Agenda Item

Action Items

1.0

ESS Business Meeting – Call to order, Orlando McMeans, Chair

• Approval of the Agenda - Approved
• Approval of the ESS Meeting Minutes on September 28, 2010 in Nashville, TN - Approved
• Approval of Interim Actions - Approved

7.0

NRSP Review Committee Actions:

NRSP-1:

Approved project proposal for 2011-2016 (48 for, 0 against)

NRSP-1:

$50,000 FY'12 budget recommendation - Approved (48 for, 0 against)

NRSP-3:

$50,000 FY’12 budget recommendation - Approved (48 for, 0 against)

NRSP-4:

$481,182 FY'12 budget recommendation - Approved (44 for, 4 against)

NRSP-6:

$150,000 FY'12 budget recommendation - Approved (43 for, 5 against)

NRSP-7:

$325,000 FY'12 budget recommendation - Approved (46 for, 2 against)  -  If funds equal to or less than this amount become available to NRSP-7 through a Congressional special grant or equivalent funding mechanism during FY2011-12, that amount will not be distributed to NRSP-7 from Hatch MRF.

 NRSP-8:

$500,000 FY'12 budget recommendation - Approved (44 for, 4 against)

NRSP 9:

$175,000 FY’12 budget recommendation - Approved (47 for, 1 against)

Excellence in Multistate Research Award Funds

Recommendation to approve FY'12 budget of $15,000 - Approved (52 for, 0 against, 2 abstained)

9.0

Approved the Nomination Committee recommendation for Michael Hoffman to be the 2011/12 Chair-Elect and 2012/13 Chair for ESCOP.

10.0

Approved all resolutions