A few weeks ago, our Equipment Manager, Jan Cariati and I went to Las Vegas to take in the Golf Industry Show.  This was Jan's first GIS and she definitely made the most of it meeting with many equipment suppliers, researching new products, obtaining price information for upcoming projects, and joining the International Golf Course Equipment Managers Association.  She also picked up bags full of souvenirs for the staff back at the course.

We do this every year. We take our fair share of the floor swag, hats, pens, bags, water bottles, and all kinds of trinkets to share with the staff.  Upon our return, the lunch table looks like a disorganized garage sale.  We pull the time cards and shuffle through to raffle off our plunder.

They were a little happier about it than the picture shows, they just don't like their picture taken.  The John Deere hats are always the first to go.  Thank you to all the vendors who put out these items, we give them to the people who make our course look good even when we are out of town.