ECOP Archives

• July
  Attachments: Strategic Directions Report, Health Director Engagement Slides. Written Reports – For Information Only: ECOP Health Innovation Task Force, BAA Policy Board of Directors, Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP), eXtension Foundation Board of Directors, National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinating Committee, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET), ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee (BLC), ECOP 4-H National Leadership Committee (including National 4-H Council), ESCOP Diversity Catalyst Committee, National Impact Database Committee, ECOP Program Committee/NUEL Report, ESCOP Committee on Science and Technology, Board on Human Sciences
• June
  Attachments:  Joint COPs Schedule – Updated, Tentative NEDA Schedule, Doug Steele email - Capacity Value Messaging Working Group, 2020 ECOP Finance Report, Jan.-Apr., National Action Dialogue Proposal
• April
  Attachments: ECOP Strategic Directions Process Guide/Timeline, Sign-on letter to NC-FAR and 2 Letters to the Section and 4-H advocacy COVID Funding piece, 2019 ECOP Finance Report next to 2020 ECOP Approved Budget, Report from Health Innovation Task Force, Update from Policy Board of Directors Representative
• March
  Attachments:Draft – ECOP Strategic Directions, 2017 ECOP Workshop Document, Timeline, Written Reports – For Information Only: 4-H Leadership Committee (including National 4-H Council), Budget and Legislative Committee (BLC), Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET), Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP), ESCOP Diversity Catalyst Committee, Extension Health Director’s Report, eXtension Foundation, Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), LEAD21, National Impacts Database Committee
• January
  Attachments:Executive Director Search Update, ECOP Strategic Directions Process Guide and ECOP Summary of Guiding Documents, ECOP Spring Meeting Overview and Potential Agenda Topics (

• September
  Attachments: 2019 3rd Quarter Finance Update, Position Description for Executive Director, Executive Director Search Process, AP Article on Reputation Management, Report by Extension Resource and Partnership Committee, Journal of Extension (JOE), Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP), National Extension & Research Administrative Officers Conference (NERAOC), Well Connected Communities Initiative funded by RWJF, BAA - Policy Board of Directors, ECOP 4-H National Leadership Committee (including National 4-H Council), ECOP Budget & Legislative Committee Update, eXtension Foundation Report to ECOP, National Impacts Database Committee
• August
  Attachments: Joint ESS/CES-NEDA Meeting Program Draft, NEDA/Cooperative Extension Section Business Meeting Agenda, CES/ECOP Executive Director Position Announcement, CES/ECOP Executive Director Search Process, Email to National Academies of Science/BANR, Innovation Scoping Document, ECOP/ESCOP Chair Letter to CMC Chair Steve Loring.
• July | Park City, Utah
  Attachments: Second Quarter Finance Report, Budget and Legislative Committee (BLC), Riley Memorial Foundation’s Extension and Public Outreach Report, NAS/BANR scoping study proposal, ECOP Innovation Scoping Document, SNAP-Ed Program Development Team Request/Report, Executive Director Search Process and Position Description, Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP), Sponsorship of APLU’s CECE Meeting Summary, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET), Leadership for the 21st Century (LEAD21), Board on Human Sciences (BoHS), ECOP 4-H National Leadership Committee (including National 4-H Council), 4-H Crisis Accountability Audit, 4-H Brand Reputation, ECOP Program Committee, Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), Western Region ECOP Representation Updates, Academic Programs Section Report.
• June
  Attachments: 2019 ECOP Budget, Executive Director Position Description, CMC Recommendations, 2020 Face-to-face Meetings, Process for the Executive Director Search
• April | Blacksburg, Virginia
  Attachments: ECOP Finance Updates, 2017 Chicago ECOP Workshop Summary, Position Description for Executive Director, ECOP Operating Guidelines, Report by Extension Resource and Partnership Committee, Draft of the National 4-H Partners MOU, Journal of Extension Report, ECOP Program Committee/NUEL Report, Allen Wysocki Short Bio, Final CES Report to Strategic Realignment Committee, REPORTS: Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching (CARET), ECOP 4-H National Leadership Committee (including National 4-H Council), ECOP Budget and Legislative Committee (BLC), ESCOP Diversity Catalyst Committee (DCC), Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP), eXtension Foundation Board of Directors, Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), Leadership for the 21st Century (LEAD21), National Extension & Research Administrative Officers Conference (NERAOC), National Impacts Database Committee with ESCOP, National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinating Committee
• January
  Attachments: ECOP Executive Committee January 2019 meeting minutes and December 2019 minutes, CES Strategic Agenda, Background on new CARET Rep, Overview of 2019 Spring ECOP Meeting, Finance Update, ECOP Infographic, EDA Team Responsibilities for 2019, 2019 ECOP Budget, Letter to Strategic Realignment Committee, ECOP Landing Page, Report to the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy from the Extension Opioid Crisis Response Workgroup

