In early March, the Board of Directors asked staff not to send overdue accounts receivable notices, especially for member dues, as the most thoughtful and appropriate thing to do during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Dues payments came in anyway and we now have just 18 remaining unpaid members!
By Jerry Rousseau
On August 8th, a brief survey was emailed to WCTA members and circulated again with our August 18 e-newsletter, aimed at soliciting feedback to help Directors make a timely decision whether or not to proceed with production of the upcoming Conference and Trade Show, scheduled to take place February 9-11, 2021, at the Lakeside Resort Hotel in Penticton, BC.
Read more: Can There Be a 2021 WCTA Conference and Trade Show? Survey Says…
In 2014, the WCTA Board of Directors started discussing potential for an improved system of tracking member pesticide applicator recertification CEC’s (Continuing Education Credits). A framework for such a system, intended to manage upward of 1000 individual point records along with a complete archive of accredited educational offerings, was put together and a software developer was hired, the same firm who built the Alberta government’s system used by Lakeland College for tracking pesticide points for Alberta applicators.
As a unified voice for the professional golf and sportsturf management industry in western Canada, the WCTA is currently 679 members strong!
2020 is well underway and we've welcomed a whopping 80 new and returning members since the start of our fiscal year! (Sep 1) Welcome and thank you for your support and confidence in our association. We also appreciate the 1500+ non-WCTA members on our mailing list for your interest in WCTA activities.
COVID-19 has forced cancellation of countless meetings and events since the state of emergency declaration in March. BC has executed a phased plan that allows mass gatherings only if a coronavirus vaccine is widely available or so called ‘community immunity’ is achieved. With that, our next Conference and Trade Show, scheduled to take place Feb 9-11, 2021 in Penticton, may not be allowed to proceed.
Read more: Survey - Can There Be a 2021 WCTA Conference & Trade Show?