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The 2012 Winter Technical Seminars
January 23-27, 2012
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Exit 8A-I95
Jamesburg, NJ

YOU WILL NEED CECs TO MAINTAIN YOUR LICENSE OR
BE RE-CERTIFIED IN THE FUTURE...
ACT NOW AND START ACCUMULATING YOUR CEC's!

 
Join us at the 2012 Winter Technical Seminars and stay ahead of the curve.  Earn up to 14 CECs toward your license certification or renewal. 
Click here for registration information and class schedules.

Aquarius Supply is pleased to announce our 2012 Open House Event schedule. I have attached a copy of a registration form with details.

Our 2012 Open House dates and locations are as follows:

February 24, 2012                   Hours for all locations 8:30am-3pm
- Hawthorne, NJ

February 28, 2012
- Norristown, PA

February 29, 2012
– Chantilly, VA

All events will be held in our branches in the warehouses listed above.  To get directions, please visit our website at www.aquariussupply.com/locations.asp. 

Our fee is $200 per location/table.  We are also asking that each vendor donate a door prize with a $50 value for each location, which will have a general use to a landscape contractor. 

A registration form has been included for your convenience, and must be returned to us no later than January 20, 2012 in order to guarantee space.

We look forward to seeing you at our 2012 Open House Events.  Please contact me if you have any questions.
Mark Harabedian
Vice President
973-423-0222
Click here for registration form

Contractors Came Out in Full Force to 2011 Winter Tech Seminars

“This was the best, most well-attended trade show I’ve attended this year.”
Art Elmers, Netafim USA

 “Thank you for a well organized event.”
Frank Canning, North East Irrigation

“Awesome seminars…instructors were great…informative…great classes…and very helpful…!”

With over 200 irrigation contractor attendees and exhibitors, the 2011 IANJ Winter Tech Seminars were an outstanding success. Over 90% of attendees felt that the seminars met their expectations and that the information they learned in the sessions was relevant to their needs as irrigation contractors. The Winter Tech Seminars were held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Jamesburg, NJ from March 1-4, 2011. Click here to view photos

IANJ calls for Senate vote on S.478 which permits landscape irrigation contractors to install backflow prevention devices under certain circumstances. IANJ members are encouraged to call their district representatives to urge their support of this legislation.  Go to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp for a list of state legislators. Download IANJ Senate letter here.

Current News on CECs
1.   New Jersey certification (license) renewals
No CEC’s are required of any contractor for renewal of their certification (license) at the end of 2010.
There will be CEC’s required of any contractor renewing their license at the end of 2011 contingent on adoption of the LICEB Rules and Regulations

2.  EPA WaterSense Partner
For any New Jersey Certified Landscape Irrigation Contractor who wants to become an EPA WaterSense Partner, they must
•Complete the online application and send to WaterSense with a copy of their NJ certification (license)
•Comply with the CEC requirement
If they apply before January 1, 2011
•If they obtained their New Jersey certification on or after January 1, 2009, they do not have to submit any CECs
•If they obtained their New Jersey Certification before January 1, 2009, they must submit only 5 CECs
•If they apply on or after January 1, 2011 they must submit 15 CECs.

The CEC Submission form and course completion certificates should be sent to:

New Jersey Landscape Irrigation Contractor Examining Board
N.J. Department of Environmental Protection
Exams and Licensing Unit
Mail Code 401-04E
PO Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420

Click here for a copy of the LICEB CEC letter
Click here for a EPA WaterSense CEC Submission Form

It’s Official: IANJ established Political Action Committee
On June 17, 2010, the New Jersey Department of Treasury formally accepted Business Entity Filing Number 0400354893, establishing the Irrigation Political Action Committee, or IPAC.  IANJ members, who have been discussing this strategy for some time, met in June to form our new PAC to help enhance political activities associated with the IANJ advocacy mission. Click here for more