2001 FAEP Report

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2001 FAEP Report
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Who Are We Anyway?

• We are 383 County Extension Agents
• 276 State/County Paid
• 69 Agents 100 County Paid
• 38 Grant Funded Agents
• 138 State Specialist FTEs, 263 faculty
• 110 State/Grant Paid Paraprofessionals
• 352 County Paid staff and Paraprofessionals

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Meet Our New Faculty
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We Reach Millions

• Education Contacts
• 2,047,137 direct mailings
• 81,945,936 group instruction hours
• 4,714,021 web hits
• 206,096 visitors to our offices
• 88,825 visits to clients
• 2,197,965 group learning events
• 781,206 telephone calls

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Marching Towards Excellence

• Design Teams
• Training
• App Award
• In-Service Training
• Faculty Orientation
• Utilizing New Technology and Software
• Handheld Devices
• Improving Connectivity

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Marching Towards Excellence

• Faculty Reporting System
• AREERA Feedback
• Multi-State
• Annual Report/Calendar

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We Compete with the Best

• Grants and Contracts
• IFAFS
• Section 406
• Nutrition Programs
• Sea Grant
• Energy
• County Grants

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We Have Community Support

• Volunteers are Essential
• 58,916 Volunteers
• 158,317 Volunteer Training Hours
• 2,576,201 Volunteer Hours Contributed
• 3,860,841 Volunteer Contacts

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We Are Valued by Our Peers and Others

• Internal Awards
• Watkins
• Woeste
• External Recognition
• Professional Societies
• Community Organizations

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Our Internal Awards

• Marshall and Mildred Watkins Professional
  Improvement Endowment Award
• Jacque Breman, Union County
• David Palmer, Hillsborough County

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Our Internal Awards

• John and Martha Woeste Professional Recognition
  Award
• Martha Monroe, School of Forest Resources and
  Conservation
• Ed Stover, Indian River Research and Education
  Center

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Our Internal Awards

• UF-IFAS Superior Accomplishment Award, Millier
  Ferrer, FYCS Jan Shearer, Vet Med Bob Stamps,
  MFREC, Mark Wade, IRREC Al Wysocki, FRE and
  Jiannong Xin, IT
• FEAFCS Specialist of the Year, Linda Bobroff

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Just a Few External Recognitions

• Dan Mullins, National Chair NACAA Horticulture
  and Turfgrass Professional Improvement Committee
• Sharon Treen, National Distinguished Service
  Award, NEAFCS
• Gary Knox, received a Distinguished Service Award
  from the ASHS

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And a Few More

• NACAA Distinguished Service Awards
• Bill Schall, David Holmes and Earnest Stephens
• Becca Newman, New Professional Award, NEAFCS
• Pat Grace, Winner, Search for Excellence NACAA
  Urban Category
• Elaine Courtney, Invited Speaker on Using the Web
  to Expand FCS Programs, NEAFCS

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And a Few More

• Ami Neiberger, Pioneer Award from Agriculture
  Communicators and Educators
• Jonathan Crane, Presidential Gold Medal Award
  from Florida State Horticulture Society
• Jim Selph, Southern Region Director, NACAA Board
  of Directors

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A Few More

• Name Fellows from Professional Societies
• Ricky Telg, NACTA
• Jerry Bennett, ASA
• Steve Otwell, IFT
• Ed Hanlon, ASA
• Pete Timmer, APA

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And More.

• Liz Felter and Doug Mayo, NACAA Achievement Award
  Winners
• Mark Shelby, National Winner NACAA, Web Page, A
  TT Communication Awards
• Glinder Stephens, Continuing Excellence Award,
  NEAFCS
• Jo Shuford Law, Education Technical Award, 2nd in
  Nation, NEAFCS

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A Few More

• National Extension Leadership Development
  Participants
• Joe Schaefer
• Joan Dusky
• Jeff Mullahey

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Federal Funding Sources
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What Are Our Challenges?

• Explaining our mission and obligations
• Making it clear that since our inception we have
  delivered a broad of array of programs to the
  benefit of the state
• Educating our stakeholders to assure that they
  understand that funds for specific programs can
  not be spent on other activities
• Maintaining our share of support for county
  positions

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We Are Looking Forward

• 2004 NACAA Meeting Planning Effort
• Marketing
• Challenge Grant on Biotechnology
• Fund Raising
• Okeechobee Project
• 4-H Centennial Celebration Planning
• Climate Consortium

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We Are Committed!

• We are 383 County Extension Agents
• 276 State/County Paid
• 69 Agents 100 County Paid
• 38 Grant Funded Agents
• 138 State Specialist FTEs, 263 faculty
• 110 State/Grant Paid Paraprofessionals
• 352 County Paid staff and Paraprofessionals