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August 2025 Presidents Message
Hello all,
As time always seems to be flying by uncontrollably, we are halfway through the summer already and I hope everyone is having a fantastic season with healthy turf and happy golfers! I’m sure a lot of you, just like me, are looking forward to the start of the transition out of the peak of summer in a couple more weeks. Not that I don’t mind it, but a nice crisp fall day would certainly hit the spot.
I would first like to thank everyone for being a part of the NHGCSA and continuing to be valued members. With July 1st having been the start of the membership renewal period for the coming year I hope for those who have completed renewal that you had an easy and smooth experience, if you by chance have not renewed yet, please visit www.nhgcsa.com to complete your membership renewal. You have 90 days after membership expires on June 30th to log in and renew. After 90 days, access to login to the NHGCSA website will be lost. Don’t delay!
This year’s Goldball Scholarship Tournament is being held at Baker Hill Golf Club on Monday September 22nd. is sure to be another great event. Thank you to the host superintendent, Andrew Updegrove for enthusiastically working with the board to give the association another great venue for this event. Looking forward to another great fundraising event!
We are also looking forward to continuing to the NHGCSA Mini-Meeting Series this coming fall after having had two Mini-Meetings this past June. Thanks are due to host superintendents Gary Summerton of Newport Golf Club and Randy Weeks of Laconia Country Club. Tentatively we have three more mini meetings in the works. These meetings are intended to be about comradery, conversation, and networking. I encourage everyone to try and make one of these events, we have strived to have the meeting locations be a healthy mix throughout the state to give everyone opportunity to attend a meeting in your “neighborhood.” More details to come soon on this fall’s NHGCSA Mini-Meeting Series dates and locations.
Looking forward to this fall and seeing all of you at the Goldball Scholarship Tournament and hopefully a mini meeting or two. Enjoy the rest of your summer season but keep those syringe hoses handy!
Regards,
Matthew Fiorentino
President NHGCSA
Profile Club
July 2024 Presidents Message
Hello all,
The story of battling the weather seems to not want to change into a period of consistency that we could only all hope and dream of. And with that, I hope everyone is doing well with the challenges of a mix of heavy rain, dry spells, and heat this spring as we venture into the summer season.
I would like to remind the membership that we are coming upon dues renewal at the beginning of July and as discussed previously the work to clean up the membership database with StarChaper has continued and we are in a comfortable position with it being up to date and organized as it should be. However, if you find that you are experiencing any problems still, please reach out to Harriet directly for a quick resolution as she has done an excellent job handling the task of organizing and being able to fix these problems efficiently. You can contact Harriet via email at [email protected].
Along with dues renewal coming, I must inform you of the decision by the board to implement a membership dues increase. It has been many years since the last increase and with increasing costs to conduct business it was a must-do decision for the association to maintain its operating status. This decision was based on the number of years since the last increase, the recent years of high inflation rates, and ensuring we reach a level of sustainability for conducting business. Please see the new membership rates schedule following this message.
Along with dues renewal are two distinct changes to the membership categories. The addition of the Equipment Managers (EM) category and a change for the Student (S) category becoming FREE. We have seen low to zero numbers in this category, and we are now following the GCSAA approach of the student category being FREE to encourage such individuals to join and become involved early on with the thought of it being a great way to help foster their future careers in the golf industry. If you have students/interns working for you this will give the opportunity for such individuals to join and become a part of the NHGCSA at no cost.
In conjunction with these changes, we will also have an updated membership application. This will include the new EM category, dues adjustments, and the removal of required signatures by two members of the association in good standing being replaced by listing two members of the association in good standing as references. This is with the intent of helping streamline the process of new memberships.
Summer is here and we are all certainly well into our busy season, but I hope many of you had the opportunity to attend this spring’s meetings including the MEGCSA joint meeting and the new joint meeting with GCSANE, which we hope to continue in an alternating host state fashion just as with Maine. We will be on a break for events besides our monthly board meetings until the fall. As always, if you would like to join a monthly board meeting, please reach out to Harriet for the meeting zoom link unless we are having an in-person meeting. And be sure to put the following on your calendar, Annual Golf Ball Scholarship Tournament taking place on October 15th at Rochester Country Club, our Annual Meeting on November 7th at Pease Golf Course, and our Annual Education Day on December 11th. All the details can be found on our website, www.NHGCSA.com. See you all then and I hope everyone has a fantastic summer!
President NHGCSA
Profile Club
