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Arboriculture Registration Now Open

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Registration for the Spring 2016 Session of Arboriculture 101 is now open.  This series of classes will begin with the first class on Wednesday, January 6.  All attendees must register before the start of this class.  Also, please note, this session of Arboriculture 101 tends to fill quickly.  There is a limit to the number of students that can be accepted into the course.

Details are available through the Arboriculture 101 Flyer and the Arboriculture 101 web page.

If anyone would like further information, they should contact the CTPA office by email or at 203-484-2512.

Exhibitors Registration for the 94th Annual Meeting, Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Dr. Andrreadis speaking at the Annual Meeting.

Dr. Ted Andreadis of the CT Agricultural Experiment Station giving an update at the Annual Meeting.

Registration for Exhibitors for the Annual Meeting taking place on January 21, 2016 is now available.

This year we are offering two size booths.  8’x10′ for $325.00 and 8’x8′ for $275.00.  Please download and refer to the exhibitor flyer for details.

Annual Meeting Exhibitor Flyer

CTPA Arborist Scholarship

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CTPA is seeking applicants for the 2016 Arborist Scholarship.  This $2,000 scholarship is being offered to undergraduate students who are residents of Connecticut studying urban forestry or arboriculture.  Students do not need to be attending college in Connecticut.

The Association plans to offer two scholarships this year.  Full details regarding the scholarship, including how to apply, are listed on the CTPA website.  The due date for applications is November 28th.  The names of the 2016 award winners will be announced at the 2016 Annual Meeting.

This is the 16th year in which CTPA has offered this scholarship, with 25 scholarships awarded since 2001.

If anyone has any questions, please contact the CTPA office (203-484-2512 or cathy@ctpa.org).  Ken Bullard is the current Scholarship Chair.

2006 CTPA Arborist Scholarship Winners

2006 CTPA Arborist Scholarship Winners Ryan Roberts and Daniel Watkins, being announced by then-Scholarship Chair Don Parrott.

Arboriculture and Communication: Working Together to Get the Work Done

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PLEASE NOTE – ALL THREE ANSI COMMUNICATION WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.  WE REGRET ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.

 

CTPA Announces a series of workshops designed to help those who care for trees better understand communication and to communicate better with clients, cover of ANSI A300 standart Part 1crews and others involved in tree care.  This is a 3 part series, open to arborists, tree wardens and tree workers of all sorts.  Sessions will be held at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station’s Jones Auditorium in New Haven, with each session running from 9 am to 12 noon.

The Three Sessions are as follows:

Session 1 – October 8th:  Using the ANSI Standards. (Session Cancelled)  This session, to be lead by Dane Buell, Vice President of Tree Care Services for Brickman /ValleyCrest and Chair of the ASC A300 Committee, will cover what the ANSI standards are all about and how they can be used for, among other things, developing high quality job specifications.

Session 2 – November 19th:  Documentation in Arboriculture.  This session will be lead by Mary Ryan, lawyer and CT Licensed Arborist, and by Ken Almstead, CEO of Almstead Tree Care.  In this session, issues relating to documentation will be discussed, include record-keeping such as required by CT DEEP.

Session 3 – December 3rd:  Communicating with Clients / Communicating with Crews.  Michael Schoeni, District Manager with SavATree, will lead this session, on communication in the field, with clients and with crews.  A second speaker will be added shortly.

 

The registration fee for individual sessions is $45 for members and $55 for non-members.  Members who wish to register for all 3 sessions will receive a special of price of $100 for all 3 sessions.  Non-members who wish to take advantage of this price may join CTPA.

Complete program and downloadable registration form.

Register On-line

CTPA Looking for New Board Members

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The board of CTPA is currently seeking candidates for board membership. We are looking for individuals who are committed to arboriculture and to advancing the care of trees in Connecticut; people who have a solid understanding of the goals of CTPA and who are willing to commit the time and effort needed to make CTPA better.

The people the board is looking for are those who can help plan the future of the Association and then work to make those plans come to life. The Association is continuously facing new challenges. Examples include:

  • Currently it is renting office space. For a variety of reasons, it needs to determine the next steps regarding this office space and rooms for meetings.
  • With the upgrade of the website, someone is needed who can spearhead communications.
  • Over the past recent years, the Association has introduced several new annual events such as EHAP, the Climbing Competition, Arboriculture 101 and the Arbor Day celebration. Individuals are needed who can bring the same enthusiasm and dedication to these activities as did those who began them.
  • The Association will continue to hold its Summer and Annual meetings and otherwise provide service to its 800-plus membership, with the responsibility for keeping these activities going falling on to the Board.

No small order, but that is why CTPA is seeking the right people. To be a board member, an individual should plan on attending monthly board meetings as well as be able to donate on average a day’s worth of time per month to CTPA. Commitment is key. Board members are also expected to chair a CTPA committee by the end of their second year.

Individuals interested in being candidates should contact Rich Mitchell, President of CTPA (rich.mitchell@altec.com or 203-695-5581) or Chris Donnelly, CTPA Past President (cmdonnelly@aol.com or 203-927-3052), prior to October 13th. Please be prepared to provide either Rich or Chris with a short bio and statement as to why you are interested in being on the board.

Alternatively, if you as a member know someone whom you feel would make a great board member, please pass the name of that person to either Chris or Rich. A current board member will contact this person to assess his or her interest in being on the board.

There is no monetary compensation for being on the CTPA Board of Directors – the reward comes in providing service to a highly-respected, highly-motivated association of individuals who are like-minded in their respect for trees and interest in trees and tree care. In just 7 short years, CTPA will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. Achieving that milestone will be testimony to the solid leadership the organization has received over the years. People who join the board now will also very likely be the ones who will help lead the Association into its second century.

Past President Jeff Ward at CTPA's 2010 Annual Meeting.

Past President Jeff Ward at CTPA’s 2010 Annual Meeting.

Contact CTPA

MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. Box 1946,
Wallingford CT 06492

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
60 Church Street (Rte 68), Suite 3A,
Wallingford , CT 06492

PHONE: 203-484-2512
EMAIL: info@ctpa.org

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