Marshall and Hutchinson Regional Office Blog

Good Afternoon: I hope you have all had a good week.

Extension Committee meetings: Next week, (the week of Nov 9th), Kandiyohi, Chippewa, Lincoln and Yellow Medicine Extension Committees meet. The Redwood Extension Committee meeting scheduled for last night, (November 5) was postponed due to nice weather. A number of the Committee members needed to be in the field.

County Budgets. This is the time of year that we should project the close out of the budget year. I would ask that you look at your current budget, plug in the anticipated expenses, (such as salaries, telecommunications, MOA billing, etc), and project the year end remaining budget balance. With that information, we can have the discussion of any purchases are new expenditures prior to the budget cut off.

Holiday: Many County Offices are closed Wednesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day. November 11 is not a Holiday for University employees of offices, so the Regional Extension offices are open, Wednesday, November 11.

Enjoy the nice weather

Bob

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Good Morning: I hope you have had a good week. I think we can all agree that it can stop raining anytime. This morning I was visiting with Extension Climatologist Mark Seeley. Mark indicates that the month of October will go into the records for many communities in our region, including Marshall, Redwood Falls, Montevideo and Willmar where six or seven or more inches of rain fell in the month. Mark indicates that historical records show that you would need to go back to 1915 or 1919 to find a similar year. On a more positive note, Mark is predicting a string of dry and warm days beginning on Tuesday of next week.

A few other things to share this week:

Budgets: All of our counties have now acted on their preliminary 2010 budgets. These budgets will now go through the public hearing process before final adoption in December. It is possible that the budgets could change prior to the final budget adoption. As we all know this is a difficult budget year for counties as they deal with the unallottment, recalculation of County Program aid and try to limit property tax increases. The 2009 budgets for the eight counties in our region totaled 922,037 dollars. The 2010 preliminary budgets for the eight counties totals $915,630 which represents a seven tenths of one percent reduction. Where reductions were made, the reductions were consistent with the discussion and direction given at the County Extension Committee meetings. If you have individual county budget questions, please give me a call.

My Schedule: My schedule has changed a bit in the last week as my son had a setback, which required me to use another day of family medical leave. I would expect that I may have more changes in the next few weeks. My Outlook calendar is current, so feel free to view and schedule as needed.

Happy Halloween.

Bob

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Good Afternoon: I hope you have all had a good week. This week I am getting this blog message back on schedule. As you know, this blog message goes to the County and Regional Support staff. Feel free to share this message with others in your office. And as always, feel free to add your comments or input to this blog.

Extension Committee meetings: In my last message I listed the upcoming Extension Committee meeting dates. Because of changes in my personal schedule I needed to change a couple of dates. This change affects Lyon and Redwood Counties. The current Extension Committee meeting schedule in November is November 5: Redwood; November 9: Kandiyohi, Chippewa and Lincoln; November 12, Yellow Medicine; November 17, Lac qui Parle; November 30, Renville; December 3, Lyon. Please send out the meeting notices from your office a week or so prior to your county's meeting.

Extension Committee agenda topics: On the agenda will be committee performance input for the PC"s, NEA's, Local EE's and RD. Performance input forms have been sent to the Committee Chair.

Extension Committee agendas: Please be sure that the program reports for m your local staff and the budget reports are sent to Mary Jo at the Marshall Regional Office prior to the meeting for inclusion in the agenda packet.

On a Personal note, here is an update on our family situation. Our son Brian was released from Hennepin County Medical Center yesterday afternoon. He will be home with us in Marshall for continued rehabilitation and therapy. He is expected to fully recover from his brain injury, but just as with injury, the recovery takes time. My Mother-in-law has moved in with us to help with the supervision.
We are very fortunate that Brian's accident occurred just blocks away from one of the best trauma hospitals in the state. We appreciate all the prayers and words of support over the past three weeks.

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Good Afternoon: This week's message is a few days late or a few days early depending on what week you are on. My weeks have been a bit jumbled lately. I'll try to give a brief update in this message.

