National Steering Committee Meeting Notes
November 1st, 2010, 12:00 - 1:30pm CDT
Roll Call: Rick Melnicoe, Lynn Braband, Mark Shour, Kelly Adams, Tom Green, Kathy Murray, Kelly
Humphry
Additional Agenda Items
 PMSP review update
 Lyme disease conference, Potomac Yards, Virginia
Agenda
1. National Steering Committee Meeting, December 9th-10th, New Orleans
a. Walkthrough of Ascension Parish (Baton Rouge), morning of December 9th
b. Steering Committee Meeting, December 9th afternoon and morning of December
10th.
c. Agenda for Steering Committee Meeting TBD. Kelly Humphry will draft agenda with
Steering Committee input, and distribute prior to the meeting. Agenda items will
include: PRIA 2008 wrap up; PRIA 2010 grant objectives and work plan,
timelines and benchmarks; and metrics reporting.
2. NOLA school IPM update - NOLA meeting December 10th. Janet Hurley from SR WG is
coordinating with EPA Region 6 to work on school IPM in New Orleans. Claudia Riegal and Ken
Brown from New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board are interested in partnering with
stakeholders on a project that would work to implement IPM programs in housing, schools, and
childcare in a chosen neighborhood. This joint project would require additional funding possibly through a Care Grant. RFP's for the next Care Grant have not been released yet.
3. School IPM Media Updates:
a. Tom Green published an article in the School Planning and Maintenance, and College
Planning and Maintenance magazines. The title of the article is " Mice, bed bugs,
cockroaches, oh my!" and is attached via email to these notes.
4. PRIA financials:
a. There is travel funding available for two working group leads from each region to
attend the December 9th-10th National Steering Committee Meeting. Once we know
who
needs funding, who would like to come, and who is traveling to the meeting on
separate funds, we can assess if there is extra money in the pot for additional travel
funding for others. Please contact Kelly Humphry with this information.
khumphry@ipminstitute.org
5. Funding Updates:
a. Tim Stock received WRIPM funding for $10,000. Congratulations Tim and the Western
Region Working Group.
b. Anastasia Becker, MO Dept. of Ag, received EPA funding in mid- October for the
proposal: Show-ME School IPM: Expanding Beyond the Demonstration in Missouri.
They will be focusing efforts in the NW region of the state and have just begun looking
for participating schools.
6. PMSP Comments - no new news to report. Still collecting responses.
7. Lyme Disease Conference - Promoting Community IPM to Prevent Tick Borne Diseases
Conference, March 30-31, 2011, Potomac Yards, Virginia. Details to come. Contact IPM Institute
for more information.
General Updates: Coalitions, Demonstrations, and events
1. NCWG:
Missouri:
 A coalition meeting is scheduled for next week for the Missouri School IPM Working Group
 Anastasia Becker is starting the process of finding schools interested in participating in recent
EPA grant for school IPM. She will be working in urban areas in Kansas City, MO and other areas
in the NW region of the state.
 The MO state working group will be holding a school IPM workshop before the Missouri
Coordinated Health Care Coalition annual meeting in December titled: “Improving Your School’s
Environment and Making it Healthier for All.” Target audience-school nurses, health instructors.
Nebraska:
 Third demo visits at Lincoln and Omaha school districts scheduled for Dec. 9 and Feb. 2nd. Tom
spoke at Nebraska's 4th coalition meeting on Oct. 6th about IPM STAR and Green Shield
Program.
 IPM Website updated!
The Pesticide Education Office recently updated their website. Please check out the new site:
http://pested.unl.edu/schoolipm!
Indiana: (via IKE)
 IKE held a successful Bed Bug Workshop on October 20th. They will be holding the next
workshop Dec 1st workshop on Bed Bug Monitoring and Landscaping Management. Link to their
IPM School Coalition presentation and handouts:
http://www.ike.roundtablelive.org/Admin/Default.aspx
 IKE's next workshop will teach people how to build and operate a low-cost bed bug monitor for
use in classrooms where bed bugs may have been found. It will also cover IPM procedures to
help control weeds, rodents, and other pests on school grounds and landscaping. The workshop
will also address proper management of herbicides and other pesticides used in the landscape.

In October, IKE gave a presentation through the Northwest Indiana Educational Services Center
that reached 23 member school corporations. They spoke about IPM in schools and pesticide
state laws. There are 9 regional educational service centers and they hope to take this workshop
to all of them.
Illinois:
 The Safer Pest Control Project (SPCP), Chicago IL is scheduled to give a presentation about bed
bugs to childcare providers on Nov. 16 and 17, 2010. Presentations will include 2 hour trainings
on IPM and bed bug control. Both presentations will be held in Chicago with an expected total
turnout of approximately 100 individuals.
