Experiment Station Section
Meeting
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Action Items
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Agenda Item 1: Approval of agenda, ESS meeting minutes (September
27, 2004, Oklahoma City, OK), and Interim Actions - Agenda was approved and
2004 ESS Meeting Minutes were approved. Chair’s interim action approved.
Agenda Item 2: NRSP Review Committee Recommendations and
Vote - Approved all NRSP proposals and budgets as they were presented
Agenda Item 3: Proposed Changes to ESS Rules of Operation
- Approved revisions to the ESS Rules of Operation
Agenda Item 4: Proposed Support for LGU Seminars - Approved
an additional $5000 for each of the two LGU seminars.
Agenda Item 15: Nominations Committee Report - Approved
Ron Pardini, University of Nevada-Reno, as ESCOP chair-elect
Agenda Item 16: Resolutions Committee Report - Approved
all Resolutions
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Agenda #
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Agenda Item - Presenter
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| Call to Order and Welcome - D.C. Coston | |
| Approval of agenda, ESS meeting minutes (September 27, 2004, Oklahoma City, OK), and Interim Actions - DC Coston | |
| NRSP Review Committee Recommendations and Vote - Gary Lemme | |
| Proposed Changes to ESS Rules of Operation - D.C. Coston | |
| Proposed Support for LGU Seminars - D.C. Coston | |
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CSREES Update - Gary Cunningham |
| BAA-Policy Board of Directors Update - Mike Harrington | |
| ESCOP Budget & Legislative Committee - LeRoy Daugherty | |
| ESCOP Communication & Marketing Committee - Jerry Arkin | |
| ESCOP Science & Technology Committee - Steve Puppeke | |
| Break | |
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NRSP Voting Results - Gary Lemme |
| Germplasm Task Force Report - Tom Fretz | |
| Formula Funds Task Force Report - Wendy Wintersteen | |
| National Animal Germplasm Program - Harvey Blackburn | |
| NIMSS User Survey Preliminary Results - Nikki Nelson | |
| Nominations Committee Report - Lee Sommers | |
| Resolutions Committee Report - Marshall Martin | |
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Final Remarks and Passing Gavel to the New ESCOP Chair - D.C. Coston |
| Adjourn |
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AGENDA BRIEFS
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Action Taken: Agenda was approved and 2004 ESS Meeting Minutes
were approved. Chair’s interim action approved.
Presenter: Gary Lemme
NRSP1: $306,916
NRSP3: $84,000
NRSP4: $481,182
NRSP5: $146,000
NRSP6: $150,000 (new proposal approved as well)
NRSP8: $400,000
The ESS will vote again on the FY07 OTT funding next September. The Western Region will handle all NRSP duties next year.
Presenter: D.C. Coston
1. Elimination of the ESCOP Planning Committee
"ESCOP moves to eliminate the Planning Committee as a core committee of ESCOP and to amend the ESS Rules of Operation by deleting the section under Article VII entitled Planning Committee and any other reference to that committee in the document."
This motion was approved by ESCOP at its meeting in July. The Planning Committee's primary charge has become redundant because the Partnership Working Group is facilitating long-range planning and futuring jointly for all COPs and the ESCOP Budget & Legislative Committee is coordinating planning for budget and legislative initiatives.
2. Elimination of the ESCOP-ACOP Leadership Development Subcommittee
"ESCOP moves to eliminate the ESCOP-ACOP Leadership Development Subcommittee as a subcommittee of ESCOP and to amend the ESS Rules of Operation by deleting the paragraph under Article VII that begins "ESCOP-ACOP Leadership Development Subcommittee...."
This subcommittee is no longer functioning because the new leadership program, LEAD 21, has replaced the ESCOP-ACOP program and is managed by a Board of Directors with ESS representation.
These two motions will be brought to the floor for discussion and will require a yes-vote by 2/3 of the voting members present for approval.
Action Requested: Approval of the two motions.
Presenter: D.C. Coston
This seminar series, entitled: The Land-Grant University System-Leading the Way on Critical Issues, is outlined in the attached prospectus. As detailed therein, the first two seminars are planned for Milwaukee in October 2005 and Salt Lake City in early 2006. The seminars were discussed by ESCOP at its summer meeting. The seminars were endorsed and the ESCOP Chair was authorized to spend up to $5000 for support of each of the two seminars currently planned.
Since FHGR has requested a total of $10,000 support for each seminar,
ESCOP also agreed to request that ESS approve an additional $5,000 for
each of the two seminars planned.
