July 20, 2008

Resources for the First CPAG Meeting

• Introduction to UW-Extension Cooperative Extension
• New Member Orientation Information
• CPAGS and the Open Meetings Law
• First Meeting Agenda Examples
• Additional Meeting Resources

Introduction to UW-Extension Cooperative Extension

• County CPAG Orientation (45 slides 9530 KB)
• Links to demographic information to customize your presentation:
  • County Economic Profile Data
  • US Census Bureau
  • American Fact Finder (through the US Census Bureau) Population, housing, economic, and geography data

PLEASE NOTE:  This presentation was designed to be customized by each county.  Many of the graphics have references to "insert county information" here, or similar language.  Please go through the entire presentation and customize it to fit the needs of your county.  If some of the graphics aren't necessary for your use, please delete those graphics from the presentation before using it at your stakeholder meeting.

One last tip.  The presentation will work much better if you run it from your computer's hard drive.  Copying the PowerPoint to a CD and running it from the disc is NOT recommended.  If you run it from the disc there will be a noticeable drop in the overall smoothness of operation, hence the recommendation to run it from your computer's hard drive.  If you have any questions feel free to call or email me.  Thanks.  And please let us know how well the presentation worked for you.  Your suggestions for changes are welcome and needed to make the PowerPoint an important tool in the CPAG toolbox!

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New Member Orientation Information

You might be interested in assembling a folder or binder of local and state Cooperative Extension information for new members. Following are some statewide resources that you may find helpful to include:

• Welcome Letter from Dean Rick Klemme to CPAG Members (1 page, 61 KB)
• General Photo Releases for UW Extension. We encourage each county to get photo releases from their CPAG members to enable us to better tell the CPAG story through this website and local and state publications.
• Glossary of Extension Terms (5 pages, 220 KB)
• Cooperative Extension At-A-Glance. (9 pages, 1.41 MB) Included is information about our budget, teaching contacts, program area overviews, organizational assets and more..

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CPAGs and the Open Meetings Law

Are CPAGs subject to the open meetings law?? This article by Dan Hill will help to answer that question!

• CPAGs and the Open Meetings Law (1 page, 92 KB)

First Meeting Agenda Examples

• First Meeting Agenda Example 1 (1 page, 24 KB)
• First Meeting Agenda Example 2 (1 page, 84 KB)
• First Meeting Agenda Example 3 (1 page, 20 KB)

Additional Meeting Resources

Meeting activities, ice breakers, and colleagues who can serve as resources!

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