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One Hundred Sixty-Ninth Meeting
ATTENDEES: Wendy
Wintersteen, Chair (IA); Mary Anne Lila (IL); Randy Woodson and Marshall Martin
(IN); Forrest Chumley (KS); Ian Gray, Gary Lemme, Jan Bokemeier, Doreen
Woodward, Kelly Millenbaugh (MI); Phil Larsen, Bert Stromberg, Sarah Greening
(MN); Tom Payne and John Gardner (MO); Darrell Nelson and Nancy Betts (NE);
Steven Slack, David Benfield, Bill Ravlin (OH); Kevin Kephart (SD); Margaret
Dentine (WI); Ralph Otto (CSREES); Larry Newell (CSREES, Civil Rights); Daryl
Lund and Nicole Nelson (NCRA).
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REGISTRATION |
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RECEPTION FOR ALL |
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BREAKFAST |
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JOINT MEETING |
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J1 |
Call to Order, Welcome and Approval of Joint Agenda - Wendy Wintersteen and Greg Weidemann |
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ESCOP Core Committee Reports: |
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Communication and Marketing - Jerry Arkin, Chair |
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Budget and Legislative - Darrell Nelson, Chair |
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Science and Technology - Nancy Cox, Chair |
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Partnerships - Margaret Dentine and Susan Barefoot, NC and SO Reps |
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Planning - Virginia Clark Johnson, Chair |
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Executive Committee - Ian Gray, ESCOP Chair |
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National Institute for Agricultural Security Report - DC Coston |
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CSREES Report - Ralph Otto |
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ARS Report - Charles Onstead and Darrell Cole |
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Collaborative Opportunities with DOE - Jim Fischer |
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BREAK |
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NIMSS Update - Daryl Lund |
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J8 |
PIPRA Update - Nancy Cox (KY) and Bill Brown (FL) |
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NRSP Four-Year Budget Requests (reports and clarifying questions only): |
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NRSP-3 - Jerry Arkin |
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NRSP-5 - DC Coston and Randy Woodson |
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NRSP-8 - Jerry Cherry and Margaret Dentine |
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NRSP One-Year Budget Request (report and clarifying questions only): |
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NRSP-6 - Bob Westerman and Steve Slack |
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NRSP Project Renewals and Five-Year Budget Requests (reports and clarifying questions only): |
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NRSP-1 - Bill Brown (FL) and Darrell Nelson |
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NRSP-4 - Mary Duryea and Gary Lemme |
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NRSP-7 - Don Robertson |
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Obesity Initiative - Daryl Lund |
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JOINT LUNCH |
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NCRA SESSION |
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NC1 |
Call to Order - Wendy Wintersteen |
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NC2 |
Approval of the September 2003 Minutes - Wendy Wintersteen (Available at http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/Sept2003.htm) |
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NC3 |
Adoption of Agenda |
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NC4 |
Executive Committee Report and Interim Actions of the Chair - Wendy Wintersteen (Refer to ED Report) |
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Executive Director's Report - Daryl Lund |
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Activities since September 2003 |
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NCRA Office Update |
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National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (N-CFAR) Membership |
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Revision of the NCRA Review Forms |
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Impact Statements and the BAC |
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Multistate Nomenclatures |
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BREAK |
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NC6 |
Increased Efficiency and Focus in the Multistate Project System - Wendy Wintersteen |
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NCRA Office FY '04 Budget - Wendy Wintersteen, Margaret Dentine, Daryl Lund |
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ED Annual Report - Wendy Wintersteen, Daryl Lund |
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Adjourn - Dinner on your own |
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BREAKFAST |
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NCRA SESSION |
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Multistate Research
Committee -
Marshall Martin |
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MRC Project Recommendations |
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NC7b |
NRSP Discussion (see NRSP Review Website at: http://www.wisc.edu/ncra/2004NRSP-reviews.htm) |
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NC8 |
Nominations Committee Report - Bert Stromberg |
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10:00-10:30am |
BREAK |
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10:30-11:30am |
JOINT SESSION |
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10:30 |
Potential LTER (Long
Term Ecological Research) Project on Mississippi River Basin - Daryl Lund |
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11:00 |
J14 |
Research Highlights
from Auburn -
John Jensen Speakers: "Big Science in the
Genomics Era: How the Catfish Genome Project Fits" - Dr. John Liu, Department
of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures "Poultry Products
Safety & Quality Peaks of Excellence Program" - Dr. Pat Curtis,
