# GTBOP Webinar Archives — Bulletin Writing Toolkit — Overview & Document Guide
Getting the Best of Pests — Processed webinar archives for the UGA Center for Urban Agriculture

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# Bulletin Writing Toolkit — Overview & Document Guide

## Insecticide Basics for the Pest Management Professional — Bulletin Update

### Based on Dr. Michael Scharf's GTBOP Presentation (October 18, 2017)

Prepared by: Rich Braman, UGA Cooperative Extension / Center for Urban Agriculture For: Dr. Dan Suiter (UGA) & Dr. Michael Scharf (Purdue University)

This package contains three documents designed to work together as a writing toolkit for the bulletin revision, all derived exclusively from the corrected and verified prose transcript of Mike's October 2017 GTBOP presentation.

### 1. Bulletin Draft Outline

Reorganizes Mike's conversational presentation flow into a publication-ready six-part structure. Each section has content notes, key details, transcript pointers, and writing notes flagging where things may need updating (neonicotinoid regulation, methyl bromide phase-out, etc.). The editorial notes at the end call out which Q&A exchanges are strong candidates for integration into the body text rather than staying as standalone Q&A.

### 2. Quick Reference Compendium

Nine consolidated tables extracting every classification, product, target site, field indicator, and terminology definition Mike mentioned. The master classification table (Table 1) is essentially a draft of the summary table that could appear in the finished bulletin. Table 6 on the insect-specificity spectrum and the "same target site, opposite effects" cross-reference are the kind of things that make a reference bulletin actually useful on the truck.

### 3. Source Guide

Maps every proposed bulletin section to the exact transcript heading and approximate video timestamp. Also flags which content came exclusively from the Q&A with Dan — eleven topics that would be missed if someone only worked from the prepared slides. The flow comparison table at the end shows how the webinar's live sequence was restructured for publication logic.

Everything traces back to the corrected prose transcript as the single source of truth, so nothing in these documents introduces outside information. Items marked with ⚠️ flag spots where 2017 content will need current updates.

Prepared from GTBOP webinar archive materials for UGA Center for Urban Agriculture.