Membership
(Send e-mail to the committee: escop-admar@lists.msstate.edu.)

Member	Assignment	Representing
Jim Fischer (SC)	Chair (03)	~
Paul Rasmussen (UT)	Chair-Designate (03)	~
Eric Young (SAAESD)	Interim Executive Vice-Chair	Executive Directors
Wendy Wintersteen (IA)	Delegate	SAES North Central Region
William Ravlin (OH)	Delegate	SAES North Central Region
Roland Holstead (DC)	Delegate	SAES Northeastern Region
(tba)	Delegate	SAES Northeastern Region
Jerry Arkin (GA)	Delegate	SAES Southern Region
Ron Lacewell (TX)	Delegate	SAES Southern Region
Colin Kaltenbach (AZ)	Delegate	SAES Western Region
Paul Rasmussen (UT)	Delegate	SAES Western Region
Franklin Jackson (MS)	Delegate	ARD
Jacquelyn McCray (AR)	Delegate	ARD
Kristin Perry (MO)	Representative	CARET
(tba)	Representative	CARET
Henry Brooks (MD-ES)	Representative	ECOP ARD
Ken Martin (WV)	Representative	ECOP Northeast Region
David Foster (OK)	Representative	ECOP Southern Region
Mike Tate (WA)	Representative	ECOP Western Region
Wendy Wintersteen (IA)	Representative	ECOP Northcentral Region
	Representative	Advocacy Agent

Assigned Subcommittees:

• Joint ESCOP-ECOP Image Enhancement

Proposed Assignment of Target Areas from Strategic Plan

Strategic Target 1. Place greater emphasis on identifying and serving the needs of stakeholders and clientele.

• Action Item: Expand consultation, participatory planning, and stakeholder involvement in program implementation.
• Action Item: Emphasize the development of science-based information, technologies, and knowledge through a diverse portfolio of priority research activities.
• Action Item: Provide knowledge and services equitably for all citizens, including the historically underserved and small-scale farming enterprises, for a broad base of service and appreciation.

Strategic Target 3. Expand the research capability of the SAESs to respond to stakeholder needs.

• Action Item: Involve faculty and colleagues from nontraditional disciplines in the conduct of SAES research.
• Action Item: Maintain and expand a diversified portfolio of funding sources for research, including the development of nontraditional sources of funding.

Strategic Target 6. Be more accountable to stakeholders.

• Action Item: Improve the effectiveness of our communications with stakeholders, including legislators and the public.
• Action Item: Directly contribute to the reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
• Action Item: Support the SAES System's growing commitments to image enhancement, jointly with the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP).

Strategic Target 7. Couple the processes of national strategic planning with federal budget development and advocacy.

• Action Item: Work with CSREES in the "outyears" to identify joint budget priorities.
• Action Item: Identify areas of emphasis to be targeted with additional formula appropriations from Congress.
• Action Item: Work with other federal agencies in support of their budget requests, when those requests are congruent with the priorities of the SAES System.

• Extension on the Brink - Meeting the Private Sector Challenge In the Information Marketplace (Posted 2/11/00)

• Marketing the SAES: A Background Paper on Marketing the SAES by David MacKenzie (Posted 2/08/00)