Tuesday Morning Notes
August 7, 2007
POSITION POSTING:
The Assistant Director, 4-H Youth Development position has now been posted in the UA CareerTrack system. You can view the listing (#38738) at http://www.uacareertrack.com/applicants/Central?quickFind=188654.
FOCUS ON FACULTY:
- Id like to welcome Mark Apel who joined our Cochise County faculty as Area Associate Agent, Community Resource Development on August 1 . He will serve Southern Arizona from the Sierra Vista location.
WEB CASTING PRESENTATIONS:
An additional Web casting presentation for the Maricopa County Extension Director position, titled The Vision for Extension in Maricopa County: Short Term and Long Term will be as follows: Buddy Borden , August 16 , 3:45-4:30pm. The presentation can be viewed at http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/webcasts.html using Internet Explorer (NOT Netscape) and Windows Media Player. For more information or questions, contact Glenda Thompson (520.621.3621). This replaces the original Web cast scheduled on August 6.
CRITERIA FOR ADVERSE REVIEWS AND MOTOR VEHICLE CHECKS TRAINING CALL:
All faculty and staff are invited to attend a state CES training on the Criteria for Adverse Reviews and Motor Vehicle Checks , Tuesday, August 14, from 9:45-10:45am with special guest speaker, Leslie D. Porter, Director, Benefits & Employment Advising, Human Resources. This is the typical AZ 4-H Connections call. Leslie will describe the different categories for potential risk, the patterns to look for, how to weigh the history of risk, and discuss the motor vehicle check for those volunteers whose positions require them to drive. To facilitate Leslies presentation, please send your questions to Lisa. Information from Web sites you may wish to review before the call includes the CES Program and Procedural Manual and Sample VolunteerSelect reports (ChoicePoint). Leslie will also have materials to share prior to the call. To access the Breeze connection call training, go to http://breeze.ltc.arizona.edu/connect/ at 9:30am to get checked in.
DREAMWEAVER PODCASTS:
This fall, starting on August 15, I will be releasing each week three podcasts (videos with voice) that are aimed at new people creating sites with Dreamweaver. There will be some 40 podcasts released, so the series lasts 3 months. To view the podcasts, you will download a copy of iTunes (a free download) and then subscribe to the series. Each week you can get the new podcasts to view at a time convenient for you. The podcasts normally range from 3-10 minutes in length. Topics include defining a site, using title tags, posting to the CALS server using Dreamweaver, adding text traits, creating numbered and bulleted lists, adding links, adding images, using tables, as well as some information about creating and editing style sheet rules. Although filmed using Dreamweaver 8, these videos could be used by someone with Dreamweaver MX 2004 or the new Dreamweaver 9 (Dreamweaver CS3). To be added to the closed list for this "class" and get instructions about how to subscribe to the podcast series, send an email to Linda Ffolliott with a subject line of "Podcast series."
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- The Arizona Dairy Production Conference will be held on Thursday, October 11 at the Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Airport, 3422 E. Elwood, Phoenix. The purpose of this conference is to provide industry updates and information about current research to dairy producers and their employees, extension personnel, veterinarians, nutritionists, milk quality specialists and others involved in dairy operations. If you would like to view a conference brochure or download a registration form, go to http://ag.arizona.edu/extension/dairy/ and click on the Arizona Dairy Production Conference logo. If you need further information, contact Laura Rittenbach (520.621.9382).
James A. Christenson, Ph.D.
(jimc@cals.arizona.edu)
Associate Dean and Director
Arizona Cooperative Extension
Forbes, Room 301
Tucson, Arizona 85721
520/621-7205
520/621-1314 FAX