Monday, January 30, 2023

Executive Director Search Update

On behalf of ECOP's Executive Director Search and Screen Committee, APLU has posted the latest position announcement here. The position and office operations have been headquartered in DC at APLU (formerly NASULGC) since November 1982. Section Members listed here who pay for 100% of the position and office operations are urged to recruit qualified candidates to apply by February 24, 2023. ECOP Chair Bev Durgan, University of Minnesota, the ECOP Executive Committee, and the EDA Team are temporarily working in close coordination to perform only the most essential responsibilities of the Executive Director until time of hire and principal leadership onboarding is complete.


USDA NASS Requests Reminder for Census of Agriculture - If the nation's agriculture producers are not represented in the data collected by February 6, they risk being underserved. As a reminder, NASS’s Partner Tools site has resources for outreach, including ads, banners for web pages and email signatures, videos, flyers, FAQs and more. Contact Jodi Halvorson at (916) 738-6609, jodi.halvorson@usda.gov for customization of any of the tools. NASS is also in the midst of collecting Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data depicting the economic well-being of America’s farms and ranches. For producers who received ARMS, they can respond to this survey instead of the ag census.


Calendar Check Up - The Cooperative Extension Section/ECOP Calendar and so much more is available on the ECOP landing page at www.extension.org/ecop. Please pardon "page not found," missing, or out-of-date links on the APLU website. The issue is temporary and being addressed by APLU Public Affairs. In the meantime, to promptly obtain missing items pertaining to Cooperative Extension System/ECOP business, please contact Sandy Ruble at sandyruble@extension.org. Thank you.