Agriculture & Natural Resources

   Ad-hoc Committee to draft a strategy to create a system of e-Extension program leaders, duties to include working with CSREES and other federal agency partners.

Action: PLN directs committee to work with ECOP on a plan and to include other program areas.

D&A: Seek authorization to move forward.

Communications & Information Technology

   To better serve the needs of the Extension programs of the region the committee proposes the division of the committee. The new committees would be (1) Communications and (2) Information Technology.

Action: Previously studied and approved by PLC.

D&A: Seek approval.

Communications & Information Technology

 Authorize a study to look at the future funding and purchase of a collaboration tool for sharing information and applications.

 Action: IT committee to research  D&A: Seek endorsement for study and the opportunity to demonstrate it to both groups.

Community Development

 Endorse the development a proposal on the concept of a community development educator certification.

 Action: Authorization to continue the development the program proposal.

 D&A: Authorize the continued work. (see concept paper as an information item.)

Family Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development

 Form an integrated task force to develop a position paper outlining strategies that will engage CES in a preventative posture regarding the topic of childhood obesity. (we propose this including FCS, 4-H, CD and possibly ANR).

Middle Management

 Approval for a 2004 PLN pre-conference focusing on urban issues.

 ASRED and AEA should reconfirm the importance urban programming by designating an urban MM committee member and then supporting their participation and travel to the PC meetings.

CECP Support

 Direct the Steering Committee to:   develop a strategy that will address the imbalance of personnel needs that are seen as being necessary to advance the CECP program. Primarily a process that matches instructional, graphic, and multi-media design with subject matter. (P&SD) Place taxonomy competency review as a priority to identify common elements, reduce duplications and integrate PC courses as necessary. (P&SD)

CECP Support

 Charge the new CECP Steering Committee with reviewing the 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System and 4-H Experiential Learning Design Team history regarding intellectual property, copyrights, and review and jury processes. (4-H)  Action: Endorsement

CECP Support

 Concern: There is a need to network specialists and work teams to advance the development of CECP. (FCS)  Action: Request the financial support for limited face-to-face meetings of module development teams, along with electronic inter-actions.

Report to the SR-PLN,(PLC, ASRED and AEA) from the PLC and PLN-EC.

August 27, 2003. Little Rock, Ark.