NCRA September Meeting

Meeting was cancelled due to Hurricane Rita. Any actions taken below were approved via email ballot. Refer to the ESS Meeting Minutes for other actions.

Time	Item	Topic	Presenter
8:00	1.0	Call to Order	Steve Slack
	2.0	Adoption of the Agenda	Steve Slack
	3.0	Approval of the July 2005 Minutes (http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/july2005.htm)	Steve Slack
8:05	4.0	Executive Committee Report	Steve Slack
8:10	5.0	Executive Director's Report 5.1: Changes to the ESS Rules of Operation 5.2: BAA Think Tank Update 5.3: NRI Priorities and Input 5.4: FY07 Budget Priorities Update 5.5: NIMSS Survey/Thesis Update 5.6: Idea of shifting more Hatch money into MRF	Daryl Lund
8:40	6.0	MRC Report 6.1: NRSP Voting Procedure & Recommendations (hand out ballots)	Daryl Lund, Nikki Nelson
8:45	7.0	Nominations Report	Gary Lemme
9:15	8.0	Other Reports 8.1: Sun Grant Initiative	Gary Lemme
9:30	9.0	NCRA Spring Meeting - Indianapolis, IN - March 28-29, 2006	Marshall Martin
9:45	Break
10:00	10.0	Program and Budget Updates by Station	All
11:50	11.0	Resolutions 11.1: Catherine Woteki 11.2: John Gardner	Marshall Martin
11:55	12.0	Announcements CSREES Regional Meetings for administrators filing Plans of Work and Annual Reports: Monterey, CA, October 4, 8:00 a.m. Nebraska City, NE, October 12, 8:00 a.m. Washington, DC, (CSREES) October 19, 1:00p.m. Charleston, SC, November 3, mid-morning	All
	13.0	Summary and Review of Assignments	Steve Slack
12:00	Adjourn

Background: The NCRA spring 2006 meeting has been scheduled for March 28-29, 2006 at the Embassy Suites, Downtown Indianapolis, IN. Hotel rooms have been reserved for March 27-28. We will meet all day March 28 and conclude by noon March 29. More information will follow as the meeting dates approach.

WHEREAS, Catherine Woteki on July 31, 2005, resigned from her position as Dean for the College of Agriculture and Director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station, a position she has held since 2002; and

WHEREAS, Catherine held the rank of Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University; and

WHEREAS, Catherine has served admirably in numerous department, college, and university committee responsibilities, and has contributed to the broader community with her service on the NASULGC Board on Agriculture Assembly, Budget and Advocacy, Farm Bill Committees, Think Tank Subcommittee, and Science and Education Exhibition; National Research Council Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism; and Food Safety Research Consortium Executive Committee, to name a few; and

WHEREAS, Catherine’s research interests included food safety and nutrition policy, chronic disease prevention, and population health surveillance and monitoring, resulting in over 50 articles and 12 technical reports and books on these topics; and

WHEREAS, Catherine has been actively involved in national and professional societies, including Institute of Medicine, American Public Health Association; American Institute of Nutrition; American Dietetic Association; Institute of Food Technologists; Society for Nutrition Education, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition; Chair of the Food and Nutrition Board; and

WHEREAS, Catherine attended North Central Regional Association meetings; and

Be it now resolved that the North Central Regional Association expresses its sincerest appreciation and deepest thanks to Dr. Catherine Woteki and wishes her well in her future endeavors.

Presented September, 2005

NCRA meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA

11.2
A Resolution of Appreciation to
Dr. John C. Gardner
University of Missouri-Columbia

Whereas, John C. Gardner is leaving his position as Associate Dean and Associate Director of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri, a position he has held since 1999; and

Whereas, John is a product of the Land-Grant University System, with degrees from Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and

Whereas, John has provided visionary research leadership at North Dakota State University, the University of Missouri and in numerous professional and academic groups and committees; and

Whereas, John has made numerous contributions in crop and livestock production, new crops development, agricultural biotechnology and value-added agriculture and was especially effective in helping establish a specialty oilseeds sector in the North Central region while at NDSU and as President/General Manager of AgGrow Oils LLC; and

