2004 MAEE Annual Meeting

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2004 MAEE Annual Meeting

• October 11, 2004
• Radisson Hotel, Roseville, MN

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2003-2004 MAEE Board Members
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MAEE 2003-2004 Officers

• Jerry Tesmer 05, President
• Tobias Spanier 06, President-Elect
• Tamie Bremseth 04, Past President

• Andrea Ruesch 04, Secretary
• Timothy Arlt 05, Treasurer

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MAEE 2003-2004Section Representatives

• MAEAP Dave Resch, Past President Dave Schwartz
  President, Alternate
• MAE4-HE Brian McNeill, Past President Trisha
  Sheehan President, Alternate

• MCNRA Eli Sagor, President Eleanor Burkett
  President-Elect, Alternate
• MEAFCS Minnell Tralle, President
• Debbie Botzek-Linn President-Elect, Alternate

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MAEE 2003-2004Area Representatives

• North - Jim Salfer 04 Gene Krause 04, Alternate
• Metro Rose Allen 05, Nancy Hegland 05,
  Alternate
• South Kim Asche 05, Shirley Doering 05,
  Alternate

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MAEE 2003-2004Committee Representatives

• Awards and Public Relations Glenice Johnson 04
• Employee Benefits Pat Stumme 05
• Legislative Chuck Schwartau 04
• Professional Improvement Holli Arp 05
• Ad-Hoc Committees
• Communications Tamie Bremseth 04
• Nominations Tamie Bremseth 04

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2003-2004 MAEE Goals and Strategies
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Goal 1 Retain current members and recruit new
members.

• Awards/Public Relations Committee updated printed
  brochure with membership details.
• Rose Allen updated the MAEE web-site.
• MAEE Board Representation at New Extension
  Employee Orientations.
• Personal contacts through board members to
  eligible MAEE members.

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Goal 2 Advocate on behalf of MAEE members with
Extension Administration.

• Through the Employee Benefits Committee, MAEE
  lobbied for its members on issues of mileage,
  salary, dental benefits, sick leave and financial
  planning workshops.
• Creation of Extension Listening Learning
  Sessions and Building a Stronger Organization
  survey and dialogue to aid in organizational
  development.

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Goal 3 Foster Positive Relationships with
University Partners (Deans, Regents, President,
University Foundation

• Board held administrative discussions with Dr.
  Charles Casey, George Morse, Jeanne Markell and
  Leslee Mason. Details of the discussion and
  resulting action were included in each meetings
  board minutes mailed to entire membership.
  Follow-up letters of action requested routinely
  sent by President.
• Regular in-person, phone and e-mail conversations
  held between MAEE President and Dr. Casey
  regarding MAEE issues.

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Goal 4 Share Programs and Impacts with
Legislators

• Through Legislative Committee focused efforts on
  a concept statement to react to possible
  legislative action.
• On-going updates from Administration to Board on
  Legislative reports.

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Goal 5 Increase communication among members and
Board

• Creation of Ad Hoc Communications Committee.
• Five MAEE Board Meetings to plan and discuss
  issues of importance to MAEE Members.
• Area MAEE Representatives seeking membership
  input.

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Goal 6 Provide quality professional development
for members

• The Professional Improvement Committee and MAEE
  Past President worked together to offer two day
  Annual Conference.
• Through the Professional Improvement Committee
  MAEE offered Brown Bag Lunches and Internet tools.

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Goal 7 Advocate for appropriate benefits for
members

• Through the Employee Benefits
• Committee, MAEE offered
• Federal benefits Q A.
• Dental plan.
• Financial Planning Workshop.

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Goal 8 Monitor work environment for members at
Regional Center

• Area Reps. report and follow-up on MAEE issues.
• Staff/Administration Summer Listening Learning
  Sessions were held in 12 locations with MAEE
  helping to frame, organize, moderate, analyze and
  share results.

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Goal 9 Strengthen the collaboration with ESP.

• ESP President invited to MAEE Retreat.
• MAEE and ESP Annual Conference promoted together.
  ESP Sponsored workshop, Managing Hope in the
  Workplace, open to all participants.

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2003-2004 MAEE Committee Reports
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Nominating Committee MAEE Officer Candidates

• President-Elect
• Holli Arp
• RD Regional Center
• (Worthington)

• Secretary
• Kathy Brandt
• REE Food Science (Marshall)
• Ann Walters
• REE Community Youth
• Development (Albert Lea)

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Awards and Public Relations Committee Report

• Members Glenice Johnson-
• Board Liaison Barb Sorenson, Dave
• Nelson, Joe Neubauer
• MAEE Membership brochure.
• Management and coordination of MAEE Awards
  Program.

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Employee Benefits Committee Report

• Members Pat Stumme Board Liaison,
• Rod Elmstrand, Liz Templin, Bill Craig
• Mileage reimbursement clarification.
• Benefits Q/A format online.
• Pursued dental insurance plan.

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Employee Benefits Committee Report

• One-time supplemental academic pay.
• Option to access University PULSE Survey.
• Morale concerns prompted suggestion to MAEE board
  for listening sessions.

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Legislative Committee Report

• Members Chuck Schwartau Board
• Liaison, Terry Nennich, Jan Gilman, Kim
• Boyce.
• Legislative concept statement.

