Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

There was no official meeting of WERA11 held in 2005. Most participants of WERA11 attended the International Turfgrass Society meeting in Wales during July 2005. It was decided by WERA11 members (at the 2004 meeting) that participation in both ITS and WERA11 would be difficult for most members - both financially and from a scheduling standpoint.

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