Agriculture and Extension Education Committee

Members present: Cassity, Wiese, Zowin

UWEX Staff present: Dietmann, Jens, Olson

Advisory members present: Clavadatscher

Call to order

The meeting was called to order at 9:20 AM by Chair Wiese.

Certification of Open Meeting Notice

Requirements of the open meeting law were met.

Approval of Agenda

Motion by Zowin, second by Cassity to approve the amended agenda.
Motion approved.

Approval of Minutes of Last Meeting

Bob Cassity asked for a clarification on the Advisory Board Policies and a short discussion ensued. Motion by Cassity, second by Zowin to approve the minutes of the last meeting.
Motion approved.

Correspondence

The latest issue of "The Watering Can" was shared with the committee.

Bills and Financial Report

Monthly bills include the invoice for the first half of agents' contracts for the 2006 - 2007 fiscal year. Motion by Zowin, second by Borleske to approve the October bills in the amount of $52,995.75.
Motion approved.

The department is over projected revenues as was reported previously. The department is staying within their budget on expense line items except on the Educational Supplies line. There is sufficient educational supplies revenue to offset the overage in the expense line, as previously reported.

Appearance by Marty Krueger and Kathy Schauf to Review: unrepresented employee grievance procedures and board development policy documents

Marty Krueger was unable to attend and Kathy Schauf had to leave before the meeting could be convened. Kathy left printed materials for the committee to review.

Agent Presentation by Jessica Jens

Jessica gave a Power Point presentation on the YEPS program and announced to the committee that YEPS had received a state award for environmental stewardship.

Advisory Committee and Citizen Comments

Norma Clavadatscher:

• HCE elected Carol Anderson as their new President for 2007.
• The First Book program is now known as Wisconsin Bookworms.

Department Update

• Paul informed the committee that the UW Extension Office had received an e-mail announcing Dean Arlen Leholm's resignation.
• The UW Extension Office adopted a family from the Giving Tree and will be buying presents for them instead of holding a gift exchange amongst the staff. We will have a potluck luncheon and then wrap the gifts for the office holiday party.
• Paul will be giving a presentation on off-farm investments on December 14th at 8:30 AM at the Kalahari.

Date for Next Regular Meeting

The next regular meeting will be Friday, January 19, 2007, at 9:00 AM in the ETN Classroom.

Adjourned

Motion by Cassity, second by Zowin to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at
10:45 AM.

Respectfully submitted: Paul Dietmann