Agenda:
- 1:00 pm: WEDA Meeting
- Welcome
- Review Agenda
- Introductions
- 1:10 pm: Multi-State Grants
- Bret Hess, agInnovation-West ED
- 1:30 pm: Western Rural Development Center Update
- Paul Lewin, WRDC
- Jim Lindstrom, WRDC
- 1:50 pm: Approve February WEDA meeting minutes
- 1:50 pm: Prepare for Involvement with Leadership Conference – Kris and Daniel
- Brief Institutional Updates – Approx. 4 minutes per Institution
- Topic: Ideas to include: a success; a recent development and a challenge for discussion.
- 3:40 pm: WEDA and WREN
- Upcoming Plan of Work and Accomplishments
- 4:oo pm: WEDA and WPOLC
- WEDA Awards
- Upcoming Plan of Work and Accomplishments
- 4:30 pm: Update from WELD – Mandy Marney
- Proposal on how to share Projects
- 4:45 pm: Cont. Institutional Updates
- Share information on Joint Summer Meeting – Doreen
- Dinner Thursday eve in Hilo
- Schedule ED Time with each Director
- 5:15 pm: Adjourn
Upcoming Meetings:
- Next Zoom meeting, Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 3:00 p.m. (Pacific)
- Zoom meeting, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 3:00 p.m. (Pacific)
- Joint Summer Meeting, June 22-26, 2026, Hilo, HI
- National Joint Extension and Research Directors Meeting, September 14-17, 2026, Seattle, WA
Attachments
WREN Plan of Work
WPOLC Plan of Work
Alliance Western Excellence