[Ced] AZ SciTech Festival - plans

[Ed Martin]

Dear CEDs:

I would like to start working on our Arizona 
Science and Technology Festival  plans.  Some 
counties may be planning on working with Kirk and 
Kerry Schwartz on a water related activity, but 
this would be in addition to that.  What I am 
hoping to do is “Cover 15 counties in 15 Days” or 
“15 Counties in 5 Days” or even better “15 
Counties in 5 hours” (you get the gist).

So, I need to know what plans do you already have 
that are occurring from February 1 to February 
29, 2012, that could be tagged as Science or 
Technology related.  What we will do is arrange 
to have the activity logged into the system as a 
partnering event for the Festival.  We’ll try to 
get some signage, press coverage and deliver some 
quality education, helping to show how Extension 
reaches Arizonan’s from every corner of the 
state, and in between.  Please share this with 
our reservation faculty as well, it would be good to also get them involved!

Looking at our Master Calendar, the only thing 
showing are some gardening activities in Pima 
County and some Grandparents Raising 
Grandchildren in Sedona and Flagstaff.   However, 
make one of those gardening workshops an IPM or 
irrigation presentation during that time period 
and you have science and technology.

This an excellent opportunity to showcase 
Extension.  Everything I have seen so far from 
the Festival organizers has involved the greater 
Phoenix area and the I-10 corridor to 
Tucson.  We’ll cover those areas as well as the 
rest of the State – it’s what we do!

I look forward to your replies.  As always, thank 
for your help and sooner I hear from you, the 
sooner we can get the timeframe established and 
start making some more concrete plans.

Take Care,

Ed