June 24, 2005
Topics in today’s issue of Extension Update:
WRICOPS WINS WESTERN EXTENSION DIRECTORS’ AWARD
WSU Extension
submitted two nominees for the first annual Western Extension Director’s
Awards of Excellence; the Living on the Land program in Clark County
and the Western Regional Institute for
Community Oriented Public Safety (WRICOPS).
The WRICOPS program has won one of the two inaugural Western Extension
Director’s Awards of Excellence. Congratulation to the WRICOPS
team:
- Jennifer Albright, Coordinator - DGSS
- Mike Erp, Director - WSICOP
- Mike Gaffney, Asst Director - DGSS
- John Goldman, Director – WRICOPS
- Kelsey Gray, Extension Specialist - Community & Rural Sociology
- Linda Loos, Principal Assistant - WSU Extension
- Nick Lovrich, Director – DGSS
The WRICOPS program is jointly-sponsored by WSU Extension, the Division
of Governmental Studies and Services (DGSS), and the Department of
Political Science. The program builds upon the community-oriented
policing philosophy to help local law enforcement agencies enhance
community partnerships. The WRICOPS team conducts organizational
assessments, technical assistance, applied research, and provides
capacity-building training. This 10 year program is conducted in
the five states of Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Washington, and
Wyoming.
The WRICOPS team will receive $1,000 to use toward program enhancement
or professional development. The Washington team for Living on the
Land program will receive $500.
eXtension: CREATION OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
eXtension is soliciting
applications to begin creation of pioneer Communities of Practice
(CoPs) to engage and interact with Communities
of Interest (CoIs). eXtension will support both newly formed and
existing content teams that demonstrate high potential for becoming
the core leadership group for developing a CoP. In close cooperation
with eXtension management, each team selected will develop a high
quality, multi-state, multi-disciplinary core leadership group for
the CoP and operate it as an effective “virtual team”.
Sought by eXtension are current and newly forming content teams
whose members have a record of working effectively as a team and
across institutional lines in providing quality Extension educational
programming to targeted clientele. With eXtension management assistance
and partial support, the content teams selected will be expected
to develop into sustainable CoPs. Only content teams whose members
seek to be pioneers in creating sustainable CoPs for active and continuous
service to CoIs should apply.
eXtension management will treat the content teams selected initially
for CoP development as possible prototypes that can serve as examples
for others to follow. Each selected content team will progress through
an initial phase of organization as a core leadership group toward
becoming a Community of Practice (CoP). The goal is development of
inclusive, multi-disciplinary, multi-state, self-directed CoP within
administrative boundary conditions of eXtension management and its
cooperating state and Federal partners.
For the content teams selected, eXtension will provide financial
support (Max. $75,000, ten funded CoP, and $10,000 for Planning Grants,
five funded) and other resources as needed. Resources would include
team development assistance, content and instructional design, and
training for content entry. Financial support will enable the content
teams to form and begin operations. In addition, financial support
can be used for identifying the CoI, describing the needs of the
CoI, transforming or developing Web-based information to meet those
needs, and, on a continuing basis, interacting with the CoI via “ask
the expert,” discussion forums, chats, and streaming video/audio,
as appropriate. Educational products must fit within the eXtension
curriculum plan for inclusion in the Internet-based, national network
being developed. The focus of pioneer CoPs is to provide the best-of-the-best
curriculum leadership that is multi-state and multidisciplinary rather
than duplicative.
Dates: Application for the CFE will be a two-part process. Initially,
a brief pre-application must be submitted. After review of pre-applications,
those selected will be invited to prepare full applications. Content
teams that believe they are not ready to proceed with full proposals
may request a one-time planning grant to begin the formation of a
CoP and prepare for a future application for a CFE. Preference for
planning grants will be given to those content teams that show promise
of securing outside funding through partnerships and other sources,
promise of being national in scope and serving a large CoI.
Pre-applications must be submitted by the close of business on July
8, 2005, (5 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time). Applications submitted
after this date will not be considered for this CFE.
Finalists will be issued invitations by July 29, 2005 to submit
full applications.
Planning grants will be awarded by July 29, 2005.
Those providing pre-applications not selected will be informed by
Aug. 5, 2005. (Note: all will be eligible to apply for future CFEs).
Full applications from finalists are due by September 9, 2005 (5
PM EDT).
Notification of selected proposals will occur by October 7, 2005.
Pre-application, planning grant applications and full applications
are to be submitted through the Call
for Engagement Submission system.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SENATE AG BILL
The Senate Agriculture Appropriations
Subcommittee met June 21 and sent its spending bill for F.Y. 2006
on to the full Senate Appropriations
Committee for consideration. As you know, this measure contains funding
for programs administered by the USDA's Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). Highlights of the Senate
action are described below and detailed in documents posted to the
nasulgc-bac.com Web site at the following locations:
www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2006/Senate.xls
www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2006/House-Senate.doc
The Senate, like the House of Representatives, has rejected the
proposal in the President's F.Y. 2006 Budget Request to reduce by
50 percent funding for the Hatch and McIntire-Stennis formula fund
programs and to eliminate funding for the Animal Health & Disease
program.
