Nominations for Extension Faculty of the Year and 2004 Extensionist of the
Year awards have been extended to May 14. Faculty nomination criteria are
located at http://cals.arizona.edu/awards/, and criteria and nomination
information for Extensionist is located at
http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/pdf_files/nominationformandcriteria.pdf.
Please submit appropriate recommendations.
Congratulations to Ed Martin for being selected as Faculty of the Year by
the Ag 100 group.
Our new county budget allocation formula will be implemented on July 1,
2004. The 4.4 million dollar reduction in state allocated monies to CALS
forced us to reassess how we funded county programs and positions. Our goal
was and is to have a fair, transparent process that all faculty, staff,
advisory board members, and elected officials understand. When we drafted
this plan last year, we did not know whether we would have additional
midyear cuts by state government or what the economic climate would be for
this year. Now we have a clearer picture of the impact of the new budgeting
process and of county needs and we have made budget cuts in the state office
and in other areas. Thus, we are confident in making several recommendations
for budget allocations in 2004: 1) we are increasing the base funding to all
counties to $42,000; 2) for July 1, 2004, we will fully implement the
formula with no cuts to any county; and 3) for July 1, 2004, we will
increase support for counties with more than 2 agents to $19,000. We hope
this will help alleviate some of the county budget stress. The full
budgetary formula will be handed out to CED’s tomorrow.
TOOLS TO STRENGTHEN ARIZONA 4-H IN-SERVICE: On behalf of the Strengthening
4-H, Power of Youth and 4-H 101 Initiative teams, I would like to invite all
4-H faculty and appropriate staff, to an upcoming in-service at Cliff Castle
Casino in Camp Verde from June
21-23. Expenses for this in-service will be paid by monies from the
initiative team for one car per county, and all the meals for UA personnel
attending. We hope you will seriously consider attending this in-service so
that all can hear the information and see what these groups have been
working on. A new addition to our web site will be unveiled, and will allow
participants to experience some of the positive additions vital to
"Strengthening 4-H in Arizona." Each county will get a "Toolbox" of
materials for use in their respective counties. Registration deadline is
June 11. Please contact Larry Tibbs at 602-470-8086 or
ltibbs@ag.arizona.edu .
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 24-25 - Arizona Community Vitality Initiative (CVI) Workshop will be
held at the Payson Glo Lodge in Payson, AZ. The CVI Working Group will
provide $200 per County attending the workshop to defray travel expenses.
There will be a $50 per participant registration fee. For more information
contact Barry Bequette plantdoc@ag.arizona.edu , Cynthia Flynn
cflynn@ag.arizona.edu , Beth Tucker tucker@ag.arizona.edu or Juanita Waits
jwaits@cals.arizona.edu. The link to register for the workshop is located
at: http://ag.arizona.edu/yuma/cvwregistration.htmlThe tentative workshop agenda is located at:
http://ag.arizona.edu/yuma/community_vitality_agenda.pdf.