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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012>Hi,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012>I saw that my concern on staff funding and possible
options for relief was placed on the February agenda. I thought it would be well
to forward you the following that I sent to Dean Sander at his request in 2007.
The question is, "Without staff support, what will the new model for Extension
in AZ be?" Also, "Without staff support, are we laying the groundwork for
organizational implosion for Arizona Cooperative Extension?"</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012>An update to what is below is in order. In 2007, Gila
County reduced staff support over two offices (San Carlos is funded separately
from our offices in Globe and Payson) to 1.75 FTE. Since then, we have
reduced staff support to 1.5 FTE. On the current trajectory, within
two to three years, we will have to reduce staff support over two offices to 0.5
to 0.75 FTE. I feel this is unsustainable. We will be laying the framework for
our own demise. A question I raised with Dean Sander below is important enough I
have pasted it here also just in case you don't want to read the lengthy epistle
below.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>We seem
to have moved into a whole new pardigm for Cooperative Extension,
namely:</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman"><EM><STRONG>We
will pay your salary, but take your choice - do you want staff support or do you
want to have travel and operational dollars to do your job?
</STRONG></EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman"><EM><STRONG></STRONG></EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>If we do
away with staff, why maintain Extension Offices and why should we expect the
Counties to continue to fund us in a cooperative fashion? We could be talking
about people working out of their homes with very little county support and very
limited central administration support. However, everything now requires more
time with new University accounting/reporting procedures that have been
established. If an Extension Agent were to work out of their home with no staff
assistance, then he/she would be spending at least 40 to 50% of their time just
performing clerical duties. In essence, we would be building a case for our own
demise.</STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=081353517-10022012>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jim Sprinkle</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Area Extension Agent, Animal Science
&</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gila County Cooperative Extension
Director</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>P. O. Box 2844</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Payson, Arizona 85547</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>928-474-4160 phone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>928-468-8289 fax</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>email: <A
href="mailto:sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu">sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://ag.arizona.edu/gila/animalsciences">http://ag.arizona.edu/gila/animalsciences</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Jim Sprinkle
[mailto:sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 02, 2007 03:41
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Eugene Sander'<BR><B>Cc:</B> jim
(jimc@ag.arizona.edu)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Budget
Information<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=804245319-02032007>Dr. Sander,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=804245319-02032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=804245319-02032007>You asked for my input on the budget cut as CED for
Gila County. I have tried to view things in a futuristic fashion and be as
honest as possible.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=804245319-02032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=804245319-02032007><FONT color=#000000 size=3
face="Times New Roman">1. Budget Cut Impacts: How you will take your cuts
at the target levels, as well as assessments of the consequences, both near term
and strategic.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0000ff>As you know, we
have limited freedom of choice for discretionary cuts after paying for our two
full time staff in Gila County. We are unable to operate without staff support
and they are already stretched thin with the workload they experience.
After paying salaries for our two staff employees, we have $13,060 in
discretionary funding from state dollars. Additonally, we no longer receive
money to cover our postage, so $2,500 needs to be deducted from the above
$13,060, leaving a balance of $10,560. Agent travel/operations (unless
significant external grant funds are obtained) costs approximately $19,000 for
the 3 county faculty funded by state dollars administered by the College of
Agriculture. Our county funding provides office space and much of the
operational funding we need to keep our offices open (copies, vehicle
maintenance, phones, supplies, temporary help, internet service, etc.). I feel
that is very important to allow county faculty to have the travel and operations
budget they need to fund their travel and programming efforts. To do otherwise,
limits our effectives and destroys employee morale. The most important thing
that our faculty do and the thing they are hired to do is to provide research
based educational programs for agriculture/natural resources and
youth. I feel that our strategic plan has been to assume that the state will
provide faculty with the travel budget they need to do their job and that the
county will provide operational dollars to keep our offices open and
functioning. This partnership has worked very well in the past and is in
line with the Arizona Revised Statutes for Extension work.
