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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TMN submittal: <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html">http://cals.arizona.edu/extension/tuesday/form/submittal_form.html</a><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday Morning Notes </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>(sometimes known as "Wednesday Morning Notes")</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>January 23,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 2013<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FROM THE DIRECTOR:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Over the past year everyone in CALS has seen some information regarding the college budget situation. Dean Burgess has been presenting budget summaries in his “All Hands” meetings and a common feature to those presentations has been the “Red & Green (RG) Table” that outlines the “unassigned funds” and projections for college-level <b><u>permanent</u></b> salary dollars available in CALS. He does this so that everyone can see what the current college finances are—just as any federal agency and all publicly traded companies do. We also have an additional RG Table for “temporary” college-level funds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The CALS Executive Council (E.C.) reviews the college budget situation weekly and has been using this table as a tool to summarize and manage the college’s current fiscal year’s unassigned funds and to exercise projections into future fiscal years. As one might imagine, we have an extensive array of spreadsheets providing detailed accounts for many aspects of the entire college budget to work with. But we have found the RG Table to be a good benchmark reference regarding the overall status of the unassigned funds in CALS and a useful tool in budget modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The E.C. has become somewhat accustomed to the RG Table as a budget summary tool and I can easily appreciate the comments and questions that I have received on numerous occasions regarding this table and the fact that it is not clear to everybody what it is and what it describes. Thus, I think it might be worthwhile to offer a brief outline and explanation of the RG Table, which I will attempt to provide in this article with the valuable help of Sandy Pottinger, Associate Dean for CALS Finances (our college’s chief financial officer). First, however, I need to provide a few important points for background. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The projections for the unassigned funds for college-level permanent salary dollars available in CALS are extremely important since these funds are the resources that hire people to build and direct programs. This also represents the primary pool of funds we have in the college that are subject to the reductions when budget cuts hit us.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A few summary points regarding the projections for the unassigned funds for college-level permanent salary dollars available in CALS and the RG Table:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How CALS is organized.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Two separate state budget line items exist – Extension and Non-Extension.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There are five divisions in CALS budgets – teaching, research, extension, support, and unassigned.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>iii.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We have 45 units (departments or schools) – 11 academic units, 6 agricultural centers/research units, 16 county offices/extension units, 5 support units, 6 administrative units, and 1 unassigned unit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Where funds are located.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Most of the CALS funds “belong” to units in the teaching, research, extension, or support divisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Per CALS policy, the permanent funds used for salaries for unit administrators, tenure/continuing-track faculty, and selected appointed professionals “belong” to the college. When not assigned to a unit, these college-level funds reside in the “Unassigned unit”. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.75in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Examples: When a faculty member is hired, college-level salary dollars are transferred from the Unassigned unit to the employee’s appropriate academic, research, extension, support, and/or administrative unit(s). When a faculty member leaves CALS, the salary dollars are transferred back from the employee’s unit(s) to the college’s Unassigned unit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Red and Green Table presented by Dean Burgess in the last “All Hands” meeting describes the “unassigned funds” and projections for college-level <u>permanent</u> salary dollars available in CALS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FY13 is for the current fiscal year ending 6/30/13; FY14 is a projection for the next fiscal year which begins 7/1/13.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=780 height=207 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01CDF947.C4395BA0"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>b.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This table reflects the college-level permanent salary dollars. These are budget-style permanent state and federal appropriated funds (see above explanations).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>c.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Row 1 – In FY13, CALS started the fiscal year with a permanent budget of $1,913,329 in vacant salary lines belonging to the college (in the Unassigned unit).