Steve Bullman

March, 2015 To all ISA Members and Credential Holders residing in the UKI: On behalf of the ISA Board of Directors and Executive Board of the UKI Chapter, we would like to inform you of a temporary but necessary change in service delivery in the UKI. You may already be aware that members of the UKI Chapter Executive Board and the ISA Board of Directors have been in discussion regarding some concerns about matters related to the operation of the chapter. These conversations have been ongoing for more than two years. While normally ISA makes every effort not to interfere with or impede chapter operations, in this case there have been some strategic and operational issues at the chapter level that require immediate attention. To assist the chapter leadership with a transition in the location of the chapter office, ISA members will temporarily need to register for ISA membership and certification via the ISA website and or call or email the ISA Headquarter office in Champaign. ISA is working with the leadership of the chapter to assist with the administrative tasks until an alternative is sorted. As a member of ISA or as an ISA credential holder, I’m sure you may have questions about what this means for you. ISA will continue to provide the following programs and services to ISA members, ISA credential holders, and arborists who reside in UKI. ISA members from UKI will still be eligible to fully participate on ISA committees. Competitors from the UKI chapter who have won eligibility to participate in the 2015 ITCC in Tampa will be eligible to complete. ISA members in UKI will continue to receive ISA membership benefits including Arborist News, Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, ISA Today and online access to the ISA members-only portion of the ISA website. All ISA credential holders will continue to be serviced by the ISA headquarters office. Certification exams, other than those already scheduled, will need to be offered temporarily in UKI exclusively as computer-based tests until an alternative solution has been identified. CEUs will be recorded for ISA credential holders when submitted to ISA Headquarters. ISA will provide an email address and FAX number for members to directly submit their earned CEUs to the ISA office. ISA will continue to allow UKI to provide CEU opportunities for ISA Certified Arborist in the UKI pursuant to ISA Certification Board policies. ISA will directly bill and accept payment for ISA member dues and credential fees. In the event that you experience any service issues during this transition, I encourage you to contact Shelia Beaumier, ISA Membership and Component Relations Manager, at [email protected] or 217.355.9411. Thank you for your support of ISA and the arboriculture profession. I look forward to a continued relationship with the arboriculture community in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

pics?

or not http://www.isa-arboriculture.org/

i'd agree. I've had the pleasure of working with a number of Polish guys several years ago, they were mostly excellent, with the odd below par worker, in contrast to my experience with english workers who are mostly below par with the odd exceptional worker standing out, sadly the ratio is ever dwindling!

So, anyone know anything about this then? https://www.facebook.com/HakkiPilkeFirewoodProcessors?fref=ts

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Yes indeed...I miss them!

That looks a whole lot of fun, not!

I used to take great pride in that hedge year in year out for the company I then worked for. Its been felled since which is a shame.

It is indeed

Well made video Jake

I was wondering what 'breaking in' was

Nope, Wildens

hemp?

21 scott. I reckon I was 24 in that pic

Sorting through some old stuff today and I found a pile of old work pics, probably about 15 years old, so by no means old by some standards, but I scanned the best and binned the rest. Nothing particularly special but thought I would share anyway.

get them up on arbsafe mate

Nice vid, and not to pick but please use a stopper knot on your bowline

Im not sure its been thinned, I think you are just looking at the growth on the rear of the tree on the earlier pics that he hasn't got to yet. Good job, we can only work to the specs given, usually by people far more intelligent than us

This is fantastic, love the pipework!

No they don't, but its a nightmare if you turn up to tip stuff in anything other than a car, they will always assume its commercial waste

day rates can be nice sometimes. Nothing worse though than being on site and having to drag a job out to make the day up!

Been using one for months now Rhys and has had zero problems as far as I'm aware, it also consistently surprised me at what it will take. It's a totally different animal to the 150, and I also prefer it to the 190

Skilled work!