<div dir="ltr"><div>Jeff,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for sending the article.  I found it very interesting. As I read it, I began wondering about next steps for us. I suspect that you have been giving a lot of thought to this and how Extension might fit into the BOR vision for the future. Are there any insights that you can share? In the face of the budget issues shared yesterday, how should we encourage our faculty and staff to prepare to participate in the vision? </div><div><br></div><div>Rick </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 8:17 AM Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto) <<a href="mailto:Silver@ag.arizona.edu">Silver@ag.arizona.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><b>Richard Gibson</b><br><i>Extension Agent, Agriculture</i><br>University of Arizona<br>Pinal County Cooperative Extension Office<br>College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br><br>820 E Cottonwood Ln, #C<br>Casa Grande, AZ 85122<br>Tel: (520) 836-5221 ext. 227<br>Fax: (520) 836-1750<br></div>