{"id":13863,"date":"2024-03-25T13:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/?page_id=13863"},"modified":"2024-03-25T13:11:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T17:11:29","slug":"wcea-meeting-minutes-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wcea-meeting-minutes-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"WCEA Meeting Minutes -February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>WCEA meeting minutes 2\/22\/2024&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Present &#8211; Kyle Winslow, Nicholas MacDonald, Jen Lobley, Robin Pinto, Gabby Brodek, Jason Palomo, Lisa Hanscom, Rachel White<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Secretary&#8217;s Report<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; Kyle moved, Robin seconded, unanimously approved (Gabby isn\u2019t sure these names are correct in the motion and second)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Treasurer&#8217;s Report<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; Robin moved, Kyle seconded, unanimously approved to table report to next meeting when Eric is present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Annual meeting subcommittee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; still waiting to hear from everyone on the doodle poll, someone to lead the committee.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tara is getting press release out \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nominations sought for Norman W. Duzen community service award.\u201d She sent letters to last year\u2019s folks who were nominated and not granted the award to see if they would like to renominate these individuals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Committee membership update<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; This spring, Kyle and Eric will have served two full terms (6 years!) and will be leaving us.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring names of who you may think would be a good fit and would be interested to next month\u2019s (March) meeting.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In March we will discuss and identify who will reach out\/invite them to the recruitment and annual meeting. Jen will send out the ongoing chart of possibilities to the committee in the meantime.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will need to replace the Vice President and Treasurer positions (usually someone who has already been serving on the committee). May be a good time to relieve Ed of his role.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guest speaker next month &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"mailto:regina@healthyacadia.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-rich-links=\"{&quot;per_n&quot;:&quot;Regina Grabrovac&quot;,&quot;per_e&quot;:&quot;regina@healthyacadia.org&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;person&quot;}\">Regina Grabrovac<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from Healthy Acadia; April &#8211; Pam from Milbridge Women\u2019s Health. Can Deb join these meetings?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Program summaries<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National Extension Conference on Volunteerism will be held in Portland in 2025 &#8211; big deal! Bringing in about 300 faculty and professionals to ME. At Holiday Inn at the Bay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rachel\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSciTU7tItpxfsUonQ9L2mawUjpR5gx04tk81untJ3uSCXkuRw\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">producer survey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; any thoughts or ideas regarding open-ended questions? Blueberries are categorized on their own.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lots of growth coming out of the Diagnostic Lab on the UMaine Orono campus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upstairs update: still no answer. Tara has met with Hannah Carter (Dean of Extension), Hannah is supposed to meet next week with Ryan Ward (facilities Director) about the plan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still no phone lines for the first floor temporary offices<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still in the hiring process for 4-H Community Education Assistant &#8211; we will need a space for them<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicholas is willing to chat with facilities on UMM campus if needed&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kyle Question: Is Extension involved in the National Heritage Area? Washington and Hancock County was designated as a National Heritage Area about a year ago. Could be some federal funding available to support heritage (blueberries\/agriculture, fishing, cultural, historic, social). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sunrisecounty.org\/nha\/#:~:text=The%20Feasibility%20Study%20was%20submitted,law%20on%20January%205%2C%202023.&amp;text=Downeast%20Maine%20NHA%20Passes%20through%20Congress\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Link for more information<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This could look like programs for youth around blueberry harvest or Margaretta history. Is it important for Extension to be a part of this conversation? Maybe Chris from the Sunrise Economic Council could present to us about it (at these meetings or even at the office)?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WCEA meeting minutes 2\/22\/2024&nbsp; Present &#8211; Kyle Winslow, Nicholas MacDonald, Jen Lobley, Robin Pinto, Gabby Brodek, Jason Palomo, Lisa Hanscom, Rachel White Secretary&#8217;s Report &#8211; Kyle moved, Robin seconded, unanimously approved (Gabby isn\u2019t sure these names are correct in the motion and second) Treasurer&#8217;s Report &#8211; Robin moved, Kyle seconded, unanimously approved to table report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13863","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WCEA Meeting Minutes -February 2024 - Cooperative Extension in Washington County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/wcea-meeting-minutes-february-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WCEA Meeting Minutes -February 2024 - Cooperative Extension in Washington County - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WCEA meeting minutes 2\/22\/2024&nbsp; 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