KASEP

KASEP Meeting Minutes - 12/8/00

Monty Chappell, KASEP President, called the meeting to order. Steve Patton moved that the minutes from the September meeting be accepted as posted to the website and sent out via email. Bill Fountain seconded the motion, and it passed.

Monty shared the following committee reports.

Membership (Doug McLaren, chair): Doug will prepare a mailing to those who have and have not paid dues. He will also be working to re-establish a network of contacts in each department to serve as the membership committee. If you're interested in serving as the contact for your department, see Doug after the meeting.

Program (Kim Ragland, chair): Kim will invite Dean Smith to be the speaker at the March 9^th meeting. Will look for a location that will allow us to connect with Princeton via telephone. For the May 11^th meeting, we will travel to Robinson Forest for the day. Kim is working with Jeff Stringer and Doug McLaren to plan the program.

Awards (Will Snell, chair): Reminder that nominations for all awards are due to Will by December 15^th. Information is posted on the KASEP website http://www.ca.uky.edu/KASEP. The awards will be presented at the State Extension Conference during the banquet. For 2003, we may need to plan to present them at another time.

Monty C. shared that Monte Johnson is leaving the university at the end of the year, which will create a vacancy on the KASEP Board. The term ends June, 2002. Monty requested nominations from the floor. Janet Tietyen nominated Mark Eclov, Ag. Communications. With no further nominations, Kim Ragland moved that nominations cease and Mark be accepted by acclamation. The motion was seconded and passed.

Monty C. briefly discussed an effort he is working on with Dr. Walla and Dr. Absher to more formalize the process agents use to request Specialist and Associate involvement in county-level meetings and programs.

The next item of discussion was the possibility of planning a purely social function for KASEP. Monty C. shared ideas of either a trip to the Red Mile or Keeneland. There was not a high degree of interest in having some type of outing.

The PILD (Public Issues Leadership Development Conference) was the next item on the agenda. Each year, KASEP, along with each of the agent associations, sends two representatives to this conference. At the September meeting, it was decided that one of these two representatives should be the President-elect each year. Janet Tietyen will plan to be the second representative this year, with Doug McLaren as an alternate.

Discussion then turned to the upcoming election of a staff representative to the Board of Trustees. Any employees of the University who are not faculty are allowed to vote in the election, including Extension Associates and county Extension agents. Kim H. shared that the Joint Council of Extension Agents and Specialists had discussed encouraging members of the various associations to support a particular candidate. One of the agents' associations had decided to take this approach at their recent meeting, and will support Russ Williams, the current representative. They had also suggested Mark Eclov as an alternate candidate. There was a great deal of discussion on the issue. Many in the room voiced favorable comments about Russ Williams. No formal decision to support a particular candidate was made, but the general consensus was that Russ was doing a good job in the position.

Tim Woods gave the Treasurer's report. The current balance is $2,640.14. The 1999 Whitaker award is still outstanding. Lee Meyer moved that the report be accepted as presented. Linda Adler seconded the motion, and it carried.

The final item of business on the agenda was Dean Little's retirement. Monty C. shared that he would be dropping by the meeting around 11:45 a.m. Monty had a certificate for a country ham to present to him, and asked the group if there was an interest in making a donation to the Little Endowment Fund. The group agreed, and began to discuss an amount. Upcoming expenses include the awards for this year ($650 plus cost of plaques or certificates) and the PILD Conference (estimated at $400 per person). Steve Patton made a motion that we donate $250 to the endowment. John Hartman seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously.

With no further business, Janet Tietyen moved the meeting adjourn for the photography program. Jenny Cocanougher seconded, and it passed unanimously.

Steve Patton, Bill Messner, and Tom Barnes presented a program on photography.

Minutes submitted by Kim Henken, KASEP Secretary