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	President's Column By Ed Hiscock, TOCA President That's it. I can't read any more. Each day I receive a number of publishing industry communications, including e-newsletters, blogs and other sources of gloom and doom telling me that the profession I've been in for more than a couple of decades - journalism - is headed down the chute into oblivion. And it's not too much of a leap to buy into all of it. Cities are either losing their newspapers (or in some cases home delivery) or papers are printing a product so downsized that it doesn't last through the morning coffee. Print magazines are shutting down or morphing into denizens of the Web only, and whole editorial staffs are being sent out into the cold night with pencils and tin cups. It would be easy to have a journalistic midlife crisis about now, whether you're 55 years old, 45 or 25. read more



	Bienvenido A Puerto Rico By Den Gardner, Executive Director
	Well, for all you Spanish speakers, “Bienvenido a Puerto Rico” means “Welcome to Puerto Rico” in English. Regardless, things are taking shape for our 20th Anniversary meeting! Please go to www.toca.org; learn all about our meeting and register today for the meeting, which starts May 13 and concludes May 14 with our awards banquet. The location is the beautiful Rio Mar Beach Resort in San Juan. You won’t want to miss the meeting!

GIS Reception
TOCA members attending this year's Golf Industry Show in New Orleans (2/6/09) are encouraged to visit the annual TOCA GIS Breakfast Reception.
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TOCA Scholarship Program
TOCA awarded a $2500 fall semester scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year and will do the same for the 2009-2010.
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Environmental
Communicator of the Year
Nominations for the 2009 winner are now being accepted. Presented each year at TOCA's annual meeting, the award may be given to anyone in the Green Industry.
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TOCA International Contest
TOCA will again conduct a program for international entrants in the 2009 TOCA Communications Contest.
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TOCA Agenda
20th TOCA Meeting-San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Rio Mar Beach and Resort.
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For those of you slacking on the New Year’s resolution setting, allow us to help you out: recruit a new member for TOCA in 2009.