The best-kept secret in the US segment of the tree care industry is this announcement that the A300 committee is attempting to reaffirm the current 2008 version of the A300 Pruning standard. The text is below, with the odd statement that "no comments or suggestions for improvement for the Pruning standard were received by TCIA since 2008."
This must be a typo. We've seen many calls for changes to this standard in TCI magazine, and also presented at Expo. Now's the time to check your 2008 copy and think about how it works, or doesn't work for you. Compared to the standards in advanced countries like Germany and the UK, the text is obscure, and lacking guidance and information. The A300 committee has no working arborists participating, and recently floated a change in its Bylaws that, unlike the Z133 committee, for instance, does not allow any input from Observers at its meetings. So it's up to us to review this and submit comments to Mr. Rouse and your committee reps, listed below.
May 8, 2014
ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning Standard Reaffirmation Notice
ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning standard is in public review for a proposed reaffirmation of the
standard. Reaffirmation means the standard is reaffirmed for up to an additional 5–year period as is,
without substantive changes. This decision was reached since no comments or suggestions for
improvement for the Pruning standard were received by TCIA since 2008. Once the reaffirmation is approved, the A300 committee will begin working on the next revision of the Pruning standard (projected for 2016).
The public review period runs May 9, to June 23, 2014. Since this is a reaffirmation of a
standard, your public review draft copy is your copy of the ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning standard,
to order call TCIA at 800-733-2622. Send questions or comments on the reaffirmation to Bob Rouse,
[email protected]
This must be a typo. We've seen many calls for changes to this standard in TCI magazine, and also presented at Expo. Now's the time to check your 2008 copy and think about how it works, or doesn't work for you. Compared to the standards in advanced countries like Germany and the UK, the text is obscure, and lacking guidance and information. The A300 committee has no working arborists participating, and recently floated a change in its Bylaws that, unlike the Z133 committee, for instance, does not allow any input from Observers at its meetings. So it's up to us to review this and submit comments to Mr. Rouse and your committee reps, listed below.
May 8, 2014
ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning Standard Reaffirmation Notice
ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning standard is in public review for a proposed reaffirmation of the
standard. Reaffirmation means the standard is reaffirmed for up to an additional 5–year period as is,
without substantive changes. This decision was reached since no comments or suggestions for
improvement for the Pruning standard were received by TCIA since 2008. Once the reaffirmation is approved, the A300 committee will begin working on the next revision of the Pruning standard (projected for 2016).
The public review period runs May 9, to June 23, 2014. Since this is a reaffirmation of a
standard, your public review draft copy is your copy of the ANSI A300 (Part 1)-2008 Pruning standard,
to order call TCIA at 800-733-2622. Send questions or comments on the reaffirmation to Bob Rouse,
[email protected]
- Secretary
Bob Rouse
Tree Care Industry Association
136 Harvey Road, Ste 101 Londonderry, NH 03053-7439
(603) 314-5380
[email protected]
- Producer (Vote)
Warren A. Quinn
American Nursery & Landscape Assoc.
1000 Vermont Ave, NW Ste 300 Washington, DC 20005-5979
(202) 789-5980
- Producer (Alternate)
Craig J. Regelbrugge
American Nursery & Landscape Assn.
1250 I St NW Ste 500 Washington, DC 20005-5979
(202) 789-2900
[email protected]
- User - Private Sector (Vote)
Peter J. Becker
Bartlett Tree Experts - Mid-Atlantic Division
2950 Industrial Pk Dr Ste C Finksburg, MD 21048-2339
(410) 861-8312
[email protected]
- User - Private Sector (Vote)
Geoff Kempter
Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
708 Blair Mill Road Willow Grove, PA 19090-1701
(215) 784-1362
[email protected]
- User - Private Sector (Vote)
Christopher A. Klimas, CTSP
The Davey Tree Expert Company
218-B South Main St. Mount Airy, MD 21771
(301) 829-6915
[email protected]
- User - Private Sector (Alternate)
Dave L. Johnson
Asplundh Tree Expert Co
708 Blair Mill Road Willow Grove, PA 19090
(215) 784-4384
[email protected]
- User - Private Sector (Alternate)
Grant Jones
The Davey Tree Expert Company
1500 N Mantua St Kent, OH 44240-2399
800-445-8733 - x344
[email protected]
- User - Private Sector (Alternate)
Thomas Smiley
Bartlett Tree Experts
13768 Hamilton Rd Charlotte, NC 28278-8213
704-588-1150 x 123
[email protected]
- User - Private sector (Observer)
Wayne Dubin, CTSP
Bartlett Tree Experts - Metropolitan Div West
98 Ford Rd Ste 3E Denville, NJ 07834-1356
(973) 983-7511
[email protected]
- User - Trade Association - Tree Care Industry (Vote)
Thomas J. Mugridge
Forest City Tree Protection Co., Inc.
