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2011 SF Bay Area Chapter Contacts
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
RICK CAMIN (650) 964-1078
Camin Landscaping rick@caminland.com
PRESIDENT
JAMES WALKER (650) 333-2021
Landsculpt landsculpt@earthlink.net
VICE PRESIDENT / MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
NATE CROSBY (408) 417-5137
Crosby Landscaping crosbyyardservices@gmail.com
TREASURER
LARRY SCOTT (408) 687-1104
Integrity Landscape Services integmail@comcast.net
SECRETARY
JOHN VEGA (650) 533-0742
De la Vega Landscaping johnjvega@gmail.com
ASSOCIATE LIAISON
JEFF CALHOUN (888) 711-7124
FX Luminaire Jeff.Calhoun@hunterindustries.com
AUXILIARY PRESIDENT(S)
CINDY SINGLETARY (408) 741-4803
cynsingletary@comcast.net
LESLEY PETERS (650) 941-4093
gpland@sbcglobal.net
VICKY PARROTT (650) 377-1965
victoriala@att.net
AUXILIARY TREASURER
CHARLENE OTT (650) 948-7858
leoott@sbcglobal.net
AUXILIARY SECRETARY
JILL HERTZER (408) 690-8957
Jillsela@sbcglobal.net
STUDENT CLUB PRESIDENT
MELANIE LATELLE-SEAMAN seamanfive@aol.com
BAY BREEZE EDITOR
JERRIE BEARD voice (530) 621-1701
Jerrie Beard & Associates fax (530) 621-2043
jsb@beardassociates.com
CLCA State Headquarters
1491 River Park Drive, Ste. 100
Sacramento CA 95815-8899
(916) 830-2780 • (800) 448-2522
(916) 830-2788 Fax • email: hq@clca.org
CLCA Mission Statement
The California Landscape Contractors Association
serves the interests of its members, promotes
professionalism, and advances public awareness of
the landscape industry.
The CLCA SFBA Chapter newsletter is published monthly.
Copy and advertising deadlines are the 10th of the
month preceding publication. Please send all copy,
black & white photos, line art and ad materials to: Jerrie
Beard & Associates, 1024 Simon Dr., Ste. F, Placerville
CA 95667. Emailed submissions are also welcome at
jsb@beardassociates.com. For information on advertising
and rates, contact Jerrie Beard at (530) 621-1701.
Articles submitted are subject to approval and modification.
Chapter or Editor are not liable for misprints or
errors, and do not necessarily agree with opinions
expressed in byline articles. Articles may be used by
other CLCA chapter newsletters, giving proper credit to
their source.
S Partners for uccess
By: Jeff Calhoun, FX Luminaire
Partners, Partners everywhere! Every time I visit the Menlo Park Post Office to check on
my P.O. Box, I am pleasantly surprised with more Partners for Success Sponsorships. Your
generosity assists our Chapter’s many fun and educational activities as well as increasing
participation in all of our events. We hope to increase interaction between contractors and
suppliers to provide better communication regarding new products and practices within
our industry. Here is a list of our generous Partners who have been enrolled thus far in our
2011 program:
DIAMOND
Ewing Irrigation • Horizon Distributors • Hunter / FX Luminaire
John Deere Landscapes • Lyngso Garden Materials
GOLD
Imperial Sprinkler Supply • Landscape Contractors Insurance Services, Inc.
GARDEN TOUR
Charlene Ott • Leo Ott • Landscapia
STUDENT SPONSORSHIP
Girvin Peters Landscape • EvLand LLC • Landsculpt Gardens
EMERALD
Camin Landscaping • Hayes Rototilling Service • Modern Landscaping, Inc (x2)
The Village Gardener
SAPPHIRE
Hans Biland Landscaping Inc.
A LA CARTE
Girvin Peters Landscape • Ruskin Garden • Samscaping, Inc.
Thank you for all of your support! CLCA SFBA Members, remember to show your
appreciation by supporting those who support your Chapter. If you would like to become
involved with this important program, please contact Jeff Calhoun at (888) 711-7124 or
email jeff@fxl.com.
