Strategic Planning Committee Minutes

Strategic Planning Committee Minutes March 12, 2014

Attendees: S. Archer, B.Orr, B.Mannan, B.Matter, S.Bonar, L .Lopez-Hoffman, R. Gimblett, S. Papaga, A. Kilanowski, K. Moroz, K. Hughes, C. Yamashita-Gill, S. Marsh

Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting February 26, 2014 S.Marsh Director’s Report and Discussion  Tucson Festival of Books and SNRE o Received T-Shirts for volunteers, gave one to the Dean o Andy will set up computer with SNRE video o Wim set up Lidar study o Several folks will bring live animals  SNRE Annual Review o Dean and EC will review SNRE 3/24/14 o Annual request for faculty lines, equity adjustments, budgets, development plan, other SNRE needs request for the next year o Larry compiling Extension data o UAVitae needs to be completed to extract data for reporting purposes.  Awards Ceremony o Bill will review revisions from the committee chair. o SPC will accept them o Revised revisions will be sent to the SPC for approval  New Cell Phone Policy o CALS implementing Best Practices which include cell phone allowances paid to the individual rather than charged to department accounts.  Arizona Game and Fish Meeting o Meeting went well, opened door for agency training survey, seminars, personnel taking classes at UA o Annual meeting initiated by AZ Game & Fish, hosting is rotated by tri- universities. o Purpose is for greater research collaboration and input in curriculum o Have budget for job fairs, consider annual event with all agencies participating o Suggestion to have SNRE initiate hosting the first annual event. o Weakness: graduates lack trapping, hunting, fishing, shooting, camping and Equestrian skills.  Earth Week Activities and Commitments o Chair: Martha Gebhardt, CoChair: Allyssa Kilanowski o First year SNRE presence o Our session has 28 students presenting posters (21 grads, 7 undergrads) o Printing document with all abstracts for distribution o Printed SNRE logo stickers to distribute o Financial support to Trivia Night, Plenary Speaker Prize, 3 for posters (set for grads and then undergrads). o Suggestion to display posters in the building. o Event is Friday, 4/11, 12:30-2 pm. Need judges for posters (3-5), Plenary (1). Plenary session 2:00-4:00 pm.  NRGSO Invited Speaker – Morgan Heim o Organized grad and undergrad lunches o Stuart would like to meet with her  APR/PTR Procedures o Deadline for Reviews – April 10th o Stuart needs his to the Dean by May 15th. o Permissions have been given to all faculty to view each other’s and Chairs to evaluate. o Instructions and forms will be sent out.  Arrival of Sally Heijl – DSCESU Replacement for Larry Norris o Starting on Monday, March 17th  Diversity Hire – Stuart needs to fill out the forms o Jennifer Owen need $750-$1000 for travel . W. Mannan has $500 to contribute o Erika can give a presentation o Requests submitted to Dean who will prioritize them.  Course Prefix – needs to be completed by Monday.  Errors in SCH have been submitted to Joy, waiting for adjustment confirmation  Faculty meeting – general agreement with PTR document o Discussion of document regarding mentoring and meeting with FSC for non- tenured faculty and wording. o Add meeting is required rather than optional. o If program chair is not full then have a representative from program who is that Director will select.  CALS Research Innovation Event May 15 and 16 o Group speaking to HODs o Event aimed at CALS seed money o Research spanning disciplines for research proposals. o Enough funding for 3 awards at $9K each. o New research teams that haven’t been funding on previous proposals together  Graduate/Faculty Watering – at end of April