{"id":203,"date":"2020-04-24T18:33:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/?page_id=203"},"modified":"2023-01-09T09:56:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T14:56:04","slug":"february2020minutes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/february2020minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Administrative Heads Winter Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Clifton Room, Omni Louisville Hotel<\/strong><br>      <strong>Louisville, KY<\/strong><br>      <strong>Monday, February 3, 2020, 11:00 a.m \u2013 3:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_1089c7-f3 .kt-block-spacer{height:10px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_1089c7-f3 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_1089c7-f3\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participants:<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}#kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_d8a8ce-ff\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_f0426f-7b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_f0426f-7b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_f0426f-7b\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Paul Patterson, Auburn<br>Tom Coon, OK State<br>Scott Angle, NIFA<br>Alan Grant, VA Tech<br>Cordney Owens, KY State<br>Doze Butler, Univ of AR Pine Bluff <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column_b509a5-01 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_b509a5-01 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_b509a5-01 > 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Durborrow, KY State<br>Robert Taylor, FL A&amp;M <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Call-in Participants:<\/h3>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var( --global-kb-row-default-top, 25px );padding-bottom:var( --global-kb-row-default-bottom, 25px );padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}#kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_dc21a1-4a\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\"><style>.kadence-column_e92707-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_e92707-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_e92707-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_e92707-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_e92707-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_e92707-e2 > .kt-inside-inner-col > 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.kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_e62151-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column_e62151-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column_e62151-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column_e62151-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_e62151-d0{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column_e62151-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column_e62151-d0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_e62151-d0\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p>Rick Linton, NC State<br>David Ragsdale, TAMU AgriLife <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>NIFA Update \u2013 Scott Angle <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Important for NIFA personnel to attend meetings to interact with LGU faculty and administrators<\/li><li>Currently in temporary building, probably in permanent one by August or September<\/li><li>Plenty of space for meetings and interaction<\/li><li>Will have ~20 people in South Building in DC, maybe by Fall, currently in Patriots Plaza<\/li><li>Currently hiring, getting 70-80 applicants per position, a lot more than in DC<\/li><li>Next round of job postings will be more focused<\/li><li>Have a good pool of applicants from 1890&#8217;s also<\/li><li>All tasks are prioritized, but if something is really needed, it moves up list<\/li><li>Using NSF model of IPA&#8217;s (temporary employees), probably ~20% of specialist positions<\/li><li>NIFA will be reporting cost savings to Congress after a year or so<\/li><li>Employee number is back up to ~140, still need to double that<\/li><li>Doing well replacing business postions, Cynthia Montgomery&#8217;s replacement has been identified<\/li><li>Does NIFA understand the risk for US being underfunded in agricultural research? <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>Yes, including the Secretary, but President has final say on the budget proposed. However, Congress is most important for funding decisions <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>ARS has been doing very well with budget, particularly for infrastructure<\/li><li>May be more opportunity for infrastructure support in the future with a state match<\/li><li>1890&#8217;s have done well with the Federal budget, but most are still struggling at state level <\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Reimagining Input \u2013 Scott Angle <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Some great ideas have come in, some can be done quickly<\/li><li>For reporting, goal is to collect as little info as possible and collect it in a simple way<\/li><li>If there are things Congress is requiring that NIFA doesn&#8217;t need, LGU&#8217;s could try to change that<\/li><li>They are examining everything that&#8217;s collected<br> <\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Issues from Sunday&#8217;s SAAS Board meeting and items for Tuesday&#8217;s meeting \u2013 Paul Patterson   <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Still going strong and budget is healthy<\/li><li>Animal Science and Plant Pathology have left, but most others are stable<\/li><li>Some talk among Ag Education about leaving<\/li><li>Would be good to have an evaluation of overall conference<\/li><li>Need to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of overall conference<\/li><li>Tim Cross will work on having that done during his year as SAAS President <\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Update on Federal Budget and current Realigment Scheme \u2013 Hunt Shipman   <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Waiting for state of union address, which will be a preview<\/li><li>Release of budget wil be on February 10<\/li><li>Most appropriations request deadlines will be mid-March. House wants to mark up in May and vote in June. Senate will be later<\/li><li>FY &#8217;21 process mostly same, but don&#8217;t have to wait on budget agreement, since last year&#8217;s was for 2 years<\/li><li>Increase in spending over last year will be much smaller, so presure to move budget will be less this year<\/li><li>BAC call on February 18 to discuss President&#8217;s budget and strategy for Hill visits<\/li><li>One-pager will be out soon for review, with infrastructure in the footnote<\/li><li>Pushing for usual 7 lines without harming others<\/li><li>New CLP chair, Marshall Steward, has set up regular calls to discuss changes as they are suggested<\/li><li>Matching issue will be high priority<\/li><li>Will the DARPA-like funding mechanism be included in appropriations? <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>Depends on