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>d.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Row 2 – Based on historical and current year activity, we estimate that $1,200,000 permanent salary budgeted dollars will revert to the college in FY13 due to retirements, resignations, and separations from those positions originally funded by college-level funds and returned to the CALS Unassigned unit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>e.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Row 3 – Based on actual hires and the college’s approved faculty hiring plan, $1,519,579 worth of college-level permanent salary dollars have been used to fund positions in FY13.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>f.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Row 4 – There are two primary sources for this number. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>i.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>First, new faculty hires might be funded from other temporary funds, like TRIF or Provost funding, for the first couple of years but CALS becomes fully responsible for those lines as the temporary obligations are completed. So, college-level permanent salary dollars aren’t needed in year one. CALS doesn’t have any outstanding cases in FY13, but we do have commitments to permanently fund existing faculty in FY14 in excess of $550,000. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.25in;text-indent:-1.25in;mso-text-indent-alt:-9.0pt;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>ii.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Second, when appropriate, the college may have to provide permanent funding for salary adjustments for existing employees funded on college-level permanent salary dollars; a projected amount is included here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>g.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Row 5 – In FY13, CALS E.C. decided to use some of the college-level permanent salary dollars to lessen the FY13 budget cut burden on the units. We permanently returned $459,639 in permanent college-level salary dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>h.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Row 6 – CALS funds many temporary commitments throughout the fiscal year with college-level dollars. This activity is recorded and monitored via the “Temporary Commitment List”. Over time, some of these temporary commitments rolled over year after year. CALS E.C. has identified $316,795 in “temporary” commitments that are actually more permanent in nature. Thus, we will transfer permanent college-level salary dollars to fund these commitments and categorize them as “permanent”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>i.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Row 7 – Currently, we estimate a remaining balance of $667,316 in college-level permanent salary dollars to rollover into FY14. This amount will change based on the actual amount of vacated positions (Row 2) and on the actual amount of permanent salary dollars used (Rows 3-7) by 30 June 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>j.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FY14 – The amounts in this column represent our budget model and projection for the upcoming fiscal year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am hopeful that this review and summary has provided some help in clarifying the RG Table. I did say at the onset of this article that I would provide a “brief” review of this aspect of our budget management. In this case “brief” is a relative term but I have tried to be as direct and concise with this as possible. Again, our intention within the CALS E.C. is to be open and transparent with the college finances and our management of those resources. The objective of this article is to work within that intent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IMPORTANT REMINDER:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There will be scheduled electrical upgrades in the Forbes Building on <b>Saturday, January 26</b> and all power will be off. This means email, CALS websites and online programs like <b>APROL</b> will be offline <br>during part or all of that day. Please plan accordingly. For update information, contact <a href="mailto:lab@cals.arizona.edu">lab@cals.arizona.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The nomination deadline for the 2012 <b>Extension Faculty of the Year Award</b>, the <b>Outstanding Staff in Cooperative Extension Award</b>,<b> </b>and the <b>Extensionist of the Year Award</b> is just over a week away – <b><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Friday, February 1</span></b> – and encourage you to submit your recommendations: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The <b>Faculty of the Year</b> award recipient will receive $1,000 and an award. <a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/awards/extfacultyawd.html">Click here</a> for Extension Faculty of the Year Award criteria and nomination form.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The <b>Outstanding Staff in Cooperative Extension </b>award recipient will receive $500 and an award. <a href="http://cals.arizona.edu/awards/extstaffawd.html">Click here</a> for award nomination criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The <b>Extensionist of the Year</b> award recognizes and honors a resident of the State of Arizona who has demonstrated extraordinary contributions, through UACE, to improving the lives of people in their community and state. The award will be presented at an appropriate college-wide event. Letters of nomination from UACE or non-UACE faculty and staff and/or peers should focus on the following criteria: <b>1)</b> the nature and extent of the contribution provided by the individual (35%), <b>2)</b> how this contribution has benefitted people in the community (15%) and the state (15%), <b>3)</b> leadership qualities (25%), and <b>4)</b> support for UACE (10%).