The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

  
Vol. 9, No. 29   June 3, 2003

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Sharing of Mailing Lists and E-Mail Listservs
...Galaxy II Early Bird Registration Deadline June 15
...4-H Strategic Planning Update
...4-H Youth Livestock Project Advisory Committee
...Crop & Grazing Lands Teleconferences
...4-H Recognition System Review No Earlier than 2004
...Master Schedule

E-mail listservs should also be protected from use by any other person, firm, association, or government agency unless authorized by the Director. Do not give out listserv addresses to employees or anyone other than those intended for that listserv purpose. Obviously, some listservs do include individuals who are not employees. Those individuals should also be made aware that the listservs are for the furtherance of the educational mission only. Advertising and solicitations through such listservs is expressly prohibited.

If another organization has information that you feel would enhance the educational mission of K-State Research and Extension, the information could be distributed through means other than giving a mailing list or e-mail listserv to the entity. Examples might include handing out information at meetings, distributing the information to volunteers or adding a short article to a newsletter, etc. --Randy Higgins rhiggins@oznet.ksu.edu 

GALAXY II EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE JUNE 15
Galaxy II, September 21-25, offers professional development opportunities for all Extension professionals. Pre-conference sessions begin on September 19 in Salt Lake City.

Maximize your savings and visit the registration area of the Galaxy II web site for complete details today, www.cnr.usu.edu/galaxy2 . Early Bird Registration (by June 15) is $310; Regular registration (June 16-July 31) is $350. Register on-line to save an additional $10. --Diane Nielson dnielson@oznet.ksu.edu 

4-H STRATEGIC PLANNING UPDATE
The 4-H Strategic Planning Committee met on Wednesday, May 28, to begin the process of defining the major goals for Kansas 4-H Youth Development Program. In this first meeting, the process was one of becoming familiar with those endearing principles upon which the 4-H experience is built. The group did work towards embracing of a vision and mission for Kansas 4-H in the 21st Century, and began to look at those environmental forces affecting society today. Such information, along with looking at the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the Kansas 4-H Program, will provide guidance in developing that broad set of goals for the future.

Those goals will represent the road map for the future of Kansas 4-H programs. Following development and concurrence of those broad goals, groups of agents, volunteers, and youth will be asked to develop the action steps necessary to move along that road map. Stay tuned for further information. The next meeting of this committee will happen in early July. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu 

4-H YOUTH LIVESTOCK PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
A 4-H Youth Livestock Projects Advisory Committee is being created for the purpose of providing input on project direction, ethics, policies, and guidelines for beef, sheep, and swine projects, and to help in the development of meat goats or any other livestock projects needing such advisory assistance. This advisory group would provide input across areas like project training, leadership development, shows, contests, and any other associated activities relating to 4-H youth signed up for livestock projects.

The initial committee includes: Gary Gold, Becky Stubbs, Andrea Burns, Leanne Coxbill, Dale Lanham, Mike Holder, David Hallauer, Shawna Mitchell, Barbara Addison, Jim Mengarelli, Julie Voge, Cliff Spaeth, Joel DeRouchey, Dave Nichols, Jim Adams, Paul Hartman (ex-officio), and Daryl Buchholz (ex-officio).

Comments and suggestions of issues this group should tackle are welcome to any member of the committee. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu 

CROP & GRAZING LANDS TELECONFERENCES
If you have information and/or interest in knowing what the crop, forage, and grazing lands conditions are across the state through the growing season, plan to call in and join our regularly scheduled teleconferences.

These teleconferences will occur at 8:30 a.m. on the following Mondays: June 16, June 30, July 14, July 28, August 11, August 25, September 8 and September 22. You can join the conference simply by calling 785-296-4843 at 8:30 a.m. on those dates. Please put the teleconferences on your schedule, and be prepared to share your local situations and issues, and listen to others share the issues and situations they have encountered over the past few weeks, and expectations for the coming weeks. --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu 

4-H RECOGNITION SYSTEM REVIEW NO EARLIER THAN 2004
This is to advise our system that while excellent input from agents was received at 4-H Update Meetings during November of 2002, a comprehensive review of the 4-H recognition system, including but not limited to, a review of the Kansas Award Application (KAA) form and process, etc., will not occur at the earliest prior to calendar year 2004. In order to conduct a review that will meet the needs of young people for another 5, 10 or 15 years, the time is required to do it correctly with inclusive input from agents, volunteers and youth participants and sufficient time for reaction and responses.

Your patience is appreciated and please do forward to me any thoughts or suggestions you may have in the meanwhile regarding how we recognize participants in Kansas 4-H. Gary Gerhard ggerhard@oznet.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 JUNE 11, 2003, THROUGH JUNE 17, 2003:

ADDITIONS/CHANGES:

Wednesday, June 4
.... Elk County Livestock - Conservation Tour, Elk, SE Area, a.m., Richard Fechter rfechter@oznet.ksu.edu

Thursday, June 5
.... Block 2 Wheat Plot Tours, Norton, NW Area, 5:30 p.m., Brian Olson bolson@oznet.ksu.edu

Wednesday, June 11
.... Junior Master Gardener Training, Newton/HV, Statewide, 9:00 a.m., Evelyn Neier eneier@oznet.ksu.edu

Thursday, June 12, through Saturday, June 14
.... Beef Empire Live & Carcass Shows, Garden City, Dean Whitehill dwhitehi@oznet.ksu.edu

Friday, June 13, through Sunday, June 15
.... 2003 State 4-H Geology Field Trip - Southeastern Kansas, Headquarters Labette Co. High School in Altamont, Statewide, Walter Barker wbarker@oznet.ksu.edu
....2003 State 4-H Geology Field Trip - Tour of the Smoky Valley and Flint Hills Region, Headquarters Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lindsborg/MP, Statewide, Walter Barker wbarker@oznet.ksu.edu

Friday, June 13, through Monday, June 16
.... Purple Power Pack 4-H Camp, Rock Springs: Dickinson, Geary, Pottawatomie, Riley, and Wabaunsee. Ginger Kopfer gkopfer@oznet.ksu.edu

Saturday, June 14
.... Friends of 4-H Day, Rock Springs, Statewide, Bill Riley briley@oznet.ksu.edu

Saturday, June 14, through Sunday, June 15
.... Kingman/Stafford Co. 4-H Agility Trials, Kingman, Statewide, 9:00 a.m., Andrea Burns aburns@oznet.ksu.edu

Saturday, June 14, through Tuesday, June 17
.... ACE/NETC 2003 Conference, Kansas City (Westin Crown Center), Roger Terry rterry@oznet.ksu.edu

Monday, June 16, through Thursday, June 19
.... Flint Hills 4-H Camp, Rock Springs: Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Finney, Ford, Greenwood, Harvey, Reno, and Sumner.

Tuesday, June 17, through Wednesday, June 18
.... ServSafe 2003, Leavenworth, Statewide, 8:30 a.m., Karen Penner kpenner@oznet.ksu.edu

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