Meeting Minutes - October 25, 2011

Meeting held at the offices of SMRT, Inc. in Portland at 4:00, after presentation.

ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPANTS

Attendees: Travis Pryor, Lois Beardsley, John Pressey, Amy Segal, Barry Hosmer, Mark Johnson, Betsy Poulin, Mercer Bonney, Steve Ribble, Scott Strynar, Shelley Brunelle, Jennifer Claster.

Chairperson/Licensure: Steve Ribble

Treasurer: Amy Bell Segal

Secretary: Shelley Brunelle

Program Chair: Mercer Bonney

Advocacy Chair: Seth Kimball

CONTINUING EDUCATION PRESENTATION (4:00-5:15 pm)
 “Designing Performance Based Playground Safety Surfacing Specifications”
Presented by Adam Alex, SofSurfaces, Petrolia, Ontario  
Sponsored by John LaRue, BigToys 

ASTM 1292 – The U.S. Standard that governs the way that a playground surface must perform.   Is “meeting the standard” enough to ensure the safety of children using the playground equipment?  The answer is no. Recommendations on providing performance-based features in the  product specifications rather than specification of specific product features were very informatively and engagingly presented to the group.
Certificates providing 1 continuing education unit were emailed to all participants, except for Betsy Poulin.  Does anyone have an email address for Betsy Poulin?  Please contact Shelley with any contact information so she may be added to distribution list.

 

MSLA Meeting Minutes  - October 25,2011  
MEETING (5:15 – 6:30 pm) 
A mingling of new and regular attendees remained after the presentation to discuss a few upcoming events and topics, as follows: 

1. MARK YOUR CALENDARS – OPEN HOUSE !  
What:   Reception for Terrence J. DeWan, FASLA / Annual Holiday Celebration 
When:  Friday, December 9 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm 
Where:  Offices of TJDA, 121 W. Main Street, Yarmouth     
Terry will speak about his “earliest memories” as an LA….and then we will celebrate!  If anyone has hidden, forgotten, special photos of Terry, his office, projects, etc that you would like to offer or share, please bring or email to Amy Segal for potential incorporation.  We also discussed a special gift to present to Terry on behalf of MSLA. TJDA’s receptionist has been handed the task of researching the Herbie idea (Terry will not be emailed these minutes). 

2. Early Jan-Feb CEU Presentation/MSLA meeting. 
Possible topics: 
a. ADA – Alpha One – Jennifer C. to follow up.  LA/CES credits available? 
b. Specification Update/Presentation     
c. Current threats – insects/diseases, monoculture avoidance, invasives: How should trends inform design?   
d. Retrospective results of bio-swales, LID projects’ success rates – reach out to MSLA’s experiences, project failures/successes 
e. SITES/Sustainable sites integration with LEED   

UPCOMING EVENTS 
• Maine Landscape & Nursery Association
The Maine Landscape & Nursery Association's Annual Meeting & Trade Show will be at the Augusta Civic Center on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 

• Tentative next MSLA meeting:  January – February 2012 

Anything missing or incorrect?  If anything grievous, please don’t hesitate to contact Shelley at sbrunell@maine.rr.com