Action Taken: Approved an additional $5000 for each of the two LGU seminars.
Presenter: Gary Cunningham
Presenter: Mike Harrington
Website http://www.nasulgc.org/CFERR/board_on_agric/board_on_agric.htm
New members:
Fred Cholick- Chair-elect
Nancy Cox - ESS representative
Elections: Academic Programs, Extension Section, 1890 Institutions,
Non Land Grant Institutions
Presenter: LeRoy Daugherty
The Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee sent its spending bill for F.Y. 2006 on to the full Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration. This measure contains funding for programs administered by the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). Highlights of the Senate action are described below:
Highlights of Senate Bill
With few exceptions, CSREES line items in F.Y. 2006 would be funded at
their F.Y. 2005 levels. The exceptions are set forth in the following
table:
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Research & Education Line Items
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F.Y. 2005
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Senate Mark
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Change
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| Evans-Allen |
36,704,000
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37,477,000
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+773,000
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| Special Research Grants |
120,314,000
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110,281,000
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-10,033,000
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| National Research Initiative |
179,552,000
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190,000,000
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+10,448,000
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| Alternative Crops |
1,186,000
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833,000
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-353,000
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| Resident Instruction and Distance Ed. Grants |
496,000
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0
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-496,000
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| Agrosecurity Education |
0
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750,000
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+750,000
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| Federal Administration |
42,546,000
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38,193,000
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-4,353,000
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Extension Line Items
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| 1890 Institutions Extension |
32,868,000
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33,643,000
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+775,000
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| Expanded Food & Nutrition Ed. Program |
58,438,000
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62,909,000
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+4,471,000
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| New Technologies for Ag Extension (eXtension) |
0
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2,000,000
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+2,000,000
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| Federal Administration and Special Grants |
21,883,000
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22,443,000
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+560,000
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Integrated Activities Line Item
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| Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative |
8,928,000
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10,000,000
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+1,072,000
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Discussion
The Senate, like the House of Representatives, has rejected the proposal
in the President's F.Y. 2006 Budget Request to reduce by 50 percent funding
for the Hatch and McIntire-Stennis formula fund programs and to eliminate
funding for the Animal Health & Disease program.
With respect to the President's proposal to transfer Sec. 406 line items to the National Research Initiative (NRI), the Senate did not concur with the House. The Senate has rejected the consolidation of the Sec. 406 funding lines within the NRI.
The Senate, even in this tight budgetary year, was able to make modest increases to several of the line items singled out by the Budget and Advocacy Committee of NASULGC's Board on Agriculture Assembly for "priority attention." These line items included: (1) the NRI; (2) Agrosecurity Education; (3) EFNEP; (4) eXtension; and (5) the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative. In addition, the Senate made increases to two other programs of importance to the 1890 Institutions: (1) Evans-Allen; and (2) 1890s Extension.
The only item on the BAC's "priority attention" list to receive
a decrease under the Senate mark was the Resident Instruction and Distance
Education Grants line item for the land-grants in the U.S. territories.
However, the House did agree to continue funding for this important program
at last year's level of $500,000 and we will continue to fight hard for
this line item when the House and Senate meet to reconcile differences
between the two versions of the Ag Appropriations bill.
Presenter: Jerry Arkin
In Support of Formula Funds:
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nera/FormulaFunds/Formula for Success:
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nera/counterfactual/4061_ISU_NASULGC.pdfESCOP/ECOP Task Force on Formula Funds - White Papers:
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nera/FormulaFundsTaskForce/Counterfactual Study Reports:
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/nera/counterfactual/The Land Grant Experience:
http://www.agnr.umd.edu/users/NERA/LandGrant/LandGrantExperience.html
The Committee after much discussion agreed to submit via letter to the Chair of ESCOP with the following recommendations:
Presenter: Steve Puppeke
1. Science Roadmap for Agriculture Survey
A survey was done during fall 2004 to determine current priorities and
needs relative to the challenge areas and objectives outlined in "A
Science Roadmap for Agriculture" published in 2001. Bruce Gage (University
of Kentucky), who designed and conducted the survey, has produced a report
that summarizes the survey results and analysis. Click
here for a PDF copy of his final survey report.
The S&T Committee and ESCOP feel strongly that the Roadmap should be a dynamic document and reviewed periodically for potential revisions to the challenge areas and/or objectives. Based on the survey results, the S&T Committee offers the attached recommendations for modification of the challenges and objectives. These recommendations are being presented to the ESS for adoption.
