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TOCA INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
TOCA will again conduct a pilot program for international entrants in the 2007 TOCA Communications Contest. E-mails were sent in early January to international corporate folks and international turf publications to encourage participation. Interested parties will be directed to the TOCA Web site for more information. Entries must be in English and will compete only with other international entries, not in the general U.S. TOCA contest.
Last year’s First Place winners included Marie Whyld, British and International Golf Greenskeepers Association (Photography), Australian Turfgrass Management Magazine (Design) and Brett Robinson, Australian Turfgrass Management Magazine (Writing).
Entry fees will once again be waived for the 2007 contest, which is sponsored by Syngenta International Professional Products.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2007:
March 1
Environmental Communicator of the Year application deadline
March 1
TOCA Scholarship application deadline
March 1
TOCA Communications Contest entries deadline
May 1 - 3
TOCA 18th Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Savannah
Savannah, GA
October 25 - 27
Green Industry & Equipment EXPO (GIE+EXPO)
Kentucky Exposition Center
Louisville, KY
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR
As always at this time of year, TOCA begins its search for the next Environmental Communicator of the Year. Nominations for the 2007 winner are now being accepted. Presented each year at TOCA’s annual meeting, the award may be given to anyone in the Green Industry. The ninth annual award will be presented in May 2007 in Savannah.
Last year’s winner was Turfgrass IPM Specialist Kevin J. Trotta of the North Rockland Central School District in Garnerville, NY. Nominees for the ’07 award must be current TOCA members or be nominated by a current member. The winner receives a $500 cash stipend. All applications must be postmarked by March 1, 2007.
If you’re interested in obtaining an application or receiving further information on the award, contact Den Gardner or LaVonne Moore at TOCA. You can call the office at 952-758-6340 or e-mail TOCA at tocaassociation@aol.com. You can also find application forms on the TOCA Webs site: www.toca.org/environcomm.html.
TOCA 17th ANNUAL COMMUNICATIONS CONTEST
This contest will be open to all active and affiliate TOCA members and non-members. Photocopied entries must be articles published between Jan.1 and Dec. 31, 2006, or collateral/ads/brochures, etc., produced and printed within the same time period. Click here to download information about the TOCA communications contest.
NEW MEMBER BREAKFAST AT GIE
Forty-five Gather at New Member Breakfast at GIE in Columbus
More than 45 current and potential TOCA members met in Columbus in early November at the Green Industry Expo at a new member breakfast sponsored by Dow AgroSciences and PLANET. Members and guests heard from Gene Brown of Market Intellect about consumer attitudes toward green spaces. TOCA membership is now more than 200 members. If you know someone interested in TOCA, please have them call Executive Director Den Gardner at 952-758-6340 or visit the TOCA web site at www.toca.org.
 
Den Gardner (left), TOCA Executive Director, welcomes all to the GIE New Member Breakfast.
Susan Carney (right) of Dow AgroSciences, sponsor of the breakfast, greets attendees
 Gene Brown of Market Intellect
shares his findings for Project EverGreen
about consumer attitudes toward green spaces
 GIE TOCA Breakfast attendees
share their stories
 
Shovels created by Project EverGreen contributors are on display at GIE.
 Golf Course Industry Magazine
and its shovel entry
 Golfdom Magazine
is represented here
 Den Gardner of Gardner & Gardner
Communications and TOCA chooses
to salute the Minnesota Twins
 Joe Shooner (Focal Point), at left,
and Alan White (Turf Systems, Ontario)
check off their favorite shovels
 
Present TOCA President Bill Klutho (left) and past president David Cassidy talk TOCA. David Cassidy applies his artistic touch to a mural about this green world
 Steve Trusty (Trusty & Associates),
at right, and Alan White add their
inspiration to the mural
GIS RECEPTION
Fifty TOCA members and guests met for the New Member Breakfast recently at the Golf Industry Show in Anaheim. Sponsored by BASF and GCSAA, the meeting featured Marilyn Moyer, University of Minnesota communications professor and writing consultant.
Marilyn Moyer, University of Minnesota communications professor and writing consultant, spoke at the TOCA Breakfast at GIS in Anaheim Friday, Feb. 23. The breakfast is sponsored by BASF and GCSAA/Golf Course Management magazine. Moyer spoke about emerging students studying journalism and mass communications and preparing them for careers in communications.
Angela Jamison and Doug Obermann converse at the TOCA breakfast at GIS Feb. 23 in Anaheim. More than 50 people were in attendance at the breakfast, an annual event at GIS.
MEMBER NEWS
Congratulations to Kerry Henderson who gave birth to Connor Brooks Henderson on August 18th.
Robert West, formerly of LESCO, has accepted a position as a group publisher with Meister Media’s Green Industry publications (Greenhouse Grower, Today’s Garden Center, and Ornamental Outlook).
After nearly 17 years in the agency business, Tom Mentzer has decided to hang up his own shingle as a freelance public relations consultant. He plans to focus on writing, strategic council and planning, messaging and media relations for business-to-business clients and their agencies. Contact Tom at tmentzer@kc.rr.com.
Job Opportunity:
Colle & McVoy is looking for an Account Supervisor to lead and motivate agency teams toward helping clients -- and their brands -- create a strong future. Qualifications include BA/BS Degree in Communication, Marketing or Advertising and/or Agriculture related field; 5-8 years agency account management experience and/or agriculture marketing communications; and proficiency in Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. Send information to Elizabeth.laukka@collemcvoy.com, 612-305-6134.
TOCA welcomes the following new members:
Chris Barricks, Winnercomm; Megan Battista, The Davey Tree Expert Co.; Steve Cissell, 10-20 Media, Inc.; Jo Corne, Australian Golf Course Superintendents Association; Jeff Cull, Randall-Reilly Publishing; Darcy DeVictor; Golf Course Management; Emily E. Eubanks, University of Florida Center for Landscape Ecology and Conservation; David Frabotta, Golfdom; Peter McCormick, TurfNet; Steve Moyer, Landscape Ontario; Kelley O’Brien, Trone; Scott Pevey, Winnercomm; Tracy Phelan, The Catevo Group; Beth Alcazar, Canyon Communications; Jack Roberts, Randall-Reilly Publishing; Jo Steigerwald, BFL Marketing; Tyler Tickett, Ewing Irrigation; Dan Tidwell, Randall-Reilly Publishing; Jennifer Zuri, Aquascape.
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