At the July 15-16 UC regents meeting, Sr. Vice President-External Relations and VP-ANR Dooley presented the "Strategic Vision for the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources." The regents also announced a salary reduction and furlough policy to cope with state budget cuts. Dooley will brief the ANR community on these topics at an online town hall July 17, 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

To join, log on to https://breeze.ucdavis.edu/anrtownhall/. Due to the limited number of lines, everyone is encouraged to log on with a group. Click on the URL, select "enter as guest" and type your name. If you are part of a group, use the group's name or location. For audio, turn on your computer speakers or use headphones. There will be no phone connection. Questions can be submitted via the chat box in Adobe Connect.

You can download the vision document from http://ucanr.org/vision/.
You can view the PowerPoint presented to the regents at http://ucanr.org/StratVision7-09.ppt.

For people who are unable to participate, the town hall will be recorded and the URL will be posted on the ANR Web site under "For ANR employees."

If you have questions about the town hall meeting, contact Pam Kan-Rice at (510) 206-3476 or Lorrie Mandoriao at (510) 987-0063. If you need technical assistance during the town-hall meeting, contact Mike Poe in Communication Services at (530) 902-2058.

UC President Mark Yudof has issued a letter to the UC community announcing that the Regents declared an extreme financial emergency for UC and approved the proposal Yudof shared for a one-year systemwide furlough plan, effective Sept. 1, 2009. Read the letter here.

VP Dan Dooley presented the ANR Strategic Vision to the UC Regents on July 15. To view his PowerPoint presentation, go to http://ucanr.org/StratVision7-09.ppt and then select open. (Click slide to advance the presentation.) To download, select save instead of open.

Today, during UCOP’s regular First Friday breakfast buffet in the lobby, Lorrie Mandoriao and Pam Kan-Rice hosted a table to answer questions about ANR, giving away bookmarks, screen sweeps and sticky pads publicizing the ucanr.org Web site. While most people didn’t know that UC Cooperative Extension serves every county in the state (except Alpine), others told us they enjoy reading California Agriculture journal online.