<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All awards will be presented at an appropriate Extension or CALS event. Please read the criteria carefully, submitting <u>only</u> the materials noted (no vitas). Submit your nominations and support letters c/o Steven Crofts, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, PO Box 210036, Tucson, AZ, 85721 or <a href="mailto:scrofts@cals.arizona.edu">scrofts@cals.arizona.edu</a>. If you have any questions, contact <a href="mailto:scrofts@ag.arizona.edu">Steve</a> (520.621.7145).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4-H CLUBS RECEIVE ESRI GIS GRANTS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Congratulations to two 4-H clubs that were awarded GIS grants from Esri. Bisbee High School 4-H Club in Cochise County was awarded an ArcGIS Desktop grant which provides GIS software and curriculum for use with desktop computers. The Green Team 4-H Club in Maricopa County was awarded an ArcGIS Online grant which gives them access to GIS applications and other resources online. These two clubs competed with other 4-H clubs from around the country for these grants. Congratulations to the clubs and the agents and mentors supporting their efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>UPDATE ON VISTA PROGRAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Since 2008, we have been fortunate to have more than 20+ VISTA members (Volunteers in Service to America) serving in various roles with Extension faculty to build our capacity and strengthen our infrastructure. Typically, VISTA programs are funded for only 3 years, but we are now in our 5th year. However, we have been notified that next year will be our last year of support and that our project is being phased out. This means that we are making the final 2 placements now, and no new VISTA positions will be available for some time. Our project will come to an end in March 2014. Of course, current VISTA members will complete their year of service regardless of when they started. Our VISTA members have been a tremendous asset to our organization and I am amazed at what they have added to our programs. We can re-apply in 2016 after a year hiatus. In the meantime, we are moving ahead with a joint AmeriCorps proposal with New Mexico Extension. If approved, this project would add 43 new part-time positions to our two states. And we anticipate receiving assistance at the James 4-H Camp from an NCCC work team later this spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TECH TIP OF THE WEEK – ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE AND FALSE SECURITY:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Antivirus Software is probably the most overstated tool in any security toolbox. For years, security experts have been pitching the same advice: Install antivirus and firewall software, keep up with patches. Some companies even market their products with bold (and arguably misleading) guarantees like "Total Protection!" Here's the reality: antivirus software is good at detecting known threats, but not so great at flagging brand new malware samples. If you're depending on your antivirus software to save you from risky behaviors online (such as downloading software from P2P/torrent networks), you're asking for trouble. Again, it is best to think of antivirus as another layer of security for a modern PC. Follow Krebs's 3 Basic Rules for online safety and you will drastically reduce the chances of handing control over your computer to the bad guys. In short, <b>1)</b> if you didn't go looking for it, don't install it; <b>2)</b> if you installed, update it. <b>3)</b> If you no longer need it, get rid of it!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SCHOOL GARDENS:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monica Pastor (Area Associate Agent for the University of Arizona’s Agriculture Literacy program) has begun a project that will allow produce grown in a school’s garden to be served in the school’s cafeteria. Monica, in conjunction with Kurt Nolte (Yuma CED/Area Agent & Director, Yuma Agricultural Center), have developed a training and curriculum that teaches schools to utilize good handling and good agricultural practices in their school gardens. By participating in this School Garden Food Safety program, students from an entire school can reap the educational and healthy benefits of growing and consuming their own food. We ask that you forward the <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/email.arizona.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHJBZ25wYXBiTmN5TDV2MjZpV250eHc6MQ#gid=0">School Garden Food Safety Survey link</a> to K-12 educators you work with so that we may better provide this highly sought-after program to schools throughout the state. The Arizona Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Consultation and Training has funded all or a portion of this project using Specialty Crop Block Grant funds provided by the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey C. Silvertooth<br>Associate Dean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director for Economic Development & Extension<br>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>PO Box 210036<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>520.621.7205<br>520.621.1314 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To submit tips, suggestions, ideas for changes and anything that could help us be more effective, use the “<a href="http://extension.arizona.edu/state/directors-suggestion-box">Director’s Suggestion Box</a>” – all submissions are anonymous. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>