Present:
AL: Grace Kirkland and Rebecca Dollman
AR: Joe Waldrum
FL: Howard Ladewig, Nick Place, Cheri Brodeur, Mark Kistler, and Bryan Terry
GA: Greg Price
KY: Roger Rennekamp
LA: Debra Davis (Chair)
MS: Michael Newman, Susan Seal (Secretary), Julie Sexton and Ronnie White
NC: Thelma Feaster
SC: Della Baker
TX: Scott Cummings (Vice-Chair)
VA: Cathy Sutphin Call to Order
Debra Davis called the meeting to order. State introductions were made. The following modifications to the minutes from the August meeting were recommended:
- Thelma Feaster stated that the 1890 input had been emailed to Scott but was not included in the final minutes
Scott sent the link to be posted, would check with SRDC and get it added
- Michael Newman is not co-chair of performance indicators white paper. It should be Scott Cummings.
ITEMS FROM WORK PLAN: CECP Review Process -- Cathy Sutphin
- Gathering samples of peer review processes
Julie stated that the deadline is the Charleston meeting December 1 and 2. Other committees are starting to turn in their reports
Cathy to check with Michael Lambur regarding exact progress made
- Julie has some of the other committee proposals that might be helpful and she will share them with Cathy
- Will hold conference call of committee within a couple of weeks A number of states are working on similar projects within their states - Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas and others - should share information Question was raised regarding the difference between this project which is being conducted based on a request from ASRED and the ASRED project on economic indicators. Debra had asked Ron Brown the same question and he had responded that one was strictly performance measures such as contacts and one was economic impacts. ASRED sees that as two different things. It was stressed that these two committees need to be in contact with one another to avoid duplication but achieve consistency. Directors formed the workgroup to be consistent with accountability measures across the Southern Region, primarily in area of economic impact and performance measures
- Each state director was planning to appoint someone from each state
Proposal for bi-annual meeting -- Scott Cummings for Robert Richard
- No discussion yet Purpose is to provide an opportunity to bring a larger PSD group together than is in attendance at PLC
- Email ideas to Robert Richard at RRichard@agcenter.lsu.edu
CECP Modules
- Facilitation Skills -- Debra Davis
- Debra and Susanna are still working on it - plan on spring completion date
- Presentation Skills -- Joe Waldrum for Allison Penn and Rich Poling
- Plans for August 2005 completion date
- Impact Statement -- Cathy Sutphin for Michael Lambur
- Michael is working on the module - goal to finish this year
- Howard asked Della to share info on this module with him
- History of Extension -- Randall Waters (not on call)
- No update
- Was held in Lexington last week Large percentage of people following through from 1st time
- Complete report will be sent later
SEAL Curriculum -- Scott Cummings for Chris Boleman
- Currently reviewing modules - seems to be in good shape Meeting to evaluate progress Deadline yesterday(11/15) Public Policy Advocacy (online module) - Debra and Julie working on Joe recommended contacting Tom Riley who has PhD in Public Policy and is the contact for Arkansas' virtual Public Policy Center Ronnie has completed his portion
- Chris will send out update to list-serve
SR Curriculum Development and Survey -- Ronnie White
- Background information on project
- Goal is to find out if there are others with skills in curriculum development in the Southern Region Survey is to assess skills required to meet challenges and determine willingness to participate in Southern Region projects Used Julie's position description as a guide Michael Newman putting together online survey Grace Kirkland has PhD in instructional design Joe stated that Steve Dennis in FCS has similar background
- Survey to be sent to PSD list-serve, Extension directors, State program leaders, and IT group
August Meeting -- Della Baker
- Will be held in Charleston, SC at Francis Marion Hotel on King Street Parking will be about $10/day August 28-31, 2005 Do we want to have tours?
- Susan said that not only does it provide an opportunity to learn but also provides an opportunity for further discussions in informal settings
- Planning to organize a Sunday night event
- Possibly adding a Professional Development component
- Directors have some disagreement regarding the target audience - whether it is for current PLN members or those not currently in leadership roles Should this leadership effort be handled in each state or through the Southern Region? Paul Warner working on white paper regarding need for internal leadership development program Could use Southern Extension Leadership Development information - Howard has copy Debra stated that she has gotten information from several states about their state leadership development. Most programs are less than 3 years old
- 4-H has a pre-conference on leadership - "Choosing to Lead" - and a program for new 4-H program leaders
Issues Identified in Middle Managers Joint Session
- Should we be involved in other issues than those previously discussed Scott- Priority Setting which leads to accountability might be a focus area Roger - Electronic priority setting (Concept mapping) Roger will send contact information to list-serve
- Joe - we should take a strong role in helping others in the development of online courses
PLC Quarterly Meeting
- Roger - PLC will be meeting November 30-December 1 and will be planning rest of program for August. Email suggestions for August meeting prior to November 30
Suggestions on Advisory Council Structure
- Email information you may have about advisory councils to Rebecca
Next Meetings
- February 22, 10:00am (Central time), Videoconference, Susan will be in touch to set up conference
- May 24, 10:00am (Central time), Telephone conference