TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - March 5, 2013

Tue Mar 5 12:26:13 MST 2013

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

Tuesday Morning Notes 

March 5, 2013

FROM THE DIRECTOR:

In the past year the new Executive Council (EC) for the College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) has had the opportunity to review many
facets of the organization and general function of the college.  It is clear
that many aspects of our college are well integrated with respect to the
instruction, research, and Extension elements that we are conducting.  A
very good example of that type of integration can be seen with the research
and Extension programs.  Essentially, most Extension programs are propelled
by the knowledge and information generated from their companion research
programs.  This is true for Extension faculty based in departments and
county offices and an essential aspect of the programs based on our
Agricultural Centers.  

Dr. Ron Allen, Associate Dean and Director of the Arizona Experiment
Station, and I have been working to develop a functional scheme of
management associated with our centers and the faculty and programs that are
based on those centers.  The following outline provides our basic
operational plan for management specifically oriented to the centers
associated with CALS.  Dean Burgess has been included and provided his input
in these discussions and this plan of management has been presented and
approved by the entire CALS EC.

The CALS Executive Council's Integrated Management of the Arizona Experiment
Station and the Arizona Cooperative Extension System

We recognize the following:

1.	That the Arizona Experiment Station and especially the Arizona
Cooperative Extension System have always been tools for the state's social
and economic development.
2.	In the 21st century the Cooperative Extension System will evolve to
become an even more important model than it was when it was invented in and
for the 20th century.
3.	The classic Cooperative Extension System model is being copied into
areas that have no historical link with agriculture (e.g., health care
delivery).
4.	That the Cooperative Extension System is embracing economic
development, engineering and biomedical/life sciences areas in addition to
agronomic ones.
5.	That not only is there increasing integration between what in the
20th century became known to be separate academic disciplines; but also that
these artificial discipline constructs are now outliving their usefulness
and so we are entering a new era when new technologies allow, and social and
economic needs require. 
6.	That the boundaries between basic, applied and translational science
must disappear-and 21st century Cooperative Extension System scientists must
be leaders in multi- and trans-disciplinarity and can be central to this
change.
7.	That the Cooperative Extension System represents the archetype for
applied STEM education.
8.	That the Cooperative Extension System faculty is extremely important
and significant in future CALS research growth.
9.	Just as the world has become a single global marketplace, we must
take advantage of technologies to remove the challenges raised by distance
from the way we view Cooperative Extension System statewide delivery.
10.	The Cooperative Extension System must maintain its responsiveness to
rural Arizona and must build its relevance to urban Arizona.

Guided by the above, as well as by the legislative intents of the Hatch and
Smith-Lever acts, CALS has the following administrative leadership and
management paradigms:

A.	Authority, responsibility and accountability for leading and
managing all AZ Experiment Station resources, which includes all AZ
agricultural centers, resides with the Experiment Station director and parts
of this authority, responsibility and accountability may be delegated
directly from the Experiment Station director to Experiment Station resident
directors.  Final authority for the Experiment Station budget is delegated
to the AZ Experiment Station director.

B.	Authority, responsibility and accountability for Cooperative
Extension System program leadership and management, which includes all
delivery and research as well as related personnel, resides with the
Cooperative Extension System director. Parts of this authority,
responsibility and accountability may be delegated directly from the
Cooperative Extension System Director to county extension directors. Final
authority for the Cooperative Extension System budget is delegated to the
Cooperative Extension System director.

The AZ Experiment Station director shall consult with the Cooperative
Extension System director when making budget or other management decisions
that affect faculty and staff with Cooperative Extension System
appointments. Final authority for the Experiment Station budget rests with
the AZ Experiment Station director.

C.	Cooperative Extension System specialists are all to have academic
appointments in academic departments and so will be line managed and
reviewed by main-campus department heads: this requires that all main-campus
department heads be extremely proactive about their departments' Cooperative
Extension missions and that all Cooperative Extension System faculty be
extremely proactive about working with their departments. Cooperative
Extension System faculty's programs will also be reviewed by the Cooperative
Extension System director, who, in addition, will also review departmental
Cooperative Extension System programs as a whole by way of review of
departmental programs as a whole. The Cooperative Extension System director
has the ability to move resources within the Cooperative Extension System to
best serve the college and our stakeholders.

TECH TIP OF THE WEEK - KREB'S RULE #3 FOR STAYING SAFE ONLINE:

If you no longer need it, remove it.  Clutter is the nemesis of a speedy
computer.  Unfortunately, many computer makers ship machines with gobs of
bloatware that most customers never use even once.  On top of the
direct-from-manufacturer junk software, the average user tends to install
dozens of programs and add-ons over the course of months and years.  In the
aggregate, these items can take their toll on the performance of your
computer.  Many programs add themselves to the list of items that start up
whenever the computer is rebooted, which can make restarting the computer a
bit like watching paint dry.  And remember, the more programs you have
installed, the more time you have to spend keeping them up to date with the
latest security patches.  For example, Java is a powerful program and Web
browser plugin that most people have on their machines but seldom use (the
bulky program also adds itself to the startup menu in Windows every time you
update it).  Meanwhile, attackers are constantly targeting systems with
outdated versions of this software.  If you don't need Java, uninstall it.
You can always reinstall it if you find it is needed for some website or
third-party application.  If you can't bring yourself to completely remove
Java or if you have desktop programs that require it, consider unhooking it
from the browser by disabling the Java add-on in whatever browser you use.

NEW PUBLICATIONS:

2012 Cotton Variety Testing Results
<http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1593.pdf>  by Randy Norton , Shawna
Loper, Linda Masters (retired), Ayman Mostafa, Kurt Nolte

UPCOMING EVENT:

Wednesday, March 13, 12-12:30pm - Wednesday Walk led by president Hart.  To
participate, meet a little before noon on the north side of the Student
Union, just outside the UA bookstore's Starbucks.  For more information, on
Wednesday Walk, contact Nancy Rogers <mailto:rogersn at email.arizona.edu>  (UA
Life & Work Connections,  Walk Across Arizona) or Kay Hongu
<mailto:%20hongu at email.arizona.edu>  (Associate Extension Specialist).

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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