My Schedule: I returned to work today and am in the Marshall Office. Tomorrow, (Wednesday) I will be in the Redwood, Renville, Kandiyohi and Hutchinson offices. Thursday I will be at a Regional Director meeting in Mankato. On Friday, and perhaps some or much of next week I will be off attending to my son's medical condition.

Brian's hospitalization: My family appreciates the prayers and words of support for our son Brian. Brian remains hospitalized at Hennepin County Medical Center. Late this week we hope to learn how much longer his hospitalization will continue as well as what level of treatment and support he will need when he returns home. I won't go into any more details in this message as those details can be found on his caring bridge website

Extension Committee meetings: All of our counties in the region have Extension Committee meetings in November. Mary Jo will be assembling the agenda packets. Please send her the current budget updates, program reports from the 4H PC, NEA's and Local EE's for inclusion in the packet. Also, please send the meeting notices from your office a week or two prior to the meeting. The meeting schedules are as follows: November 9: Kandiyohi, Chippewa and Lincoln; November 12: Yellow Medicine; November 17: Lac qui Parle; November 19: Redwood and Lyon; November 30: Renville.

My schedule continued: I keep my calendar current, so feel free to view, schedule meetings etc as needed.

University gifts: Each of you have a gift from the University. Over the next week or so I will try to have the gifts delivered to your offices.

Bob

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Good Day: I hope you have had a good week. A few things to share this week:

Redwood Move: As I said in my last blog, the Redwood Extension Office will relocate next Friday, October 9 to the new Redwood County Government Center. The physical address is 403 Mill Street in Redwood Falls. The postal mailing address of Box 130 remains unchanged.

Ag Resources: A revised Farm Resource Card has been produced. The card is a quick reference for you and others on those frequently asked questions like how do I contact the Farm Information Line? What are the current Custom Rates for harvesting or fall tillage? Where can I access the latest Farm Management information and who are the Extension resources in this region to contact? I encourage you to print cards for your and the public use. Please discard previous versions of the card.

Your feedback please: One of the features of a blog is the comments option. I encourage you to use this function on the blog if you have comments questions, or information to share with this blog subscriber list.

Fall Program Conference: Next week, October 5 - 7, I along with the Regional Educators will be attending the Extension Fall Program Conference in Saint Paul.

Have a good weekend.

Bob

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Good Morning: I hope you have all had a good week. Today's welcome rain will prevent September from being one of the driest on record. Extension Climatologist Mark Seeley predicts that the first half of October will be wet and temperatures will be mild into December due to the El Niño onset. So much for the weather; a few other items to share this week:

Budgets: I am pleased to report that budgets in all of our counties have been accepted as recommended by the County Extension Committees. This is significant in this difficult budget year, and reflects the value that our Counties place on the excellent Extension Programming that happens in the counties.

The Land Magazine: An example of great programming was featured in the most recent issue of the Land Magazine. You can read the cover page article.

Redwood County relocation: The long awaited relocation of the Redwood County Extesnion office is now scheduled for October 9. Redwood County has constructed a Government Service Center. Many of the departments currently located in the County Courthouse will relocate to the new Government Center. In addition, a Boardroom and an additional conference room have also been constructed. This project has not gone without challenges. However, for Extension, the office space and location will be a welcome improvement.

Enjoy the weekend.

Bob

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Good Morning: I hope you have had a good week. A couple things to share this week:

NEP Data Base Training: Previously information was sent about the upcoming training for NEA's and County Based support staff training. Training dates and locations have been established for counties in this region as October 12 at the Stearns County Government Center in Saint Cloud; October 13 at the Southwest Service Coop in Marshall; October 15 at the High School in Morris. Attend the location that corresponds with your NEP Program Manager and / or REE-FN. Mileage expenses for this training will be reimbursed by NEP, (not by the County).

Farm Management calls: This is the time of year that calls come in on basic farm management questions. Several good referrals for these questions include the Farm Information line (800-232-9077), the Extension Farm Business Management website, and the current custom rate sheet.

Have a great weekend.

Bob

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Good Morning: I hope all of you have had a good week. All of our offices are closed Monday in observance of Labor Day. Enjoy the weekend.

