To use the web for open enrollment, you will need relatively new browsers
equipped with 128-bit security. You will be able to edit the pages through
the entire enrollment period, so if you have browser problems midway
through or want to make changes you can always go back and check your
complete record. The main enrollment page can be found at
http://benefits.hr-services.org/ That page has a link to FAQ's, with
details of which browsers work and how to upgrade your own browser. You can
download Netscape 4.78 from the ag server
(ftp://cals.arizona.edu/pub/win95/internet/webview/cc32d478.exe) or you can
get Microsoft 5.5 at microsoft.com/ie. If it is unclear which you should
get, there have been fewer problems with the MSIE product than with
Netscape. If you have problems, contact your department support person.
Here is link to the department support person in your area.
http://cals.arizona.edu/agnet/mgrs/support.htm
* Thanks to Peder Cuneo for his excellent presentation on Hoof and Mouth
Disease at the Project CentRL Alumni meeting in Sedona last Friday. Bas
Aja, Vice-President of the Arizona Cattle Feeders'/Growers' Associations
presented along with Peder. Thanks also to Everett Rhodes and Karen
Vanderheyden who helped coordinate the event.
* Thanks to Dean Sander for his welcoming speech at the Women in
Agriculture Conference in Laughlin, Nevada, and thanks to Ruth Ann Fowler
for coordinating the event.
* The first ever Arizona Master Gardener University was held last Friday
and Saturday, August 10-11. Seventy Master Gardeners from all over the
state came to campus to tour various labs and facilities. Thanks to Rob
Call for facilitating the event, and to the following people who gave their
time and shared their expertise with these Master Gardeners: Robert Lanza,
Robert MacArthur, Randy Ryan, Libby Davison, Mary Olsen, Michael
Chamberlain, Paul Baker, Louis Carlo, Matt Johnson, Ursula Schuch, Mike
McClure, Pat Rorabaugh, and Dave Kopec.
* The 8th Annual Agricultural Production Short Course will feature Dr.
Charles Arntzen from Arizona State University to present "Biotechnology:
Plant-based delivery systems for the future". The Maricopa County
Cooperative Extension Vegetable and Field Crops Programs will present the
annual short course on Wednesday, September 5 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM at the
Maricopa County Cooperative Extension office at 4341 E. Broadway Road,
Phoenix, AZ 85040. More details are at
http://cals.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/events.html or you can contact Kai
Umeda at the Maricopa County Exension office.
* County Searches currently in progress:
1. Maricopa County, Assistant/Associate Agent, 4-H Youth Development.
Interview on Campus is August 30, 2001.
2. La Paz County, Assistant/Associate Agent, Agriculture/4-H Youth
Development, Extension Indian Reservation Program. Review of materials is
currently ongoing and will continue until position is filled. Original
review date: 6/1/01.
3. Cochise County, Assistant/Associate Agent, Family and Consumer
Sciences, Community Health Programs. Review of applications begins July
16, 2001 and will continue until position is filled.
4. Greenlee County, Assistant/Associate/Full Agent, 4-H Youth Development,
Community and Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Review of applications begins July 31, 2001 and will continue until
position is filled.
5. Yuma County, Assistant/Associate Agent, 4-H Youth Development. Review
of applications begins October 1, 2001 and will continue until position is
filled. If you have any question, please contact Glenda Thompson, (520)
621-7205.
* How Safe is our Food Supply? Answers to this and more at a Biotechnology
Forum, August 29, 2001, 10:00-noon, Swede Johnson Building, 1111 N. Cherry.
RSVP to Patti B., 621-5308, pattib@cals.arizona.edu