A Request for Proposals for FY00-01 Program Enhancement Awards for
Cooperative Extension faculty has been issued by Deborah Young. You can
access information and current guidelines at:
http://cals.arizona.edu/internal/programs/peace99.html
(userid coa and password ua required).
* Congratulations to Steve Etter on completing the Navajo Nation Livestock
Producer Survey. If you would like a copy of the Final Project Report,
please contact him via e-mail at setter@cals.arizona.edu.
* Congratulations to the sixteen Arizona delegates who competed at the
2000 National 4-H Horse Classic in Denver, Colorado. The Hippology team
finished 1st among the 25-30 states represented. Britney Schmidt from Pima
County took 1st Place High Individual Overall. The Demonstration Team from
Pinal County finished in 3rd Place. Arizona placed 4th overall among the
states. A big thank you to the chaperones, Bonnie Schmidt and Donna Chesney.
* Monica Pastor is setting up a weekly e-mail newsletter to keep interested
faculty and staff aware of the bills introduced in the Legislature. If you
would like to receive this newsletter please e-mail her at
mpastor@cals.arizona.edu. Indicate to her the issues you are interested in,
for example: tobacco education, natural resource issues, specific research
opportunities, water issues, family and consumer education, youth-at-risk,
etc.
* INPUT FOR PRESENTATIONS IN PHOENIX IN APRIL. Periodically on campus
ECAT sponsors or gives special classes and presentations on various areas
of communication and technology. We know that these sessions, which are
mostly one hour long, are difficult for off-campus people to attend,
because of the travel involved. ECAT is proposing giving a series of
presentations in Phoenix on April 10, but unlike last year, there will
probably be two sessions at the same time, to give attendees more choices.
We have listed more topics that we can give and would like input from
off-campus persons on their priorities. If you or others in your office
would attend, there is a form on the web site to complete
http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/news/phoenix-2000.html. The proposed topics
cover various communication and technology issues. Sessions could be
attended by staff, faculty, and volunteers. This is not a registration
form, since we do not know which topics will be offered, but this form will
help us select the topics. Please provide input on your priorities by
January 21, and we will announce what topics will be given.
REMINDERS:
- On Wednesday, January 19, the College of Agriculture Diversity Committee
will premiere its new training video: "Partners for Life: A Service Dog's
Tale". The public premiere and news conference will take place at the Swede
Johnson Building, 1111 N. Cherry Avenue, Room 205 at 1:30 P.M. The 7-½
minute video, starring "Peek", a 10-pound Papillon, provides instruction
about the rights of partners in public places.
- The Southwest Indian Agricultural Association (SWIAA) Conference will be
held in Parker, Arizona, January 19-21, 2000.
- The Arizona Bt Cotton Working Group will be meeting at the Arizona Cotton
Research and Protection Council office, 3721 E. Wier Avenue in Phoenix, on
Friday, January 21 at 9:00 AM. This meeting will reconsider the
recommendations made to EPA by the working group at the May 1999 meeting
regarding deployment of Bt cotton in Arizona, in light of new data and the
differences that have arisen with the recommendations of Monsanto and the
National Cotton Council's PBW Action Committee.
- Minimum size of Bt refugees
- Proximity to Bt cotton of refuges of non-Bt cotton
- Agronomic management of refugees
- Enforcement and monitoring of compliance.