2. Genetics Subcommittee
Discussion focused on whether or not S&T should continue to have a
subcommittee in one or more areas related to genomics, genetics, breeding,
etc. Other national-level groups that will be engaged in related areas
are the recently established National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee,
which will cover germplasm collection, preservation, distribution, and
research, and a new multistate coordinating committee on plant breeding
being developed under S_temp1162.
S&T is contacting these two groups for more details on their potential
agendas and has deferred a decision on establishing a S&T subcommittee
until that information is available.
3. Food Safety Subcommittee
The S&T Committee voted unanimously to terminate this subcommittee
because it has been inactive for over three years and this area is well
covered by various centers and multistate projects.
4. Next S&T Committee meeting will be in late March or early April of 2006.
Presenter: Gary Lemme
Presenter: Tom Fretz
ESCOP requested that the task force help map the SAES's future involvement with the National Plant Germplasm System, including programmatic involvement, administrative structures and financial support.
The task force made the following recommendations:
1. Establish in conjunction with ARS and CSREES, a National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee (NPGCC) reporting jointly to the SAES directors via ESCOP in addition to the administrators of ARS and CSREES. The coordinating committee should take responsibility for reviewing and setting national scientific and service priorities related to the role of germplasm in promoting the economic health and security of the agricultural system.
2. The NPGCC should take responsibility for developing materials to promote the value of these collections to the Nation's ability to maintain an economically viable agricultural system in the face of increasing international competition.
Following a presentation of the task force report to the ESCOP Executive Committee at the Joint COPs meeting in Kansas City, July 26th, it was agreed that we initiate the National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee, with three appointees each from ARS, CSREES and ESCOP. This task has been completed and the NPGCC established with the following members;
Dr. Peter Bretting, ARS
Dr. Candice Gardner, ARS
Dr. Dwayne Buxton. ARS
Dr. Lee Sommers, SAES, Colorado State Univ.
Dr. Gerald Arkin, SAES, University of Georgia
Dr. Ken Grafton, SAES, North Dakota State Univ.
Dr. Ann Marie Thro, CSREES
Dr. Ed Kaleikau, CSREES
Dr. P. S. Benepal, CSREES
Dr. Tom Fretz, NERA (Staffing)
The Coordinating Committee met for the first time via conference call
on Thursday September 15, 2005, with the expressed purpose of establishing
goals, short and long-term priorities, and developing organizational guidelines.
1. Acceptance of the ESCOP Plant Germplasm Task Force report
2. Concurrence with the establishment of a joint SAES, ARS and CSREES National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee
Presenter: Wendy Wintersteen
In our discussions it became clear that as a system we need to communicate better especially within our own system if we are to effectively lobby for those issues we judge important. If we really want change, it is suggested that we invest a considerable amount of time and effort on internal communications (up to 80%) to achieve successful outcomes. This becomes critical when we understand that communications today have moved as a consequence of the computer to a very personal level, and are concentrated on a people-to-people communication as contrasted to communication between organizations, agencies and nations. (Suggested reference: "The World is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman /Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
As we move toward making our arguments and building our strategies, as a system we need to be mindful of the following: If we remove the Federal formula base with which we operate, we will see more earmarks. We should be prepared to accept increasing earmarks as the likely outcome / consequence of any elimination of Federal formula funds or shifting to competitive programs. We also need to understand that the more we think about research, the more we focus on specialization. It is important to understand that we do not think about or reward the generalist today. Federal formula funds have enabled us to create and maintain a system of experts, e.g., the infrastructure that can address time sensitive matters in a rapid fashion. That said, we would remain competitive in the future only if we have a foundation built of excellence and expertise.
Communications with Congress
Our communications with Congress must be composed of simple and straightforward messages, remembering that all politics are local. Our challenge will be to provide and promote the outcomes of our system from the formula based research enterprise otherwise we allow the administration to control the debate. Thus the bulk of our arguments needs to be local. We need to continue to make our case with our constituents. From our discussions it does not seem that the issue is about our outcomes, but rather how our outcomes are packaged.
Recommendations
Key Speaking Points on Formula Funds
Increasingly there are opportunities for members of our community to speak of and about Formula funds and their impacts, locally, regionally and nationally. Whenever the opportunity arises to speak about Formula funds (Hatch, McIntire-Stennis, Smith-Lever, etc) we need to keep several thoughts front and center. Several of the points discussed at our meeting are listed below, simply as reminders.
