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September 5,
2003
CHANGE
IN MAIL FROM "PENALTY" TO COMMERCIAL
Effective October 1, we will convert from Official Mail Accounting
System (OMAS) or "Penalty" mail, to Commercial Postage.
A memo with details is being sent this week to all county chairs
and directors of R&E Centers with mail meters, providing them
a full description of the change-over from OMAS. The expectations
remain the same for use of postage budgets: the State Cooperative
Extension Director is responsible for authorizing Cooperative Extension
employees to use the budget provided for mailing for mailing all
correspondence, bulletins, and reports relating to Cooperative Extension
work carried on in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Only those individuals authorized in writing by the CE Director
should use the postage whether or not it is a "Penalty"
mail meter or the new Commercial postage meter. Please continue
to send in writing to Linda Fox all requests for new faculty and
staff for authorization to use Extension postage budget.
We
have 42 sites in Washington State University Cooperative Extension
with Postalia Meters, Electronic sales, and Scales, and Sealing
equipment. We have a 5-year lease (we are in year two) with Postalia.
New meters for Commercial Postage will be shipped to each county
via UPS by the vendor's office at Spokane. When you receive your
new meter, you will need to call Teleset and have your first quarterly
postage allocation set via telephone. You will be requested to package
up the older Penalty Mail meter and return to the vendor, via UPS.
Any Penalty Postage left on the Penalty Meter will be reimbursed
to the Extension Director's Office to help fund additional postage
for the second quarter at Teleset.
You
may be thinking, "why do we have to replace the meters"?
The meters are identified by Serial Numbers. New meters have to
reflect a different set of numbers identifying that it is a "Commercial
Meter." Thanks for your patience as we transition to commercial
mail.
WSU
AND UI HOST WESTERN RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE
Welcome to the Western Rural Development Center Steering Committee
which meets jointly with UI and WSU on Wednesday, September 10,
2003 at the Lewis Alumni Centre.
There
are several presentations by WSU faculty and staff to showcase programs
of interest to the WRDC. These are:
- "Building
Capacity in Resource Regulatory Agencies: WSU's Natural Resources
Leadership Academy Project," Mike Gaffney & Mike Bireley,
WSU Division of Governmental Studies and Services;
- "Policy
Research Dialogue (Kellogg Farming and the Environment Project),"
Phil Wandschneider & Hayley Chouinard, WSU Department of Agricultural
& Resource Economics;
- "Envisioned
School of Natural Resources & Environment," Keith Blatner,
Chair, WSU Department of Natural Resources Sciences; and
- "Building
Support for Small Farms at WSU: An Overview of Existing Programs,"
Marcy Ostrom & Ray Jussaume, WSU Department of Community &
Rural Sociology.
CAHE
HOSTS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS REGIONAL MEETING
Next week in Seattle, 50 finance and administrative officers will
gather for the annual meeting of the Western Region Administrative
Officers/Business Officers Meeting. Becky Priebe, Carol Pinch and
BFO staff have planned a great agenda regarding federal accountability
and internal controls. Paul Gutierrez, King County Chair will officially
welcome the attendees.
CECIL
ANDRUS TO GIVE LANE ENVIRONMENTAL LECTURE SEPTEMBER 25
Former Secretary of the Interior and former four-term Governor of
Idaho, Cecil Andrus, will deliver the annual "Lane Family Lecture
in Environmental Science" at Washington State University, Pullman.
In his talk, entitled Threatening Clouds over our Environment, Andrus
will discuss what changes in policy the current administration is
trying to make regarding the proposed oil development in the Alaska
Wildlife Refuge and the cleanup plans for Washington's Hanford Lab
and Idaho's INEEL. It is expected that he will also talk about fisheries
and give a brief historical overview of the Environmental Protection
Agency. The address is slated for September 25 at 7:30 PM in Todd
Auditorium. A reception will follow.
REMINDER:
FACE TO FACE WITH WSU LEADERS
To provide faculty and staff with updates on WSU decisions and progress,
more opportunities to interact face to face with the university's
leaders are scheduled this year. A new Web page provides the schedule
for your reference. Check the Web site for videostream broadcast
information.
During
fall semester, the opportunities include:
- September
16, President V. Lane Rawlins gives his State of the University
Address at 4:10 at Bryan Hall. A reception follows.
- September
24, WSU's vice presidents have an open forum at noon, CUE 518.
- October
14, Provost Robert Bates will have a Dialogue at noon, CUB Cascade
Rooms.
- December
2, President Rawlins will have a Dialogue at noon, CUB Cascade
Rooms.
EXTENSION:
MORE RELEVANT TODAY THAN EVER
I am pleased to tell you about two new documents made available
for your use by the ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee. The first
document is titled The Cooperative Extension System: More Relevant
Today than Ever. This two-page document identifies the strengths
of Cooperative Extension to meet current challenges facing each
of us in our states. The intent is that this piece will be used
to complement your state's efforts to market the impacts of CES
programming. Our appreciation to a subcommittee of the Budget and
Legislative Committee for their leadership in writing this piece.
The committee members were Paul Warner, Kentucky, chair, Larry Cote,
West Virginia, Ray McKinnie, North Carolina, and Milan Rewerts,
Colorado.
The
second piece is The Cooperative Extension System: More Relevant
Today than Ever translated for you by Utah State University
for use with Spanish speaking audiences. El Sistema Cooperativo
de Extension Mas Relevante hoy que nunca may be used to complement
your local impact statements. Both documents will be added to the
National Association of State
Universities and Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC) Web site under
the ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee documents and will be
posted on our Web site's Overview
Page.
PERSONNEL
The projects in Armenia with USDA CSREES continue to have positive
outcomes. Justen Smith Range and Livestock Management Extension
Educator, formerly in Kittitas County, will begin another year in
the position of Goat Industry Development Advisor on the USDA Marketing
Assistance Project in Armenia, through October 2004.
Dora
Rumsey has extended her project in Armenia scheduled to end in October
to continue through December 31, 2003.
New
hires:
Cynthia
Selde, M Ed, Extension Coordinator
SE Washington Learning Center, Cooperative Extension
Funding: 100% Extension
Administrative/Professional
Effective August 25, 2003
Pamela
Roberts, M Ed, Extension Coordinator, 4H Youth Development
Jefferson County
Funding: 100% Extension
Administrative/Professional
Effective September 1, 2003
Sheila
Ryan, MS, Extension Faculty, Family/Consumer Sciences
Yakima County
Funding: 100% Extension
Faculty
Effective November 3, 2003
Kellie
Pomeroy, MS, Extension Coordinator, Food $ense Nutrition Education
Pierce County
Funding: 100% Extension
Administrative/Professional
Effective July 21, 2003
Matthew
Bumpus, PhD, Assistant Professor
Human Development
Funding: 100% Teaching
Faculty
Effective August 16, 2003
SCHEDULE
On September 3, 2003, Dean and Director Michael Tate had surgery
here in Pullman. He is doing fine. Get well cards may be sent to
WSU, PO Box 646230, Pullman, WA 99164-6230. Please no plants or
flowers due to allergies.
Linda
will be out of the office the entire week next week. She will be
in Jefferson County attending meetings of the Extension Administrative
Team and then she will be in Spokane attending the President's Cabinet
Retreat.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Associate Dean and Associate Director
Cooperative Extension
Washington State University
PO Box 646230
Pullman WA 99164-6230
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu
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