County Director Meeting North Central Region

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County Director MeetingNorth Central Region

• January 26, 2007

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Agenda

• 930-1000 Welcome Check In
• - Update on Budget requests
• 1000-1030 Performance Appraisal Tips
• - Linda Kutilek
• 1030-1100 A P and Faculty Promotion
• Update from County Directors
• 1100-1145 Web Ex Knowing the Capabilities
• 1145 130 Administrative Update

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County Appropriation Form

• http//osuebusiness.ag.ohio-state.edu/
• documents/CountyAppropriationForm_000.xls

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Performance Appraisal Tips
Link to Performance Review Documents for Program
Personnel/Directors and Support
Staff http//hr.ag.ohio-state.edu/county_director
s/performance_reviews.html

• Feedback Timeline
• December 15 Solicit peer and clientele names
  to be contacted for input
• January 1 Peer and clientele evaluation letters
  sent and self-evaluations completed
• January 15 URS Summary due to immediate
  supervisor

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Feedback Timeline (continued)

• January 15 February 1 Evaluation forms to be
  returned
• February Have performance input discussions and
  write annual appraisals
• March County Directors meet with Regional
  Directors
• April County Directors conduct performance
  appraisal meetings with Educators

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Program Assistant Participation in Professional
Development

• Joyce McDowell shared the following
• Generally, EFNEP and FNP Program Assistants
  participate in program related professional
  development including the EFNEP/FNP Annual
  conference and EFNEP/FNP raining program. They
  do not attend OSU Extension Annual Conference or
  Administrative Updates. They are invited and
  encouraged to attend OSU Extension New Personnel
  Training Orientation. See the OSU Extension
  Policy website about Professional Development for
  Program Assistants.

Link to Policy http//www.ag.ohio-state.edu/admi
n/handbook/PDF20files/Professional20Development.
pdf
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EFNEP Program Expansion

• Bev Kelbaugh

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2007 Government Relations Events OSU
Extension/OARDC

• January 30 Annual Meeting of OARDC
  Support Council and OSU
  Extension Advisory
  Committee
• March 14 Legislative Luncheon,
  Renaissance Hotel, Columbus
• April 23-25 PILD (Policy Institute Leadership
  Development), Washington, D.C.
• May 15-16 County Commissioners EXCEL program,
  Columbus
• June 5 OARDC Support Council and State
  Extension Advisory Committee meeting
• August 23-24 Congressional Assistants Tour,
  Columbus
• August 14-15 County Commissioner Days, Van Wert
  Co.

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2007 Government Relations Events OSU
Extension/OARDC - continued

• September 18 Vice Presidents Luncheon, Farm
  Science Review, London, OH
• October 15 Vice Presidents Cup Golf Outing, OSU
  Scarlet Course
• October 23 OARDC Support Council and State
  Extension Advisory Committee meeting
• County visits schedule with Gwen Wolford as
  soon as you
• have a date so she can get an administrator from
  Extension
• and OARDC to attend.
• House visits during February and March
• Senate visits during April and May

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Spring Conference/Fireside Chat Update

• May 2, OARDC, Fisher Auditorium

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Travel RequestNumbers
Required when you will need reimbursed for
expenses other than mileage, tolls, parking, taxi
or public transportation. Requests must be made
prior to travel (fax to Cheryl to assure it
arrives prior to your trip). The travel
reimbursement form is available at
http//northcentralextension.osu.edu/travel Mail
all reimbursements to Cheryl at the regional
office.
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New Monthly Mileage Forms

• Remind your staff to use the new travel form
  available from the Business Office web page or
  the NC Region web page under Travel. It is
  updated with the current mileage rate of 0.485.

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New CFAES.OSU.EDU e-mail domain and accounts 

• 1. Go to http//cfaes.osu.edu/checkcfaes to
  verify that you can move ahead and make the
  changes to your email settings.  Simply type in
  name.1 and enter then it will either say you are
  verified or not verified.  If you are verified
  you can move ahead and make the necessary
  changes.  If not verified, contact your computer
  tech or Cheryl at the Regional Office for further
  assistance.
• 2. To make the changes needed go to
  http//help.ag.ohio-state.edu/email_change/index.h
  tml for further instructions.  The
  district/regional techs have a lot of useful,
  good information at this webpage.

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New CFAES.OSU.EDU e-mail domain and
accounts (continued)

• 3. On the same webpage ( http//help.ag.ohio-state
  .edu/email_change/client.html ) you can click on
  (click for help with this) under No. 2 for
  specific instructions on filling in the proper
  information depending on what email client you
  are using.  Simply go to the bottom of the screen
  and click on Eudora 7 or Outlook 2003, whatever
  you use and it will give specific instructions on
  what changes to make.
• 4. Most likely you will need to change your email
  forwarding which is where your mail is forwarded
  to when people use name._at_osu.edu. Click on
  (click for help with this) under No. 3 for
  instructions.

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New CFAES.OSU.EDU e-mail domain and
accounts (continued)

• 5. I would suggest starting a list of email lists
  you are on. You will still receive email from
  these lists after the change but you will not be
  able to send email to the list until your address
  is re-added as name._at_cfaes.osu.edu .
• The computer techs are still working on how we
  can get everyone updated on the lists. If you
  will be sending an email to a list and need added
  now, contact Beth or Cheryl at the Regional
  Office.
• 6. Obviously this will take some time to make all
  these changes but in the end well
  all be using the same server name
  and there shouldnt be as much
  confusion.