Working Drafts:
Presenter: Harvey Blackburn
Presenter: Nikki Nelson
Presenter: Lee Sommers
He received a BS degree in Animal Husbandry and Agricultural Chemistry from California State Polytechnic College in 1961. He obtained a Ph.D. in 1965 in Food Science with minors in Biochemistry and Nutrition from the University of Illinois.
Dr. Pardini served two years in the US Army Medical Service Corps while stationed at Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver, Colorado. He served as a First Lieutenant and then Captain where he became the director of the Lipid Research Branch of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Nutrition Laboratory. Following the military Dr. Pardini was a Post Doctoral Fellow of Biomedical Research at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and studied with Dr. Karl Folkers, then President of SRI.
Dr. Pardini joined the faculty in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1968. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1972 and Professor in 1977. From 1974-1988 Dr. Pardini Chaired the Department of Biochemistry. Dr. Pardini was honored as the distinguished alumnus of the year, School of Science and Mathematics, California State Polytechnic University in 1978.
From 1988-present he serves as the Associate Director of the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station. As Associate Director, he represents Nevada as a member of the Western Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (WAASED). He served as Secretary and Chair of WAASED and served as a member and Chair of the WAASED Research Implementation Committee (RIC). In addition, he has served on the USDA Committee of Nine, as one of the western representatives on the Experiment Station Committee on Policy (ESCOP) and on the ESCOP Executive Committee.
Dr. Pardini currently serves on the ESCOP Communications and Marketing Committee, is the ESCOP representative to the Impact Writing Committee and is Administrative Advisor to several Western Region Multi-State Research Projects and Coordinating Committees.
He has published over 150 peer reviewed research publications and abstracts
of presentations at scientific meetings. His current academic interests
include nutritional intervention with omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment
of cancer.
Presenter: Marshall Martin
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Resolution of Appreciation to Agricultural Experiment Station Administrators who left their positions and responsibilities in the 2004-2005 year. WHEREAS, the following have served as Administrators of their respective State Agricultural Experiment Station, and WHEREAS, they have actively participated and served in various capacities at the state, regional and national level on behalf of the Agricultural Experiment Station system, Now, therefore be it RESOLVED that the State Experiment Station
Directors at their annual meeting on September 26, 2005 recognize
the contributions and service toward strengthening the State Agricultural
Experiment Station System, and wish them success and happiness in
all their future endeavors. |
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NCRA: NERA:
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SAAESD: WAAESD: James J. Jacobs, University of WyomingDonald Kress, Montana State UniversityErik Fritzell, Oregon State University ARD: |
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Action Requested: Approval Action Taken: Approved |
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Resolution of appreciation for Dr. D.C. Coston WHEREAS, Dr. D.C. Coston, Chairman of the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy and Experiment Station Section, has provided selfless and committed leadership and keen oversight to enhance the system, and WHEREAS, under Dr. Coston's leadership and support, the activities of ESCOP committees have been greatly enhanced and have achieved significant accomplishments, and WHEREAS, Dr. Coston has provided outstanding leadership in the area of planning, and WHEREAS, Dr. Coston has provided outstanding leadership in building relationships with ECOP, ACOP, ICOP, NASULGC, and CSREES/USDA, and WHEREAS, Dr. Coston has been efficient and timely in the conduct of ESCOP business, therefore LET IT BE KNOWN, that the Experiment Station
Committee on Organization and Policy and the Experiment Station Section
recognize Dr. Coston's invaluable contribution and service to the
national agricultural research system, and THEREFORE, on this day of September 26, 2005, the Experiment Station Section and the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy resolve to extend their sincere gratitude for his commitment, service, and leadership for help in making the system more effective in addressing current and future needs, challenges and opportunities in agricultural research. |
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Action Requested: Approval. Action Taken: Approved |
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Resolution of appreciation to the Prairie View A&M University Office of Association of Research Directors WHEREAS, The Agricultural Experiment Station Section met in San Antonio, TX, September 25-28, 2005; and WHEREAS, those attending were educated and stimulated by the meetings; and WHEREAS, the location for the meeting was outstanding and the accommodations were both compatible and conducive to effective interaction resulting in a successful meeting; therefore be it RESOLVED, that the Agricultural Experiment Station Section expresses its appreciation to Dr. Al Parks, his colleagues and staff for arranging the facilities and coordinating the meeting and ; and be it further RESOLVED, that an original of this resolution be provided to Dr. Parks and that a copy be filed as part of the official minutes of this meeting. |
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Action Requested: Approval. Action Taken: Approved |
Presenter: D.C. Coston