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Professional Improvement Committee Report

• Members Holli Arp Board Liaison, Lisa Hinz,
• Jody Horntvedt, Bob Mugaas, Julie Schmidt.
• MAEE Annual Meeting Professional Development
  Session.
• A Brown Bag lunch session.
• Internet tools and resources.
• Administrative Internships Project.

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Communications Committee Report

• Members Tamie Bremseth Co-Chair,
• Dan Martens, Brian McNeill, Eli Sagor,
• Carol Ann Burtness, Juan Moreno Co
• Chair, Gwen Gmeinder.
• Ad Hoc Committee Established Fall 2003
  environment for sharing ideas with Extension
  Cabinet.
• Created document Encouraging an Enhanced
  Working Relationship among Extension
  Administration and MAEE Represented Faculty.

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Communications Committee Report

• Co-sponsored Minnesota Extension Service Staff
  and Administration Summer Listening and Learning
  Sessions.
• Work leads to additional opportunities for
  advancing the relationship among Extension
  Administration and MAEE members.
• Ad-hoc committee to continue for another year.

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2003-2004 MAEE Section Reports
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MAEAP Minnesota Association of Extension
Agricultural Professionals

• 2003-2004 Officers
• Dave Schwartz, President
• Dan Martens, President-Elect

• Dave Resch, Past-President and MAEE
  Representative
• Dave Pfarr, Secretary

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MAEAP Section Highlights

• Annual Meeting- This years annual meeting was
  held June 28 and 29 at the Old Barn Resort near
  Preston. In addition to our business meeting, we
  toured an orchard and dairy farm, had a
  discussion with Congressman Gutnecht, and a team
  building session led by Roger Steinberg.

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MAEAP Section Highlights

• National Meeting- This years national meeting
  was held July 12-15 in Orlando Florida. Ray
  Bisek was honored with the Distinguished Service
  Award and the Achievement Award was given to Jim
  Stordahl.

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MAE4-HE Minnesota Association of Extension 4-H
Educators

• 2003-2004 Officers
• Trisha Sheehan, President
• Karyn Santl, President-Elect

• Brian McNeill, Past President and MAEE
  Representative
• Carrie Ann Olson, Secretary

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MAE4-HE Section Highlights

• Youth and U. Held in February 2004 with over 120
  attendees. This year the use of technology was
  enhanced by the facilities. Being able to use
  technology we were able to have wireless access
  to use in sessions.
• Name Change. The membership voted on changing the
  name to be more inclusive to perspective members.
  The new name is MAE4-HYDP (Minnesota Association
  of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals.
  
• National Involvement. Our membership has
  involvement on the national level and this year a
  member running for a Regional Director position.
  There is also a huge delegation going to the
  national conference this year.

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MCNRA Minnesota Community and Natural Resources
Association

• 2003-2004 Officers
• Eli Sagor, President and MAEE Board
  Representative
• Eleanor Burkett, President-Elect

• Nancy Lenhart, Past-President
• Karen Ostlie, Secretary

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MCNRA Section Highlights

• Revisions to bylaws.
• Provide necessary updates after Extensions
  reorganization.
• Also improve clarity.
• New national group for CV faculty National
  Association of Community Development Extension
  Professionals (NACDEP).

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MCNRA Section Highlights

• January gathering, Cloquet.
• Contributions to Extension Communications
  Committee.
• Sponsorship of social gathering during this
  conference.
• Annual awards.

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MEAFCS Minnesota Extension Association of Family
Consumer Sciences

• 2003-2004 Officers
• Minnell Tralle, President and MAEE Board
  Representative
• Debbie Botzek-Linn, President-Elect

• Carol Ann Burtness, Past-President
• Kim Asche, Secretary

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MEAFCS Section Highlights

• Membership. 28 members (representing Family
  Development, Community Vitality, Natural
  Resources, Agriculture).
• MEAFCS listserve. Used listserve to communicate
  among members throughout organizational change.

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MEAFCS Section Highlights

• Board Meetings Held face-to-face board meeting
  and held five others via conference call.
• One Statewide Staff Development Session
• Setting Measuring Service Standards Using
  FISH! Philosophy.
• Member Recognition for retiring members.

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MEAFCS Section Highlights

• New revenue. Generated new revenue through two
  innovative fundraising efforts.
• Two awards forwarded to National and Central
  Region including
• Distinguished Service Award Carol Ann Burtness.
• Continued Excellence Award Minnell Tralle.

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MEAFCS Section Highlights

• By-laws Revision In response to changing
  organization and changes in MAEE by-laws,
  revisions were proposed to membership.
• 2007 National Meeting MEAFCS will co-host the
  2007 NEAFCS Annual Session with Wisconsin and
  Illinois.

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Thank You!

• To the 2003-2004 Board of Directors for your
  dedication and hard work to move forward the
  purposes of MAEE!
• To the membership of MAEE who were thoughtful,
  vocal, and active around the numerous issues.

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Congratulations!

• The 2004-2005 Board of Directors including
  officers, area and section representatives, and
  committee representatives will meet for the first
  time on
• Wednesday and Thursday,
• November 10 and 11, 2004
• Koinonia Retreat Center, Annandale