Reminder: Annual Membership Meeting of the Hudson Valley Research Lab, Inc. will be held Thursday, February 11th at 1:15 PM as a virtual meeting via Zoom.

Good Morning,

We hope this message finds you and your family well with preparations well in hand on the start of another growing season.

Present members should have received a letter via email, 30-days prior to the scheduled meeting and this follow-up notice. If we missed you, our sincere apologies. We do hope you will join us as your time allows.

I am writing to remind members that the Annual Members Meeting of the Hudson Valley Research Lab, Inc. will be held Thursday, February 11th at 1:15 PM via ZOOM (Link). The link to the meeting can also be found below.

We hope that you will be able to join us. Active Members of the Hudson Valley Research Lab are invited to attend, join the discussion, and vote to determine the course that HVRL will take this year and provide guidance for the years to come.

We will nominate executive positions, elect nominees for open board member positions and renew positions that have reached term end dates. As we move forward into a new relationship with Cornell and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) your support has been and will continue to be vital to maintaining the operations of HVRL today and in the future. Your input helps to determine yearly research objectives, and you votes on important decisions and guidance for the future of the lab are essential.

Those interested in becoming members can join prior to the meeting. Present membership dues are tax deductible starting at $500.00. Funds are dedicated toward the maintenance and operations of this facility, owned and operated by New York State fruit and vegetable growers. Let us know you have a check in the mail and join us in the meeting. Please make checks payable to the ‘Hudson Valley Research Lab, Inc.’ and mailed to Hudson Valley Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 727, 3357 US Highway 9W, Highland, NY 12528.

Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Sincerely,

HVLR Board of Directors: Thom Waz, President, Brad Clark, Secretary-Treasurer
Chris Belardi, Barth Davenport, Sarah Dressel, Amy Hepworth, Josh Morgenthau, Robert Rowe, Gary Samascott, Kimberly Wagner.

Peter Jentsch, HVRL Superintendent

Topic: HVRL Annual Meeting: New Member Elections
Time: Feb 11, 2021 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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About Peter J Jentsch

Peter J. Jentsch serves the mid-Hudson Valley pome fruit, grape and vegetable growers as the Senior Extension Associate in the Department of Entomology for Cornell University’s Hudson Valley Laboratory located in Highland, NY. He provides regional farmers with information on insect related research conducted on the laboratory’s 20-acre research farm for use in commercial and organic fruit and vegetable production. Peter is a graduate of the University of Nebraska with a Masters degree in Entomology. He is presently focusing on invasive insect species, monitoring in the urban environment and commercial agricultural production systems throughout the state
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