Please note that the ECOP Monday Minute will be on hiatus until November 7.
Extension Leaders Sought by APLU - The APLU’s Commission on Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) invites members of Cooperative Extension Section to join them. And CECE is seeking 8 new engaged faculty for their Executive Committee. The term is for 3-years. As a standing commission alongside CFERR, CECE strives to provide a national dialogue on universities and their impacts in community and economic engagement. Through conferences, initiatives, and by supporting grantsmanship of this office, CECE promotes best practices, connects colleagues on challenges/opportunities, and advocates for meaningful partnerships which empower communities, advance industry collaboration, and informs the scholarship of faculty and students. For members of the Section to learn more about CECE, click here. To become a member of the CECE, click here. Applications for the Executive Committee are being accepted through November 4. Click here to review the application form & apply.
- Coordinators of
the EXCITE Project want Extension Directors and Administrators to know that regional and national impact statements are now available. The files are organized as 1890s Region, 1994s Tribal Institutions, North Central Region, Northeast Region, Southern Region, and Western Region. The data used to produce these infographic elements are from the EXCITE monthly reports as of the end of July 2022. There is space on back page where individual land-grants can brand and communicate their unique project information. Each downloadable zip file folder
at this link contains images of the front and back design, an Adobe InDesign File, and a PDF version and ready for Extension professionals to share widely. Contact
Melanie Pugsley if there are any questions.
NASS Data Users’ Meeting - USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will hold its biannual Data Users’ Meeting virtually
November 15 from noon-3:30 p.m. ET. The Data Users’ Meeting is held to share recent and pending statistical program changes with the public and to solicit input on these and other programs important to agriculture. The event is organized in cooperation with the World Agricultural Outlook Board, Farm Service Agency, Economic Research Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and U.S. Census Bureau. The meeting is free and open to the public. Visit the
NASS webpage to review the 2022 Spring Data Users' Meeting Materials and/or contact
NASS Public Affairs Director for more details for the November 15 Meeting. The link to register is anticipated to be released
here by the end of this week.
