The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 6, No. 45      September 19, 2000

IN THIS ISSUE...
...Additional Proposed Changes to Epsilon Sigma Phi Constitution and Bylaws
...Basin Advisory Committee Meetings Scheduled
...Teamwork: Let's Work Together Workshop
...ES-237 Report and Two Disks Due October 1 to the State 4-H Office
...Rural/Urban Issues Training Session Offered
...Correction on County Order Form for 4-H Medals
...Publications/Production Services Update
...Research Associate Position Available
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

ADDITIONAL PROPOSED CHANGES TO EPSILON SIGMA PHI CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS
Recently Epsilon Sigma Phi members received notification of the annual business meeting to be held October 24, noon - 1:15 p.m., in conjunction with the K-State Research and Extension annual conference. The newsletter that contained the notification also contained proposed changes to the ESP Constitution and Bylaws. Since that time we have received the following from Jim Lindquist:

"A call has come out through CSREES to offer membership to our 1994 Extension colleagues in ESP.  States with 1862 and 1890 land grants belong to the same chapter (one chapter per state), even though they are in different institutions. We have not had another land grant, so never thought about this possibility. Now with Haskell as a 1994 Land Grant Institution, their Extension professionals should be offered membership in Alpha Rho. Right now they qualify for Associate Active membership. However, in the active members section of the constitution, it specifically mentions Division of Extension, Kansas State University. This is also mentioned in item c of article III on Membership. We probably need to look at adding Haskell Indian Nations University to our constitution to allow full membership after five years of employment."

The Executive board has okayed the following proposed changes in addition to those listed in the September newsletter to be voted on by the membership.

Article III Sec.1. c.
... Service at Kansas State University, Haskell Indian Nations University, CSREES, or other land grant universities applies.

Article III Sec.2. a.
Active members shall be those staff who are currently or formerly employed as Extension professionals in the Division of Extension, Kansas State University and Haskell Indian Nations University, and who have paid their current membership dues.  
--Roger Terry rterry@oznet.ksu.edu 

BASIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS SCHEDULED
With all of the interest in water quality in the last few weeks you may want to attend the basin advisory committee meetings scheduled this fall. The discussions may be very lively and of vital interest to water users and Kansas citizens. A meeting is scheduled in each of the 12 basins and are open to the public. Public input is welcome and encouraged. A list of the meeting times and locations follows. The meeting schedule is also posted on the Kansas Water Office web site at: http://www.kwo.org/bac/schedule.html .  I encourage you to attend and to notify others.

September 26 -- Cimarron -- 1:30 p.m. -- To Be Announced

September 26 -- Smoky-Hill Saline -- 1:00 p.m. -- Salina City Building, Room 107, 300 W. Ash

September 27 -- Upper Arkansas -- 1:00 p.m. -- Jetmore (Either Watershed Office or King Ctr.)

September 27 -- Solomon -- 7:30 p.m. -- Division of Water Resources Office, Stockton

September 28 -- Lower Arkansas -- 1:30 p.m. -- GMD No. 2 Halstead, 313 Spruce St.

September 28 -- Upper Republican -- 1:00 p.m. -- City Building,  Atwood

October 3 -- Missouri -- TBA -- TBA

October 3 -- Neosho -- 1:00 p.m. -- Coffee County Courthouse, 110 S. Sixth St., Burlington

October 4 -- Verdigris -- 1:00 p.m. -- School Board Building, Madison

October 4 -- Marais des Cygnes -- TBA -- Bourbon County RWD No. 2, Ft. Scott

October 5 -- Kansas-Lower Republican -- 10:00 a.m. -- Tonganoxie Public Library, 305 South Bury (One block north of Fourth and Bury. Fourth St. is the main street.)

October 5 -- Walnut -- 6:30 p.m. -- Butler County Community College, Kansas Room, El Dorado -- Meal 5:30  

--Morgan Powell mpowell@bae.ksu.edu 

TEAMWORK: LET’S WORK TOGETHER WORKSHOP
Attention, all K-State Research and Extension Office Professionals! A free hands-on, instructional workshop is being offered for you. “Teamwork: Let’s Work Together” will teach you how teamwork can strengthen, build, challenge, and excite you and your office.