731 Beta Dr Suite E Mayfield Village, OH 44143-2358
(216) 381-1700 ext.14
[email protected]
- User - Trade Association - Tree Care Industry (Alternate)
Steven R. Mays, Jr.
Carroll Tree Service, Inc.
74 Gwynns Mill Ct Owings Mills, MD 21117-3532
(410) 998-1100
[email protected]
- User - Trade Association - Planet (Vote)
Alice Carter, CTSP
ValleyCrest Companies
7039 Commerce Circle Ste B Pleasanton, CA 94588-8006
(408) 406-5622
[email protected]
- User - Trade Association - Planet (Alternate)
Tom Delaney
PLANET
504 Cole Drive Lilburn, GA 30047
(770) 925-7113
[email protected]
- User - Trade Association (Observer)
Tim A. Johnson
Artistic Arborist, Inc.
4519 N 7th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85013-2754
(602) 263-8889
[email protected]
- User - Trade Association (Observer)
Myron Laible
Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc.
1850 M Street NW Ste 1040 Washington, DC 20036
202-833-5566
[email protected]
- User - Public Sector - SMA (Vote)
Nolan Rundquist
Seattle Department of Transportation
PO Box 34996 Seattle, WA 98124-4996
(206) 684-4134
[email protected]
- User - Public Sector - SMA (Alternate)
Gordon Mann
Mann Made Resources, Consulting Arborists
12661 Torrey Pines Drive Auburn, CA 95602-8028
(650) 740-3461
[email protected]
- General Interest - Professional Society - ISA (Vote)
Richard Hauer, PhD
University of Wisconsin
2100 Main Street Stevens Point, WI 54481
(715) 346-3642
[email protected]
- General Interest - Professional Society - ISA (Alternate)
Sharon Lilly
International Society of Arboriculture
P.O. Box 3129 Champaign, IL 61826
(217) 355-9411 x 208
[email protected]
- General Interest - Professional Society - ASCA (Vote)
Torrey Young
Dryad, LLC
35570 Palomares Road Castro Valley, CA 94552-9631
(510) 538-6000
[email protected]
- General Interest - Professional Society - ASCA (Alternate)
Stephen W. Miller, CTSP
Bartlett Tree Experts
119 Brush Creek Rd Irwin, PA 15642-9504
(724) 863-8951
[email protected]
- General Interest - Professional Society - ASCA (Observer)
Beth Palys, CAE
American Society of Consulting Arborists
9707 Key West Ave Ste 100 Rockville, MD 20850-6246
(301) 947-0483
- General Interest - Professional Society - PGMS (Vote)
Gene Pouly
E. F. Pouly Company
9088 Back Orrville Rd Orrville, OH 44667-9554
(330) 683-8733
[email protected]
- General Interest - Professional Society - PGMS (Alternate)
Michael Bova
Professional Grounds Mngmt Society
720 Light St Baltimore, MD 21230-3850
(410) 752-3318
- General Interest - Professional Society - ASLA (Vote)
Ron Leighton
American Scty of Landscape Architects
636 Eye St NW Washington, DC 20001-3736
(202) 216-2338
[email protected]
- General Interest - Professional Society - UAA (Vote)
William Rees
Baltimore Gas & Electric
1068 N Front St Baltimore, MD 21202-4129
(410) 291-3633
- General Interest - Professional Society - UAA (Alternate)
Matthew Simons
Utility Arborist Association
5100 Harding Hwy C/O Pepco Holdings Mays Landing, NJ 08330-2260
(609) 625-6021
- General Interest - Environment - USDA (Vote)
Keith W. Cline
USDA Forest Service
1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20250-0002
(610) 557-4183
- General Interest - Environment - USDA (Alternate)
Ed Macie
U. S. Forest Service
1720 Peachtree St NW C/O Usda Forest Svc-Southern Region Atlanta, GA 30309-2449
(404) 347-1647
- General Interest - Consumer/Community - ACT (Vote)
Carrie Gallagher
Alliance for Community Trees
6856 Eastern Ave NW #150 Washington, DC 20012
(301) 277-0040
[email protected]
- ASC A300 Liaison - NFPA 780 Liaison
Richard Roux
National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7484
(617) 984-7476
[email protected]
