On the August 7 Administrative Staff/Business Officers conference
call, I indicated that we would put out a draft outline for regional staff in-services
to occur during the next year. We are exploring some funding sources to help
in this process. The focus will be on "Creating and Enhancing A Good Workforce
Environment." We will draw upon Human Resources and other resources to build
a program around your issues. Plans, agendas, people and locations are being
looked into.
Congratulations on the following projects, which were funded by the USDA Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program: Linda Masters, Colorado River
Indian Tribe, will work with youth and adults on the uses of GPS/GIS data in
resource and farm management decisions; Matt Livingston, Hopi Reservation, will
work with traditional farmers on new methods of field preparation, using a V-shaped
furrow, before corn planting by hand; and Liz Didier, Hualapai and Havasupai
Reservations, will work with ranchers and agency personnel to develop a rangeland
and livestock management plan. These projects are part of SARE's professional
development program (PDP) which strives to assist Extension agents in their
work with farmers, ranchers, and consumers. For more information about Arizona's
program, call Rick Gibson, the Arizona PDP coordinator, or see http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/sustainableag/index.html.
A reminder that the deadline for nominations for the Extension Faculty of the
Year and the Extensionist of the Year awards for 2003 next Tuesday, September
2, 2003. Faculty of the Year Award criteria and guidelines can be found at http://cals.arizona.edu/awards/extfacultyawd.html
and a nomination form for the Extensionist of the Year Award is available in
PDF format at http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/temp/2003_Nomination_Form.pdf.
ECAT is offering two distance classes in the fallDreamweaver Basics (9/3-10/8)
and Creating and Modifying Images for a Website Using Photoshop 7 (10/16-11/6).
Each class will be taught using WebCT, can be accessed through your local computer/browser,
has a fee of $20 each per registrant (payable by IDB or personal check), and
a time commitment for each class would be about 2 hours per week. Both classes
are open to College employees, students, and volunteers, but volunteers would
need to be sponsored by the appropriate department/county in order to get a
University NetID to use the WebCT system. For details about each class, prerequisites
and requirements, see links off the general ECAT classes page at http://cals.arizona.edu/ecat/classes/.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
August 27 - Late Season Cotton Management Meeting, Adobe Café, Pinal Air Park,
Marana, 8:30am-12:00pm. 3.5 CEUs granted & lunch provided. For more information,
contact Steve Husman (husman@ag.arizona.edu).
October 8 - Cotton Field Day, Maricopa Ag Center. For more information, contact
the Maricopa Ag Center, 520-568-2273.
ADDENDUM:
We just learned from Ed Martin that the date for Cotton Field
Day was changed from the announcement flyer we referred to for yesterday's Tuesday
Morning Notes.
The new date for Cotton Field Day will be October 15.