The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
2003 Northeast Regional Workshop on
Extension Land Use Programming

Days Inn, State College, PA
May 5-6, 2003
 
Agenda
 
Monday, May 5, 2003
1:00-1:30 Welcome, Purpose and Expectations
Stephan Goetz and Tim Kelsey, Penn State University
1:30-2:00 Brief introductions
2:00-3:00 Small group brainstorming on the five top land use needs and priorities, including process skills needed
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:30 Report back to the entire group. Collectively identify top 5 needs.
Organize Working Groups on each need. (Action Groups self-select around needs)
Walt Whitmer and Bill Shuffstall, Penn State University (co-facilitators).
4:30-5:00 Working Group introductions
5:00-5:30 Set-up posters
5:30-6:00 Free time
6:00-9:00 Poster sessions, resource sharing tables, informal discussions within groups
Hors d'oeuvres (provided)
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
8:00-8:15 Regroup and Recap
8:15-10:00 Small Working Group sessions continue
Formulate detailed action plans, including any barriers or road blocks to implementation; identify and list specific programs; resources and multi-state funding opportunities that already exist
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Initial report to the entire group about barriers or road blocks
Walt Whitmer, facilitator
11:15-12:00 Work continues in small groups; specific action plans that list names and deadlines of who does what by when
12:00-12:45 Break, Boxed Lunch (provided)
Opportunity to meet as state teams
12:45-1:30 Continue to work in small groups
1:30-3:00 Report back to the entire group. Additional details worked out on where to go from here; prepare outlines of a report to the Extension directors in the region (about barriers of working across state lines, implementation details, etc.).
3:00pm Meeting ends
 
Follow-up: Small working groups continue their activities via email, conference calls, and occasional face-to-face meetings if necessary. Later in 2003 or early in 2004, a follow-up Land Use Conference will be held, based (in part) upon the work of these working groups. A report will be presented to the Extension Directors at their annual meeting in New Jersey (late June/early July 2003); members of the planning committee may be asked to help with the reporting.
 
Questions or comment? Please contact the co-Chairs Tim Kelsey (tkelsey@psu.edu)
or Stephan Goetz (nercrd@psu.edu) or 814-863-4656.
 
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