MIDWEST AREA LEADERSHIP MEETING

NOVEMBER 14-15, 2007

Hilton, St. Louis at the Ballpark

 

Tuesday, November 13

Travel Day

5:00 p.m.          Informal reception – Grand Foyer

 

Wednesday, November 14

 

7:15 a.m.          Continental breakfast and registration – Gateway 3 & 4

 

7:45 a.m.          Opening welcome, meeting logistics – Harry Danforth

 

8:00 a.m.          Administrator’s Remarks – Edward Knipling

Moderator:  Harry Danforth

 

8:30 a.m.          Panel on Budget, Farm Bill Initiatives, and Reorganization Proposals

                        Joe Garbarino, Caird Rexroad, Jim Bradley, Mike Arnold

Moderator:  Kurt Zuelke

 

10:30 a.m.         Break – Outside Gateway 3 & 4

 

11:00 a.m.         Q&A Discussion with the Panel 

Moderator:  Kurt Zuelke

 

12:00                Organized Lunch – Gateway 2

 

1:00 p.m.          Ethics Considerations for Outside Activities – Harry Danforth

Moderator:  Jerry Hatfield

 

2:00 p.m.          Performance Appraisals – Karen Brownell, John Sadler, J. L. Willett, Steve Shafer, Terry Nelsen

Moderator:  John Sadler  Attachments: Performance Appraisal Guidelines, EEO/Civil Rights Performance Element, EEO/Civil Rights Performance Element – Additional Examples, EEO/Civil Rights Performance Element – Illustrative Examples

 

2:45 p.m.          Preview of the New AO Position Description – Karen Brownell

                        Moderator:  John Sadler

 

3:00 p.m.          Break

 

3:30 p.m.          Midwest Area Biofuels Technology Showcase – Kate O’Hara

                        Moderator:  Steve Shafer

 

3:45 p.m.          Civil Rights and Legal Issues – Don McLellan & Neha Hewitt

Moderator:  Phil Simon

 

4:45 p.m.          “As American as Apple Pie” – Sandy Miller Hays

Moderator:  Jan Overton

 

5:15 p.m.          Adjourn for the day

 

 

Thursday, November 15

                       

7:15 – 7:50        Continental Breakfast – Gateway 2

 

8:00 a.m.          Research Leaders’ Roundtable Session – Gateway 3 & 4

Moderators:  J. L. Willett & John Sadler

 

8:00 a.m.          Section Head, Administrative Officers & Secretaries Breakout Session – Manchester Room, 4^th floor of the West Tower

Moderator:  Diane Strub

 

8:00 – 8:45 Listening Post – Jim Bradley and others

 

8:45 - 9:15 Breakout  - Facilitated Session

 

9:15 – 9:40 Break

 

9:40 – 10:00 Report Out from the Facilitated Session

 

At 10:00 the Section Heads and Administrative Officers will return to the General Session.   The Secretaries will remain in the room until noon. 

 

            Secretaries Session:

            10:00 – 10:10 – Highlights from the PASTG – Brittney Mernick

           

            10:10 – 10:40 – ARIS Do’s and Don’ts – Lori Wilson-Voss

            Moderator:  Lori Burma

 

            10:40 – 11:00 – Outlook Tips & Tricks – Paula Snell

            Moderator:  Mindy Barber

 

            11:00 – 12:00 – Travel – Kit Mernick

            Moderator:  Debi Schaefer

 

10:00 a.m.         Building Coalitions with Stakeholders and Congress:  Part I – Richard McCaffery  Moderator: Charles Krause

                        Building Coalitions with Stakeholders and Congress:  Part II

 

 

12:00                Lunch and Awards Presentation – Gateway 2

Moderator:  Steve Shafer

 

 

1:30 p.m.          Effective Milestones and Contingencies in Research Project Plans

– Gateway 3 & 4

Jerry Hatfield & Harry Danforth

Moderator: John Baker

 

2:00 p.m.          ARMPS and SRMP – Steve Shafer & Diane Strub

Moderator: Christy Gibson

 

3:00 p.m.          Break

 

3:30 p.m.          Money In and Out – Terry Nelsen, Martha Steinbock, Sherri Carroll, Harry Danforth, and Diane Strub

Moderator: Carol Moran

 

5:00 p.m.          Closing Remarks – Steve Shafer

 

5:15 p.m.          Adjourn

 

 

Friday, November 16

Travel Day