Plugged In: For UMaine Extension Staff and Volunteers

Extension Leadership Team Minutes Monday, June 9, 2014 Location: Orono 9:00 – 3:30 Facilitator:  Fran Sulinski   Note taker:  John Rebar The ELT is committing to connecting with the next president of the University of Maine to provide an orientation to Cooperative Extension.  The “window of opportunity” will be the month of August before the […]

Extension Leadership Team Meeting Minutes Thursday, May 29, 2014 Location: Augusta- 218 Richard Randall Center 9:00 – 3:30 Facilitator:  Lisa Phelps   Note taker:  Fran Sulinski Diagnostic Lab Bond Preparation The campaign will begin for the Diagnostic Lab bond. Extension will inform citizens that there will be a bond and what the bond will fund. […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Location: 102B Libby Hall 9:00 – 3:30 Facilitator:  Lisa Phelps   Note taker:  John Rebar Present: Lisa, Jon, Fran, Dennis, & John The ELT met with representatives of the Personal Sustainability Project Team, Aileen Fortune and Leslie Forstadt.  The team has developed draft recommendations regarding personal and […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes March 19, 2014 Orono – Libby Hall  9:00am-1:30pm Facilitator:  Fran Sulinski  Note taker:  Lisa Phelps Present:  Jon Prichard, Fran Sulinski, Dennis Harrington, John Rebar, Lisa Phelps ELT Business Items: Budget Reduction:  As a part of the ongoing budget challenges the ELT reviewed the data received through listening sessions and the survey […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes February 27, 2014 Highmoor Farm 1:00 – 3:30 Facilitator:  Dennis Harrington Note taker: Lisa Phelps The February 27, 2014, ELT meeting was a brief meeting as it was held on the same day that we conducted listening sessions at the Kennebec County office and at Highmoor Farm.  The brief ELT meeting […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes February 13, 2014 Orono – Libby Hall Facilitator:  Jon Prichard Note taker:  Dennis Harrington Stress Reduction – Leslie Forstadt presented the results of a recent 4-week stress reduction program for Cooperative Extension. The program was presented via Tandberg technology to 36 Extension staff. Evaluations showed that the participants felt the information […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes January 27, 2014 Orono – Libby Hall Facilitator:  John Rebar Note taker:  Jon Prichard Check-in In the late 1990’s the administration of Cooperative Extension created a process whereby a professional employee could request to be reclassified to faculty status.  Recently, the Office of Human Resources reviewed our professional to faculty reclassification […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes January 6, 2014 Orono – Libby Hall 122 Facilitator: Lisa Phelps  Notes: John Rebar Present: Lisa, John, Jon Prichard, Fran Sulinski & Dennis Harrington Part of the meeting will be devoted to conducting telephone interviews with candidates for the Compliance and Special Projects Professional Position. Jane Haskell and Fran will be […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes December 18, 2013 Orono – Libby Hall 102 Facilitator: Fran Note taker: Jon At noon, ELT members participated in a Libby Hall potluck lunch that was very well attended. Thanks to Fran for organizing the event, and to all who participated and brought such delicious dishes! Check-in and Updates Fran’s “Handling […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes November 25, 2013 Orono – Libby Hall 102 9:00 – 3:30 Facilitator:  Dennis Harrington Note taker:  Fran Sulinski ELT Check-in Information John shared highlights of the Aroostook County Annual Meeting and spoke of the many positive events and interactions. ELT will be attending the annual meeting of the Maine Agricultural Extension […]