Whereas, John has been especially effective in improving communication between the land-grant community, especially the universities for which he has worked, and important stakeholder groups; and

Whereas, in his leadership roles at the University of Missouri and in the North Central Region, John has served on numerous significant committees that have influenced the future direction of research and extension in the region; and

Whereas, under John’s leadership the extramural research funding of the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station has nearly doubled; and

Whereas, John has regularly represented the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station at North Central Regional Association meetings of the experiment station directors and served as administrative advisor to regional committees; and

Whereas, John’s research and leadership excellence has resulted in his selection as Vice President for Research and Economic Development for the University of Missouri System;

Therefore, the North Central Regional Association both commends and thanks John C. Gardner for his outstanding service to the Association, the Land-Grant System, the people of the North Central Region, and the nation.

NC Committees	Title	Past	New
NC7	Conservation, Management, Enhancement and Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources	Catherine Woteki, IA	Wendy Wintersteen, IA
NC1001	Systems Analyses of the Relationships of Agriculture and Food Systems to Community Health	John Gardner, MO	CY Wang, SD
NC1005	Landscape Ecology of Whitetailed Deer in Agro-Forest Ecosystems: A Cooperative Approach to Support Management	Kevin Kephart, SD	Scott Winterstein, MI
NC1010	Interpreting Cattle Genomic Data: Biology, Applications and Outreach	Margaret Dentine, WI	Don Beermann, NE
NC1011	Rural Low-Income Families: Tracking their Well-being and Function in an Era of Welfare Reform	Jan Bokemeier, MI	Robin Douthitt, WI
NC1014	Agricultural and Rural Finance Markets in Transition	John Gardner, MO	Steve Hanson, MI
NC1016	Economic Assessment of Changes in Trade Arrangements, Bio-terrorism Threats and Renewable Fuels Requirements on the U.S. Grain and Oilseed Sector	Marshall Martin, IN	Sally Thompson, IN
NC1020	Beef Cattle Grazing Systems that Improve Production and Profitability While Minimizing Risk and Environmental Impacts	Darrell Nelson, NE	Don Boggs, KS
NC1021	Nitrogen Cycling, Loading, and Use Efficiency in Forage-Based Livestock Production Systems (formerly NCT-196 and NC-189)	Kevin Kephart, SD	Dan Schaefer, WI
NC1024	Domestic Surveillance, Diagnosis, And Therapy Of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies	Kevin Kephart, SD	Forrest Chumley, KS
NC1131	Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Skeletal Muscle Growth and Differentiation	Bev Durgan, MN	Alan Grant, IN
NC1142	Regulation of Photosynthetic Processes	Forrest Chumley, KS	Irwin Goldman, WI
NCCC/ERA Committees
NCCC9	MWPS: Research and Extension Educational Materials	Catherine Woteki, IA	Jerry Miller, IA
NCAC Committees
NCAC4	Horticultural Crops	Bev Durgan, IA	Gary Lemme, SD
NCAC12	Agriculture Economics	Alan Baquet, NE	Marshall Martin, IN
NCAC24	Agriculture Education Research	Alan Baquet, NE	Gary Lemme, SD (to be replaced ASAP)
NRSP Committees
NRSP1	Research Planning Using the Current Research Information System (CRIS)	Darrell Nelson, NE	Doreen Woodward
Other NCRA Nominations
2005-2006	NCRA Chair-elect	Marshall Martin, IN	Forrest Chumley, KS
2006-2008	MRC Members to replace (3-year term):	Wendy Wintersteen, IA	Mary Ann Lila, IN
2006-2008	MRC Members to replace (3-year term):	Marshall Martin, IN	Doug Buhler, MI
2006-2007	Nominations Committee Member (2-year term)	Gary Lemme, MI	Wendy Wintersteen, IA
2006-2007	Nominations Committee Member (2-year term)	Kevin Kephart, SD	Dave Benfield, OH
unlimited term	ESCOP Budget and Legislative Committee	Darrell Nelson, NE	Steve Slack, OH
unlimited term	ESCOP Budget and Legislative Committee	Kevin Kephart, SD	Kevin Kephart, SD
unlimited term	NC Rep to NIAS Board	Darrell Nelson, NE	Dave Benfield, OH