Arizona Ag Extension Association Fall 2014 Business Meeting

Arizona Ag Extension Association Fall 2014 Business Meeting September 25, 2014 Maricopa, AZ

Welcome and Introductions – Stacey Bealmear-Jones In attendance: – Peter Warren – Kelly Young – Stacey Bealmear-Jones – Ayman Mostafa – Rick Gibson – Kai Umeda – Shawna Loper – Monica Pastors – Jim Sprinkle – Rebecca Senior – Worku Burayu Old Business Review and approval of minutes from prior meeting

--‐ Shawna Loper October 15, 2014

– Flagstaff, AZ October 2012. Minutes we sent out previously through email for review by all members. Motion to accept minutes as is- Ayman 2nd- Monica, All in favor unanimous, Opposed-none. Previous meeting minutes were accepted unanimously. -Tucson June 2, 2011; Mingus Springs, AZ October 12, 2010; Prescott, AZ Treasurer’s Report

– Stacey Bealmear--‐Jones. Handout from Stacey, total in account is $20,182.61

this year. Motion to accept report, Motion- Monica, 2nd- Ayman. All I none opposed. Report passed. 2014 Awards: Shawna Loper, Achievement Award Trent Teegerstrom, Distinguished Service Award Chris Jones, Communications Award, National Finalist Shawna Loper, two Communications Awards, Western Region Rick Gibson, Communications Award, Western Region. New Business - 2014 conference in AL, those who attended enjoyed it. Those who attended were Stacey, Ayman, Rick, Ed, Chris, Shawna, Trent • 2017 NACAA AM/PIC –Utah looking for assistance in hosting this meeting, which is in the western region. Previous one in Portland we sponsored a breakfast. Is that something we would be interested in doing for the Utah meeting? How many are thinking of going? Cost of the breakfast sponsored was around $5,000-8,000 (from what memory says). Didn’t make breakfast and got snack foods. We don’t have to do breakfast again, need to decide how much we would want to help. We like to get some feedback from Utah to see what they are looking for, what they need help with. AZ will probably be asked in the future to hold the meetings, we need to be thinking of that and working on our connections with other Western states for help.

• Hosting of Western Region NACAA PIC in Yuma Kurt and Stacey have been talking of holding a western region meeting. This year is in Idaho and then next year is Alaska. Would like to hold it after that in 2016 in Yuma. Interest from the group? This meeting is not very large so wouldn’t be a huge undertaking; getting tours together, meeting rooms, etc. Everyone is in favor of doing that. • Review of current Leadership/Membership (listed below) Officers President–Kelly Young President – Elect- Ayman Mostafa Vice President– Shawna Loper Secretary–Ed Martin

Treasurer–Stacey Bealmear--‐Jones

Past--‐President–Randy Norton

District Directors Northern Arizona – Elisabeth Alden Southwestern Arizona – Ayman Mostafa Southeastern– Kim McReynolds Campus– Trent Teegerstrom National and Regional Chairs • Ayman Mostafa – Administrative Skills, Vice-Chair • Stacey Bealmer – Horticultural and Turfgrass, Chair, & Western Region Chair Search for Excellence •d Martin- Early Career Development, Western Region Chair State Committee Structure and Leadership --‐

Reports Professional Improvement Council • Agronomy and Pest Management – Kurt Nolte • Animal Science – Rob Grumbles?—need someone for this, Jim Sprinkle

• Aquaculture/Sea Grant --‐ President; has been combined with Natural Resources

• Natural Resources – Channah Rock • Horticulture and Turfgrass – Kelly Young; =Elisabeth Alden Others • Agriculture Economics and Community Development – Trent Teegerstrom • Sustainable Agriculture – Rick Gibson Extension Development Council • Administrative Skills – Susan Pater; Ed Martin • Early Career Development – Jeff Schalau; Sabrina Tuttle • Public Relations and Agricultural Issues – Kim McReynolds; Ed Martin • Teaching and Educational Technologies – Trent Teegerstrom; Elisabeth Alden Program Recognition Council • Communications – Mike Crimmins

• Extension Programs --‐ Shawna Loper

• 4--‐H and Youth – Susan Pater

• Professional Excellence – Jeff Schalau; Bill Brandau • Public Relations – Kurt Nolte; Stacey Bealmear • Recognition and Awards – Rick Gibson – AA/DSA Knives; we are caught up on these • Scholarship – Rebecca Senior Others • Search for Excellence – Jeff Schalau; Bill Brandau Life Members Committee – Rob Grumbles • Any not recognized? Need someone to go through addresses and update it and Grumbles has volunteered to do so We pay the life members fees for them. And everything has been caught up. Results of election – Installation of new officers- Performed by Rick Gibson for new officers in attendance; Stacey, Ayman, Kelly, and Shawna. Current Membership- we are getting low in number, some regions look especially low, would like to see new approaches for member recruitment. When we have meetings, we combine more of a social thing with it like we use to (BBQ, trip). Make payments for some of those events, along with the membership dues. Part of it is due to not having as many people in the system anymore. Should have the region chairs work on reaching out to those in our area and encourage them to join. Stacey will be sending an email to Patti B to send to all extension to encourage them to join. If any knows of someone who should be a member, let Stacey know and she will send them information. Any staff people that are missing that could benefit from joining. Sent around a sheet for people to write some names down to encourage them to join. Kelly will send an email to them. Northern Apache, Coconino, Gila, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai Elisabeth Alden Jeff Schalau Jim Sprinkle Sabrina Tuttle Chris Jones Southeastern Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Santa Cruz Bill Brandau Kim McReynolds Susan Pater Peter Warren Southwestern La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, Yuma

Stacey Bealmear--‐Jones

Rick Gibson Shawna Loper Ayman Mostafa Kurt Nolte Monica Pastor Everett Rhodes Kai Umeda Kelly Young UA Campus Campus members, Agriculture Centers Mike Crimmins Al Fournier Gene Giacomelli Ed Martin Randy Norton Channah Rock Trent Teegerstrom

New Business - Monica Pastor involved with the National Ag in the Classroom and they will be having their conference here June 23-26, 2016. Would like to get help from all associations, including this one. Would need help with things like pre-conference tours. Also would like to encourage any faculty and staff who participate in Ag in the Classroom to attend.