Minutes and Section Reports of the BAA Policy Board of Directors

March 3, 2020

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting (draft)

Section Annual Reports: 

• Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC) BAC Report (March 3, 2020) -- Gary Thompson
• ACOP ACOP Report -- Susan Sumner
• International Ag Section IAS Report -- John R. Vreyens
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities 1890 Report -- Carolyn Williams
• 1994 Land-Grant Universities -- No Representative or Report
• Non-Land-Grant -- Bill Brown
• Experiment Station Section (ESCOP) (ESCOP Report (March 3, 2020) -- Gary Thompson

November 12, 2019

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting (draft)

• Board on Agriculture Assembly Budget -- 2020 (draft)
• Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Budget -- 2020 (draft)_
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Scope of Work -- 2020
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Quarterly Report -- Third Quarter 2019
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Progress Report -- Third Quarter 2019

2019 Board on Agriculture Assembly Annual Report

      Section Annual Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report -- R. Elaine Turner
• Administrative Heads Section Report -- Thomas G. Coon
• Cooperative Extension Section Report -- Michelle S. Rodgers
• Experiment Station Section Report -- Gary A.Thompson
• International Agriculture Section Report -- John R. Vreyens
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report -- Mark Latimore, Jr.
• 1994 Land-Grant Universities' Report -- Stephen R. Yanni
• Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report -- Lee S. Yudin
• APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report -- Cindy L. Akers
   

July 24, 2019

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting (draft)

April 11, 2019

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• Report on the 2020 Policy Board of Directors' Election

March 11, 2019

In accordance with the Board on Agriculture Assembly’s Rules of Operation (Article III, Section 2(b)(4)), the Policy Board of Directors elected the following to serve as the 1994 Institutions' Director and Alternate through 2019:

• Steve Yanni, Bay Mills Community College will serve as the 1994 Institutions' Director
• Charlene Carr, Institute of American Indian Arts will serve as the 1994 Institutions' alternate

The 1994 Institutions will be participating in the 2020 election of the BAA Policy Board of Directors.

February 27, 2019

By an electronic vote, approved the following recommendations for Fiscal Year 2020 budget recommendations from the BAA Budget and Advocacy Committee:

• thank members of Congress for supporting the $100-million increase in funding for BAA priorities
• request an additional $125-million increase for BAA budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2020 in the following areas --
  • Hatch Funds                                                            $292.00 million
  • Smith-Lever Funds                                                $359.00 million
  • McIntire-Stennis Forestry Funds                      $  41.00 million
  • Evans-Allen Funds                                                  $  67.00 million
  • 1890 Extension Funds                                            $  57.00 million
  • Agriculture and Food Research Initiative      $440.00 million

The draft one-pager that accompanied the numbers can be found here.

December 7, 2018

The APLU Board on Human Sciences (BoHS) requested a liaison from the Council of Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET) and the CARET Executive Committee approved the request from the BoHS pending approval from the BAA Policy Board of Directors. The BoHS request is here.

The BAA Policy Board of Directors of the APLU Board on Agriculture Assembly approved the recommendation from the Executive Committee of the Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET) to provide a liaison from CARET to the APLU Board on Human Sciences (BoHS).

November 13, 2018

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting (draft)

• Board on Agriculture Assembly Budget -- 2019
• Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Budget -- 2019
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Scope of Work -- 2019
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Quarterly Report -- Third Quarter
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Progress Report -- Third Quarter
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Quarterly Report -- Second Quarter
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Progress Report -- Second Quarter
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Quarterly Report -- First Quarter
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Progress Report -- First Quarter

Board on Agriculture Assembly Annual Report

      Section Annual Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report -- R. Elaine Turner
• Administrative Heads Section Report -- Kenneth L. White
• Cooperative Extension Section Report -- Michelle S. Rodgers
• Experiment Station Section Report -- Gary A.Thompson
• International Agriculture Section Report -- Gretchen C. Neisler
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report -- Mark Latimore, Jr.
• Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report -- Robert W. Godrey
• APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report -- Cindy L. Akers
   

July 18, 2018

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting (draft)

May 29, 2018

By voice vote:

• received a recommendation from the APLU Vice President, FANR Search Committee relating to the successful candidate being put forward for the position currently being held by Dr. Ian L. Maw. The Search Committee indicated that three candidates had been interviewed and two of the three were acceptable. It was indicated that they had a ranked recommendation, and the BAA Policy Board of Directors accepted their recommendation and instructed APLU, through Dr. Ian L. Maw, to make an offer to the preferred candidate. The BAA offer has been made and accepted. Dr. Douglas L. Steele will become the next APLU Vice President for Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources on January 2, 2019.

March 21, 2018

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• Forest Health Initiative Information
• Culture of Health Initiative:  Well-Connected Communities
• Draft Letter from the BAA and Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation
• Report on the 2019 Policy Board of Directors' Election
   

February 26, 2018

By electronic vote:

• Approved the recommendations of the BAA Budget and Advocacy Committee’s Fiscal Year 2019 budget recommendations –
   
  • Continue with the One-Ask request for NIFA that called for a $200-million increase and adopted the same six priorities and funding levels as were adopted and approved by the BAA Policy Board of Directors for Fiscal Year 2018, and those are:
     
    • Agriculture and Food Research Initiative                      $418.129 million
    • Hatch Act of 1887                                                                     $291.138 million
    • Smith-Lever Act of 1914                                                         $358.396 million
    • McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act of 1972      $ 40.572 million
    • Evans-Allen Act of 1977                                                            $ 64.732 million
    • 1890 Extension Program                                                          $ 54.500 million
       
  • The BAA requests that Cornerstone Government Affairs work to see that Congress does “no harm” to the other relevant budget lines of USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
     
  • BAC Chairman McMeans will form a task force to look at the distribution formula for any increases that was used in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget cycle and will charge them to bring back to the BAC and Policy Board of Directors potential alternate formulas for funding for the 1890 institutions in Fiscal Year 2020 and beyond.
     

