The new voice you hear on the phone when calling the 4-H Youth Development
office is Linda Roth who assumed the secretarial/receptionist duties on
August 21. She replaces Sandra Saad who is still with us, assuming new
duties as our Events Coordinator, Arizona 4-H Youth Development. Welcome
to Arizona Cooperative Extension, Linda, and Congratulations, Sandra on
your new position.
* Sheila Merrigan has returned from her one-year leave of absence. She
will be resuming her role as Information Resources Program Coordinator and
will be assisting with program development, grantsmanship, web development,
and information instruction. Sheila^Òs new phone number is 520/626-6543, or
you can reach her via e-mail at merrigan@cals.arizona.edu. Welcome Back
Sheila!
* Professionals in the fields of ecology and range resources met last week
at the Arizona Ecological Site Symposium. As noted by the first speaker,
Fee Busby, Dean of the College of Natural Resources, Utah State University:
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth ... and man has
argued about the condition of rangeland ever since". The Symposium was
hosted by the Society for Range Management, Arizona Section. Included on
the program were Extension Specialists George Ruyle, Phil Ogden (retired),
and Lamar Smith (retired).
* Congratulations to Michael Kilby who was awarded the National
Association of County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) Distinguished Service
Award in his native State of Mississippi. Also, Kim McReynolds received the
Achievement Award. The National Association of County Agricultural Agents
(NACAA) Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference was held
August 6-10, in Jackson, Mississippi. Three Arizona Cooperative Extension
Agents were recognized at the Communication Awards Luncheon. Each received
Certificate Plaques for their efforts as Western Region Finalists. Jeff
Schalau won awards in three categories: Presentation/Slide Set; Personal
Column; and Web Page. Kim McReynolds won in the category of Team
Newsletter. Rob Call won in the category of Learning Module/Notebook.
These awards are sponsored by AT&T. Also, Ed Martin serves as the NACAA
Communications Committee Western Region Vice-Chair.
* Dave Cox and Shirley O'Brien will be conducting the annual sabbatic leave
conference call which has been set for Tuesday, September 5 at 1:00 P.M. If
you are interested in becoming a candidate for sabbatical leave in 2001, you
will want to be "on-line" for this discussion. The purpose of the call is to
offer suggestions for successful submissions, to discuss the requirements for
eligibility, and to share information on any new policies. Contact Steven
Crofts at 621-7145 or scrofts@cals.arizona.edu to sign up for the call.
Teleconference dial-in information and an agenda will be sent out to
participants prior to the call.
* INPUT ON POSSIBLE ELECTRONIC CLASSES THIS FALL AND WINTER. Linda
Ffolliott and Sheila Merrigan are planning some electronic classes this
fall and winter, and would like input on your priorities. They will not be
able to give all of these classes. The form for ranking your priorities is
found at: http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/classes/rank-electronic.html. Briefly
the possible topics are:
Using Library Online Databases
Introduction to Dreamweaver
Basic HTML for Creating Web Pages
Web Site Accessibility (features on a web site that can make pages
inaccessible to various audiences, especially visually disabled users)
Forms on Your Web Site
Basic Web Design Principles
More details are at the indicated web page. If you are interested in taking
an electronic class, please fill out the form by September 1.