Member Handbook

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1. Understanding UMaine Extension

• What is UMaine Cooperative Extension?
• UMaine’s Organizational Chart (Word)
• A History of Cooperative Extension
• The County Extension Act
• Partnership Matrix

2. Understanding the County Executive Committee

• Functions-County Executive Committee
• Ten Basic Responsibilities of County Executive Committees
• Meeting Minutes
• Meeting Agenda
• Bylaws (PDF)

3. Understanding the County and Federal Partnerships

• Waldo County Commissioners
• Waldo County Delegation

4. Budget

• Waldo County Budget Committee
• Maine County Extension Associations’ Best Practices — securing County Funds 

5. Members

• Contact list — request from office: SHARE/Databases/WCEA – reports – Current WCEA
• FAQs for new members

6. Staff

• Waldo County Extension Staff
• Who We Are: Staff Biographies

7. County Plan of Work

• Plan of Work

8. Other Useful Information

• UMaine Extension’s Alphabet Soup