The influenza outbreak at the State Fair this week reminds all of us of responsibility we all have for our own health, the health of our work place and the health and safety of our program participants. In addition to the information coming from the University and Local Public Health experts, I would call your attention to the Extension policy on work and program in the event of public health emergencies. The policy statement is located on the Extension Employee website under the Deans section: https://myextension.umn.edu/dean/Policies/EXT_ARTICLE_115296.html

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Good Morning: I hope you have all had a good week. A few things to share this week:

Extension County Websites: If you have not returned your input on County Websites that I discussed in last week's blog, please do so as soon as possible. Send your response to the questions posed last week to Mary Jo at the Marshall Regional Office.

Learning Circle Lessons: Several of you have inquired about the lessons available for Learning Circle groups this year. The following message comes from Kay Stanek who leads the Learning Circle team:

On behalf of the Learning Circles team, I would to share the Learning Circles topics that may possibly be ready to use during the 2009- 2010 year. This year we have had some commitments from teams but so far no recording has happened. There may be one or two teams recording in September, but we will need to wait to see how things move along.
Below is a list of topics that are in the hopper:
Preserving Food Safely - Carol Ann Burtness and Deb Botzek-Linn
Bird Watching Basics - How to Do It, Where to Find Them - John Loegering
Backyard Naturalist - John Loegering
Living Resourcefully in Challenging Times - Phyllis Onstad and Kay Lovett
Exploring Tribal Government, Sovereignty and Culture - Susan Beaulieu, Jennifer Garbow and Dawn Newman
Hot Dish Casseroles - Connie Burns
Transferring Forest Property - Jo Musich
Some additional topics may also be coming. We will let you know as soon as we hear more.
In addition, the following lessons from past years are available:
TRANS FATS
OPERATION MILITARY KIDS: Supporting Military Families in MN
WHOLE GRAINS
WATER-WISE LAWN CARE
SOCIAL CAPITAL: THE GLUE THAT HOLDS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
GRANDPARENTING IN A CHANGING WORLD - 5 Segments
USING MYPYRAMID IN YOUR LIFE
ONGUARD: PROTECTING AMERICA'S FOOD SYSTEM
ATTRACTING BIRDS TO YOUR BACKYARD
ORGANIZING IMPORTANT PAPERS
RECYCLING USED WATER: Understanding Septic Systems
STAYING RESILIENT IN TIMES OF CHANGE
PLANT BEAUTY IN CONVENIENT PACKAGES: Container Gardening
RAIN GARDENS
FOOD ALLERGENS
CREDIT SCORE: One Part of a Credit Report
LOCAL FOODS: What Has Changed in 150 Years
Questions? Contact Pat Persoon at the Marshall Regional Office.

Farmland Rental Survey: As discussed in last week's message the Farm Business Management team will start the Farm Land rental survey next week. The Minnesota Land Rental Survey input form is available for use for individuals that do not have access to the internet, and may come to your office for assistance. You can have the individuals complete the forms, and then enter the information in Survey Monkey.

University Office Changes: In the next few months and longer we will likely see some changes in several University offices. Here are details of office changes that either have been finalized, or are under discussion:
Regional Office - Albert Lee will close September 30. Staff has been reassigned to Mankato and Rochester Regional Offices and other.

Regional Office - Mora will close December 31. Staff will relocate to Saint Cloud, Andover etc.

Worthington Regional Office - Discussions underway for relocation to new regional education facility in bioscience park in Worthington. Discussion partners are Minnwest Community and Technical College, Mankato State, AURI Workforce Center etc.

UROC - Hennepin County: Planning underway for Center in North Minneapolis. Extension presence to include NEP, Master Gardeners etc.

University presence in MinnWest campus in Willmar. Plans are being discussed for build out of building for University of Minnesota presence. Building space is proposed to be provided by the project partners. This is a Public Private Partnership with partners including Economic Development in Willmar and Kandiyohi County, the technology subsidiary of Willmar Poultry and State Bonding allocation through DEED. Staffing plans have not been determined.

As always, let me know if there are any questions. Have a great weekend.

Bob

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Good Morning: This week's blog message is a bit longer than usual. I encourage you to read the entire blog, and reply to the items requested. I would also encourage you to have discussion on any of the items using the comment feature on this blog. As always, if you have any questions, give me a call.