Department of Poultry Science "Turfgrass Research at Auburn University" - Dr. Beth Guertal, Department of Agronomy and Soils |
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12:00-4:30pm |
JOINT LUNCH AND AGRICULTURAL TOUR FOR ALL |
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6:30pm |
SURF AND TURF DINNER FOR ALL |
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Wednesday, March 30, 2004 |
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7:00am - 8:00am |
BREAKFAST |
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8:15am - 12:00pm |
NCRA SESSION |
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8:15 |
Sun Grant Initiative - Kevin Kephart |
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8:30 |
NC10 |
Update on Tribal colleges in the North Central Region - Wade Gordon |
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9:00 |
Regional Dairy Research, Teaching, and Extension - Wendy Wintersteen, Steve Slack, Phil Larsen |
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9:30 |
BREAK |
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10:00 |
NC12 |
Report from Each SAES on Budget |
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NC12a |
Ohio State Review of
Economic Impacts Steve Slack passed around
copies of the OSU Batelle Study (Phase I) as well as a sign-up for anyone
interested in the Phase II information. Any questions should be sent to
OARDC. Wendy Wintersteen also shared that Iowa State had utilized Batelle at
their campus as well. The |
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NC12b |
Budgets, Administration, Etc. |
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11:15 |
Resolutions - Marshall Martin |
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11:25 |
Other |
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Business Officers' Meeting |
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Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) |
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Animal Health Protection (FY05 Appropriations Request) |
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NC-7 and NC-1100 FY05 Budgets |
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Spring 2005 Meeting |
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11:45 |
NC15 |
Announcements - Wendy Wintersteen
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11:55 |
NC16 |
Summary and Review of Assignments - Wendy Wintersteen |
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12:00pm |
Adjourn |
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Agenda Items
Item J2: ESCOP Core Committee Reports
Item J2a:
Communication and Marketing
Presenter:
Jerry Arkin
Background:
The committee has been dormant since
January 2002; however, with the appointment of a new Chairperson and Executive
Vice Chair, the committee has been recharged this winter. They met via
teleconference on February 20, 2004, and agreed on the following actions:
1. Assist Wally Huffman with the
edit and revision of the Counterfactual Study for a broader audience. Wendy
Wintersteen will assist.
2. Tom Fretz will check with Wally
Huffman on how 1890s were handled in the study. A suggestion was made to
segment the group since the 1890s have fewer formula funds.
3. Review the Science Roadmap and
develop strategies on how to keep it on our partners' radar screen. Should
milestones be tracked and reported on a regular basis?
4. Initiate the process of including
the Science Roadmap and the Counterfactual Study in next year's Agriculture
Exhibit on the Hill - Jerry Arkin and Tom Fretz.
5. Continue discussion on
communication vs. marketing, and the committee's future course of actions.
The committee plans to meet again by
teleconference in April.
Jerry relayed that the committee is
trying to identify specifics such as what exactly to communicate, who to
communicate to, and how effective the communications are on their audience. Any
comments or questions should be directed to him at garkin@uga.edu.
Action
Requested: For
information and discussion.
Item J2b: Budget and
Legislative
Presenter:
Darrell Nelson
FY 04 Budget:
The FY 04 budget was passed in January with an overall 0.59% reduction in all
CSREES line items and a 10% cut in 33 specific line items. Many of the line
items were Extension programs including EFNEP. Pest control including
IR-4 was cut 10%.
FY 05 Budget: Priorities for the FY 05 budget were adopted at a
BAC meeting Feb 9. Priorities are (1) restore the cuts to the line items
from the FY 04 budget (generally included in the President's budget request),
(2) increase funding for minority-serving institutions, (3) increase EFNEP
funding above the FY 03 level by $3M, and (4) increase the NRI by 10% (from
$164M to $180M). We are also committed to supporting the President's
budget when he requested an increase in support for a program. The BRT analysis
reported the following: "1. Overall, USDA funding would be cut by $1.2
billion. 2. Total CSREES funding is cut by $108 million, but most of
these reductions would come from congressional earmarks. 3. The National
Research Initiative would increase by approximately $16 million (ten percent)
over the FY 2004 enacted level. 4. Funding for many of the programs cut
by 10% would be at least partially restored, including EFNEP, which would
receive almost $58 million in funding under the president's request. 5.
"Homeland Security" related items would increase: the plant and
animal diagnostic labs would get a $22 million increase and there is a new
"higher education agrosecurity education program" line item that
would be funded at $5 million. 6. IFAFS authority was captured again,
thereby enabling the administration to "take credit" for $260 million
in budgetary "savings." In addition, there appear to be more
"limitations" imposed on mandatory USDA programs, a move that could
complicate efforts by our congressional champions to help the system as the
budget/appropriations process moves forward." The BRT called for
statements from everyone citing how the cuts would impact program.
Approximately 25 Experiment Stations responded with specific examples. The
BRT will use these to develop materials to use in support of the budget
priorities. The EDs generated approximately 40 impact statements from the
multistate research portfolio, which will also be used by the BRT.
FY 06 Budget: ESCOP went through a process (including all
directors and members of the B/L Committee) to identify priorities for FY
06. The priorities are posted on the ESCOP homepage under the B/L
Committee. The BAC and BRT will begin working on the FY 06 budget this
summer.
