June 21, 2002

EEO counselors are designated to provide information and assistance regarding concerns and complaints of all types. EEO Counselors are designated to act in an effort to mediate, conciliate, or otherwise achieve resolution of complaints. They know they are to be available, to be a "first-line" support person and to provide information on who to contact should the complaint be a formal/more serious one. Most of them have not been trained for over 10 years and have never been contacted regarding an informal complaint. The trained counselors are:

-Rebecca Armstrong WSU Pullman, Affirmative Action Officer 509-335-2822
-Jeri Ayala WSU Puyallup 253-445-4552
-Sandra Brown Cowlitz County 360-577-3014
-Craig Cogger WSU Puyallup REC 253-445-4512
-Ray Faini Chelan County 509-667-6540
-Marlene Guse WSU Pullman, Natural Resource Sciences 509-335-2963
-Jan Hiller WSU Pullman, Human Dev. 509-335-2884
-Karen Holden WSU Pullman, Hort & LA 509-335-9503
-Ned Zaugg Snohomish County 425-357-6018

PUBLIC LOBBYING REPORTS DUE
The Second Quarter 2002 Lobbying Reports are requested by WSU for both STATE and FEDERAL reporting. The State Form and instructions are found in the Business Policies and Procedures Manual (BPPM) (10.25). The Federal Form and instructions are found in BPPM (10.26). Please note that the Federal form, while similar, requests less detailed information. Both the State and Federal Forms need to be returned to WSU Government Relations, campus zip 1048, by July 12, 2002. If there is no reportable State and/or Federal activity, please return the form/s stating no reportable activity. Please see the Government Relations Web site at http://www.olympia.wsu.edu for more information about reporting lobbying and the links to the forms.

Activities usually considered to be public lobbying under the state law include most face-to-face meetings with legislators and their staff. Any employee who is lobbying on university time and/or has any expenses or informational materials prepared with funds controlled by WSU for the purpose of influencing is also likely engaged in reportable lobbying activities. Other examples of lobbying include: Casual or scheduled in-person conversations between WSU employees and legislators on behalf of the university or one of its programs, and most testimony before legislative committees. In many cases, it is illegal for state employees to encourage other people and constituencies to contact legislators. Contacting Government Relations in advance of lobbying activities is required, and it may be necessary to officially report salary, travel and expense information, the length and nature of the conversation, and any legislation that is being influenced, both at the state and federal levels.

FIRST WELD CLASS GRADUATES
This week in Post Falls, Idaho, Doug Steinbarger, Clark County Chair and Susie Craig, Area Educator in the SW District, graduated from the first class of the Western Extension Leadership Development (WELD) program. Over the last 15 months, they joined colleagues from 12 other western states in two-week long leadership workshops and completed a local leadership project. Doug interviewed county commissioners in several SW district counties about their perceptions of Cooperative Extension and presented his information in a poster session at the WELD capstone conference. Susie presented her multi-state Germ City handwashing education program in a presentation and demonstration for conference participants. Congratulations to Doug and Susie for their excellent work and commitment to leadership development in Cooperative Extension. Thanks to Curt Moulton who served on the WELD planning committee.

JCEP IN SEATTLE
The Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) held its summer meeting in Seattle this week. Thanks to a team of Extension faculty and staff in the Northwest District, JCEP members learned about selected programs in the Puget Sound region, experienced the native culture and enjoyed the hospitality of metropolitan Seattle.

JCEP is the consortium of national extension professional associations and they provide a series of professional development programs including the annual Public Issues Leadership Development Conference in Washington, DC.

Also, JCEP sponsors the national Galaxy Conferences. The next Galaxy Conference is September 21-25, 2003 in Salt Lake City, Utah. By the way, our colleague, Margaret Viebrock, is the chair of the Galaxy National Planning Committee. We hope all extension faculty and staff in Washington plan to join three thousand extension professionals in Utah next year.

