Membership
(Send e-mail to the committee: escop-budlegadvmkg@macc.wisc.edu.)

Member	Assignment	Representing
Tom Payne (MO)	Co-Chair	(Budgeting and Legislative)
Colin Kaltenbach (AZ)	Co-Chair	(Advocacy and Marketing)
Ronnie Coffman (NY)	Chair-Designate	.
Fred Cholick (SD)	Delegate	SAES North Central Region
Steve Pueppke (IL)	Delegate	SAES North Central Region
Ronnie Coffman (NY)	Delegate	SAES Northeastern Region
William Saylor (DE)	Delegate	SAES Northeastern Region
Larry Rogers (LA)	Delegate	SAES Southern Region
Jerry Cherry (GA)	Delegate	SAES Southern Region
Henry Vaux (CA)	Delegate	SAES Western Region
Jim Jacobs (WY)	Delegate	SAES Western Region
Bobby Phills (FL)	Delegate	ARD delegate
Carolyn Brooks (MD)	Delegate	ARD
Richard Lower (NC Region)	Executive Vice-Chair	Executive Directors
Robert Heil (W Region)	Executive Vice-Chair	Executive Directors
Edward Wilson	Representative	CSREES
Joe Wysocki	Representative	CSREES
Caird Rexroad (MD)	Representative	ARS
Eldon Ortman (IN)	Representative	CROPS 99
Colin Scanes (IA)	Representative	FAIR 2002
Patricia Knaub	Representative	NASULGC Board on Human Science
Lee Saperstein (MO)	Representative	NASULGC Board on Natural Resources
Lonnie King	Representative	NASULGC Board on Veterinary Medicine
Greg Brown (VA)	Representative	NAPFSC
Don Latham (IA)	Representative	CARET
(TBA)	Representative	ACOP
LeRoy Luft (ID)	Representative	ECOP
Terry Tucker (NY)	Representative	ICOP
Mortimer Neufville	Representative	NASULGC Director
Terry Nipp	Representative	AESOP

Existing or Proposed Sub-Committees
(To be developed)

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.