Farm Bill Committee: LeRoy Daugherty is chair-designate of the B/L
Committee and therefore has the leadership for the Legislative part of our
agenda. He will serve on the BAA Farm Bill Committee. ED Tom Fretz
will serve as Executive Staff to the legislative function of our ESCOP B/L
Committee. Daryl Lund will continue to serve as Executive Staff for the
budget function. Jeff Armstrong, Chair of the BAA Farm Bill Committee,
has called for a teleconference Thursday February 26. The EDs (Research,
Extension and Academic Programs) have volunteered to serve as staff to the Farm
Bill Committee.
Action Requested: None, for information only.
Item J2c: Science
and Technology
Presenter:
Nancy Cox
Background:
The Science and Technology Committee
met on March 1, 2004 in Washington, D.C. prior to the ESCOP meeting. The
following items were discussed:
1. ESCOP has asked the S & T
Committee to conduct a more in-depth, validated needs assessment of the Science
Roadmap for agriculture. A subgroup was appointed to develop a plan to do this
assessment and a budget, consisting of Lou Swanson (chair), Dan Rossi and Sally
Rockey. Recommendations will be presented to ESCOP at the July Joint COPS
meeting.
2. ESCOP has asked the S & T
Committee to recommend ways that ESCOP can assist the PIPRA initiative in it's
humanitarian mission relative to intellectual property generated by public
universities. The following suggestions came from the discussion:
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The
NASULGC Council of Presidents and Council of VPs for Research should consider
this issue.
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IR4
may be a model to look at for a process to use patents on minor crops.
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Global Challenge Program is working to leverage genomics technology for use in
the developing world. Robert Ziegler is now its director and PIPRA leadership
should communicate with him and explore potential collaborations.
The PIPRA subcommittee (Cox,
Pueppke, and Brown) will explore this question and make further
recommendations.
3. An S&T Task Force to develop
a white paper on the current state of knowledge concerning prions, BSE, CJD,
nvCJD, and other TSE's was proposed by Forrest Chumley, Kansas State Univ. The
National Academy report on TSE that was commissioned by USDA and just completed
will be examined to determine if it already accomplished what the task force
would do. If not, the S&T Committee will make recommendations for
membership on this task force.
Tom Payne suggested the inclusion of
extension directors and recommended that they form an informational document
about TSEs. David Benfield and Bert Stromberg also supported the inclusion of
the Veterinary Medicine faculty.
Action Requested: None;
information only.
Presenter:
Margaret Dentine and Susan Barefoot
Background:
The ESCOP Partnership Committee has
recently been reconstituted with a full complement of Agricultural Experiment
Station members. One conference call was held with the AES members to discuss
the appropriateness of the committee's current membership, charge, and scope of
potential activities. Several potential activities were discussed including:
working with other agencies (e.g. NIH, CDC, DHS, etc), other USDA agencies
(ERS, ARS, APHIS, NASS) and working with CSREES on the new POW Guidelines and
processes that will be forthcoming. The latter would necessarily require a
joint effort with extension. The members agreed to poll their respective
regional associations at the upcoming spring meetings for possible activities
of the Partnership Committee. The Committee plans to hold another conference
call in early April to discuss input from the regional association meetings and
possibly a face to face meeting.
Action requested: Suggested
action items for the Committee.
Action Requested:
Presenter:
Virginia Clark Johnson
The Planning Committee met February
23-24, 2004 in Irving, Texas.
Actions from the meeting follow:
Actions Required:
Actions Taken:
Presenter:
Ian Gray
Strategic Planning: I
asked the EDs to formulate a process for ESCOP to reexamine its strategic plan.
A process was adopted at the February CAC teleconference and is posted with the
CAC Minutes on the ESCOP homepage. Basically the process consists of two
activities to be carried out over the next year. The first is for the Planning
Committee to develop an operational plan for the ESS to support its
programmatic priorities as identified in the Science Roadmap. This operational
plan will be presented to the ESS at the fall meeting. The second activity is
for the Planning Committee to develop an operational plan for ESCOP that guides
its activities in support of the ESS operational plan. This operational plan
will be presented to ESCOP at its November meeting for final review and
adoption.
Appointments:
Several appointments to various committees have been made as requested. The
ESCOP Nominating Committee, chaired by Scott Angle, will be nominating two
people for the BAA Policy Board and one person as ESCOP Chair-Designate (this
person will be from the ARD). These nominations will be presented to ESCOP at
during the July All COPs meeting.
N-CFAR:
Based on advice from CAC, I authorized Mort Neufville to pay our $1000
membership in NCFAR for 2004 from our residual funds at NASULGC.
Counterfactual study: The Counterfactual Study Report that ESCOP authorized was received. I authorized expending up to $5000 to generate appropriate reports from the study for use in support of our federal budget requests and priorities including base funds. Tom Fretz is working with the au