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Dairy and food safety, pest management and youth development program teams to meet in June

Three program teams and the associated workgroups will be meeting in June in Davis. Registration is open for the Pest Management, Dairy Production and Food Safety, and Positive Youth Development program team meetings.

Pest Management 

June 6-7

UC ANR Building, Davis, CA

Workgroup meeting times:
June 6, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Pesticide Use Reporting Workgroup, San Joaquin Valley (view agenda)
June 6, 1-4 p.m.: Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests Workgroup, San Joaquin Valley (view agenda)
June 7, 1-3 p.m.: Plant Pathology Workgroup, San Joaquin Valley (view agenda)
June 7, 1-5 p.m.: Entomology Workgroup, Coast Room (view agenda) 

Program contact: Andrew Sutherland

Website and Registration

Dairy Production and Food Safety

Thursday June 8, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

2154 Meyer Hall, UC Davis

Discussion topics include dairy production, heard health, forage production, nutrient management and more. See the full agenda at http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/June_8/Agenda_790.

Program contact: Deanne Meyer

Website and Registration

Positive Youth Development

June 19-22

UC ANR Building, Davis, CA

Workgroup meeting times:
June 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Diversity Workgroup, Sacramento Valley 
June 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Positive Youth Development through 4-H Camp Experience, Coast Room
June 21, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Developing Volunteer Capacity Workgroup, Sacramento Valley
June 21, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Environmental Education Workgroup, Coast Room
June 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: Money Talks Workgroup, Bay Room

Program contact: Fe Moncloa

Website and Registration

For questions about meeting logistics, contact the Program Support Unit at anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu. For more information about Program Teams, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams.

     

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Register for May and June UC ANR program team meetings

Register for May and June UC ANR program team meetings

Registration is open for the following program team meetings in May and June: Agronomic Crops, Pest Management and Positive Youth Development. Associated workgroups may also meet at the program team meetings. Registration links are below:

• May 12 – Agronomic Crops Program Team, UC ANR Building, Davis http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/May_12_Agronomic_PT_Meeting.
  Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=20575

• June 6-7 – Pest Management Program Team, UC ANR Building, Davis http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/June_6-7_2017_Pest_Management.
  Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=20565
  Workgroup meetings: Pesticide Use Reporting, Plant Pathology and Entomology

• June 19-21 – Positive Youth Development Program Team, UC ANR Building, Davis http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/June_19-22_Positive_Youth_Development_PT.  Register at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=20566
  Workgroup meetings: Diversity, Developing Volunteer Capacity and Environmental Education

All program teams will have an opportunity to meet at the 2018 UC ANR Statewide Meeting, which will be held the week of April 8, 2018, in Ontario. Please mark your calendars.

The strategic initiative leaders and a planning committee are working with Sherry Cooper, director of the Program Support Unit, on an agenda that leaves time for program teams to meet in conjunction with the event. During fiscal year 2017-18, April 8-13 will be the time for program teams to meet. No additional funding will be provided to hold program team meetings between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, (FY18) other than during the statewide meeting the week of April 8-13, 2018.

In the coming months, Cooper will solicit program team requests for meeting rooms. If you have ideas for the statewide meeting, please share them with any of the strategic initiative leaders.

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Pest management program team to meet next week

There's still time to register for next week's pest management program team meeting on March 25-26. Check out the latest agenda and register at http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Pest_Management_March_26_747.  Please pre-register so the organizers can plan appropriately for seats and food.

If you're not sure if you registered, check the updated participant list at http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams/Pest_Management_March_26_747/See_whos_attending.

The program team plans to discuss Cooperative Extension positions by discipline on Wed. afternoon (see the agenda on the website). Maps have been developed that show the locations of current ANR academics and recruitments by discipline and are posted on the website agenda (about half way down the page), and if more information becomes available before the Wed. meeting the page will be updated. Discussion leaders will also project the latest recruitment information via AdobeConnect and for those in the room.

You may participate remotely in the Wed. afternoon program team meeting. Pre-registration is required. If you prefer to change your registration to remote access, please email  anrprogramsupport@ucanr.edu ASAP. You will be given the Adobe Connect and Ready Talk access codes after you register or after you contact ANR Program Support.

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This announcement is also posted and archived on the ANR Update pages.

Register for ANR Program Team meetings

To respond to ANR’s recent call for positions, some program teams will be holding meetings soon to discuss and prioritize new position requests. Visit the ANR Program Team Meetings website to register and to see the latest information. The following program teams plan to meet:

• Youth Families and Communities-related Program Teams – Registration is open
  February 19-20, UC Davis Conference Center
  Positive Youth Development/Youth Science Literacy Program Team
  Healthy Behaviors for Preventing Childhood Obesity Program Team
  California Communities and Food Systems Program Team

• Pest Management Program Team – Registration is open
  March 25-26, Bowley Center and UC Davis Conference Center
  Spray Application Technology Workgroup and Weed Workgroup will also meet.

• Agronomic Crops Program Team – Registration will be available soon. 
  March 4-5, locationTBD

Workgroup chairs and program team leaders who are interested in holding a workgroup or program team meeting should complete a short request form. The Program Support Unit will be in touch with you to discuss the details.

For more information, visit http://ucanr.edu/sites/programteams. If you have questions, contact the Program Support Unit: 
Sherry Cooper, (530) 750-1256
Lauren McNees, (530) 750-1257
Angela Oates, (530) 750-1258
Saundra Wais, (530) 750-1260
Alex Zabelin, (530) 750-1259

 

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New phone numbers for staff in ANR building in Davis

Everyone who moved into the new ANR building located at 2801 Second Street in Davis has a new phone number. Before calling them, please check the ANR directory for their new phone numbers. Email addresses remain unchanged.

The following units have relocated to the new building:

• 4-H Foundation
• 4-H Youth Development Program
• Academic Personnel Unit
• Business Operations Center
• Communication Services and Information Technology
• Contracts and Grants
• Development Services
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
• Facilities Planning and Management
• Risk & Safety Services
• Integrated Pest Management Program
• Master Gardener Program
• Program Planning and Evaluation Unit
• Program Support Unit
• Research and Extension Center Administrative Office
• Staff Personnel Unit
• Western IPM Center
• Youth, Families and Communities Administrative Office

If you haven’t been in the new building, Steve Heindl gives a virtual tour of the transition from roller skating rink to LEED-certified offices at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ht47V3GZEY&feature=youtu.be.

 

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