ACTION: Register Now - National Cooperative Extension
Centennial Events May 7-8 -- Registration and lodging information for
the May 7-8 National Cooperative Extension Centennial Events are now open. An
early-bird registration fee will be available until April 18. Hotel
reservations need to be made by April 15. Transportation to and from the Ronald
Reagan Building and the Marriott Wardman Park will be provided for registrants.
Individuals from sponsoring institutions will be contacted directly regarding
registration. Register now at: http://www.cvent.com/d/g4qqj5.
Congressional
Resolutions Mark Extension’s 100 Years – Both the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives have introduced resolutions commemorating the 100th
anniversary of Cooperative Extension. Track action on S.CON.RES.33 and
H.CON.RES.86 at http://thomas.loc.gov.
A hearing before the House of Representatives will 10:00 a.m. ET,
Tuesday, 3.4.14. http://agriculture.house.gov/hearing/review-smith-lever-act-its-100th-anniversary.
Scott Reed, Oregon State University, and Delbert Foster, South Carolina
State University, are among those who provided written testimony and will speak
at the hearing.
ACTION: NEDA Conference Registration Deadline & Hotel
Block Release is Ahead! -- March 7 is the early registration deadline
for the NeXC/NEDA meeting in Sacramento, March 24-27. Be sure to get
your registration done if you haven't at this point. Also, http://muconf.missouri.edu/NeXC-NEDA2014/Hotel.html
hotel rooms are going quickly! The room block for the hotel will expire
on March 5. An overflow hotel, the Residence Inn Sacramento Downtown at
Capitol Park, has been secured.
ACTION: Register
for PILD by 3.7.14
-- The JCEP sponsored Public Issues Leadership Development Conference (PILD)
will soon be here! If you have not registered yet, please do so now as
March 7th is the deadline for the early bird registration
rate. The room block at the Westin Alexandria conference hotel will be
released after March 7th. A schedule of events, registration, and
link to the conference hotel can be found on the JCEP website www.jcep.org/pild-conference.
Welcome
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Sandra (Sandy) Ruble joins the ECOP National Office today replacing Chrystal
Checketts, who transitioned to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension on January 1st.
Sandy joins the Executive Director and Administrator Team (ED&A) providing
administrative support and project oversight for ECOP and its subcommittees,
task forces, and working groups. Sandy, a graduate of Slippery Rock University
of Pennsylvania, is relocating from North Carolina State University where she
served as the Cooperative Extension Administrative Assistant in Granville
County. A Pennsylvania native, Sandy has extensive administrative
experience and additional training in non-profit management and multicultural
organizational development. Sandy can be reached at sruble@aplu.org or 202.478.6088.
