Transcript PWT Co-Chairs Meeting - Cornell Cooperative Extension

PWT Co-Chairs
Meeting
October 3, 2012
Agenda
 Welcome
and Logistics
 Expectations and Updates
 Federal Formula Funds Pre-proposals
 Stakeholder Consortium
 Rapid Response
 Sharing Ideas and Experiences
 Wrap Up/Final Comments
Welcome &
Logistics
Celeste Carmichael
[email protected]
Status of PWTs
 48
formed between 2001 and 2012
 31 known to be currently active
 At last PWT census (2010): 435 total
members (average:19 members/PWT)
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40% campus-based
40% off-campus educators
20% stakeholders
Annual Calendar
 October:
PWT co-chair meeting
 January 15: Report deadline for previous
fiscal year
 August 1: Cutoff for special funds requests
for current fiscal year
Strategic Plan Update
PRIMARY MISSION AREAS
 Agriculture and Food Systems
 Natural Resources, Sustainable Energy,
and Climate Change
 4-H Youth Development/Children, Youth,
and Families
 Nutrition, Food Safety and Security
 Community and Economic Vitality
PWT & IPART Expectations
Jennifer Tiffany
[email protected]
Expectations
 Stakeholder
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involvement
Studying needs and identifying issues
Highlighting areas needing research
Creating educational materials and
designing learning experiences
Many models for how…
Expectations
 Annual
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report – due by January 15
Name of PWT
Co-chairs names and contact info
Membership list
Activities, accomplishments, outcomes,
and impacts
We know…
 PWTs
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come and go
Petition for new PWTs (see web site)
Sometimes work is done
What you can expect from us
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Special Needs funding for PWTs is currently
being reviewed due to the concern about
budgetary sequestration. Stay tuned for
updates as the budget picture becomes
more clear. Information will go out to PWT cochairs. Note that the links on the PWT website
http://cce.cornell.edu/learnAbout/pcspwts/Pages/ProgramCouncilsandTeams.aspx
related to special needs funding are not
currently active.
Federal
Formula fund
Pre-Proposals
Margaret Smith
[email protected]
Tentative Submission Dates
 Similar
to last year
 Open early November
 Deadline for submission early December
 Reviews begin in late January
 Decisions underway in March
Strong Campus-county
connections are
noted….particularly PWT
involvement
 Preference
will be given to proposals with
a substantive link to an active PWT, all
other factors being equal
 No guarantees!
OLD! But important
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If integrated, objectives, budget and
personnel need to show both Extension and
Research
Application will ask for research and extension
objectives separately & specifically
Both components need to be substantive
Preference given to Smith-Lever pre-proposals
that include CCE educators (from counties) in
program and budget
Tips, guidance, instructions
 All
available on submission Web site along
right hand side
 Includes information on allowable
expenses
A new way of
connecting Stakeholder
Consortium
Rod Howe
[email protected]
External Stakeholders and PWTs
 Stakeholder
input is key
 Variety of methods for meaningful stakeholder
input
 External stakeholder involvement on PWTs is one
important avenue
 CCE/CUEAS/NYSAES: Applied Research and
Extension Program Council
An open, fair, and accessible process by which
individuals, groups, and organizations may have a
voice, and one that treats all with dignity and
respect.
Spring 2013 Consortium for PWTs
and Program Council:
 Tentative
Date: March 22
 Location: Cornell Campus
 Plenary session, time for PWTs to meet
individually, lunch and displays
 Interactive and facilitated discussion with
external stakeholders
 What PWTs should do now
Rapid
Response
Deb Grantham
[email protected]
Rapid Response Teams
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Purpose: to enhance system ability to respond
to emergencies
Already respond to emergencies: NY EDEN,
CCE educators, campus faculty
Usually acute emergencies (major storm,
flood, power loss, food contamination)
Preparation for “slow motion” emergencies
harder (drought, for example)
To participate: contact Deb Grantham, dgg3
Development of model team
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Convened small group that agreed to
develop drought rapid response team as
model
NY EDEN, NE Climate Center, NYS WRI, others
Collecting some guidance materials and
some resources related to drought
Many materials archived by NY EDEN
Possible planning session at Ag Inservice
Will expand efforts beyond initial small group
Your Ideas What works?
Suggestions?
Deb Grantham
Sharing Ideas and Experiences
 Stakeholder
Engagement Approaches
 Projects and Activities
 Uses of Special Needs Funding
 What would support and facilitate your
work?
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Maximizing benefits; minimizing costs