As you can see, the new and improved GCSANE website (www.gcsane.org) is up and running and better than ever. Our website was outdated, difficult to manage and needed an overhaul. We were able to upgrade our software to give the site a new look, new features and better functionality.  

Some of the new features include a very detailed and useful weather radar loop of our area on the front page which can be enlarged when you click on it, a new section for “Blogs” which features some amazing blogs from our very own members, a “Vendor Links” tab on the front page detailing all our Friend and Affiliate member’s information. A “Fast Links” section on the front page has been incorporated allowing easy access to popular pages from the older website including “Turf Talk Forum”, “Facebook”, “The Job Board” and “The Newsletter”. Every member now has the ability to update their own information for the membership directory. Simply login, go to the “membership” tab, click “my information”, and on the right you can click the paperclip to edit your information. I would encourage everyone to do so.

Your username and password remain the same as with the old website. You will need to login to access sections such as “Blogs”, “Job Board”, “Member Directory” and the “Turf Talk Forum”. The only section of the new website that is not complete is the “Member Directory” section. We are still in the process of accepting membership applications, contact information sheets and renewals. When we have all your information we will plug it into the site. Also, please note that we were able to save all the old posts and topics from the old “Turf Talk Forum” but they are only archives. Because there have been so many different software upgrades since the version we previously used for the forum you cannot post under any of the old topics, you will need to start a new topic. I would suggest that if there was a previous topic you are interested in posting to such as “walk mowers” you should start a new topic entitled “walk mowers continued”.

A couple things we are still working on are: updating the Vendor’s section as the information from the old site was transferred to the new site and it may not be current but it will be updated shortly. Soon you will be able to post a job through the website. For now if you have a job to post please email all applicable information about the opening to Don Hearn.

Any member that has a blog and would like to include it in our “Blogs” section can email me their link to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and if a member has an issue with usernames or passwords you can contact Don Hearn CGCS, Association Manager at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I would like to thank Chris Donato, Don Hearn and John Redmond of Linesiders Technologies for all their hard work in building this new website over the past 10 weeks and many thanks to the Board of Directors of the GCSANE for all their input. I hope you enjoy the new website and find it useful.

Richard T. Gagnon
Membership Chairman
GCSANE