If you want to know more about JCEP and the national associations, review their Web site at: http://www.jcep.org. We hope all extension faculty and staff are members of at least one of the state/National Associations.

WSAC IN BELLVUE
The Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) held their 96th annual state convention in Bellevue this week. The theme "Working together: Counties and governmental partners" was a perfect backdrop for my introduction to the organization and many of the county commissioners. While fiscal challenges were top on everyone's mind, the positive tone of the discussion was refreshing. Also revealed at this convention were the results of a survey of fund source for county services. To date, 21 counties have responded as to source of funding for services offered within the county. Data are organized by county size (large=>125,000 persons, medium 20,000 to 125,000 persons, small < 20,000 persons). A copy of the results will be shared with District Directors or ask your county officials who also received the results. The next WSAC event is a joint meeting with WACO September 30-October 4 in Wenatchee.

FINAL CALL FOR STONE FONTS - JUNE 28TH CUT OFF
As part of ongoing efforts to present Washington State University in a consistent, high-quality manner in all forms of communication, most departments on campus are now using the recommended ITC Stone Sans and Stone Serif font families for all external communications. If you still need to obtain these fonts for your area, please contact Abbie Fritz by June 28th at 335-2540. Stone fonts are produced and marketed by Adobe Systems Inc. These are not freeware fonts; every computer using them must be licensed. Bob Hoffmann is the coordinator for Cooperative Extension, 509-335-7744.

After July 1st, departments may purchase the Adobe font software for ITC Stons Sans and Serif font families from http://www.eyewire.com. For those departments who already have the font software, but may need additional licenses, please contact a Web consultant directly at EyeWire at 1-800-661-9410.

Garamond fonts common on many systems may be used for internal correspondence with the WSU stationery. Thank you to all who have helped with this move toward greater consistency and management of Washington State University's visual identity.

Source: Abbie Fritz, Marketing Communications

PERSONNEL:
New Hires:
Kulvinder Gill, PhD, Associate Scientist/Associate Professor
Crop & Soil Sciences
75% Research, 25% Teaching
Faculty
Effective August 16, 2002

Linda Arthur, PhD, Chair
Apparel, Merchandising & Interior Design
100% Teaching
Effective August 1, 2002

Patricia Buller Pearson, MS, Ext. Educator for Water Quality
Jefferson County
100% Extension
Effective June 10, 2002

Derek McLean, PhD, Assistant Professor/Assistant Scientist
Animal Sciences
25% Teaching, 75% Research
Effective August 1, 2002

Eileen Perry, MS, Assistant Director
Center for Precision Ag Systems
100% Extension, Administrative/Professional
Effective July 15, 2002

Thomas Travis Young, MS, Extension Coordinator
Natural Resource Sciences
100% Extension, Administrative/Professional
Effective May 30, 2002

Zhihua H. Jiang,PhD, Assistant Professor/Assistant Scientist
Animal Sciences
25% Teaching, 75% Research, Faculty
Effective September 1, 2002

Hayley Chouniard, PhD, Assistant Professor/Assistant Scientist
Agricultural Economics
40% Teaching, 60% Research, Faculty
Effective August 16, 2002

Fabio Chaddad, PhD, Assistant Professor/Assistant Scientist
Agricultural and Resource Economics
40% Teaching, 60% Research
Effective August 16, 2002

Resignation:
Jeri Baugh, Principal Assistant
Cooperative Ext. Admin., 100% Extension
Administrative/Professional
Effective July 2, 2002

SCHEDULE - June 24-28
Next week, Mike and Linda will be in Pullman both Wednesday and Thursday, attending meetings of the extension administrative team. On Monday and Tuesday, Mike and Linda will be participating in the tour of the SE District and on Friday meeting with the extension administrators from neighboring Oregon and Idaho.

Mike Tate
Dean and Director
Linda Kirk Fox
Associate Director
Cooperative Extension
PO Box 646230
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6230
Ph 509-335-2933
Fax 509-335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu