WSSA and the Society for Range Management (SRM) are holding a joint nation meeting in Denver, CO, on February 7-11, 2010. The theme for this meeting is Working Landscapes- Providing for the Future.

• Online Registration
  Deadline for early bird registration is December 5, 2009
  
  
• Detailed Meeting Information (PDF)
  Includes committee meeting schedule, program schedule, tours, hotel information, etc.

For 2010, a Vice President, Member-at-Large, and Secretary of the WSSA Board of Directors are to be elected. The Vice President would succeed to President-Elect in 2011, to President in 2012, and to Past President in 2013. The Member-at-Large would serve a four-year term beginning in 2010. The Secretary would serve a two-year term beginning in 2010.

This year the WSSA is utilizing Survey Monkey for its online voting process. You will not need to log in; the system will utilize your IP address to prevent voting more than one time. Deadline for voting is December 1st.

• Biography of Candidates (PDF)
• Vote Online

The Public Awareness committee and the Professional Development committee have created a downloadable PDF describing the WSSA, the importance of WSSA and Weed Scientists, Careers in Weed Science and the benefits of membership. This attractive one page document can be printed for distribution to students and others interested in the WSSA Click here to download the PDF.

The 2009 Collegiate Weed Science Contest asked students to test their mettle by identifying 25 weed species at various stages of development. See if you can identify these weeds.

The September 2009 revision of the Composite List of Weeds as compiled by the Standardized Plant Names subcommittee is available. The list can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet or PDF. The list can also be searched with the online database. Click here to download the files or search the database.

RSS feeds have been added to the WSSA homepage, Jobs page, Press Release page, and Professional Development page. By subscribing to an RSS feed, you will be automatically notified of any updates on that webpage. For help in subscribing, please see the RSS HowTo Guide that has been created by the WSSA Professional Development Committee.

The WSSA Professional Development Committee has gathered several documents that explains RSS feeds, Podcasting, and Facebook. Please see the committee's webpage for more information on how these tools can be used.