January 4, 2002

Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will deliver the keynote address January 22 as part of Washington State University's 15th annual celebration of the life and legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dees will discuss "Hope and Tolerance for the New Millennium" during a program in WSU's Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum set to begin at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

The presentation will be videostreamed for viewing by WSU faculty and staff outside of Pullman. Watch for details in "WSU Announcements" and on the WSU website.

Feedback from Survey of Technology Use

It looks like the responses to our recent survey of which technology CAHE faculty and staff are using to watch our "CAHE UPDATES" and "Extension Engaged" programs have just about trickled to a stop.

Preliminary analysis of the responses shows some interesting facts. First of all, we received a total of 199 responses. Of those, 121 were from off-campus and 78 were from on-campus.

Of those responding, 80 said they watched most often via satellite and 79 cited videostream as the viewing method they preferred. Only eight responded that they viewed via WHETS, which means we may be eliminating this as a viewing option, since it's hard to justify tying up several WHETS classrooms across the state for only eight people to use.

We'll be doing some further analysis to see which methods were preferred most by on-campus faculty versus off-campus faculty.

Thanks to all of you who responded and if you still have not yet sent in your feedback, please do so and send it directly to Scott Fedale at: fedale@wsu.edu

JANUARY 8 "Conversation with County Chairs"

Just a final reminder about next Tuesday's broadcast, from 2-4 pm. It's designed as an interactive discussion with county chairs around a number of issues, such as advocacy for local Cooperative Extension programs, county advisory structures and strategic implementation plans. Louise Turner and Jim Lindstrom will also be providing presentations on their approach to building a local advocacy group.

A full packet of materials and agenda for discussion have been sent to county chairs. And once again, this program will not be distributed via satellite or videostream.

Viewing sites for this event area as follows:

WSU Spokane (SIRTI 310)
WSU Tri-Cities (TC 210W)
WSU Vancouver (CL 117)
Aberdeen (Grays Harbor College 453)
Wenatchee (Wenatchee Valley College 9105)
Goldendale (School District Board Room)
WSU Learning Center - North Olympia Peninsula, Port Hadlock
WSU Cooperative Extension - Ferry County
WSU Puyallup Research and Extension Center
WSU Learning Center - Skagit, Island and San Juan, Mt. Vernon*

*Note: The Mt. Vernon location was accidentally left off the list included in the cover letter that was sent with the materials for the January 8th program but it will be a viewing site for the program.

Another Reminder About WEMIS and AICS

One last reminder that WEMIS reports should have been submitted electronically at http://ext.wsu.edu/wemis by the end of last month. Annual reports must be in the AICS system by January 18th. All faculty and program staff are expected to submit these reports.

SCHEDULE

I will be in the office all of next week except for the evening of January 9th when I will be joining the WS4-HA at Dumas Bay Centre in Tacoma.

Michael J. Tate
Dean and Director
WSU Cooperative Extension
P. O. Box 646230
Pullman, WA 99164-6230

509-335-2933
509-335-2926 (FAX)