About 45 administrators and 40 staff from most of the Extension and CALS
units participated in a very successful series of diversity workshops held
on May 5 and 6. The CALS Diversity Committee, along with the support of
Dean Sander presented various sessions during the workshops which included
guest presenters Bea Brown (Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Office),
Kim Nagle (Human Resources Organizational Consulting), Billye Foster
(Agricultural Education), and members of the CALS Diversity Committee.
These premiere workshops will be repeated regionally later this and next
year with the goal of involving everyone in CALS, both on and off campus.
Our thanks to Bobby Browning, Billye Foster and Steven Crofts (co-chairs)
and the entire CALS Diversity Committee for an excellent presentation.
Carryover Reminder: Contact CALS Administrative Services (Cyndi, Margo, or
Sandy) before June 1, and they will assist you in working out a plan to
manage remaining budgeted funds. If it is determined that funds cannot be
expended within the unit, CALS will take back whatever budgeted monies will
not be expended, and use those monies at the college level to meet our
commitments in the current fiscal year. Then, in the next fiscal year, we
will provide an equal amount of temporary monies to the unit. Note that CALS
Administrative Services will work with the unit to develop a strategy, but
preparing the Request for Budget Change to return the money to the college
is the unit's responsibility, and all funds must be returned prior to June
15. The entire carryover policy is located at: http://ag.arizona.edu/aas/home/carryoverprocedure04.htm
ERE reminder: continue to use the current (FY04) ERE rates in grant
proposals even if they are for next fiscal year. The proposed rates for
FY05 have not yet been approved. This will be discussed in greater detail on
the staff conference call on Friday, May 14.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 24-25 - Arizona Community Vitality Initiative (CVI) Workshop will be
held at the Payson Glo Lodge in Payson. 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.html
The tentative workshop agenda is located at:
http://ag.arizona.edu/yuma/community_vitality_agenda.pdf .