amount of new spending available <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>What about partnering with other stakeholder advocacy groups? <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>Doug Steele has been engaging with some of those groups, particularly most vocal ones<\/li><li>One problem is when they only advocate for competitive and when support for all three functions is not balanced <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Should we emphasize infrastructure support at this time? <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>That topic will get more complex because ARS support has been largely for facilities on campuses<\/li><li>Yes, we should start pushing this funding<\/li><li>Rebuild Rural is reqorking their documents now and will include LGU needs, they&#8217;re advocating for $1B per year for 10 years<\/li><li>Can we tap into some of Rural Development Funds even though campuses are in urban areas? <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>How much does NIFA and ARS compete for funding? <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>Within President&#8217;s budget, it&#8217;s worked out at the REE level<\/li><li>More competition in Congress with different advocacy groups <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Is it possible congressionally directed funding will come back? <\/li><li>Was a move last week in House to bring it back, but political will was not there for it to succeed <\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Items from Administrative Heads Executive and Section meetings in November \u2013 Paul Patterson and Tim Cross <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Only item was a preview of general AHS meeting that afternoon <\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Continuing and potential new duties for part-time Executive Director after June 1 \u2013 Eric Young  <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Eric indicated his firm retirement date is June 30, after that date he&#8217;ll be available to provide additional support for the S-AHS, if they need something done, one-time or routinely<\/li><li>Eric was asked to take over collecting the annual salary survey information from the Southern 1862&#8217;s, beginning this year. <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>Survey should go out in early October<\/li><li>Check with business officers on how best to report salaries; adjusted to 12 months or actual pay with term indicated<\/li><li>Request information in early October, due in early December<\/li><li>1890&#8217;s may want to begin collecting their information, Eric will talk with Alton about that possibility <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Eric will attend six meetings per year for the S-AHS and may be asked to represent them at special meetings occasionally <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>An annual travel budget of $12,000 was approved  <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Discussion topic \u2013 Attracting students to our curriculum and increasing distance education courses <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Chancellor of University of Arkansas Faith Hill campus announced that students could pursue their BS at a community college for the first two years, when they transfer to Faith Hill, they pay the same tuition as at the community college<\/li><li>Clemson is looking at first and second year courses that the community colleges don&#8217;t have and offering them online<\/li><li>Number of students coming from high school will drop at least 10% in about five years, in a fast decline<\/li><li>UTK is continually trying to increase online courses, but hard for faculty to find time to develop these courses<\/li><li>Helps if revenue generated goes back to the department and in some cases directly to faculty<\/li><li>At Oklahoma State in agricultural leadership, if they get associate degree at community college, they can do two years all on line and get a BA <\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Election of New S-AHS Secretary \u2013 Paul Patterson  <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Nominee from Summer meeting is Keith Belli, Clemson University &#8211; approved unanimously<\/li><li>After this meeting, Tim Cross will become Chair and Robert Taylor will be Chair-elect<\/li><li>Tim and Robert will be our representatives on the national AHS Executive Committee <\/li><\/ol><\/li><br><li>Summer Southern AHS meeting and agenda topic suggestions \u2013 Keith Belli and Eric Young <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Southern AHS\/CARET summer meeting will be held in Clemson, SC, July 31 &#8211; August 2, hosted by Clemson University and South Carolina State University<\/li><li>Suggestions for the agenda and program <ol type=\"i\" start=\"i\"><li>Highlight new initiatives and\/or particularly impactful programs at Clemson, either on the tour or with a presentation, or both<\/li><li>Updates from APLU and Cornerstone for joint meeting agenda<\/li><li>Discussion topic(s) for S-AHS agenda with preassigned leader(s)<\/li><li>Involve SC CARET delegate(s) in planning the program and schedule  <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Possible future Southern Mini Land-grant Meeting <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li>Timing needs to be further away from national CARET\/AHS meeting than last one, also not July or August due to August ASRED, ARRD, &amp; AEA joint meeting and not late April or early May due to graduation.<\/li><li>Best timing appears to be late May or early June.<\/li><li>Target 2022 to allow plenty of time for logistical and program planning<\/li><li>Eric, Ron, Alton, and Albert will talk with their directors\/administrators at meetings in the next few months. S-AHS will talk with their CARET delegates and Academic Program directors<\/li><li>Meeting rotation schedules for 2022 to consider when choosing host are; S-AHS \u2013 Kentcky, ASRED \u2013 Arkansas, SAAESD \u2013 Mississippi <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>Updates on current situation at home institutions <ol type=\"a\" start=\"a\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2020\/04\/2020InstitutionUpdates.pdf\">View the compiled institutional updates document<\/a> <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2020\/04\/S-AHS-Minutes-2-20.pdf\">View the .PDF version<\/a> of the February 3, 2020 Southern Administrative Heads Winter Meeting minutes<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_bf53de-8a .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_bf53de-8a .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_bf53de-8a\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clifton Room, Omni Louisville Hotel Louisville, KY Monday, February 3, 2020, 11:00 a.m \u2013 3:00 p.m. Participants: Paul Patterson, AuburnTom Coon, OK StateScott Angle, NIFAAlan Grant, VA TechCordney Owens, KY\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-203","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utia.tennessee.edu\/aplu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}