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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-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think Jim has raised a great issue and yes it one that we should discuss at our upcoming meetings in Phoenix. I heard similar concerns from the master gardeners in Sierra Vista when I spoke to them recently and they suggested that they might have to get more involved in going to bat for our funding. I will add this to the agenda but perhaps in the meantime some of you can check with your advisories to assess their comfort with sharing names, emails and other contact information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kirk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr. Kirk A. Astroth<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Interim Director, Cooperative Extension<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Interim Associate Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The University of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>1140 E. South Campus Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PO Box 210036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tucson, AZ 85721-0036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-7205 (phone)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>520-621-1314 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:kastroth@cals.arizona.edu">kastroth@cals.arizona.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://extension.arizona.edu">http://extension.arizona.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Follow us on Facebook and Twitter<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu [mailto:ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Linda Masters<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:57 AM<br><b>To:</b> spater@cals.arizona.edu; ced@ag.arizona.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [CED] request from Gila Co. Coop. Ext. Adv. Bd.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Jim & other CEDs <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>I did forward your email to my board requesting permission to share their information. So far, they all agree and I will be sending that to you soon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>I agree with Susan – we all use our allocation funds in different ways & our offices are so different, it will be hard to compare, but if we have a statewide group lobbying for us, that could be beneficial. The board members I have heard from so far think that working together is a good idea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'>Linda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu">ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu]">[mailto:ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan Pater<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ced@ag.arizona.edu">ced@ag.arizona.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [CED] request from Gila Co. Coop. Ext. Adv. Bd.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jim,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Before we do this the one big question I have is how freely can we share this information? Do we need to contact our board members and ask them if it is ok to share their phone and email contact information? Or is it all considered “Extension” information rather than county by county?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I realize you were not able to be at our last CED meeting, but this discussion also goes along with some of the discussion we had at our last meeting and the committee that Linda Master’s is chairing. We were going to look at staffing support, allocations, etc. It looks like this committee will not actually meet until the upcoming CED meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I also don’t think we can just look at operations/travel support solely by each county since we all allocate it differently and our state funds include operations, travel and <u>staff</u> budget. It seems the graph should show all the “state” support. However, in the big picture there is definitely reason for concern with decreasing budgets and the potential loss of staff with counties and across the University. So I guess I would like a little bit more information on who the policy makers are they are trying to influence – legislature? And I think we need to make sure they have information that reflects what has happened with all of our state support over time. Given that we will be meeting in two weeks perhaps we could hold this off until then so we could discuss this further.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu">ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu]">[mailto:ced-bounces@CALS.arizona.edu]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Sprinkle<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ced@ag.arizona.edu">ced@ag.arizona.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [CED] request from Gila Co. Coop. Ext. Adv. Bd.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As we reviewed the current financial state of our state funding for Cooperative Extension and the eroding support which is impacting staff positions with our Advisory Board today, they requested a list of Advisory Board members from each county with phone numbers and email. They would like to help organize a concerted effort to let policy makers know of some of the concerns they have on the current trend. If there is a central database in the state office that is available that would be good. Otherwise, could you please email me that information, and I will assemble the information they need?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I have attached the PowerPoint slide that they discussed today.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jim Sprinkle</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Area Extension Agent, Animal Science &</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gila County Cooperative Extension Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>P. O. Box 2844</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Payson, Arizona 85547</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>928-474-4160 phone</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>928-468-8289 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>email: </span><a href="mailto:sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://ag.arizona.edu/gila/animalsciences"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://ag.arizona.edu/gila/animalsciences</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>