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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 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>June 17,</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 2014<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:<span style='color:red'><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"'>In April this year, Governor Brewer signed the Arizona State Budget for fiscal year 2015 (FY15) with the inclusion of $3.5M additional permanent funding for the Cooperative Extension (CE) allocation in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University of Arizona (UA). <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"'>In recent months, I have been working with Dean Burgess to clearly delineate all components of the CE budget as distinct from the teaching and research (T/R) portions of the CALS budget. This unweaving process has not been done in the past and Extension funds were intermixed with T/R funds. We are now unraveling these two funding streams so that we can maintain complete integrity with the separate funding line for CE in our state budget. This step is important since we must demonstrate full fiscal responsibility with respect to the management of these CE state funds within CALS as per the directives of the state legislature when CE was identified as a separate line item in the CALS budget in 2007 and initiated in FY08. <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"'>Through this process, Dean Burgess has identified the need to move $401,000 from the CE line to the T/R lines in the college budget to appropriately direct and balance all funding commitments and allocations. As a result, we will now be working with a total of $3.1M additional permanent funding to CE.<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"'>This budgetary adjustment will require us to refine the strategic hiring plan in the coming days to reflect the revised $3.1 million increase in our CE budget. We remain committed to directing these new monies as soon as possible toward faculty and staff that will allow CE to deliver an expanded range of improved programs.<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"'>FOCUS ON FACULTY:<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"'>We are pleased to announce that <b>Kim Gressley</b>, Pinal County 4-H agent, was recently elected as president-elect of the Joint Council of Extension Professionals. JCEP is the umbrella organization for all of Extension's professional organizations and the leadership of each organization is represented on JCEP. Kim will become president next summer and will serve as president from then until 2016. Congratulations to Kim.<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’d like to welcome <b>Paula Kahn-Rivadeneira</b>, Assistant Specialist, Fresh Produce Safety in the Department of Soil, Water & Environmental Science and based at the Yuma Agricultural Center. Paul has a 70% Extension/30% Research appointment and her first day was June 2.<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"'>REGISTER NOW FOR THE THIRD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION EVENT:<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"'>A reminder that the third Centennial Celebration takes place on Thursday, July 24 at the V-V Experimental Ranch at Mahan Park beginning at 9:30am. The morning program will include recognition of influential contributors to Arizona agriculture, families, and communities over the last 100 years. The morning program will also highlight significant research and management of Arizona's forests for the last 100 years and beyond, describe the history and impact of the Arizona Tree Ring Lab, and discuss Arizona climate trends in the past and into the future. Following a BBQ lunch, there will be a two-hour afternoon session with hands on learning and demonstrations on various topics from home canning and remote sensing to Native American food production and forest health. For more information, check out the <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/NorthernAZCentennialCelebrationDraftAgenda-Web.pdf">draft agenda</a> and the map to the <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/resources/mahan-park-vbarv-ranch-map.pdf">Mahan Park site</a>. You can also check out <a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/centennial">Centennial Events website</a> for more information on this event and our final celebration on October 4 at the Phoenix Zoo.<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"'>For those on campus and in the Tucson area who would like to participate in this one-day event, Cooperative Extension will provide bus transportation from Tucson to the V-V with a UA Campus departure time of 5:30am sharp and an expected return time to campus between 7:30-8:30pm that same evening. Registration for the event (which includes lunch) and bus transportation are free. <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"'>To secure a seat on the bus and register for the event, you need to contact Steven Crofts (<a href="mailto:scrofts@cals.arizona.edu">by email</a> <u>or</u> phone - 520.621.7145) by <b><span style='color:red'>Wednesday, June 25</span></b>. The maximum capacity for this event is 300, so immediate registration is suggested and is on a first come, first served basis.<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"'>WRRC LAUNCHES “CATCH THE RAIN” SUMMER PHOTO CONTEST:<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"'>Rainfall in Arizona is cause for celebration, particularly during the monsoon. To capture the many ways Arizonans catch and use rainwater in our unique, diverse landscape, the UA Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) invites photographers to vie for cash prizes in the 2014 WRRC Summer Photo Contest. The theme of the 2014 contest is “Catch the Rain,” and encompasses the Arizona-specific ways this precious resource is captured -- from water in our natural environment, to the ingenious ways we catch and use rainwater. Photographers are encouraged to tell the story of Arizona's uncommon connection with (and use of) the rain through interesting photo perspectives, unique detail shots, fascinating vistas, and people in action. Get creative!<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 "Catch the Rain" photo contest runs from Wednesday, June 11 through Friday, September 26 and each entrant may submit up to three (3) photos. For more information, go to the <a href="https://wrrc.arizona.edu/photo-contest/catch-the-rain">photo contest website</a> and check out the <a href="http://wrrc.arizona.edu/photo-contest/rules-regs">contest rules and guidelines</a>.<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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jeffrey C. Silvertooth<br>Associate Dean & Director, Extension & Economic Development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Associate Director, Arizona Experiment Station<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>PO Box 210036<br>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<br>520.621.7205<br>520.621.1314 (fax)<i> <o:p></o:p></i></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-size:10.0pt;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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>