Draft Agenda

Experiment Station Section Annual Meeting

September 17, 2007

Sheraton Society Hill - Philadelphia, PA

 

1:30

1.0

Call to order

Ronald Pardini (Chair)

1:35

2.0

Approval of Agenda and 2006 ESS Meeting Minutes (http://lgu.umd.edu/ESCOP/meetattach/281_2006ESSMinutes.pdf), Interim Actions

Ronald Pardini

1:40

3.0

CSREES Update

Colien Hefferan

1:55

4.0

NASULGC Update

Ian Maw

2:05

5.0

BAA-Policy Board of Directors Update

Nancy Cox

2:10

6.0

Better Invention Reporting to Better Document CSREES-Funded Results

Bob McDonald

2:20

7.0

Advocacy Update

Tim Sanders, Cornerstone Governmental Affairs

2:35

8.0

NRSP Review Committee Report

          Changes to NRSP-RC Guidelines

          NRSP Off-the-Top Funding Requests

Lee Sommers

3:00

Break

3:30

9.0

NRSP Off-the-Top Funding Requests Voting Results

Lee Sommers

3:45

10.0

NRI Programs Setting Priorities

Anna Palmisano

4:00

11.0

Multistate Awards Program

Mike Harrington

4:10

12.0

National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (http://www.ncifap.org/)

John Lawrence

4:25

13.0

Communication and Marketing Committee

Jerry Arkin/Arlen Leholm

5:30

14.0

Nominations Committee Report

Al Parks

5:35

15.0

Resolutions Committee Report

TBD

5:40

16.0

Final Remarks, Announcements, Changing of the Guard

Ronald Pardini

5:45

Adjourn

Bruce McPheron

 

Agenda Briefs Only:

A.

Budget and Legislative Committee – LeRoy Daugherty/Mike Harrington (will be discussed in the morning session on Budget Priorities)

B.

National Plant Germplasm Coordinating Committee – Lee Sommers

C.

Science and Technology Committee – Steve Pueppke/Dan Rossi

D.

Social Sciences Sub-Committee – Cornelia Flora

E.

IPM Strategies Sub-Committee – Frank Zalom

F.

Extension Liaison Report – Elbert Dickey

G.

CARET Liaison Report – Abbott Lee

H.

NIMSS Oversight Committee Report – Eric Young