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0000ff>Agents travel
and present programs at least two or three days a week. To maintain county
support, it is important that our Payson and Globe Extension offices remain open
during regular business hours to service clientele. To accomplish this mandate,
we must maintain two full time staff employees. We also need these two employees
to assist agents in programming efforts. One employee works mostly full time in
maintaining accounts/P-card reconciliations/reports etc. and the other employee
maintains our Web site, assists in correspondence and fliers, and other
secretarial duties. We occasionally bring in part on-call time help on either
grant dollars or county dollars to handle work overflow.
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0000ff>With this recent
3% budget cut ($7,000, but really $9,500 with postage cut), our ability to
function effectively has been compromised. The budget cut is roughly equivalent
to losing .25 FTE for staff support. In order to continue to fund faculty travel
in order for them to do their jobs, we either have to subsidize faculty travel
with county dollars or cut one staff employee from 1.0 to 0.75 FTE. I do not
wish to reduce our staff FTE's as we need both employees full time and to
do a partial layoff would send a signal that I do not wish sent. Last
year we asked the county for a modest increase to accommodate increased
operational expenses. They did fund our request. However, the above cut will
require us to use over 22% of our county budget to help fund agent travel and
postage. I don't think I need to tell you that this is a huge impact to our
operational efficiency. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0000ff>For the
2007-2008 fiscal year, we do have some accumulated savings from grant dollars
that have spared our county operational dollars. We will mostly use these funds
up to cover this 3% budget cut. However, we have a high mileage vehicle (over
140,000 miles) used by the area agent/regional specialist that will need to be
replaced. I hope we can receive some temporary dollar matching from CALS to pay
a 50% match for this vehicle. If so, we can withstand this challenge to our
funding for a couple of years. If a match on the vehicle does not occur, we will
need to absorb the approximately $20,000 to $25,000 from our accumulated
savings. Adding this amount to the approximately $10,000 cut from CALS will
reduce our emergency reserves to approximately $4,000 to $5,000. This reserve
will not allow us to continue down this same road for another year without
downsizing our support staff. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
class=804245319-02032007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
class=804245319-02032007>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0000ff>I should justify
the expense of maintaining a vehicle for the Area Extension Agent/Regional
Specialist. He travels approximately 30,000 miles per year in performance of his
duties. If mileage were to be paid, travel expenses per year for
driving alone would be $13,350. It is more cost effective to pay fuel costs and
maintenance for a state owned vehicle. This allows the Area Agent to stay within
the constraints of a limited travel budget.
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#0000ff>I need to
mention two other effects of this budget cut. In 2003 and 2006, we funded a
student Extension intern (with county dollars), primarily to assist with our
Reading the Range program. This has been a valuable experience for the interns
and has provided us with some excellent support. It has also exposed these
interns to future employment possibilities with Extension. We will be unable to
continue sponsoring an intern unless we receive grant dollars. I have not
mentioned that we have a federally funded Extension program on the San
Carlos Reservation. We have had to help prop up this program with some small
expenses that USDA and the San Carlos Tribe and CALS will not fund (such as air
conditioner service). We will no longer be able to do this and CALS will need to
pick up these type of expenses. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><FONT
color=#0000ff></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">What are the
r</FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">epercussion<SPAN
class=804245319-02032007>s</SPAN>? With this additional cut, we have set in
motion a cascade of events. Should the funding we lost not be restored in
2008-2009, we may have to cut our staff to 1.75 FTE. This has the possiblility
of eroding our base of support with the county due to reduced clientele service
and increased dissatisfaction (e. g., no one at the Extension office and a
locked door when stopping by). This could reduce our funds futher as
clientele complain to the Board of Supervisors. Employee morale will suffer as
staff become insecure about job security. Some employees may leave to find full
time employment, requiring training new employees. Support for faculty will be
reduced and they will have to curtail programming to perform jobs that used to
be accomplished by staff. As programming is curtailed, further dissatisfaction
by clientele may be communicated to County administrators (e. g., the Extension
Agents just want to spend their time in the office instead of doing educational
programming). Statewide, clientele support will be eroded, making it much more
difficult to secure funding from the legislature as we did for the 1.5
million decision package. I think it is very important to the University to
maintain the base level of support they now currently enjoy in many Arizona
communities. This is not just a one time 3% budget reduction we are talking
about, it is a slippery slope for organizational implosion, with potential to
cascade to the College of Agriculture and the University of
Arizona.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">We seem to have
moved into a whole new pardigm for Cooperative Extension,
namely:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman"><EM>We will pay
your salary, but take your choice - do you want staff support or do you want to
have travel and operational dollars to do your job?
</EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3
face="Times New Roman"><EM></EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=804245319-02032007><FONT
color=#000000><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">If we do away
with staff, why maintain Extension Offices and why should we expect the Counties
to continue to fund us in a cooperative fashion? We could be talking about
people working out of their homes with very little county support and very
limited central administration support. However, everything now requires more
time with new University accounting/reporting procedures that have been
established. If an Extension Agent were to work out of their home with no staff
assistance, then he/she would be spending at least 40 to 50% of their time just
performing clerical duties. In essence, we would be building a case for our own
demise.</FONT></DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT><BR><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">2. Incentive Structures: Provide a description of
what incentive structures would be appealing to your department that would help
move your department towards its strategic position.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=804245319-02032007>I see no incentives at
all with the current situation. It's going to hurt, just how much can we stand?
We have been trimmed so much over the last few years, how can we accommodate
this budget cut and possibly another cut after this one? Without some
significant infusion of grant monies, we need to evaluate how we can even
function as a unit. As has been said, we are no longer cutting fat, we are
cutting muscle. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=804245319-02032007></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=804245319-02032007></SPAN>I<SPAN
class=804245319-02032007>n my opinion, we have a problem that needs fixing. The
state has extra dollars and they should help fix the problem they created when
they quit funding ERE. Why not educate them on what this is doing to the
University of Arizona and other Universities and ask them to act responsibly?
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=804245319-02032007></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=804245319-02032007>If we are to be a top ten
research institution as has been suggested, we can not continue down this road.
If Cooperative Extension implodes, it is possible for CALS and the University of
Arizona to follow, or at least to be far less effective. I suggest that instead
of focusing on continual budget cuts, we educate the legislature about the
effects of their short sighted decision to fail to fund employee ERE. When 80 to
90% or more of our budget is involved in salaries, it leaves little room for
operational cost reductions. The legislature should fix the problem they
created. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=804245319-02032007></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=804245319-02032007>Thanks,</SPAN></DIV></SPAN></FONT>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jim Sprinkle</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Area Extension Agent, Animal Science
&</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gila County Cooperative Extension
Director</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>P. O. Box 2844</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Payson, Arizona 85547</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>928-474-4160 phone</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>928-468-8289 fax</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>email: <A
href="mailto:sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu">sprinkle@ag.arizona.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2
face=Arial>http://ag.arizona.edu/gila/animalsciences</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Eugene Sander
[mailto:egsander@Ag.arizona.edu] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 21, 2007
2:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> rallen@Ag.arizona.edu; jalves@Ag.arizona.edu;
bierner@Ag.arizona.edu; campbell@Ag.arizona.edu; jimc@Ag.arizona.edu;
dcox@Ag.arizona.edu; jdavis@Ag.arizona.edu; elliot@Ag.arizona.edu;
dfish@Ag.arizona.edu; cflynn@Ag.arizona.edu; gibsonrd@Ag.arizona.edu;
grumbles@Ag.arizona.edu; lisag@Ag.arizona.edu; jghiller@Ag.arizona.edu;