2 • March 2011 CLCA San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
A Message from the President
Workunteering:
CLCA Contacts and Friends Abound!
By James Walker, LandSculpt
Gaining through service for others; I call it
‘Workunteering’! Its mid-February and I am
inundated with CLCA business and
contacts, but friends abound through
‘workunteering’. My heart is full.
It’s truly an honor to serve the CLCA
membership through volunteering as your
chapter president. It’s really cool. I give…
and then I receive… it’s another example
that illustrates why it’s better to give than
receive. My job is to support our committee
heads while they volunteer to carry on our
chapter traditions. I know they are
simultaneously looking for opportunities to
improve our chapter’s business method,
systems and processes. ‘Workunteering’!
It’s a good thing.
When I step back to view our San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter, I see four
distinct groups: contractors, designers,
suppliers and students. All of us join CLCA
for various reasons, reasons that can evolve
over time. Generally, though, we join so
that we can improve our businesses. We
want to increase revenue and learn more
about the macro and micro aspects of the
landscape industry. We seek to learn and
improve. For the small business owner,
employee or student, certainly there is
nothing more important than working
diligently in the trenches or over the
drafting table, desk or computer with the
aim of pleasing our clients, bosses or
teachers while simultaneously honing our
skill level towards mastery.
Almost equal in importance to an
impressed client or instructor is the skill of
business networking through event
participation and volunteering or
‘workunteering’.
I see that my greatest role as the
president of our chapter is to offer the best
opportunities for our four distinct, but
symbiotic, groups to gather so that you all
can work to advance your business interests
while having a darn good time.
‘Workunteering’ Abounds!
Kudos to the Foothill College Horticulture
Club for producing a fine contractor forum
for their fellow students. Kudos to our 9
volunteer landscape contractors for giving
their time and valuable information to the
students. May you all find an employee or
employer or perhaps receive a future design
from one of the budding designers.
‘Workunteering’ at its finest.
Larry Scott, our chapter Treasurer and
Chapter Project Chairman, is combining all
four of our groups into a student design
competition/chapter project extravaganza.
Competing students working with
contractor and APLD designer mentors are
going to design an outdoor science
classroom for a very worthy charter school
in East Palo Alto. Meanwhile, Dan Svenson,
will coordinate his Foothill College design
class curriculum to guide the students
towards success. By the time the last plant
is watered at the chapter project installation
(408) 266-1717
f (408) 264-1717
License #472305
J.Arnaz Tree Movers
1593 Koch Lane, San Jose, CA 95125
www.treemovingexperts.com
using the winning student design,
hundreds of our members, students, and
APLD volunteers will have ‘workunteered’
together while having a damn good time.
It’s a very exciting project and a great way
to, once again…. ’WORKUNTEER’. So get
involved and participate! Thanks Larry!
Please contact Larry Scott at
integmail@comcast.net to help out.
Events chairman, Rick Camin and
Maryanne Quincy, our CLCA board level
APLD Liaison, have linked arms to jointly
lead our two associations in organizing a
great event. On Thursday evening, March
24, at the San Francisco Flower and Garden
Show, you’re invited to attend an aftershow-hours
designer/contractor/supplier/
student social mixer. We are inviting our
neighboring chapters as well! It’s not just an
opportunity to ‘workunteer’, it’s a chance
to meet a new friend while having a
BLAST! Watch for the e-mail invitation
coming your way, and make sure you read
about all the detailed opportunities which
are bundled together for this event (see
page 1). Thanks Maryanne and Rick.
Earlier I mentioned that our reasons for
joining and remaining CLCA members
often evolve. Personally, I am experiencing
a shift in the reasons why I benefit from my
CLCA Membership. The more I continue to
attend events and ‘workunteer’, the more
importance I place on seeing my CLCA
friends. I joined CLCA to improve my
business. Now, through ‘workunteering’, I
have found something I consider
invaluable, even transcendent, namely,
friendships and a fuller heart.
Please feel free to contact me with
suggestions and advice that you believe
will benefit our membership.
James Walker
Landsculpt@earthlink.net • 650-333-2021
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