 SPCP has also just produced a fact sheet on Bed Bugs. It will be available on their website by the
end of the week: Nov. 5, 2010. http://spcpweb.org/
 Westville school is compiling paperwork for IPM STAR certification
Ohio:
 Barbara Bloetscher conducted a walk through at the Upper Arlington School. The students hope
to make a presentation to the administrators and perhaps conduct an IPM strategy for a nearby
church school daycare facility. Dave Shetlar and Barbara Bloetscher gave a presentation to the
Columbus Advanced Elementary School which included information on common indoor pests.
Jennifer Andon and the OSU School IPM Team is creating a brochure which they hope to
distribute to schools soon.
South Dakota:
 Demonstration team there waiting to hear about final assessment for two school districts:
Flandreau and Brookings. On Nov. 18th and 19th- Jerry Joachim from Monroe County will join
team for a demonstration day.
2. NEWG:
Pennsylvania:
 Pittsburgh - Lynn Braband visited schools, collected information about school timeline and
history of IPM, and took part in a casual, on-the-fly status evaluation of the PENN coalition.
 Coalition work: PENN coalition has Memorandum of Understanding with the NEWG to hold two
IPM workshops in Pennsylvania : In Pittsburgh and one in Eastern Penn (has not occurred yet).
New Hampshire:
 Exeter - Work that was directly related/funded by PRIA 2008 money is finished - but activity is
on-going which is good. The final evaluation took place last month. A teacher/staff in-service
training went well. District is now working on an IPM policy and would like to offer IPM awards
for key school staff and facility manager. Lynn will contact Sherry Glick about the possibility of
an award plaque.
Rhode Island:
 RI demonstration at Chariho - Lynn Braband submitted written protocols for implementing IPM
in school. He met with custodians on November 3rd to discuss protocols.
Vermont:
 Vermont demonstration - New demonstration is going well. An elementary school has been
selected for the specific demonstration project. Lynn Braband submitted protocols for
implementing IPM to the school and he met with school officials November 4th to discuss them.
Connecticut:
 Discussions are ongoing in the state for starting a demonstration or coalition project. A team of
four individuals submitted a proposal to the NEWG to set up a school IPM coalition consisting of
stakeholders including Dept. of Education and Extension. This would not be a peer to peer
coalition. They are awaiting feedback from Lynn Braband and Kathy Murray to see if this meets
grant obligations for coalition work.
Other NEWG Updates:
 Other coalition potentials - There is interest in West Virginia and New York for coalition work
but nothing has developed yet.
 K-12 IPM curriculum education project wrapping up in 2011. This project made great strides
towards educating the next generation on IPM.
 Lynn sat as co-chair of NEWG under PRIA 2008. This work ended, but he will remain on board in
the same capacity between this November through January under a similar contract with
working group grant partnership monies returned from Cornell to NEWG. He will be involved at
3/4 time. Kathy will take lead on applying for upcoming NEWG partnership grants for next year.
The partnership grant is due November 22nd. FYI-One coalition group last year received
partnership funding.
3. SRWG:
Janet Hurley reports that the recent walk through assessment done at Ascension Parish November 1st2nd went well. The problem was lack of communication. Karen Nix from LSU is the newly hired pesticide
safety coordinator and Janet feels confident the situation will improve now.
4. WRWG:
 Congratulations Tim Stock and the WRGG! The WIPMC review panel met last week and
recommended full funding ($10,000) for the project titled: "Western Region School IPM
Implementation & Assessment WG 2011".
Next 2015 National Steering Committee meeting will be held in-person in New Orleans December 9th10th. Times and agenda forthcoming.
Hotel Options for National Steering Committee Meeting December 9th and 10th, New Orleans:
NOLA Hotels:
(prices include taxes and all hotels on the list are located very near the airport. The airport is about 15
miles from downtown New Orleans and approx. one hour from Baton Rouge and Ascension Parish. Note
that some prices depend upon early booking and advance payment in full.)
Radisson Hotel - Kenner (near airport)
2150 Veterans Memorial Blvd
Kenner, LA 70062
Phone: (504) 467-3111
http://www.radisson.com/kenner-hotel-la-70062/lakenner/locations
$111/night if booking in advance
Four Points by Sheraton, New Orleans Airport
6401 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Metairie, LA 70003
Phone: (504) 885-5700
notes: entirely smoke-free hotel
$94/night
Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Airport
4535 Williams Boulevard
Kenner, LA 70065
Phone: (504) 712-0504
$118/night with advance purchase paid in full
Comfort Suites Airport
2710 Idaho Ave.
Kenner, LA, US, 70062
Phone: (504) 466-6066
$90/night
Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, New Orleans Airport, LA
1501 Veterans Memorial Boulevard
Kenner LA 70062
Reservations: 1-800-596-2375 US/Canada Toll-free
Phone: (504) 305-1501
$76/night advanced purchase
La Quinta Inn and Suites (near airport)
Kenner 2610 Williams Blvd.
Kenner, LA 70062
Phone: (866) 538-0187
$83/night