TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - November 6, 2012

Tue Nov 6 10:05:44 MST 2012

TMN submittal:
http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html 

Tuesday Morning Notes 

November 6, 2012

FROM THE DIRECTOR:

Since assuming her duties at the University of Arizona a few months ago,
President Ann Weaver Hart has been advancing a proposal for a $6.3M decision
package for enhancing our capacity to build new programs in Cooperative
Extension in Arizona.  President Hart recently presented this proposal to
the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) who reviewed it with strong favor and
support.   This decision package proposal has now been advanced from ABOR to
Governor Jan Brewer's office for review.  

This proposal was developed by the Extension Administration Team (EAT) and
reviewed for approval by Dean Burgess when we were given a brief window of
time to present a proposal to the President's office for preliminary review
in August.  Responding quickly to this opportunity, the proposal was crafted
to provide broad developmental support for Extension programs across all
areas of our system including: Agriculture and Natural Resources; 4-H Youth
Development; Family, Consumer, and Health Sciences and all current sites of
function (departments, counties, and centers).

We are quite fortunate to have the opportunity to work with President Hart
in this manner.  We are also very fortunate in relation to the fact that she
truly understands the purpose and function of a land-grant institution and
the valuable role that Cooperative Extension plays in providing the critical
connections between the university and the public.  Her support for this
proposal is driven by this understanding and her vision for a modern
land-grant institution in the 21st Century and the recognition that we have
a solid foundation in CALS Cooperative Extension today to build upon for the
future.  

I have arranged a meeting with President Hart on campus for the morning of
Wednesday, 14 November.  For this session I have invited all CALS Department
Heads, County Directors, and Center Directors since these people have the
administrative responsibility for the development and delivery of Extension
programs from every facet of CALS.  The purpose of this meeting is to
provide President Hart an opportunity to initiate a direct dialog with CALS
Cooperative Extension, describe her land-grant vision and the role of
Cooperative Extension in that model, and to begin the discussion of how we
best work with her to support her efforts to bring this decision package to
fruition.  

I am looking forward to this opportunity to work with President Hart, join
her in the effort to bring these new resources to CALS Cooperative
Extension, and most importantly build new programs that positively influence
economic development for Arizona in terms of dollars of new revenue, jobs,
and social impact.

VISTA UPDATE:

Our current VISTA Leader, Julie Ferreira, has decided to end her term of
service for financial reasons.  Her last day will be this Friday, November
9.  Fortunately, I have been able to hire Manasi Gharpure Mallard back
starting November 12.  Manasi will be working about 20 hours a week until
she graduates December 14 and then will be working full time.  She will be
recruiting VISTA members for 3 new positions beginning in February as well
as for a new VISTA Leader.  Phone numbers will remain the same and her email
remains mpg at email.arizona.edu.  Good luck to Julie for the future and please
join me in welcoming Manasi back to our staff.

PROPOSALS FOR STATE PROGRAM INITIATIVE FUNDING:

A deadline reminder to submit State Program Initiative Funding Proposals by
5:00pm on November 19.  All proposals must be submitted to Patti B. and are
required to have a county and a campus or Experiment Station collaboration.
Funding for up to $15K per initiative will be available from January 1, 2013
to June 30, 2014.  Final decisions for funding of the submitted proposals
will be made by December 14.  Contact Patti B.
<mailto:pattib at ag.arizona.edu>  for additional details.

NEW GUIDANCE ON THE UA CONTRACTING PROCESS:

A new document providing guidance on the University of Arizona contracting
process has been developed and posted.  The Contract Process Guide can be
found on the Office of Research and Contract Analysis website
<http://www.orca.arizona.edu/presentations.html>  and on the Procurement and
Contracting Services website <http://www.pacs.arizona.edu/procedures_help> .
The goal of the guidance is to provide the University research community
with the practical knowledge and general understanding of the University's
procurement and contracting processes.

The Office of Research and Contract Analysis (ORCA) and Procurement and
Contracting Services (PACS) have the lead responsibility in the negotiation
and acceptance of awards on behalf of the University of Arizona. Working in
close partnership with faculty, academic units, and other university
offices, contracting staff within the offices of ORCA and PACS work to
facilitate and support the University's research enterprise by drafting,
negotiating and executing a variety of contracts and agreements on behalf of
principal investigators and other the institutional officials.  

Key features of the process document include:  1) Who to contact to get an
agreement reviewed, 2) choosing the appropriate agreement for the
transaction, 3) documents to include when routing a contract, 4) troublesome
and unacceptable clauses, and 5) who has the authority to sign agreements.

Contacts for questions regarding the process are:

*	Office of Research and Contract Analysis, orca at email.arizona.edu,
520.626.3050
*	Procurement and Contracting Services, enasser at email.arizona.edu,
520.621.5449
*	Sponsored Project Services, sponsor at email.arizona.edu, 520.626.6000

TECH TIP OF THE WEEK - SOPHOS AUTOUPDATE ISSUE:

Back in mid-September, a bad Sophos update was distributed that disabled the
Sophos Autoupdater. This issue might also have affected other updating
software such as the Flash and Java updaters.  To check if this is the case
with your computer, check to be sure the Sophos "shield" appears in the
System Tray (area where the date/time appears).  If there is no Sophos
shield, the updater has been disabled.  Call your IT support person or the
University's 24/7 IT Support Desk (520.626.8324) to have this issue resolved
as soon as possible since it leaves the antivirus without the updated virus
signatures necessary to catch the newer viruses.  It also may leave other
software unable to update, leading to security vulnerabilities.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Friday, November 16, 8:30-10:00am - Success and Backlash:  The Remarkable
(Continuing) Story of the Clean Water Act with speaker William L. Andreen,
Edgar L. Clarkson Professor of Law, University of Alabama School of Law.
For more seminar information, go to the Water Resources Research Center
Brown Bag Seminar website <http://wrrc.arizona.edu/events/brownbag> .

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean

Director for Economic Development & Extension
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ  85721-0036
520.621.7205
520.621.1314 (fax)

To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes and anything that could help
us be more effective, use  the "Director
<http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box> 's Suggestion
Box" - all submissions are anonymous.  

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