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Governor Scott Proclaimed April as Pest Management Month, Recognizes FPMA
Governor Rick Scott has issued a proclamation naming April as Pest Management Month in Florida and recognizing FPMA for protecting the health and property of Floridians and their concern for environmental protection.
The proclamation is available to download.
Click here for the proclamation
New Health Insurance Benefit for FPMA Members!
The brand new Chartis Limited Medical Benefit Plan, created by Weisburger Insurance Brokerage for NPMA members and available to FPMA members as a joint state partner, is designed to provide you a cost-effective way to deliver broad, affordable coverage for your members who may not have access to traditional benefits, as well as your member companies looking to provide their employees with valuable coverage to basic health care.
Highlights of the plan include:
Limited Benefit Health Insurance coverage pays cash benefits in addition to other insurance
No one is denied coverage based on pre-existing conditions or current medical status
Offers "access" to healthcare and helps to reduced rates from a nationwide network of physicians and hospitals
Offers coverage for spouses and dependent children
Provides prescription drugs benefits, vision care, lab & imaging coverage and accident expense benefits
Questions? Contact NPMA at npma@pestworld.org.
Plan Now to Attend the Florida Pest and Lawn Care Expo, January 24-27, 2012 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando
Expo Brochure
The Florida Pest and Lawn Care Expo Exhibit Hall is the largest collection of the latest in services, equipment, products and technology available to pest management professionals in Florida. Attend the sold-out Exhibit Hall FREE OF CHARGE!
Distribute, print, complete and return a complimentary pass to the exhibit hall
here
. You will have name badges available at the registration desk which will grant access to the exhibit hall on Wednesday, January 25th from 4:00-6:00pm (including the Grand Opening Reception sponsored by Florida Pest Pro Magazine and a Networking Social from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the Rosen.s Backstage nightclub, sponsored by Forshaw Distribution) and on Thursday, January 26th from 10:00am-12:00pm.
Mark your calendars for the 2012 Florida Pest and Lawn Care Expo: January 23-27, 2012 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando. Program and registration information will be available on the FPMA website soon.
Room rates at this great property are only $149/night; you can make your reservation now by contacting the Rosen Plaza at (800) 627-8258 and mention FPMA to obtain the special rate! Note: be sure to make reservations well before the January 2, 2012 cutoff date, as the hotel room block will fill up fast with the Professional Golf Association Merchandise Show starting on January 26th at the adjacent Orange County Convention Center-the Rosen Plaza is expected to sell out!
2012 Golf Ball Drop Tickets Now On Sale!
Tickets for the 2012 Golf Ball Drop set for Tuesday, January 24th during the Expo golf tournament are now on sale through Regional Directors! Dow AgroSciences is again the sponsor, and proceeds will benefit the newly formed Florida Pest Management Foundation, a charitable 501 (c) (3) nonprofit that will support education and research for the pest management profession. Contact Regional Directors to reserve your $20 ticket and chance to win $2500-all while benefiting a great organization! For more information, call FPMA at 800-426-4829.
Expo Attendee Registration Form
While at Expo, enjoy the many Orlando-area attractions, with discounts on tickets, dining and shopping. Click here for available discounts and special offers!
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February 2012
Inaugural Charity Golf Ball Drop at Expo 2011 Raises Over $5000 for Give Kids the World!
The Inaugural Charity Golf Ball Drop, sponsored by Dow AgroSciences, help during the 2011 Florida Pest and Lawn Care Expo golf tournament at MetroWest Golf Club, raised over $5000 for the Give Kids the World organization. All 500 tickets for the event were sold; they corresponded to numbered balls that were dropped from a hovering helicopter onto the green. The ball that landed closest to the hole won $2500! Give Kids the World Village is a 70-acre facility in Kissimmee that provides weeklong, no-cost vacations for families of seriously ill children, with complimentary passes to central Florida attractions. The FPMA video featuring the 2011 Golf Ball Drop at the Florida Pest and Lawn Care Expo is now hosted on the FPMA Allied Member Omni Media site
here.
Tickets are now on sale for the 2012 Golf Ball Drop to benefit Give Kids the World! Only 500 tickets will be sold for a chance to win $2500-get yours for only $20 each while they.re still available! Contact the FPMA office at 800-426-4829 and the Regional Directors today!
Mark Your Calendars for the 2012 Florida Pest and Lawn Care Expo
January 24-27, 2012
Rosen Plaza Hotel
Orlando Florida
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Florida Water Quality Coalition
As the only pest management member of the Florida Water Quality Coalition, FPMA helped fund a report on the negative economic impacts posed by the imposition of EPA's Numeric Nutrient Criteria. FPMA and its coalition partners of other professions and local governments opposed the federal standards as job-killing, scientifically unsupported and practically unattainable. With the pressure of the Coalition, leaders in Tallahassee and the Florid delegation in Washington, EPA temporarily deferred the imposition the NNC.
Click here for report
FPMA will continue to monitor the progress of federal standards and will report on the results of Florida Water Quality Coalition efforts.
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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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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 fellow Pest Management Professionals 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 18-21, 2011 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando.
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 association’s
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
and create a “virtual community” of FPMA family.
Members-please join your fellow “FPMA family”
Members as a “fan” of the Florida Pest Management
Association’s Facebook page!
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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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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.
UF IFAS has updated and reposted the "Unintended Consequences" document regarding urban nutrient management on its website: Click here. This document details the possible damage to water quality caused by stressed and poorly nourished turf that cannot capture nutrient and pollutant runoff; the stress can occur during "blackout periods" of nitrogen applications during the summer growth season.
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NEW Florida Green Industries Best Management Practices
(FGIBMPs)
 The
industry standards for safe, effective, ecologically
sound application practices
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