• October 3-4 | Portland, Oregon
  Attachments: JCEP Request for Extension Professional Certification, NIFA Listening Sessions, National Impacts Database Committee Report
• September
  Attachments: 2019 Calendar, ERPD Budget Proposal, FFAR background information, CES Business Meeting Agenda, Supporting documents for NIFA Listening Sessions, 2019 Budget, CES Rules of Operation
• July 16-17 | Guadalajara, Mexico
  Attachments: 2019 ECOP Meeting Calendar, Extension Resource & Partnership Development Committee Budget Proposal, FFAR Forum Background information, CES Business Meeting Agenda, Supporting documents for NIFA Listening Sessions
• June
  Attachments: July ECOP Agenda, 2018 NEDA
• April
  Attachments: Email of July 17 to ECOP on Strategic Realignment, CES Strategic Agenda, Resolution Recognizing Steve Cain, Director of EDEN, Strategic Realignment Assignment, kglobal AgIsAmerica: 2018 Farm Bill Education Campaign, Rethinking NIFA’s Plan of Work (PoW) Reporting Framework, Resources for International Extension, Extension Resource and Partnership Development (ERPD) Committee, Proposed Changes to ECOP Operating Guidelines, Proposed Changes to the CES Rules of Operation. Written Reports: ECOP 4-H Leadership Committee Update, ESCOP Liaison Report to ECOP, Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) Report, ESCOP Diversity Catalyst Committee (DCC), National Impacts Database Committee (NIDC) with ESCOP, Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN), Leadership for the 21st Century (LEAD21), Well-Connected Communities Initiative, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET).
• March 14-15 | Nebraska City, Nebraska
  Attachments: 2018 National Extension Directors and Administrators (NEDA)/Cooperative Extension Section (CES) Annual Meeting Planning Committee, BAA - Committee on Legislation and Policy (CLP), CES Culture of Health Partnership with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET), ECOP 4-H National Leadership Committee (including National 4-H Council), ECOP Program Committee – Civil Dialogue on Race Relations, ESCOP Diversity Catalyst Committee (DCC) Update, Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN), Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), National Urban Extension Leaders (NUEL) Coordinating Committee, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
   
• January 18
  Attachments are integrated into the document at the link provided: Email from Chuck Hibberd on Big Idea for the Future, Email from Helen Chipman, IMPORTANT - EFNEP program policy change

2016 ECOP Meeting Minutes

• September 20, 22 | Moran, WY
  Attachments: Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) funding request, EDA Team Roles and Expectations, Innovation Task Force Executive Summary, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National 4-H Council Board of Trustees, SNAP-ED Program Development Team funding, ECOP 2017 Budget, ECOP 2017 Calendar, ECOP 2017 Emphasis Areas and Ongoing Priorities, APLU-Mexico MOU Implementation.
• July 18-19 | San Antonio, TX
  Attachments: National System Task Force Report, Private Resource Mobilization Task Force, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture Update, Farm Bill 2018 Extension Priorities, SNAP-ED, Request from BAA on antimicrobial resistance, Recommendation from Measuring Excellence in Extension, EDA Team roles and expectations, Policy Board of Directors Plan of Work and various other mid-year written reports.
• May 25
  Attachments: ECOP Private Resource Mobilization (PRM) Task Force Background and Charge, ECOP Regional Budget Discussion – Executive Committee email message (National summary) and 5 regional summaries, Results of ECOP Vote on Public Value Statement, Search process documents – Letter from Michelle Rodgers and ECOP Executive Director Search Process, Chair Report to ECOP – DC Visits 5.3.16 (USDA & NASDA), and Email Message, SUBJECT: ACTION BY 5.25.16 -- POW Working Groups recommendations.
• March 10-11 | Newark, DE
  Attachments: 4-H National Leadership Committee, APLU New Engagement, BAA - Policy Board of Directors, Board on Human Sciences, Budget and Legislative Committee, CES-NIFA Relations Follow-up, CMC, Chair Report, Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET), ECOP Budget Task Force, ED/A Team Review, ESS-CES/NEDA Draft Agenda, Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP), Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN), eXtension Foundation Board of Directors, Extension Journal Inc. Board of Directors (JOE), FY2017 proposed USDA-NIFA Budget – Cooperative Extension response , Health Implementation , Innovation Task Force Update, Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP), Leadership for the 21st Century (LEAD), MEiE, Mary Jane Willis Endowment, National 4-H Council, National Coalition for Food and Agriculture Research (NC-FAR), National Impacts Database Committee, National System Task Force, NUEL, Personnel Committee, Private Resource Mobilization, Program Committee
• January 27
  Attachments: Minutes of last meeting, Innovation Task Force Proposal, ED/A Team Review, ECOP-ESCOP Chairs DC visit

Minutes of ECOP Sub-committees

Executive Committee Minutes
  -- National Impacts Database Committee with ESCOP

Budget & Legislative Committee Minutes

Professional Development (formerly Personnel) Committee Minutes

Program Committee Minutes
  -- Health Implementation Team with ESCOP (2015-2017)
  -- Strategic Opportunities Document (2012)

4-H Leadership Committee
  -- 4-H Partners Memorandum of Understanding (2019)
  -- 4-H Leadership Committee (Member access only)

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