Guest speakers are: 

*Dr. George Ham, Associate Director of Research
*Ann Domsch, Extension Specialist
*Elaine Johannes, Extension Specialist

This is an excellent opportunity to network with other office professionals in our organization. Please join your fellow team members at one of the following sessions being held at Pottorf Hall on the Riley County fair grounds at Manhattan’s Cico Park:

October 10, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
                      or
October 11, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

To register, fill out and mail the registration form that is a part of the “Teamwork: Let’s Work Together” brochure that was mailed out on September 15, or e-mail jkoppes@oznet.ksu.edu  the following information by September 29, 2000: Name, Department, and which session you would like to attend.   --COPAC Committee

ES-237 REPORT AND TWO DISKS DUE OCTOBER 1 TO THE STATE 4-H OFFICE
4-H Youth Enrollment reporting is critically important at the county, state and federal levels, both to 4-H Youth Development itself, and for funding. Instructions for completing your ES-237 Report are available from this hyperlink: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_4hyp/BRes-237.htm . --Shelia Roffler sroffler@oznet.ksu.edu 

RURAL/URBAN ISSUES TRAINING SESSION OFFERED
Counties across the state face the impact of growth and development and conflicting interests at the rural/urban interface.  The broad scope of challenges includes land use and environmental issues; public finance, economic development, and the demand for public services; and community development and interpersonal relations.

The training session for agents, county directors, and other Extension professionals will be held at the Douglas County Extension Office in Lawrence on September 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The session will provide knowledge and skills on the impacts and challenges of growth and development, the issues and programming needs at the rural/urban interface, and the methods and tools to deliver successful Extension programming on rural/urban issues.

Visit the workshop webpage on the Northeast Area Extension Office website at http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/NEAreaOffice/issues.htm to find further information.  --Brad Lubben blubben@ksu.edu 

CORRECTION ON COUNTY ORDER FORM FOR 4-H MEDALS
"Aerospace" is the new name for the former Rocketry project. On the order form for county medals that was sent out from our office, I changed the name and the alpha list of projects with medals starts with "Aerospace". The space for Rocketry/Aerospace which appears later in the form should have been deleted. YOU WILL ONLY RECEIVE ONE FREE MEDAL FOR YOUR AEROSPACE OR ROCKETRY WINNER. If you need more than that one medal, you may purchase additional medals as needed. --Steve Fisher  sfisher@oznet.ksu.edu 

PUBLICATIONS/PRODUCTION SERVICES UPDATE
Planning Work Sheets: Please remember that the 2001 New Publications/Major Revisions Work Sheet and the 2001 Existing Publications Work Sheet are furnished for your convenience in planning future purchases. They are intended to be used within your office only and not to be returned to Distribution.

Order Forms: Your office should have received order forms for December 2000 New Publications and First Quarter 2001. Please help us plan our print schedule by returning the forms by the deadline, October 1, 2000. Special thanks to those who mail, phone, fax or e-mail to alert us that they have no order! Your kind consideration allows us to compile orders sooner than might be possible otherwise.

E-mail Reminder: When placing publication orders via e-mail, for most efficient service be sure to use the current address, orderpub@lists.oznet.ksu.edu  The previous address is no longer active. Remember, too, that an e-mail order sent to an individual's inbox may be delayed if that person is out of the office. The address listed above is accessible to the entire Distribution staff. -- Nancy Peavler npeavler@oznet.ksu.edu 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION AVAILABLE
Specific duties include: development of computational tools and methods for the management, visualization, and analysis of biological data, typically plant DNA sequence, genotype, phenotype, and expression data. Successful candidate must: hold a Ph.D. in relevant field, have experience in software application development in one or more major languages, and possess strength in some of the following; mathematics, statistics, computer graphics, molecular and quantitative genetics, object-oriented design, database design, simulation modeling. Application deadline is September 25, 2000 or until position is filled. To apply, submit vita with three references and copies of academic transcripts with cover letter to: J. C. Nelson, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan Kansas, 66506-5502. Telephone: (785) 532-1359. Kansas State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees.  --J. C. Nelson  jcn@ksu.edu 

VIEW THE MASTER SCHEDULE OR ADD NEW ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS . Submit corrections to previously submitted items to jzarger@oznet.ksu.edu .

DATES TAKEN FROM THE MASTER SCHEDULE FOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2000, THROUGH OCTOBER 3, 2000:

Wednesday, September 27, through Friday, September 29
.... New Agent Communication Training, Manhattan, Statewide, 8:00 a.m., (Bob Furbee)
.... KSU/NU PROF Faculty Development Institute (Class VIII), Omaha, NE, Multi-state, (Steve Scheneman)

Sunday, October 1, through Saturday, October 7
.... Kansas 4-H Week, (Lindy Lindquist)

Monday, October 2, through Friday, October 6
.... Animal Science Agent Updates, TBA, Statewide, (John Smith)

Tuesday, October 3, through Wednesday, October 4
.... New FNP Agent Training, Manhattan, Statewide, 1:00 p.m., (Karen Hudson)

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