February 9, 2018

By electronic vote:

• Elected Deb Hamernik, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, and Associate Dean/ Associate Director, Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln to serve as the alternate Experiment Station Director which became vacant with the retirement of Clarence E. Watson (University of Arkansas). The Experiment Station Section submitted the names of Dr. Deb Hamernik (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and Dr. Jan Nyrop (Cornell University) to stand for election by the BAA Policy Board of Directors.
   

November 14, 2017

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• BAA Budget -- 2018
• CARET Budget -- 2018
• Positioning the Communications and Marketing Committee
• Progress Report -- Third Quarter, Cornerstone Government Affairs
• Scope of Work for Cornerstone Government Affairs -- 2018 

Section Annual Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
• APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report
   

September 27, 2017

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Conference Call

• Draft Letter from the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR)
• Draft Farm Bill Recommendations from SoAR
   

July 19, 2017

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting
 

April 4, 2017

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• Report to the BAA Policy Board of Directors on the 2018 BAA Elections
• AHS-CES-ESS Communications and Marketing Committee --
  • Minutes from the March 5, 2017 Meeting
  • kglobal Report -- Fourth Quarter 2016
• Excerpts from The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Capital Investment Strategy (April 2012)
• Implementation Strategy -- Healthy Food Systems/Healthy People Initiative (Final Draft)
• BAA Policy Board of Directors' Plan of Work 2017-2022 (Final)
• BAA Policy Board of Directors' Reporting Form for 2017-2022 (Draft)
• BAA Policy Board of Directors Reporting Form for 2017-2022 (Approved)

Section Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
• APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report
   

February 22, 2017

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Conference Call

• Fiscal Year 2018 One-Pager
• Option A-B Spreadsheet
• FAQs Document
    

November 15, 2016

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• Post-Election Analysis of the 2017 BAA Policy Board of Directors' Election
• Proposed 2017 CARET Budget
• Proposed 2017 BAA Budget
• Quarterly Report of the Communications and Marketing Committee -- Third Quarter 2016
• Communications and Marketing Committee Agenda Brief for the Experiment Station Section -- November 2016
• Public Value Statement for the Board on Agriculture Assembly

Section Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
• APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report
   

July 20, 2016

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting (draft)

• Proposed revisions to the BAA Process for Advancing New Budget Initiatives

Section Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
• APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report

May 6, 2016

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Conference Call

• Proposal to develop a public value statement for food, agriculture, and natural resources programs of public universities

March 22, 2016

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• Timeline for the BAA Committee on Legislation and Policy on the 2018 Farm Bill
• Land-Grant University Document (Short Version)
• Policy Board of Directors' Plan of Work for 2011-1016
• Policy Board of Directors' Reporting Form for the Sections
• Report on the 2017 PBD Election

Section Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report (no report submitted)
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
•  Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
•  APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report
   

February 16, 2016

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Conference Call

November 15, 2015

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• CARET budget for 2016
   
• Board on Agriculture Assembly Budget for 2016
  
  Final Report of the Healthy Food Systems, Healthy People Initiative Steering Committee
  • Executive Summary of the Final Report of the Healthy Food Systems, Healthy People Initiative Steering Committee

• Recommendation from the BAA Budget and Advocacy Committee on Process for New Funding Initiatives
   

Section Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report (no report submitted)
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report (no report submitted)
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• 1994 Land-Grant Universities' Report (no report submitted - AIHEC withdrew from APLU)
•  Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
•  APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report
   

July 22, 2015

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• Response from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (U. S. Department of Agriculture) on the implementation of the Crop Protection Pest Management Program
• Response from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (U. S. Department of Agriculture) on the National Initiative on the Improvement of Water Security

Section Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• 1994 Land-Grant Universities' Report
•  Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
•  APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report

March 31, 2015

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting (draft)

• CMC Report to the BAA Policy Board of Directors
• kglobal Message Testing Report
• Roger Sharpe Letter to the BAA Committee on Legislation and Policy
• Roger Sharpe's Scholarly Resume
• Report on the 2016 PBD Election

Section Reports

• Academic Programs Section Report
• Administrative Heads Section Report
• Cooperative Extension Section Report
• Experiment Station Section Report 
• International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• 1994 Land-Grant Universities' Report
•  Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
•  APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report
   

February 11, 2015

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Conference Call

Draft "Dear Colleague" to Members of Congress on Agricultural Research
 

November 4, 2014

Minutes of the Policy Board of Directors' Meeting

• Proposed CARET Budget for 2015
• Proposed BAA Budget for 2015
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Quarterly Report -- Third Quarter
• Cornerstone Government Affairs' Progress Report Through September 30, 2014
• Scope of Work for the 2015 Cornerstone Government Affairs' Contract

Section Reports

•  Academic Programs Section Report
•  Administrative Heads Section Report (no report submitted)
•  Cooperative Extension Section Report
•  Experiment Station Section Report
•  International Agriculture Section Report
• 1890 Land-Grant Universities' Report
• 1994 Land-Grant Universities' Report
•  Insular/Territorial Institutions' Report
•  APLU Non-Land-Grant Institutions' Report