With respect to the President's proposal to transfer Sec. 406 line
items to the National Research Initiative (NRI), the Senate did not
concur with the House. The Senate has rejected the consolidation
of the Sec. 406 funding lines within the NRI.
From Extension’s perspective, the Senate budget has several “good
news” items! The Senate, even in this tight budgetary year,
was able to make modest increases to several of the line items singled
out by the Budget and Advocacy Committee of NASULGC's Board on Agriculture
Assembly for "priority attention." These line items included:
- the NRI;
- Agrosecurity Education;
- EFNEP;
- eXtension;
and
- the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative.
In
addition, the Senate made increases to two other programs of
importance to the 1890 Institutions:
- Evans-Allen; and
- 1890s Extension.
The only item on the BAC's "priority attention" list to
receive a decrease under the Senate mark was the Resident Instruction
and Distance Education Grants line item for the land-grants in the
U.S. territories. However, the House did agree to continue funding
for this important program at last year's level of $500,000 and we
will continue to fight hard for this line item when the House and
Senate meet to reconcile differences between the two versions of
the Ag Appropriations bill.
The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up the
Ag spending bill tomorrow afternoon, and changes to CSREES accounts
are possible. Floor debate on this bill may occur in July, following
the Independence Day recess.
Source: BRT Report from Washington which is edited by Fred H. Hutchison
on behalf of the BRT. The BRT, comprised of Fleishman-Hillard Government
Relations, Fleishman-Hillard Inc., and Cornerstone Government Affairs,
represents the Budget and Advocacy Committee of NASULGC's Board on
Agriculture Assembly before Congress and executive branch agencies.
For more information: www.nasulgc-bac.com.
WHEN GENERATIONS COLLIDE: BOOK RELEASED BY MARSTON
Cam Marston, keynote
speaker at All Extension Conference promised to let us know when
his new book, When Generations Collide: Managing
Across the Generational Divide, was available and that time is now.
The book is available from his company's Web site http://www.marstoncomm.com/ which
states, “When Generations Collide addresses the most
important concerns managers face when working with different generations
and provides clear solutions you can start using today.”
Topics include:
•
How can I build a team with four generations?
•
How can I motivate employees who don’t buy into the “pay
your dues” mentality?
•
What can the younger generations learn from the Boomers about work?
•
How can I give critiques and/or reprimands without my employees losing
their enthusiasm?
TILTH PRODUCERS DIRECTORY
The 2005-2006 Tilth Producers Directory:
A Washington Guide to Organic and Sustainable Growers, Food and
Farm Suppliers and Resources.
Representing Washington's most comprehensive listing of organic
and sustainable farms and resources, the Directory is published biannually.
Through the Directory, we support farmers and make organic and sustainable
farm products and resources more easily available to consumers, businesses,
farmers and other organizations. Individual copies of the Directory
may be ordered for a $3.00 shipping and handling fee from the Tilth
Producers administrative office:
Tilth Producers
PO Box 85056
Seattle, WA 98145
Phone: 206-442-7620 Fax: 206-524-7702
email:
nancy@tilthproducers.org
JOHANNS ANNOUNCES FIRST USDA FARM BILL FORUM FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT
Agriculture
Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the first Farm Bill Forum
and the topics on which the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will be seeking input
from America's farmers, ranchers and rural residents regarding the
development of the 2007 Farm Bill. The first Farm Bill Forum will
be held in Nashville, Tennessee on July 7 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
CDT at RFD-TV Northstar Studios. The public is invited to attend
and participate in the forum, which will be broadcast live on RFD-TV.
In addition to accommodating approximately 300 in the audience, the
forum also will accept calls from across the nation.
The 2002 Farm Bill, which authorizes many of the programs operated
by USDA, expires with the 2007 crop year. Throughout 2005, Johanns
and other senior USDA officials will participate in the Farm Bill
Forums that will be held across the country. The dates, locations
and times of the forums will be announced as they are scheduled and
be available on the USDA Web
site.
The public will be invited to attend the forums and to present oral
comments.
COUGAR FOOTBALL IN SEATTLE: TICKETS ON SALE
Celebrate Washington
State University in Seattle! Football won’t
be the only game in town when Washington State lines up against the
Grambling State University Tigers at Qwest Field on September 17.
You’re also invited to attend a variety of other WSU activities
Friday and Saturday designed to showcase the University’s achievements
and build your Cougar pride. For more information on the events,
go to the Cougar Pride Web
site. For information
on tickets go to the WSU
Athletics Web site.
SCHEDULE
Next week Linda will be in Pullman. Next week Ed will be
in Spokane.
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Linda Kirk Fox, PhD
Dean and Director
Washington State University Extension
PO Box 646230, 411 Hulbert Hall
Pullman WA 99164-6230
(509) 335-2933 Office
(509) 335-9223 Desk/Voicemail
FAX (509) 335-2926
lkfox@wsu.edu
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