TUESDAY MORNING NOTES - MAY 20, 2014

Tue May 20 11:19:55 MST 2014

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

Tuesday Morning Notes 

May 20, 2014

FROM THE DIRECTOR - Strategic Planning and Management

Nearly three years ago the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
embarked on an ambitious strategic planning process that went on for more
than a year.  All CALS units were directed to develop strategic plans,
through three distinct phases, and align those plans with the overall
strategic plan for the college.  Cooperative Extension (CE) was deeply
engaged in this process that included connections to every unit in CALS.  As
we can all easily remember, that strategic planning process took a lot of
time and effort from many people in every quarter of CALS.  Taking that
process a step further, CE developed a strategic hiring priority plan in the
past year through a Strategic Hiring Planning Committee (SHPC).  The SHPC
operated on the collective input from all academic and CE units in CALS and
also included input from stakeholders from across the state. This was a
process much more comprehensive and far-reaching than Extension led in 2009.

Throughout the entire strategic planning process, and particularly through
the SHPC procedures, I was continually asked by people from across CALS if
all of this planning was just an exercise or if we would really use any of
this information for administrative decision making and management of
college resources.  Consistent with the messages from Dean Burgess, who
initiated the entire strategic planning process in CALS, I have been
straightforward and I have tried to be very clear in stating that we are
indeed operating within the framework of our strategic plan and the results
from the SHPC will be used in implementing a hiring plan for CE.  As your
Director, I am committed to engaging in efforts that connect directly to our
daily work and that tie into our stakeholder's real aspirations and
identified future needs.   I believe that I have been clear and consistent
in telling you that this was not an exercise in futility but rather an
essential step in charting our future based on input from every stakeholder
in Extension.

Accordingly, the CALS and CE strategic plans, as well as the results from
the SHPC, will be used as guiding tools as we work to invest the new
additional permanent funds that have been allocated specifically to CE by
the Arizona Legislature and supported by the Governor beginning in Fiscal
Year 2015.  As you might expect, this investment process will also include
new developments in CE that have come up since the SHPC work was completed a
few months ago and will reflect the circumstances that have developed with
this new funding through the legislative process this past year.  I am
looking forward to your help and support as we embark on this exciting
process of making these strategic dreams a working reality to improve lives,
communities and the economy.

FOCUS ON STAFF:

Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Amanda Zamudio who began her
new position as an Assistant in Extension, 4-Youth Development in Santa Cruz
County last Monday, May 12.  Amanda grew up in Cochise County and was active
in FFA.  Most recently, she has worked as the 4-H agent in Teton County,
Wyoming (Jackson Hole) where she gave leadership to a wide variety of
programs and demonstrated her energy and passion for youth development.
Welcome Amanda!  You can send a note of welcome to Amanda at
azamudio at email.arizona.edu.

FOCUS ON PROGRAMS:

The latest issue of the Western Rural Development Center's Rural Connections
<http://wrdc.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/pub__7800913.pdf>  is
dedicated to the topics presented at the Extension Sustainability Summit
held in Park City, Utah last October, including articles by Mark Apel
(Cochise County Area Agent) entitled "Land Use and Sustainability in the
West" (pp. 11-15) and Gregg Garfin (Assistant Specialist, Climate Science
Policy and Natural Resources) entitled "The Imperatives and Challenges of
Addressing Climate Risk in Cooperative Extension Communities" (pp. 17-20).

UPDATED DIRECTORY AVAILABLE:

The latest edition (May 2014) of the downloadable Extension directory is now
available on our People Search web site
<http://extension.arizona.edu/people-search> .  Just click on the "PDF file
version" link to open up a copy that you can save and print as needed.  Or
use this direct link
<https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/2
0140516Roster.pdf>  for an immediate download.  As always, please report any
changes to Steven Crofts <mailto:scrofts at cals.arizona.edu>  (520.621.7145).

UPCOMING EVENTS:

June 5-6, AZ Women in Agriculture Conference, La Quinta Inn & Suites,
Prescott.  This joint conference with UA CALS and agricultural organizations
is celebrating its 18th year.  This year's theme, "It's All Ag, Believe it
or Not," will educate attendees on biotechnology, animal welfare, healthy
food choices and food safety.  All Extension and CALS personnel are
encouraged to participate (it is not a female-only event).  Registration and
additional information can be found at the Arizona Farm Bureau Women in
Agriculture Conference website
<http://www.azfb.org/public/466/programs/women-in-agriculture-conference>
(and please forward this to your clientele).

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth
Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development 

Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station

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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