Thursday, October 29, 2020 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Eastern<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Report from Budget and Advocacy Committee – Craig Beyrouty
One pagers are available on Land-grant.org as usual<\/li>
APLU AHS web page has descriptions and reports of what Cornerstone does for the BAA<\/li>
One pager reflects the unified ask for one more year, then strategic realignment will replace that strategy<\/li>
Footnote on the one pager complicates advocacy, so BAC will identify priorities to reduce items in footnote during its November meeting. They will also discuss how to handle \u201csign-on\u201d requests.<\/li>
BAC will try to identify dollar amounts for budget ask before the President\u2019s budget is released<\/li>
Working closely with CARET on advocacy strategy<\/li>
Developing a procedure to help encourage more responses to \u201ccalls to action\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
AHS Rules of Operations – Doug Steele
Looking at Rules changes that would improve consistency with actual practices
Number of voting members per institution<\/li><\/ul>
Automatic assignments that come with chair position on various committees, ex. PBD and BAC<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Open Positions to Elect – M. Ray McKinnie
Chair-Elect
Mark Rieger is changing positions to Provost, so Ken will continue as AHS Chair one more year<\/li><\/ul>
Nomination for chair-elect from Southern region is Scott Angle (UFL)<\/li><\/ul>
Nominations closed and Scott elected by acclamation<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
Secretary
Nomination for Secretary from Northeast region is Leslie Parise (UVM)<\/li><\/ul>
Nominations closed and Leslie elected by acclamation<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Open Positions to Appoint – Ken White
Advocacy Liaison (BAC and CARET)
Mike Bhoehm (UNE) appointed BAC Advocacy Chair<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
Lead 21 Liaison
Karen Plaut (Purdue) appointed to 2-yr term on LEAD 21 Board of Directors<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Report from Policy Board of Directors – Tom Coon
Success in House for budget increases for 1890\u2019s and 1994\u2019s<\/li>
Strategic realignment is in implementation phase with Ernie Minton as committee Chair and AHS representative. One unknown is with NIFA reported to Congress on budget line reduction<\/li>
NIFA external advisory committee is being set up<\/li>
CARES Act had a request from ESCOP and ECOP for $300M and $80M, respectively, but it was not included in final bill, CGA is helping to get this into a future relief bill<\/li>
Infrastructure request is in position if an appropriate bill is introduced. Sightlines study was updated and the overall need increased from $8.4B to $11.5B<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Report from Communications and Marketing Committee – Mark Rieger
AHS, CES, and AES have been asked to continue assessments at $100K each, these have been approved by each Section<\/li>
$300K will be used to hire a C&M Director and support staff at APLU<\/li>
Forbes-Tate report identified 10 reasons to implement a C&M strategic plan
System wide contributions<\/li><\/ul>
One unified message<\/li><\/ul>
Consistent engagement<\/li><\/ul>
Blend of media tactics<\/li><\/ul>
Dedicated staff<\/li><\/ul>
Data collection and evaluation<\/li><\/ul>
Internal communication<\/li><\/ul>
Staff at 25% less cost than currently<\/li><\/ul>
Surpass effectiveness of uncoordinated conflicting messages<\/li><\/ul>
Continued dedicated effort<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
CARET Update – Paul Patterson
Planning two workshops in December and January; Selecting & Engaging CARET Delegates (Dec) for AHS and Effective Advocacy Strategy (Jan) for AHS and CARET<\/li>
Work underway for 2021 CARET\/AHS meeting and Hill visit in March, dates to be announced next week, meeting will focus on advocacy<\/li>
One program difference will be Monday morning the Chairs of ESCOP, ECOP, ACOP, and ICOP will present on unique efforts of their Sections during the pandemic<\/li>
Rest of meeting will be similar schedule to past meetings<\/li>
Reminder that deadline for (re)appointing CARET Delegates is November 20<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Report from Lead-21 – Chandra Reddy
First two sessions of current class were virtual, not sure about third session yet<\/li>
76 participants in this class, over 1200 graduates total from 15 completed classes<\/li>
Class 17 nominations are due November 30, tuition is $9,750<\/li>
Alumni Association is doing well, among other activities they\u2019ve hosted 12 virtual coffee hours so far this year<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Report from Food Systems Leadership Institute (FSLI) – Doug Steele
New Executive Director is Sam Pardue, former dean at UGA, he is located at NCSU<\/li>
Working with a marketing firm to enhance visibility and understanding of program<\/li>
Trying to enhance the alumni association, which normally hosts a session prior to the APLU Annual Conference, but is unable to do so this year due to the virtual conference schedule<\/li>
Finances look good, have a small endowment started, but not focusing on that currently<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
AHS Chair Transition – Ken White\/Mark Rieger
Ken White will continue as Chair until November 2021 due to Mark Rieger leaving the Administrative Heads Section<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n