Vol. 15, No. 29  May 26, 2009

IN THIS ISSUE... 

...Word from the Associate Director - Extension and Applied Research
...K-State Zimbra is Coming!
...Thank You from Amy Collins
...4-H Marketing Survey
...Operation Military Kids Helping Youth Attend Camp
..."We Know..." Cards for Fairs
...Kansas-Nebraska Collaboration on Aging Issues: Reissuing Invitation to Join Project Teams
...4th Friday YD Conversation Resources for Helping Youth During Tough Economic Times
...Kansas EARTH and K-CARE is Hosting a Statewide E.A.R.T.H. Brainstorming Session at...
...Kansas Composting Operators' School
...Marketing Minutes: On-Line Calendars, Newsletters are Popular with Kansans
...Master Schedule

                                                                                           ...Tuesday Letter Archives

WORD FROM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - EXTENSION AND APPLIED RESEARCH
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." -Leo F. Buscaglia quote.

Extension has been and will always be about developing people. It's about increasing people's knowledge, not for the sake of the knowledge, but rather to increase their capacity to act wisely through that knowledge they have gained. Add to that the great quote by Leo Buscaglia, and I am confident we may well underestimate the power of our caring spirit and desire to listen, understand, and then help others to help themselves. Don't let the busy-ness of work cloud those small acts of caring. Know that those small acts with a colleague, co-worker, client, friend, or total stranger do in fact turn lives around.

Have a great week! --Daryl Buchholz dbuchhol@ksu.edu

K-STATE ZIMBRA IS COMING!
K-State will transition from the current e-mail system to K-State Zimbra during the weekend of May 29th through May 31st. During that time, you will not be able to access your e-mail or send e-mail using K-State's e-mail system. DON'T PANIC! You will not lose any e-mail during this time, and e-mail sent to you will be held in a queue until the changeover is complete.

The changeover is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. on May 29th. It is scheduled to be complete sometime during the day May 31st. You can check the status of the changeover during that weekend on the K-State Zimbra webpage at http://www.k-state.edu/infotech/e-mail/zimbra/ .

URGENT INFORMATION FOR WEBMAIL USERS: WebMail users must read the information for WebMail as soon as possible. Not all of your data will be transferred automatically, but TechWeb has information on exporting that data. This must be done BEFORE May 29th. You can find out more at http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/techweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=809 .

URGENT INFORMATION FOR IMAP USERS: Users with local clients using IMAP to check their e-mail may lose e-mail stored in their Junk, SPAM or Trash folders if they are stored on the IMAP server. If you have any e-mails in any of those folders that must be saved, it will need to be moved to a different folder. If you are unsure, please contact IET Tech Support at 785-532-6270 as soon as possible and we can make sure you won't lose any information

IET has information on TechWeb for each of our supported e-mail clients. Please click the link below for your primary e-mail client and read all the information on that page. It will walk you through all the steps you need to follow before the switchover and give you the steps to follow once it has completed to make sure you are able to use K-State Zimbra correctly.

Webmail:                  http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/techweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=809
Pegasus Mail:           http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/techweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=811
Mozilla Thunderbird:   http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/techweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=810
Microsoft Outlook:     http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/techweb/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=812

If you have any questions about the changeover, please contact IET Tech Support at 785-532-6270 or via e-mail at support@ksre.ksu.edu or your area/departmental support staff for more information. --Russ Feldhausen russfeld@ksu.edu

THANK YOU FROM AMY COLLINS
To my friends and colleagues with K-State Research & Extension, my heartfelt thanks goes out to you for all the kind words, wisdom and much needed advice you have sent to me and my family through your e-mails, cards and phone calls. I truly feel blessed to be working among colleagues who are so caring. This support is what has kept me going!

We have found a beautiful home to lease for a year here in St. John while we go through the re-building process. It has all been a bit overwhelming, but I do believe with each day we have had something positive come our direction. Again, thank you for all your thoughts and prayers and expressions of support - they have truly helped us through this crazy time! --Amy Collins acollins@ksu.edu

4-H MARKETING SURVEY
The 4-H Marketing Action Team would like your input on what kinds of things you need to market 4-H more effectively in your communities. We want to help you Grow 4-H! All agents, office professionals and program assistants are encouraged to reply individually to the survey that is in an axio format. The survey will be open until June 15. Click on this link to reply to the survey: https://surveys.ksu.edu/TS?offeringId=130246 . --Diane Mack dmack@ksu.edu

OPERATION MILITARY KIDS HELPING YOUTH ATTEND CAMP
OMK offered to fund $100 towards camp registration fee for military connected youth. A $100 award was offered for each local unit to help send a child to camp. An OMK session must be offered at your camp to receive the funds. Military connected means that a child's parent is Active Duty, National Guard, Army Reserve, Air Guard or any other branch of the military.