houtkoop@u.arizona.edu; husman@Ag.arizona.edu; chuck@Ag.arizona.edu;
kltnbch@Ag.arizona.edu; aker@Ag.arizona.edu; lauxman@Ag.arizona.edu;
plshead@Ag.arizona.edu; lmasters@Ag.arizona.edu; smegdal@Ag.arizona.edu;
gmoore@Ag.arizona.edu; rnorton@Ag.arizona.edu; spater@Ag.arizona.edu;
mproctor@arizona.edu; bobroth@Ag.arizona.edu; sanchez@Ag.arizona.edu;
dschafer@Ag.arizona.edu; jschalau@Ag.arizona.edu; jschmitz@u.arizona.edu;
shim@Ag.arizona.edu; silver@Ag.arizona.edu; slackd@u.arizona.edu;
sperr@Ag.arizona.edu; sprinkle@Ag.arizona.edu; vestein@Ag.arizona.edu;
brucet@Ag.arizona.edu; garyt@Ag.arizona.edu; tucker@Ag.arizona.edu;
djyoung@Ag.arizona.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Budget
Information<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><FONT size=3>CALS Unit Heads,<BR><BR>A number of you have asked the
Executive Council questions about our budget situation since we asked the HODs
to address the possibility of budget cuts at the 1.5% and 3%
levels.<BR><BR>You'll remember that we've been pushing the limits of our CALS
budget for a number of years to hire faculty and maintain programs in the wake
of budget cuts and unfunded obligations imposed by the legislature. We initially
announced the reductions in technician funding (10% for each of the last two
years) to address that problem. However, at the same time that we were trying to
deal with those problems, the university decided they needed our help in
addressing additional budget shortfalls at the institutional level. So, in each
of the last two years, we applied the money that we'd gathered up from the
technician cuts to the university-imposed budget reductions. Further,
we've been exhausting all our one-time balances to make ends meet in the
college, trying to hang on until the university gets through their budget
stabilization plan. The Executive Council doesn't want to cut technicians or
GTAs/GRAs any further; but that decision hasn't been made yet, and won't be made
until we know the size of the budget reduction that will be levied upon us. What
we do know is that CALS cannot sustain our current level of personnel/ere
expenditures on budgeted funds; and we cannot continue to fund a multi-million
dollar list of temporary and almost-permanent commitments. With each successive
budget reduction, we lose more of our permanent funding base, so we have fewer
dollars at the college level to meet our commitments--funding positions,
providing matching on grants and bridge funding for people between grants,
providing startup packages, funding building and renovation projects, paying
utilities, addressing equity and retention issues, and addressing other needs.
At the same time, the needs just keep growing--we understand that, because we
know your budgets are being reduced as well. We just don't have the resources to
fix the problems.<BR><BR>For planning purposes, we're suggesting you assume no
further college cuts in technicians; and GRA/GTA allocations from the college
equal to those you received last year. (Remember, this is not a guarantee.) With
that as a starting point, plan how you'd come up with the 1.5% and 3% budget
reduction numbers. A few points of clarification on the plans--If it's your
decision to cut technicians or GAs further as part of your plan, that's OK.
Also, you can't use positions recently removed from the hiring plan to satisfy
your cuts. For purposes of this exercise, if you intend to use a retirement to
generate the funds for your reduction, remember the position is eliminated
forever and you don't get the keep the monies in excess of the amount of your
reduction if it's a line that would normally revert to the college for
redistribution.<BR><BR>Below are two items that I will be asked to discuss when
I have my budget meeting with the Provost. It would be helpful for you as
department heads and directors to include your answers to these questions so
that I may incorporate them in CALS response.<BR><BR>1. Budget Cut
Impacts: How you will take your cuts at the target levels, as well as
assessments of the consequences, both near term and strategic.<BR><BR>2.
Incentive Structures: Provide a description of what incentive structures would
be appealing to your department that would help move your department towards its
strategic position.<BR><BR>Gene<BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>