Farm rent Survey: As I discussed a few weeks ago, the Extension Farm Business management Educators will be conducting a farm land Rental Survey for a three week period in September. The survey will be conducted through Survey Monkey, with a simple six step entry per parcel procedure. Renters or landlords can enter up to 10 parcels and the URL for the entry will work only one time, (to prevent multiple entries that would invalidate the data).
Renters and Land owners who do not have access to the internet will be invited to go to their County or Regional Extension office to have their data entered, and I would ask for your assistance if you get these requests. County and Regional Offices will receive a separate URL that will allow multiple entries. The information that renters or land owners will need to provide include whether they are an operator, landlord or both; what county and township the land parcel is located; tillable acres rented; 2009 rent per tillable acre; estimated 2010 cash rent per acre.
You will receive the URL prior to August 31. If you have questions about the rental survey contact Rob Holcomb at the Marshall Regional Office.

Extension County Websites: The Extension Communications team is working to keep the County website format useable and providing the information needed by our audiences. To assist with this, the Communications team is requesting your input on the following questions:

1. What locally-specific Extension information do regional or county staff need to make available on the Internet?
a. Local News
b. Event promotions
c. Community Vitality
d. Natural Resources
e. Agriculture
f. Family Development
g. Gardening (Master Gardeners now have local blogs in some counties)
h. 4-H
i. Other (please describe)
2. What are the reasons why regional and county staff use the existing Extension county sites?
a. For use by county/regional staff\
b. To forward the public to local information
c. County staff information
d. Event information
e. Other (please describe)
3. Are counties posting information on county government sites?
a. If so, what?
b. Why? (because the county wants an Extension page, because the Extension county site doesn't serve their needs, etc.)
c. Is info on county government sites being kept up to date? By whom? How often?
4. Who are county or regional staff who post on either the Extension or county government sites?
Please provide your input on each of these questions to Mary Jo in the Marshall Regional Office, foxxx055@umn.edu by Friday, August 21.

County Budget Challenges: As we all know Counties are faced with serious budget challenges this year. These challenges are impacted by several factors including the desire to limit any tax levy increase, the State Unallottment received by counties in June and the recent recalculation of County Program Aid received by counties. County Program Aid is changing due to the formula influence of property valuation changes in different classes of property. Specifically residential and commercial property in the state is decreasing in value and agricultural property is increasing. This impacts the County Program aid formula by increasing shifting aid from agricultural property dependent counties to counties more dependent on commercial and residential property. The following chart shows how the unallotmement and change in county program aid affects counties in our region. The chart is in order of lowest to highest per capita loss. Lincoln County is the highest per capita loss not only in our region, but also in the state.

My point in sharing this with you is to help all of us understand the difficult budget decisions faced by our County Administration and Boards. If you have any questions on the following information, Please let me know.

Parents Forever: If you have not done so already, check out the following article from the West Central Tribune in Willmar: http://www.wctrib.com/event/article/id/55928/
Kim Johnson at the Kandiyohi County coordinates the Parents Forever program in addition to her support staff role at the Extension Office. The article highlights the value of the program as well as the nice work Kim does with coordinating this program.

Master Gardeners: Master Gardeners in the Region have been invited to a September 10 meeting at the Marshall Regional Office. This will be a working meeting to determine how to move forward in supporting, strengthening and growing the Master Gardener program in this region of the state. In keeping within the parameters of state program guidelines outlined in July, each current county group had the task to discuss their preferences for moving forward - build the current county program, form a multi-county/regional program structure, or no longer host a local Master Gardener program. There was consensus that a regional approach would be most likely to succeed in strengthening support and connections between and among Master Gardeners and the Extension Master Gardener Program. We hope that you will participate in this meeting and help shape how the future program is structured and functions. Several Counties in the region are not involved in this Regional Master Gardener Organizational re-design. For example, Chippewa Master Gardeners have decided to either stay as a County group or join counties in the Morris region. Renville County has enough numbers and volunteer organization to continue to support them as a County group. Kandiyohi is supported by an Extension Educator in the County. The remaining counties either do not have enough Master Gardeners or do not have County support to function independently. Please contact me or State Master Gardener Coordinator David Moen if you have questions.