Please contact Ann Domsch, OMK Project Coordinator, at adomsch@ksu.edu , 785- 532-2276, by June 1, if you have youth who will be using the funds. We have had requests from units who have multiple military connected youth who can use the funds if your unit is not. --Diane Mack dmack@ksu.edu

"WE KNOW..." CARDS FOR FAIRS
With county fair season just around the corner, we’d like to remind you about the “We Know…” cards we have in stock. These cards cover topics ranging from Farmers Markets and how to trim food costs to water quality and energy conservation. They are available through the Distribution Center for 10 cents apiece. A full list of the available cards are listed at: http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/We_Know.htm .

We are also adding new cards, which will be ready in time for distribution at the State Fair. We’re already working on cards for Back to School, 4-H Military Kids, and Tips to Preventing Flu. We’d love your ideas for additional cards. If you have a topic or program that you think would make a good “We Know…” card, please send your ideas to Linda Sleichter at lsleicht@ksu.edu  by June 5. --Linda Sleichter

If you have any questions or comments about the project teams, please feel free to contact me at 785-532-5773, or dsellers@ksu.edu . --Debra M. Sellers

4TH FRIDAY YD CONVERSATION RESOURCES FOR HELPING YOUTH DURING TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES
Last week's "4th Friday Youth Development Conversation" focused on helping youth and families cope with tough economic times. Carol Young recommended a number of resources that are useful to all Extension professionals working with youth. Check out these articles from Smart About Money :

• How Do I Explain Spending Cutbacks to My Kids?
• How to Teach Your Kids About Money

Resources are also available at the CBS Special Report website: Children of the Recession.

In addition to these resources, 4-H has a number of money management curriculums. Contact Jim Adams for more information.

The "4th Friday Youth Development Conversation" series will return on August 28 to bring you current youth development topics through Connect technology. Jim Adams and Gary Gerhard will co-host August's Conversation.

For more information, contact Elaine Johannes. --Elaine Johannes ejohanne@ksu.edu

KANSAS EARTH AND K-CARE IS HOSTING A STATEWIDE E.A.R.T.H. BRAINSTORMING SESSION AT...
K-State Research and Extension Sedgwick County
Sunflower Conference Room
7001 W. 21^st St. North
Wichita KS 67205
June 9, 2009
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please RSVP to dbaxa@ksu.edu by Friday June 5. Lunch will be served. 

There have been several changes in grants and budgeting procedures, and we need input from everyone - Coordinators, steering committee members, or stakeholders interested in E.A.R.T.H.'s sustainability.

EARTH (Earth Awareness Research for Tomorrow’s Habitat) provides hands-on middle and high school science lessons, curriculum, and kits to teachers to use at no cost. Teachers and students participating in EARTH attend an annual workshop where environmental professionals reinforce earth awareness to students with a day of hands on presentations.

If you are interested in learning more about EARTH, or would like to see how you can get EARTH started in your county, please contact Dane Baxa at dbaxa@ksu.edu for more details, or please attend our meeting on June 9. --Dane Baxa

KANSAS COMPOSTING OPERATORS' SCHOOL

June 24-25, 2009 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Manhattan, KS

International Grains Program Conference Center and KSU Agronomy Farm

Registration: $160 - Class size limit: 20

To register, contact Troy Lynn Eckart, sprite@ksu.edu

For more information:  DeAnn Presley, deann@ksu.edu  

This workshop is for anyone interested in learning more about compost science and management of a composting facility. Municipal, agricultural, and commercial composters are invited to attend this hands-on, two day composting workshop.

More and more entities are starting to compost a variety of organic materials, including a new clientele: Sale barns and veterinarians. Beginning on October 26, 2009 certain parts (including brains and spinal cords) from cattle 30 months and older will no longer be able to be used in animal or human food. These materials are commonly referred to as specified risk material or cattle material prohibited in animal feed. Both the USDA and the FDA are currently recommending that these materials be disposed by either landfilling or composting. Composting this material is a way of recovering the nutrients for use in agriculture while landfilling not only wastes the nutrients, but it also produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is currently encouraging the composting of these materials. --DeAnn Presley deann@ksu.edu

MARKETING MINUTES: ON-LINE CALENDARS, NEWSLETTERS ARE POPULAR WITH KANSANS
A recent random sampling of K-State Research and Extension users paints a picture of popular features that Kansans look for when visiting your Website.

The survey, conducted in March, 2007 by K-State Research and Extension's Department of Communications, found that K-State Research and Extension users are most interested in four Web features - a current events calendar (89 percent of users wanted this feature), an online newsletter (81 percent), video files (76 percent), and online registration for events and programs (76 percent).

In 2004 and 2006 studies, the Department of Communications also found that the number of rural users on dial-up connections in Kansas is decreasing, and high speed connections are increasing. This trend indicates that providing access to high bandwidth features (such as video files) is an opportunity for K-State Research and Extension.

Other categories tested in this survey were audio files (40 percent of respondents indicated they would like this feature), discussion board (31 percent), free subscription to a listserv (28 percent), online communication with other users (18 percent), and a chat room (12 percent).

Our CMS software offers an online calendar and an e-newsletter module for your use. If you have questions about either of these modules, contact the IET help desk by calling 785-532-4567. --Linda Sleichter lsleicht@ksu.edu

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