fit our members and golf industry’s needs. The past leaders addressed the future needs of all the local chapters. From communication and the creation of the state industry calendar available on the website, development of resources like the Best Management Practices Guide, water conservation guides, research and government relations, the state association has a vital role in the support of the six regional chapters. The State association represents all of the chapters as a whole when addressing government relations matters. California is a big state with lots of needs. Over the past few years the state association’s role has begun to evolve. We created the California Golf Industry Best Management Practices Guide in 2019, giving superintendents an informational guide to help them manage their courses that could be crafted to their respective region. This was an arduous task that required significant work from the BMP committee, who’s representatives were from every chapter in the state. This industry BMP guide has two particularly essential functions: • It gives the user a guide to manage their course to regional industry standards. Continued on Page
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President Message
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From the Field
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California Legislative Update
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Board of Directors Introduction
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