Have a great weekend.

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Good Afternoon: I hope you have all had a good week. A few items to share with you this week.

County Fairs: Thanks to all for you extra efforts in making the County Fairs a positive experience for the program participants and a great program show case for Extension. Your extra efforts are appreciated. Six fairs in our region are now "in the books'. Renville and Lac qui Parle are upcoming.

Farmfest / Farm Family Recognition. This year's Farmfest is also history. Attendance at this year's Farm fest was up each of the three days by 7 % for a total attendance of 43,978 people. The University tent was also well attended and focused on renewable energy, emerald ash borer, current agronomic climactic and farm economic concerns and general University promotion. Seventy two Counties participated in the Farm Family Recognition event and 60 families attended the recognition program. Farm family recognition information, including photos and family descriptions are available at the Farm Family website: http://mnfarmfamilies.cfans.umn.edu/Photos.html

Upcoming NEP Database training. Just a reminder that the NEP Database training is scheduled for October of County based Support Staff and NEA's. Invitations to the training were sent previously. Travel expense for this training will be covered by the State program.

MS TRAM update: I'm happy to report that I survived the MS TRAM, (290 mile bike ride across the state). More Importantly, over $850,000 was raised that week to support Multiple Sclerosis research and support programs for people living with MS.

Have a great weekend, (I will be off on Monday, August 17, but will return on Tuesday).

Bob

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Good Morning: I hope all of you have had a good week. A few things to share this week:

County Fairs: Yellow Medicine County fair concludes this weekend and the Redwood and Lincoln Fairs are next week. I know all of you are very busy making sure that all of the fairs are a positive experience for the 4H participants and a great representation of Extension programming. Thanks for all you are doing.

Farmer Lender Mediation: Due to the current economic issues on may farms, there is an increase in the number of creditors that are sending Farmer - Lender mediation notices and farmers that are requesting mediations services. Requests for Farmer Lender Mediation go to the Statewide Mediation Coordinator Mary Nell Preisler. If farmers or lenders have questions about mediation they can contact Mary Nell at 218 935 5785. The publications "About Farmer-Lender Mediation" and "Seeking Solutions in Difficult Times" can be helpful resources for people coming to your office with Mediation questions.

Farm Rent Survey: Later this summer the Extension Farm Business Management team will be conducting a farm rent survey. The survey will be done on-line using Survey Monkey. Renters or land owners who do not have access to internet may be coming to their local County Extension Office for assistance in entering their rental information.

My Schedule: I will be on vacation July 27 - 31 riding bicycle in the 2009 MS TRAM. MS TRAM is a 275 mile ride across Minnesota to benefit Multiple Sclerosis Research. If you need to get in touch with me next week, I will have my cell phone with me and will check e-mail late each day. The following week, I will be working at Farmfest Monday through Thursday, August 3-6. I will not have a blog message next week.

Have a great weekend.

Bob

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Good Afternoon: I hope all of you have had a good week. I know all of you are busy preparing for county fair along with all of the other summer programming. The County Fair schedule in our region is as follows:

Yellow Medicine: July 23-26
Redwood: July 30-August 2
Lincoln: July 30-August 2
Kandiyohi: August 5-8
Lyon: August 5-8
Chippewa: August 12-14
Renville: August 18-21
Lac qui Parle September 9-13

NEP Database: Many of you were part of the July 8 UM Connect session on the new NEP Data base. The new database will be more efficient and effective in documenting the Nutrition Education Program for continued program accountability and funding. The role of the County Support Staff will continue to enter the participant and course data into the database. The new data base will be web based rather than the current spread sheet. Training for County support staff is planned for October.

Extension County Budgets. In the last week, seven of the eight counties in our region have held County Extension Committee meetings. An important part of the agenda for these meetings was the development of the 2010 budget proposal. As we all know, this is a difficult budget year for counties. Yet, I have been very impressed with the level of support that the Extension Committees have shown for the programming that the budgets support as well as the accountability that we have shown for the public dollars that support our County offices and local programs. Counties continue to make a significant investment of local tax dollars in Extension. The 2010 budgets for Counties in our eight counties total 925,247 dollars.

