Member Announcement: Mark Garvin named president of the Tree Care Industry Association

Manchester, N.H. - “We are pleased to announce that the board unanimously agreed to select Mark Garvin as the association’s next president,” announced Randy Owen, chair of the board of directors. The decision follows an extensive executive search involving internal and external candidates.

Since November, Garvin has served as interim president of the nation’s only trade association dedicated to advancing tree care businesses.

Owen said that Garvin’s work as interim president “clearly demonstrated his strong leadership skills, combined with the ability to execute the association’s strategic initiatives and a strategy of delivering increasing member value. We have recruited a president who will hit the ground running, with a deep knowledge of the association and the industry.”

“Mark has been in the industry and the association for many years, so he is familiar with the people and the issues. He believes in our cause. He’s demonstrated his skills on the political side, helping strengthen our voice in Washington. He understands the importance of building new relationships and strengthening our relationships with our allies in the industry – OSHA, ISA and the TREE Fund. He understands that we need to continue growing and building these relationships to further safety, unity and advancements in tree care for the future.”

Owen commended Garvin’s leadership during the last nine months.

“Mark and the rest of the association’s staff have gotten us through these tough economic times without sacrificing services or having to draw on our reserves,” Owen said. “His leadership during this interim period has allowed us to maintain stability and to make a seamless transition, so that we can move forward and maintain the focus on our members, both small and large, and their needs.

But, Owen added, the work has only just begun.

“Ours may be a small industry, but it is an important one. We are the original Green Industry, and part of Mark’s challenge will be to deliver that message through greater recognition of what our industry does for society and a sustainable environment.”

Garvin joined the association in 1996 as managing editor of Tree Care Industry Magazine, served as vice president of public policy and communications, and as chief program officer. Prior to joining the association, he worked as a journalist, editor, business consultant and lobbyist in New England and Washington, D.C.

This product (ABR 7110) has been included on Weaver Cougar Harnesses, model numbers 08-01075 (with leg loops) and 08-01076 (with batten seat), since January of 2010 or may have been purchased as a separate unit from local Arborist Supply Shops. This unit has a red core and a solid black sheeth covering the core with white whipping at the throat of the eye splices.

If you have this product on your harness, remove it from service immediately. We have become aware of a single product failure, that occurred within normal use of the product, resulting in no injury to the climber. This isolated incident suggests a problem with the long term structural integrity of this product which has the potential to result in injury if the rope bridge is not immediately pulled from service.

We ask owners of this rope bridge to immediately remove the product from your harness and render the rope bridge inoperable by safely cutting the cord on one or both of the eyes with a pair of scissors. (see below Fig. 2 ) For any questions on how to remove the bridge from your harness or if you have questions as to whether your harness has this bridge in use please contact Rich Hattier at 216.276.1581 or contact your Arborist Supply shop where the harness was purchased.

Anchor Bridge Ropeworks has begun working aggressively with its dealers to identify all end users of this product in order to implement the immediate cessation of use and replacement of this product. Suitable replacement units for the ABR 7110 Rope Bridge will be supplied in coordination with the Arborist Supply Retailer where the unit was purchased. The replacement bridges will be made available as quickly as possible at no cost to the user upon verification that the unit has been rendered inoperable. This issue has nothing to do with the workmanship, manufacture, design, or production of Weaver Leather’s Cougar harnesses.

Intensive testing is being performed on the single failed bridge as well as numerous new bridges to determine the cause of the failure. Further information will be released as it becomes available. I would greatly appreciate any and all assistance with implementing this call for cessation of use and apologize for any incovenience that this action may cause to users of this product.

Richard Hattier
Anchor Bridge Ropeworks, Inc.

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1. Adult Asian longhorned beetles (shiny black beetles with white spots and long, banded antennae)
   
   
2. ALB exit holes (dime-sized, perfectly round holes, especially in maple, but also in birch, elm, horse chestnut, willow and other hardwood trees.but not oak)
   
   
3. ALB egg-laying sites (divots in the bark ranging in size from 1/4 to 3/4 inches across - fresh pits often have oozing, foaming sap)