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LSMP The Pulse September 200409-01-04 | News

To all Superintendents

Dear Superintendents:

We are looking to showcase the facilities of superintendents and maintenance professionals across the country. In 2005, we will publish eight issues of LSMP. This is a great opportunity to have your facility and the work you do showcased as a feature spread in the magazine. If you are interested, email us at edit@landscapearchitect.com with some basic information about your facility, the number of people you direct, the challenges you face and a few images of your facility. We?EUR??,,????'?????<

Kudos

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Jim Wilkinson
South Fork State Park
Spring Creek, Nev.

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Jeffrey Goddard
Vacation Village at Parkway
St. Cloud, Fl.

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C. Hutchison
Bogeys at Golf Village
Pineville, NC

Who is reading LSMP?

According to early results from a questionnaire that appeared in the last issue of Landscape Superintendent and Maintenance Professional magazine, a majority of readers have been superintendents for more than eight years. Thirty-four percent of the respondents indicated that they have 16 or more years experience as superintendents, with an additional 20 percent reporting that they have 8 to 15 years of experience as superintendents.

Of the more than 200 respondents, 69 percent said that landscape maintenance is a key part of their responsibilities, while 54 percent said they are involved with landscape installation, 53 percent noted that facility management is part of the superintendent duties, and 52 percent said they held general manager duties.

Letters

A License to Install Low-Voltage Landscape Lighting!?

Dear LSMP:

One big topic that I?EUR??,,????'?????<
Electricians are succeeding in changing the laws in their favor because they have strong unions and connections with governing boards. They simply propose the change with a generous dose of misinformation, and the laws are passed. Landscapers have no unions, nor lobbyists to oppose these measures.

At CAST Lighting, we have begun discussions with our local landscapers trade association and may spearhead a manufacturer?EUR??,,????'?????<
Steve Parrot, CAST Lighting

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Licensed Landscape Superintendents….

Dear LSMP:

In response to Sean Simms’ letter to the magazine regarding a landscape maintenance license [see the publisher?EUR??,,????'?????<
After receiving my B.S. in ornamental horticulture, I felt it was only right to mark myself as a professional in every way I could. While living in California, I became a certified landscape technician in all categories?EUR??,,????'?????<
It’s not that the professional certifications aren’t out there, we simply need to hold ourselves and our peers to higher standards, then we can educate the general public and the other trades about the skills needed to do our jobs correctly and well.

Scott DeSelle, CLT
Landscape Services Supervisor
Portland State University