Plugged In: For UMaine Extension Staff and Volunteers

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 […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes November 6, 2013 Augusta — Farm House, Room 11 (Administration Building), UMA 9:00 – 3:30 Facilitator: Jon Prichard Note taker: Dennis Harrington Present: Dennis Harrington, Lisa Phelps, Jonathan Prichard, John Rebar, and Fran Sulinski. Guests: Doug Babkirk and Aileen Fortune (in person)   Branding Policy Challenges Lisa Phelps has made positive progress […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes October 15, 2013 Penobscot County Office 9:00-11:00am ELT Business Meeting 11:00am to 2:00pm — Time with Penobscot County Staff Facilitator: John Rebar Note taker: Jon Prichard Check-in: Federal budgets: We are assuming that our cuts are permanent, and are planning based on that. County funding remains strong and stable. Legislators are […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes September 19, 2013 Facilitator: Lisa Phelps Notes Taken by: John Rebar ELT Members Present: John Rebar, Fran Sulinski, Dennis Harrington, Jon Prichard, Lisa Phelps Updates: Tanglewood Electrical Line: The Tanglewood camp needs to replace the electrical line that services the camp. This project will address over 1.5 miles of underground cable […]

Extension Leadership Team Minutes August 27, 2013 102B Libby Hall Facilitator: Fran Sulinski Note taker: Lisa Phelps Present: John Rebar, Fran Sulinski, Jon Prichard, Lisa Phelps and Dennis Harrington Agenda Grant Applications for Cooperative Extension The ELT reviewed data that shows a drop in the number of grant applications and successful proposals during the past […]

Regional Learning Center, Small Conference room Facilitator: Dennis Harrington Note taker: Fran Sulinski Agenda ELT Business Items The 8.8% Smith-Lever cut is larger than what was projected, but Extension was not disproportionately treated. Centralized Database Update Lisa shared an updated timeline of the Centralized Database. A test should be ready in September. Small Ruminant & […]

Facilitator: Fran Sulinski for Jon Prichard Note Taker: Dennis Harrington Absent: Jon Prichard Agenda Conductivity in the Counties: There have been many conductivity issues recently in County offices. Lisa reported that the UMaine System IT’s opinion is that in some cases our wireless equipment is outdated. Tanner is assessing the needs and estimating costs for […]