Alii, Greetings, Hafa Adai, Talofa, Mogethin, Kaselehlie, Ran annim, Lenwo, Iakwe, Aloha!
Times: Tuesday afternoon, May 13, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (Pacific). 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. (Mountain), 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Alaska), noon – 2:00 p.m. (Honolulu), 11:00 -1:00 p.m. (Pago Pago)
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025, 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. (Guam & Saipan) and Wednesday, May 14th, 9:00 a.m. (Pohnpei).
3:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions – Jacob DeDeckerSomeone please volunteer to take the minutes from today’s meeting
3:05 p.m. Roll Call/Sound Check – Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom
3:10 p.m. Guest Speaker, Jo Britt Rankin, Extension Professor in the Dept of Health Sciences. Administrative Director for the SNAP-Ed and Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) grants for the University of Missouri Extension, and an Executive Committee member of the LGU SNAP-Ed Program Development Team.
WEDA Business Meeting
3:35 p.m. Approve May Meeting Minutes – Jeremy Elliott-Engel
Old Business:
3:35 p.m.
Qualitative review of top institutional needs (program and professional development) generated during the WPOLC/WEDA session in Reno. – Alda Norris. (Attachment)
Brief discussion from the First Friday’s Program focused on the 2025 President’s Budget
Update on Western Regional Joint Summer Meeting, June 23 – 26, 2025, Laramie, WY – Mandy Marney
Summer Meeting
Please book your hotel and register NOW for the joint Western Region Summer meeting in Laramie, Wyoming, June 23-26, 2025. The agenda is on the ticket home page along with links to the two hotel pages.
Please note we recommend flying into Denver and renting a car.
Buy tickets – Joint Summer Meeting- Laramie WY – University of Wyoming
New Business:
4:10 p.m. Proposed WEDA 2026 Budget (Please see attached budget and 2025 budget report) – Doreen
4:25 p.m. Update on Presidential Executive Order – AI - 4-H and Extension
4:35 p.m. ECOP Committee Updates:
Executive Committee – Barbara Petty
Professional Development – Jon Boren
Programs Committee – Brent Hales
Extension Foundation – Vicki McCracken
4:45 p.m. WEDA Committee Updates
Nominating Committee – Cody Stone, Jon Boren, and Jeremy Elliott-Engel
4:50 p.m. Update from ED – Doreen Hauser-Lindstrom
Brainstorm topics for group discussions in Laramie
5:00 p.m. Adjourn
Next WEDA meeting: Face-to-face, Tuesday, June 23 – 26th, 2025, Laramie, WY