Have a great weekend.

Bob

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Good Afternoon: I hope you are all haveing a good week. This week's message comes a day early since I plan to take a day off on Friday, July 10.

We have invited current and non-current Master Gardeners in the region (not including Kandiyohi County), to a meeting hosted by the Marshall Regional Office and the State Master Gardener Coordinator David Moen. The purpose of the meeting is to thank the Master Gardeners for their volunteer service, provide an in-service on a current hort topic and introduce the Master Gardener Management program model. The changes were also introduced in a letter that Master Gardeners received earlier this month.

The changes are being made so that the Volunteer Master Gardeners receive consistent management support from Extension. In Counties where this is not possible, other options are made available so the Master Gardeners can continue their volunteer service. This is also an opportunity for Master Gardeners who are no longer active to be thanked and end their Master Gardener service gracefully. The new management system will clarify what expectations are for continuing to serve as an active Master Gardener.

The Master Gardener meeting is for July 22 from 11:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m. at the Americinn in Marshall. It is not expected that County Support Staff attend this meeting unless they serve as a Master Gardener or Master Gardener Coordinator. Please contact me if you have questions.

The following is an excerpt from the letter sent to Master Gardeners about the upcoming changes in Master Gardener Management:

We are introducing changes to the U of M Extension Master Gardener program model that we believe will provide for a more sustainable program on the whole. We are committed to working with county and local Master Gardener groups to grow programs and increase access to University resources.
In many counties, there will be few changes in the day to day operations of the Master Gardener program. For other counties, particularly where there is limited or no county support for this Extension program there will be more significant changes.
These changes reflect a shift from previous program models especially related to roles and expectations. Primarily, where county staff and support has been reduced or eliminated, many management tasks will need to be assumed by volunteers with greater state oversight. In order for the state program to assume more oversight, some specific organizational structures will be expected from local programs so the program is delivered with more consistency across the state.
Here are some of the specifics:
For all county/local Master Gardener programs
To strengthen the relationship between county/local and state Master Gardener programs, it is important that we increase communications and program specific information. All county/local programs will be asked to annually submit the following items. (Templates for each will be available, or a copy of plans, reports and directories you typically generate can be submitted.):
1. A short and simple work plan that describes goals and planned activities
2. A list of local MG volunteers who commit to another year as a Master Gardener
3. A year-end summary of local Master Gardener program highlights and impacts
4. A simple budget and year-end financial report

In addition, each county/local Master Gardener group should have a volunteer leadership team and a set of group operating guidelines (template for guidelines will be available).
The University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener program has annual or multi-year program focus priorities (i.e., environmental, food access, youth, diagnostics). We encourage all local programs to incorporate these focus priorities in their educational activities.
For county/local programs with no paid program staff but with designated county Extension support staff or funding.
In these situations, all the above apply in addition to the following:
1. Have a minimum of five active Master Gardeners (we'll help you plan to grow the program) or make decisions about joining together with neighboring or regional groups.
2. Have one MG volunteer who will be the volunteer leader contact with the state office and ensure that basic coordination tasks and expectations of the local Master Gardener program are met.
3. Focus more program efforts on Master Gardener program priorities that assist the state program and regional Extension educators.

For county/local programs with no paid program staff, less than minimum designated county Extension support staff or funding, or a county with no Extension office.
In these situations, all the above apply in addition to the following:
1. The Extension Regional office will be the contact point for phone, mailing address, and minimal operation support for the local program.
2. Volunteers are University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners with no affiliation to a county and do not deliver services on behalf of a county.

These changes have been reviewed and discussed with Extension administrators, regional directors, regional Extension educators in horticulture and local Extension educators and MG coordinators. There is consensus that these plans will move the program in a direction of sustainability, increase support for Master Garden volunteers and strengthen the connection between the University and local Master Gardener programs. We will work with select counties and regional groups in 2009 -2010 to assess and pilot changes. We will continue to support county program changes across the state with a goal of implementing any additional county changes by 2011.

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