I want to wish each of you a very enjoyable holiday season; a time for rest and laughter,
peace and excitement, reflection and good cheer. The next TMN will appear January 6, 2006.
Please welcome Tina Christianson, Administrative Secretary (520-621-5316) and
Tony Stevens, Office Assistant (520-621-7205) as the newest members to our
administrative team. Tina assists Lisa Lauxman in statewide 4-H Youth Development, as well as Extension
Administration. Tony just began in our office last Monday, December 12 and will be covering our main
phone line, reception and general office support.
Faculty and staff are reminded that they are not authorized to sign contracts. It is university policy
that all grants, contracts, and memorandums of understanding must be signed by the university Contracting
Officer or authorized individuals in Sponsored Projects. Additionally, contracts, grants, and MOUs
proposed in your role as a University employee are university business and must be routed through the
University, not one of our affiliated foundations; and the monies associated with such agreements, as
well as payments for products or services supplied by university employees, must be deposited in
university accounts. University employees conducting a sponsored project for which there is no
approved agreement by the University may not use university facilities, personnel, equipment, supplies
or the name of the University for such activities. All grants, contracts and MOUs, and extensions of
existing agreements, must be routed through the university. If you think you have a situation that
warrants an exception, send written justification to CALS Administrative Services prior to entering
into an agreement, and they will seek review by appropriate university offices for a determination.
Please note that the Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation is an official University of Arizona affiliated
501(c)(3) organization that offers opportunities for CALS to solicit, receive, maintain and enhance
appropriate gifts. Grants and contracts handled by the 4-H Foundation are limited to those approved
in advance by CALS Administrative Services and the University of Arizona. For more information on
relations with affiliated foundations, please refer to the FRS Departmental Manual at
http://www.fso.arizona.edu/fso/deptman/6/615found.html. For additional information regarding
sponsored projects, see the Sponsored Projects Services website at http://www.sps.arizona.edu/.
If you have questions related to this information, contact CALS Administrative Services.
The December issue of the Journal of Extension contains three articles from UA Extension faculty:
“Is 10% Good Enough? Cooperative Extension Work in Indian Country” by Joe Hiller, “Extension Connection: Workforce Development and
Cooperative Extension Working Hand-in-Hand” by Ruth Jackson and Sharon Hoelscher Day; and “More Tips: Communicating with Institutional Review
Boards Over the Course of Your Project” by Donna Peterson, Dan McDonald & Sherry Betts. Congratulations to all of you for keeping
Arizona Cooperative Extension out there.
Upcoming Events & Reminders:
The 18th Annual Southwest Indian Agricultural Association (SWIAA) Annual Conference is being held
January 17-19, 2006 in Laughlin, Nevada. A diverse program is planned that includes topics and
speakers from the national, regional and local levels. A variety of information will be presented
that should send you home with something to think and talk about. For more information, an agenda
and a registration form, go to http://cals.arizona.edu/americanindianprograms/swiaa.pdf.
“An Emerging Audience on a Changing Landscape: Arizona’s Open Spaces and the New Exurban Clientele"
workshop will be held on Friday, January 20, 2006, 9:30am-3:00pm at the UA Student Union, Level 3,
Catalina Room. Lunch will be provided and travel expenses covered. Space is limited, so register
early by contacting Christie Mills (520-621-8586). The workshop will provide
an opportunity to share the preliminary findings of a small Extension research project focused on
our changing rural population, the growing "exurban" sector. Using what has been learned to date
combined with individual experiences, the objective is to develop ideas for a strategy to extend
the reach of natural resource education programs more explicitly into the exurban market.