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'''Connection Information:'''
*Friday, July 10, 2009. 9:00 Central Time (10:00 Eastern)
*Conference call #: 309-747-2560, enter participant code 235023# 

'''Agenda Items:'''

* Roll call
* Minutes from April 16, 2009 meeting posted at http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Southern_PLN-IT_Meetings
* Review outstanding items on Plan of Work (see footnote): 
# Complete development of the Moodle module on Information Security located at http://pdc.extension.org (Jonathan Davis)
#* Status Update: The material has been loaded into Moodle and is being reviewed.
# Engage in discussions on best practices for training (Jim Segers)
# Continue communicating and promoting eXtension activities to our state constituents (individual efforts)
#* Develop Institutional Teams or promote Institutional Team involvement
#* Clearly define IT's role within the Institutional Team
#* Clarifying that eXtension's mission is content creation and delivery, rather than an IT initiative.
#* Implement Ask an Expert widget in appropriate web community sites (county or content teams)
#* Encourage use of FAQ database
* Additional Items
** Strategic conversations: At the July 6 eXtension IT Advisory Committee, Kevin Gamble proposed the idea of "unconferences" for engaging the Extension system in broader conversations surrounding key issues. One goal would be to move conversations out of the IT arena and engage individuals from all the program areas, communications, administration, etc. The concept is still in the early stages, and specific methods of conducting discussions (i.e. online, telephone, etc.) have yet to be identified. Some examples of topics are:
*#Duplicate content-- CES SEO strategy?
*#Online youth programming
*#intellectual property and copyright
*#Social media strategies
*#Budgets -- doing more with less
*#Other ideas for topics???

'''PLN Meeting in Orlando'''
* August 24 - 27, 2009: http://srpln.msstate.edu/conferences/09pln/info.html
* Elect new PLC rep to replace Nina Boston: Jim Segers is interested in this position
* Tuesday, August 25
** The keynote session will be a discussion of the implications of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 on Southern Region Extension (Dr. L. Washington Lyons and Dr. Ron Brown) and expected changes in the years to come from the Federal level (Dr. Deborah Sheely, CSREES).  Time should be allowed in the first PC meeting (10:00-12:00) to discuss these presentations and complete the report forms found on the SR-PLN website at http://srpln.msstate.edu/conferences/09pln/ppt/pln_report_out.ppt.  Each committee will be asked to report on their discussion at the 1:30 General Session. Completed PowerPoint templates should be forwarded to Alan Barefield (alanb@srdc.msstate.edu) by 12:00 noon.
* Wednesday, August 26
** The 1:00-3:00 PC session will be devoted to cross committee discussion on a variety of issues critical to the future of Southern Region Extension.  Each PC is asked to disperse its membership among the 10 issue areas by completing the form found on the SR-PLN website at http://srpln.msstate.edu/conferences/09pln/ppt/issue_discussion_roster.doc.  Facilitators from the University of Florida will assist with the discussion in each of the sessions.  Notes from each discussion will be captured and provided to PC Chairs.  Also, time should be set aside in the Thursday, August 27 PC meetings to discuss the cross-committee issues and each PC should develop an action plan to deal with 3-5 of these issues on a regional, cross-committee basis.  These action plans should be submitted to Rachel Welborn (rachelw@srdc.msstate.edu) by September 30 for presentation to AEA and ASRED.
*** '''Internal Issues'''
**** Human Capital
**** Organizational Relevance
**** Physical Resources (including Financial and facility resources)
**** Technology
*** '''External Issues'''
**** Availability of a Wholesome and Safe Food Supply
**** Benchmarking Program Impacts
**** Energy
**** Health Education
**** Leadership Development
**** Natural Resource Base (including climate change and water quality)
** Committee Night Out
* Thursday, August 27
** Updates of the 2008-2009 Program Committee Plans of Work (due by noon)
** Development of the 2009-2010 Program Committee Plan of Work (due by noon)
** Program Committee Accomplishment Report is due on the Accomplishment Report Wiki 


* Adjourn (Next meeting: PLN in Orlando, August 24-27)


NOTE: the following POW items were completed or removed at prior meetings:
# COMPLETED: Work with committee advisor to identify PLN IT representatives from states which have not been represented recently and to encourage their participation.
# COMPLETED: Maintain the resource list of social media tools which is available on the eXtension web site.
# REMOVED: Explore a common approach for collecting data and incorporating requirements for the Education and Administrative Reporting System (EARS), in coordination with the FCS Committee.