January 11, 2002

NEW WSU-CE IDENTITY MANUAL ON THE WAY

The new Cooperative Extension Identity Manual is hot off the press. It gives all the information you need to comply with the university standards for developing materials. Follow these guidelines whenever you develop any materials for the public. This REPLACES the old Identity Manual in the silver binder. We will be sending these to you in hard copy. We mean for each Extension Employee to have one, if there is any possibility that you will be producing materials or web pages. Watch out for this valuable resource in the near future. After that, there will be no reason why your materials don't meet all the specs! We are also going to put this manual on the identity website, so you will soon be able to look at it and print if off at http://ext.wsu.edu/identity

NEW TEMPLATE FOR COUNTY WEB PAGES

The Information Department has just completed work on some templates for county web pages. We have worked with both the WSU Marketing/Communications group and several county chairs to adapt the standard WSU web template to fit the needs of our counties.

We have designed a few templates that counties can choose from, depending on their personal preferences. You can view the approved templates at: http://ext.wsu.edu/identity/County_Templates/index.html

You'll note that we have one version that employs the outline of the county, one that uses a county logo and another which employs neither of these two elements. You'll notice that there is a design for the main page as well as a secondary page.

The Information Department will assist any county with customizing one of these templates for their use. In order for them to assist you, you'll need to supply them with the following information:

Text for main navigation links (left-hand side of page)
Text for two links for circular buttons
Photo or image for main area ("Dynamic Content Zone")
Contact information for the footer as discussed in http://www.wsu.edu/identity/web/homepage-guidelines/footer-zone.html
Any desired secondary navigation for area below main image

Send all of this information, or direct any questions about this information, to Miro Vejzovic at: mvejzovic@wsu.edu

If a county feels that they have the skills needed to adapt one of the templates without the assistance of the Information Department, that's fine. But we would appreciate hearing from any counties choosing to do this themselves so we can review what they've done to assure the finished product is still within the WSU guidelines.

Please contact Bob Hoffmann at: "bhoffmann@wsu.edu" to inform us about a new web page you've produced using one of our new templates.

UPCOMING VIDEO BROADCASTS IN JANUARY

Just a reminder about some upcoming broadcasts this month:

January 16, 9:30 - 10:30 - Extension Engaged - "Telling Your Story with Landscape Design"

This broadcast will feature Bob Scarfo, from the Interdisciplinary Design Institute at WSU Spokane Landscape in a conversation about a new approach to landscape design which looks at landscape architectural design from the idea of the landscape as a narrative. This program is being offered to WSU Master Gardener volunteers and others who may be interested. The program will originate from room T-101 in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Building and all faculty and staff are invited to be part of the live audience.

Satellite Information: Galaxy 3, 95 degrees W, channel 4. The program will also be videostreamed from the Information Department website at: http://caheinfo.wsu.edu/ Just click on "Videosteam" from this main webpage and it will take you to a hotlink for this videosteam.

January 22, 1:30 - 3:30 - Risk Management Grant Training

This program is aimed at a varied audience in 13 western states who may be interested in applying for money being made available through the Western Regional Risk Management Center, directed by Jon Newkirk. The focus of the training is to provide information needed to successfully compete for these grant dollars.

Satellite information: Galaxy 3, 95 degrees W, channel 4. Videostream will also be available and can be found in the same location described above.

January 24 - 7:00 - 8:30 pm - State Conversation on Youth Development

This program will include an overview of National 4-H events, a report from participating sites on their local conversations, an identification of major themes from the local conversations and a voting to establish the top five state priorities to be reported to National 4-H.

Satellite information: Galaxy 3, 95 degrees W, channel 4. Videostream information same as above. WHETS sites will be announced later this month. Go to the "Video Events" page at: http://caheinfo.wsu.edu/video/satellite.html, next week for that information.

STATEWIDE CONVERSATION ON YOUTH

In celebration of the Centennial Year of 4H Youth Development, the 4H Program in communities all across Washington has been conducting "Community Conversations on Youth" to bring together diverse members of communities to discuss issues in the communities which affect young people and positive actions that working together communities can take to improve the lives of its future generations. Beginning in November in Pasco and continuing through January, there will be 21 local conversations hosted all around our state. The reports from all of these "community conversations" will be gathered electronically on January 14th - 7-8:30 pm in T-101 on the WSU Campus. This "virtual" statewide meeting is open to all and may be accessed in local communities all across Washington via your personal computer on videostream or by attending the gathering in Pullman.

A delegation from Washington's nine Congressional Districts will be selected to travel to Washington, DC, February 27-March 2, 2002 to join with youth and adults from across the United States to share the results of their State Conversations on youth with Congress.

For additional details contact Libby Parkert at 253-445-4623.

GOVERNOR LOCKE TO ATTEND 4H KNOW YOUR GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE

Three hundred fifty 4H youth throughout Washington will be gathering in Olympia January 31-February 3, 2002 to attend the 4H Know Your Government Conference (KYG). On Thursday, January 31, 4-6 pm in the Capitol Rotunda, a Legislative Reception will be held where House and Senate Proclamations declaring 2002 the Centennial Year of 4H in Washington State will be presented.

On Friday, February 1, Governor Locke will join the Know Your Government Conference for breakfast and proclaim 2002 the Year of 4H in Washington State. Governor Locke will receive the youth and adult volunteers pledged 1,000,000 hours of service to Washington State in celebration of the 4H Centennial. Additional details are available from Jennifer Hope at 253-445-4551.

NATIONAL SERVICE LEARNING CONFERENCE

Washington State University 4H Youth Development and the Superintendent of Public Instruction's Office are co-hosting the 2002 National Service Learning Conference March 20-23 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle. Over 3000 educators, students and community activists are expected to participate across the United States. Registration materials and information may be received by contacting Kevin Wright at 253-445-4612.

UPCOMING COUNTY CHAIRS CONFERENCE

The spring County Chairs Conference will take place May 14-16, 2002 starting at Noon on the 14th and ending at Noon on the 16th. The location will likely be Pullman in order to include building relationships with department chairs as part of the agenda.

The planning committee members are:

Don Meehan, Chair
Lana Thomas Cruse
Ole Helgerson
Jim Lindstrom
Ed Adams
Blair Wofley

Jay Brunner has agreed to represent the research and extension centers on the committee and we are also looking for a department chair. If you are willing to fill this spot, please contact Don Meehan at 360-679-7327.

Please reserve these dates on your calendar and feel free to contact any of the committee members with ideas, questions, suggestions, etc. for program content.

PERSONNEL

New Hires:

Name: Linda Kirk Fox
Title: Associate Dean/Associate Director
Address: Cooperative Extension
Funding: 100% Extension
Effective Date: February 1, 2002

Name: Andrew Perleberg
Title: Extension Educator, Skagit County
Address: Cooperative Extension
Funding: 100% Extension
Effective Date: January 2, 2002

Title Changes:

Name: Olga Fuste
Title: Chair, Pierce County
Address: Cooperative Extension
Funding: 100% Extension
Effective Date: January 7, 2002

Name: Robert Simmons
Title: Chair, Mason County
Address: Cooperative Extension
Funding: 100% Extension
Effective: January 3, 2002

Name: Steven Harbell
Title: Chair, Pacific & Grays Harbor Counties
Address: Cooperative Extension
Funding: 100% Extension
Effective: January 3, 2002

SCHEDULE

Mike is in Pullman all next week.

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

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