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Members receive great benefits from:
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CEU and Business Conference
September 23-24, 2010
Ft. Lauderdale Research & Education Center
- 3205 College Avenue
- Davie, FL 33314
- All Sessions in English and Spanish
- Exhibit hall full of the latest products and services
- FREE FOR FPMA MEMBERS
- Lunch sponsored by Bayer Environmental Sciences & Univar USA
Download Registration Form or call 800-426-4829.
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Florida Pest Management Association now
has a Facebook fan page!
The page on the social networking site
features association events, website addresses, photographs
and videos of almost two dozen Members urging fellow
Pest Management Professionals, in the words of President
Jim Williamson, to join the FPMA family.
The Facebook page will be used to transmit association
news and drive traffic to the FPMA web site (www.flpma.org);
social network sites are the latest in new technology
marketing, are free to set up and use, and will be a
featured topic at the upcoming Pest and Lawn Care Expo,
January 13-15, 2010 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando.
We are announcing the Facebook page in upcoming eFlash
and PCO magazine issues.
To view the page, simply log on to www.facebook.com
and type in Florida Pest Management Association
in the search feature; click on the associations
page, and then on the become a fan button;
postings on the FPMA Facebook page can be sent to your
email address if you select that option.
Facebook is a great way to share information
end create a virtual community of FPMA family
members-please join your fellow FPMA family
Members as a fan of the Florida Pest Management
Associations Facebook page!
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August 2010
Inside:President’s
Message,
Executive Vice President’s Message
AND MORE...
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NOTICE OF QUARTERLY PUBLICATION TO THE FLORIDA STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL INDUSTRY - 4TH QUARTER
April 1, 2010 through June 30, 2010
In accordance with 482.161(9), Florida Statutes, notice is hereby provided that the Bureau has published Disciplinary Memorandum #853 on July 15, 2010.
Please follow this link to view the memo:
http://www.flaes.org/pdf/Memo_853.pdf
In accordance with 482.2267(4), Florida Statutes, notice is hereby provide that the Bureau has published the Notification Registry, Memorandum #854 on July 6, 2010.
Please follow this link to view the memo:
http://www.flaes.org/pdf/Memo_854.pdf
For your information, all published memorandums for the Bureau can be found at the following link as soon as they are prepared and released:
http://www.flaes.org/aes-ent/memorandums.html
Since the last quarterly distribution, the Bureau has also published Memorandum 852 . informing the industry that Limited Urban Fertilizer Certificates are now available.
This certificate is NOT REQUIRED until January 21, 2014.
Please follow this link to view the memo:
http://www.flaes.org/pdf/Memo_852.pdf
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New Coloring/Activity Book Available
Teach children 4-12 about the role of insects in the environment, insect biology and the importance of Integrated Pest Management in protecting health, property and food
16 pages containing Coloring, Word Search, Crossword Puzzle, Maze, Habitat Matching and Connect-the-Dots activities
The books are a great for marketing your company, promoting your industry, demonstrating professionalism and increasing awareness of FPMA, and can be used in conjunction with the .Bugs: Helpful or Harmful classroom presentations created by FPMA and University of Florida IFAS.
To order, contact the FPMA at 800-426-4829 or visit the FPMA website at www.flpma.org.
Click here to download
the coloring book order form
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New IFAS Publication on Fertilizer Ordinances
A new publication from plant scientist at IFAS reveals
the real impacts on plant health as a result of blackout
periods featured in some local fertilizer ordinances.
In Unintended Consequences Associated With Certain
Urban Fertilizer Ordinances Dr. George J. Hochmuth,
IFAS Professor of Soil & Water Science and his fellow
authors describe the effects of withholding essential
plant nutrients during the height of the summer growing
season-the same timing prohibited by ordinance blackout
periods. The paper shows that a lack of summer
turf fertilization slows root growth and weakens the
turf, making it more susceptible to insect and disease
attack. Turf with less root development makes it a less
effective filter of pollutants that now make it to surface
water, harming water quality-the opposite result of
the intended consequence of some fertilizer ordinances.
The newly released research is excellent education for
municipalities considering fertilizer regulation; download
it from the
IFAS web site and share with your local county and
city environmental officials.
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The FPMA Merchant Services Program just
got even better!

Allied Partner, Merchant Bankcard introduces
direct settlement of all card types, including American
Express. Members who have taken advantage of the merchant
services benefit agree that the solutions offered through
Merchant Bankcard accelerate cash flow, reduce processing
expense and cement customer loyalty. If your firm has
not yet taken the time to examine this member benefit,
we highly recommend to view this brief presentation
by following this link
http://www.mbcmerchant.net
/fpma/onepoint.
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Be a Bug Teacher in the Classroom!
Share your knowledge of entomology and
the importance of pest management in protecting health,
food and property! A new PowerPoint
Presentation Bugs: Helpful or Harmful?
developed by Dr. Rebecca Baldwin of IFAS and the FPMA
Public Affairs Committee, will entertain and inform
children in grades 1-8 as part of a classroom life science
curriculum. Simply
download the presentation and schedule a time and
date with a local teacher; Dr. Baldwin will supply collateral
materials for students and teachers through the IFAS
web site: http://schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/florida
/bugs_program.htm or you can contact your regional
director with your request. Get involved and get in
the classroom soon!
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Consumer Fertilizer Task Force Findings

Available at:
http://consensus.fsu.edu/Fertilizer
-Task-Force/index.html
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Local Fertilizer Ordinance Matrix
Click here to find a comparison chart of
local fertilizer ordinances compiled by Erica Santella, Chair of the FPMA's Green Industries Task Force.
The chart will be updated as new ordinances are introduced, finalized or amended.
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NEW Florida Green Industries Best Management Practices
(FGIBMPs)
The
industry standards for safe, effective, ecologically
sound application practices
More
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GreenFlag Accounts Receivables Management-FPMA Preferred
Provider
GreenFlag Accounts Receivable Management services can
help collect debts, improve AR agings and retain customers
in a professional, courteous manner
FPMA members
enjoy special member rates to help retain even more
from the accounts referred to GreenFlag. To learn more
about the company and its special FPMA offer, go to
http://www.web
.transworldsystems.com/tampa/ and download
the informational PowerPoint presentation here. Direct
all inquiries to Gene Rodriguez at 727-432-5690 or email
him at: gene.rodriguez@transworldsystems.com
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