EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT CAREY MITCHELSON
Welcome to year two of the newly revised MTF NewsNotes! Each year the MTF sets its sights on new goals and ways to improve itself to and improve for our members. Those thoughts and meetings are sometimes very successful. Sometimes not as successful. However, this year marks our second year of the New – NewsNotes and the Foundation considers this a successful endeavor. Congratulations to our President Curt Boak for taking it on and making our Foundation a bit stronger in doing so. It isn’t easy to prepare a publication. There are always items of interest and lots of subject matter to present. With those subjects come deadlines and time-consuming attention to detail that can make or break any writing. But with it comes deadlines and a great deal of attention to detail in order that is time PRESIDENT’S consuming. To produce a professional publication even if it is only 2 times a year is a task that isn’t easy. It takes a certain persona to take on a mission like this because once started it is an “To swear off making expectation that comes repeatedly and beyond.
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mistakes is very easy. All you have to do In your normal, chaotic workday it would be very simple and is swear off having easy to not make mistakes – but if giving up on ideas is a ideas.” way to avoid mistakes, what would the world be like? Ideas t is with great pleasure that the Michigan Turfgrass make us fresh and energized. It offers a chance to explore Leo Burnett – Foundation once again is able to present our Annual Turfgrass what everyone else may have given up on …or never thought Advertising Executive.
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Conference. The years of. We will continue to improve and decision learn how tofour produce a ago to return to East publication that has interesting items, and hope you share Lansing and make theweemphasis on education has proven your thoughts with us. to be the correct choice. Our speaker line-up is once again well-
rounded and the topics for your consideration have been planned forHighlights months. A great deal of debate regarding what our attendees Spring may be interested in always takes place and the goal is to anticipate GAM the Annual Meeting priorities of the attendees. Your input on topics during the The MTF is proud to be and a closethroughout partner with thethe Golfyear Association of Michigan. The GAM Conference is always welcome anditself wesupports the MTF with an annual donation from the proceeds of its annual Golf Auction. It shares the revenues look forward to any thoughts you may have. We hope you find it receives from that event with both the MTF and the Evans Scholars Program and is an indication of how the GAM the Conference suited to your expectations and trust you will let respects both organizations and joins in their success. Many of our host courses for the TT4Turf auction are ustheknow your opinions onclubs where wecore may improve and we spring havejust prior to a part of GAM organization and these are the of our fundraising effortifeach effectively planned your time as that well. Mother’s Day. In addition there are several courses contribute annually to the MTF and we are grateful for their contributions annually.
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Many people are involved with the planning process of the At this year’s GAM Annual Meeting there the were day manyafter individuals ties toends. the MTF. Conference and it starts the who lasthave session TheJ. Lee Juett of Oakland Hills Country Club, a longtime GAM volunteer and rules official, was the recipient of the catalyst of the event is our current Vice-President Amy Fouty. She has set the tone the last three years and always strives to enhance and improve each day of the sessions. Fellow Board members Mark Wildeman and Curt Boak have been under her wing this past and1 they will be chairing the Conference for the upcoming VOL 2 year | ISSUE www.michiganturfgrass.org years. Many thanks to all of them as they continue to provide a conference that we all enjoy and learn from.
