The UNH Cooperative Extension Strategic Plan 2007-2012 has been printed and is ready for distribution.

Copies are being distributed to UNH administration, USNH Board of Trustees, extension staff, advisory council members and other key partners and organizations.

I have named to the Strategic Plan Implementation Team the following individuals: Charlene Baxter, Darrel Covell, Charlie French, Jim Grady (chair), Mike Koski, Amy Ouellette, Julia Peterson and Lisa Townson.

The charge to the implementation team is to take the next step of actualizing the strategic plan with assignment of responsibilities, resources, time frames for each action, and tracking/reporting of the plan's progress. Building on our past efforts, the implementation of our new five year strategic plan describing the organization we intend to become is a formidable charge.

A special thanks to Val Long for her superb facilitation of the strategic planning process and to each of the committee members - Juli Brussell, Amy Ouellette, Matt Tarr, Thom Linehan, Julia Peterson, Nancy Evans, Charlie French and Lisa Townson - for their commitment and effort in working with staff and stakeholders to create this excellent plan that will direct our organization in the coming years.