Tuesday Letter

The Tuesday Letter
Agricultural Experiment Station & Cooperative Extension Service

Vol. 10, No. 49 October 19, 2004

IN THIS ISSUE...

...Word from the Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research
...Benefits Enrollment Deadlines
...Tuition Assistance
...2004 Kansas Rural Policy Symposium
...Spring Action Conference Dates Set
...State Agritourism Conference to be held in Great Bend November 3-4
...Master Schedule

...Tuesday Letter Archives

WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
We've come through a time where a great number of action plans have been developed and put on paper. Most are excellent and others have potential. Now we are at the point in time for implementation, action, follow-through, evaluation, adjustments, and eventual completion. I trust the planning was not in vain. With implementation, be reminded of a passage out of the 1922 Extension Bulletin No. 33 The Extension Worker's Code by T. J. Talbert, "...try to visualize the results which should be obtained. Leave nothing undone which might contribute toward success."

A challenge for any Extension worker is to focus, focus, focus. One must focus on those actions which will have the greatest meaning and purpose in accomplishing the plan. The importance of accomplishing the plan is best stated in another quote from The Extension Worker's Code, "Our success is not measured by the half dozen or more pieces of work which we have attempted to carry forward to completion, but by the one or two jobs which we have been able to do better than anyone else."

Whether its an educational program, research project, or some combination, the people of Kansas are counting on us to carry our action plans to completion. We owe it to ourselves to do it better than anyone else. As you go about implementation, keep in mind one more quote from The Extension Worker's Code, "No really worthwhile undertaking has ever been carried to a successful completion without careful and definite plans being made in advance." --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu

BENEFITS ENROLLMENT DEADLINES
Remember that open enrollment for state health insurance plans and the KanElect Flexible Spending Accounts ends on Monday, November 1.

See the September 17 letter from Joe Younger, K-State Division of Human Resources, for additional information. --Joe Younger jyounger@ksu.edu

TUITION ASSISTANCE
Applications for tuition assistance for January Intersession or spring semester 2005 are due November 1. See the website below for additional information. For questions, call the Division of Human Resources at 785-532-6277.

http://www.ksu.edu/hr/benefits/tuition.htm --Stacey M. Warner swarner@oznet.ksu.edu

2004 KANSAS RURAL POLICY SYMPOSIUM
The 2004 Rural Policy Symposium is on Thursday, December 2, at Manhattan, with polycom links to Chanute, Colby, and Garden City.

This year’s Kansas Rural Policy Symposium, entitled “To Entrepreneur or Not To Entrepreneur?: That is the Kansas Question” will examine entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy and will analyze the impact of the recently passed Economic Growth Act to identify gaps in our understanding of entrepreneurial culture resulting in policy shortfalls.

Registration and further information is available at http://www.ksu.edu/kcri/rps . --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@oznet.ksu.edu

SPRING ACTION CONFERENCE DATES SET
The 2005 Spring Action Conference will be held on April 5 - 6 at the Salina Holidome. The Assistant Directors will be surveying Extension personnel about your ideas for the upcoming conference. Be watching for more details. For more information, contact Paula Peters at peters@humec.ksu.edu .

STATE AGRITOURISM CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN GREAT BEND NOVEMBER 3-4
The "Fields of Green: Building Agritourism So They Will Come" conference will be held November 3-4, at the Highland Hotel in Great Bend. This first-ever statewide conference on agritourism will feature experts giving practical information about how to finance, start, and grow an agritourism business. Participants will hear from successful operators and tourism professionals who have benefited from this growing trend.

The two-day conference is part of the Kansas Agritourism Initiative launched this year by the Kansas Department of Commerce. Also included is "A Taste of Success," an informal reception which will offer Kansas food products that are promoted through the From the Land of Kansas program and learning stations.

The $40 registration fee (additional family members of farmers and ranchers may attend for the discounted fee of $30 per person) includes all sessions, all materials, and all meals during the conference. For more information, or to download a registration form, visit http://www.kansascommerce.com/ , and enter "agtourism" as a Connect Code; or phone Janna Dunbar at 785-296-8132. The deadline for registration is October 25. --Steven Graham sgraham@k-state.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 OCTOBER 27, 2004, THROUGH NOVEMBER 2, 2004:

Wednesday, October 27
.... K-State Agricultural Lenders Conference, Garden City, Statewide, 9:00 a.m., James Mintert jmintert@ksu.edu

Friday, October 29
.... K-State Agricultural Lenders Conference, Manhattan, Statewide, 9:00 a.m., James Mintert jmintert@ksu.edu

Sunday, October 31
.... 4-H CCS Product Premier, Oklahoma City, OK, Rod Buchele rbuchele@oznet.ksu.edu

Sunday, October 31, through Thursday, November 4
.... National Association of Extension 4-H Agents (NAE4-HA), Oklahoma City, OK, Jodi Besthorn besthorn@oznet.ksu.edu

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