<p> FINAL PROGRAM 2009 JOINT CARET/AHS MEETING RENAISSANCE M STREET HOTEL March 1-4, 2009</p><p>SUNDAY, March 1, 2009</p><p>8:00 – 12:00 Noon CARET Executive Committee Business Meeting Potomac Chairman: Randall L. Smith, Washington</p><p>10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. REGISTRATION New Hampshire Foyer</p><p>12:00 Noon – CARET Executive Committee Luncheon 1:30 p.m. Chairman: Randall L. Smith, Washington Potomac</p><p>2:00 – 5:30 p.m. New Member/New Dean Orientation and Refresher for Others New Hampshire Presiding: James L. Vincent, New York I and II  Introduction to CARET and NASULGC  The Land-Grant Tradition/History  Authorizations and Appropriations  Core Land-Grant University Formula Programs with AHS Panel  Effective Citizen Advocacy Presiding: C. A. (Buck) Vandersteen, Louisiana Presenters: M. Scott Smith, Chair, Budget and Advocacy Committee, Board on Agriculture Assembly and Dean, College of Agriculture and Direc- tor, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Kentucky Hunt Shipman, Vice President, Cornerstone Government Affairs</p><p>6:00 – 7:30 p.m. WELCOMING RECEPTION City Center Ballroom MONDAY, March 2, 2009</p><p>7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION New Hampshire Foyer</p><p>7:30 – 8:30 a.m. BREAKFAST City Center Ballroom</p><p>8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome, Introduction of 2009 CARET Officers, Overview of New Hampshire Program Ballroom Presiding: Donald E. Latham, Iowa Welcome: Randall L. Smith, Washington, Chairman</p><p>9:00 – 10:15 a.m. New Perspectives: Administration New Hampshire Chairman: Randall L. Smith, Washington Ballroom Presenter: Katherine R. (Kitty) Smith, Acting Under Secretary, Research, Education and Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture</p><p>10:15 – 10:30 a.m. BREAK New Hampshire Foyer</p><p>10:30 – 11:00 New Perspectives: CARET New Hampshire Presiding: Edwin A. Jaenke, Virginia Ballroom</p><p>11:00 a.m. – Noon New Perspectives: Congress New Hampshire Chairman: Randall L. Smith, Washington Ballroom Speakers: Brian Ronholm, Agriculture Appropriations Associate, Congressswoman Rosa DeLauro, U. S. House of Repre- sentatives Vernie Hubert, Chief Counsel, Minority Staff, Commit- tee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, United States Senate Galen L. Fountain, Clerk, Majority, Subcommittee on </p><p>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Ad- ministration, and Related Agencies, Committee on Ap- propriations, United States Senate</p><p>Noon – 1:30 p.m. LUNCH City Center Chairman: Randall L. Smith, Washington Ballroom Speaker: Katy Ziegler, Vice President of Government Relations,</p><p>2 National Farmers Union</p><p>1:30 – 3:00 p.m. REGIONAL MEETINGS </p><p>Potomac Northeast Chair: Doris Colón, New York Dupont North Central, Chair: Nathan L. André, Ohio New Hampshire III Southern Chair: James B. Carlisle, Alabama New Hampshire I and II Western Presiding: Deborah Moore, Washington</p><p>3:00 – 3:30 p.m. BREAK New Hampshire Foyer</p><p>3:30 – 5:45 p.m. AHS Business Meeting New Hampshire III Chair: Wendy Wintersteen, Dean, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University</p><p>3:30 - 5:45 p.m. CARET Business Meeting New Hampshire I Chairman: Randall L. Smith, Washington and II</p><p>Dinner on your own</p><p>7:00 – 9:00 p.m. AHS Executive Committee Dinner Meeting M Brasserie Chair: Wendy Wintersteen, Dean, College of Agriculture, Iowa (Lobby Level State University Restaurant)</p><p>TUESDAY, March 3, 2009</p><p>7:00 a.m. – REGISTRATION 6:00 p.m. New Hampshire Foyer</p><p>7:00 – 8:00 a.m. BREAKFAST City Center Ballroom</p><p>8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations Priorities of the Board on New Hampshire Agriculture Assembly Ballroom Presiding: C. A. (Buck) Vandersteen, Louisiana Presenters: M. Scott Smith, Chair, Budget and Advocacy </p><p>3 Committee, Board on Agriculture Assembly and Dean, College of Agriculture and Director, Agricultural Ex- periment Station, University of Kentucky Tim Sanders, Senior Consultant, Cornerstone Govern- ment Affairs </p><p>9:30 – 9:45 a.m. BREAK New Hampshire Foyer</p><p>9:45 a.m. – Simultaneous Education Session (Breakouts) 10:30 a.m.</p><p>New Hampshire 1994 Institutions I and II New Hampshire III Agricultural and Food Research Initiative 1 Mount Vernon Extension 1 Potomac Research 1</p><p>10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Simultaneous Education Session (Breakouts)</p><p>New Hampshire 1890 Institutions I and II New Hampshire III Agricultural and Food Research Initiative 2 Mount Vernon Extension 2 Potomac Academic Programs</p><p>11:15 – Advocacy Training Breakout Session 12:00 Noon</p><p>Potomac TAG-Team Members New Hampshire All Other CARET and AHS Members Ballroom</p><p>12:00 Noon – LUNCH 1:30 p.m. City Center Ballroom</p><p>1:30 – 5:30 p.m. HILL VISITS Capitol Hill</p><p>5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Feedback from Hill Visits Potomac</p><p>6:00 – 7:00 p.m. RECEPTION and Presentation of the BAA Congressional </p><p>4 City Center Champions’ Award Ballroom Presiding: Jack M. Payne, Chair, Board on Agriculture Assembly and Vice President – Extension and Outreach, Iowa State University M. Scott Smith, Chair, Budget and Advocacy Committee, Board on Agriculture Assembly and Dean, College of Agriculture and Director, Agricultural Ex- periment Station, University of Kentucky Award Recipient: The Honorable John Barrow (D-GA-12), U. S. House of Representatives 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. DINNER New Hampshire Presiding: Randall L. Smith, Washington Ballroom Entertainment: The Capitol Steps</p><p>WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2009</p><p>7:00 – 9:00 a.m. BREAKFAST City Center Ballroom</p><p>ALL DAY HILL VISITS Capitol Hill</p><p>5:30 – 8:00 p.m. SCIENCE INNOVATIONS FOR A BETTER LIFE: B-357 Rayburn Celebrating the new National Institute for Food and Agriculture House Office Eleventh Agricultural Science and Education Building Exhibition/Reception on Capitol Hill</p><p>2009 JOINT CARET/AHS PLANNING COMMITTEE</p><p>Donald E. Latham, Iowa, Chairman James A. Shirk, Pennsylvania (Northeast Region) Sallie Atkins, Nebraska (North Central Region) Robert R. Robertson, Florida (Southern Region) Robert T. “Tom” Jones, Arizona (Western Region) C. A. “Buck” Vandersteen, Louisiana (CARET Budget Liaison) Daniel M. Dooley, University of California (AHS Representative)</p><p>5 Jack M. Payne, Iowa State University (BAAPBD Representative) Fred H. Hutchison (Cornerstone Government Affairs) Eddie G. Gouge (NASULGC/CARET)</p><p>6</p>