Archived Newsletters - December 2006
Welcome to the Inaugural Edition of the
CES Strategic Planning Initiative Newsletter!
| It's my idea |
 Followers
of the history of Wisconsin's Cooperative Extension note with
pride that Ernest L. Luther, working from his Indian motorcycle
through Oneida County in 1912, was one of the nation's first
Extension Agents. In 1911, the state legislature provided funds
for the university and counties to jointly employ agriculturists
and the Oneida County Board was the first county to request
this service. In 1935, Luther became one of our first historians
when he authored, "Wisconsin History of Agricultural Extension."
Find out about 1908 planning efforts, 1911 urban programming,
and much more in this short  article by
steering committee member, John Preissing. For a timeline
history of Extension in Wisconsin, see: http://www.uwex.edu/about/history/ |
Cooperative Extension's Strategic
Planning Committee has launched this interactive newsletter
to get the conversation about organizational planning started and
to maintain an open channel of two-way communication between the
steering committee and everyone in our organization. In this newsletter,
we'll provide updates about our process and timeline,
and opportunities to provide feedback on our message
board. You'll hear from us following each of our major meetings
and we will provide you with access to our agendas
and meeting minutes.
Why did we call this newsletter, "Whose Idea is it Anyway?"
The Wisconsin
Idea embodies the foundation and purpose of our institution,
and the Wisconsin Idea belongs to all of us: County support
staff; the residents of our state and counties; nutrition educators;
faculty; academic staff; center and unit specialists; classified
staff; limited-term employees; tribal colleges; integrated specialists;
administration; and all of our institutional and external partners.
Our sincere wish is to create a process that builds on our rich
past and involves all of our stakeholders in a grassroots movement
to create our future.
 The
Idea:
In future issues of "Whose Idea is it Anyway?" we'll highlight people
who personify the Wisconsin Idea. Candidates may include voices from
the past, present and future including our stakeholders, partners,
educators, administrators, historical figures, and previous Wisconsin
Idea Award Recipients. In the next issue, we'll feature the pioneering
work of Booker T. Washington.
Nominate yourself
or a stakeholder to be featured in Whose Idea is it Anyway.
Where are we in the Process?
The Steering Committee has
been working on defining our team's purpose, values, and operating
procedures. We've also begun "planning for planning," identifying
the purpose of the process, and designing the process itself. We'll
provide updates about the design in our next newsletter.
Connecting with Other Initiatives
When opportunities present themselves, we'd like to make connections
to our additional institutional initiatives: Transformational
Education, Responsibility
Based Culture, Multicultural
Awareness Training, Community
Partner Advisory Groups, UW-Colleges
and UW-Extension Integration, and other organizational development
principles.
We utilized RBC resources while creating our team values. Access
the Lifeline
Activity we used as a method for discussing our values and use
the exercise with a group you are working with.
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