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If you haven't already paid your state/national dues - you have until March 15, 2008 to do so and still be eligible for all of the NACAA Awards Programs listed below. Don't miss out on the opportunities available to you. Dues to NACAA are $50 annually.
How accurate is your contact information in our database? If you want to check the current information we have on file for you - it can simply be done by logging in to our on-line database. If it's the first time you've gone to the database, you'll need to request a password - and one will be generated for you and emailed back to you for easy access. It's important to keep this information up to date, as this is the database we use to send all of our electronic and hard mail correspondence.
If you are unable to access the database - it may be that NACAA has not received your dues for 2008. Please contact your State Association Secretary/Treasurer who handles dues payment - to verify your membership.
The 2008 Awards Program is well underway with final submissions due by March 15, 2008.
Did you know... you can be recognized for your outstanding programming that took place during the last 12 months and be recognized at the AM/PIC as a state, regional and national winner?
Did you know... for many of these awards can be rewarded monetarily? NACAA thru it's generous donors/sponsors has over $30,000 that is awarded annually to our members in recognition of what you do on a daily basis within your county/region.
Did you know... many times the recognition you receive on a state, regional and national level is a vital tool in your career development/advancement?
If you can't find your January 2008 edition of "The County Agent" - all of the award forms and applications are available on-line at www.nacaa.com
Click on the links below to see the awards category pages.
One special note of interest - this is the first year that the Electronic Journal committee has developed an opportunity for Papers to be Published in the 2008 NACAA AM/PIC Proceedings. Please make sure to check out this new opportunity.
Public Issues Leadership Development Conference
April 28-30, 2008
Washington DC
The 2008 Public Issues Leadership Development Conference (PILD) is designed to keep Extension professionals abreast of changing public issues that impact our communities and affect Extension programming. Open to Extension educators, Directors/Administrators, Specialists and State Volunteer Delegates (maximum of 12 per state), PILD provides the unique opportunity for learning about the federal legislative process and interaction with federal decision makers.
For more information on this conference and to register online, please visit:
http://www.jcep.org/pild.htm
JCEP also sponsors a poster session during PILD with selected attendees receiving $100 for exhibiting. Deadline to apply to exhibit a poster is March 7. For more information, please visit: 2008 Poster Session - Request for Proposals (PDF)
On-line Registration for the 2008 AM/PIC will be available by April 1, 2008. A link for the registration will be available at www.nacaa.com on the very front page. Check out the AM/PIC 2008 website now for a "sneak-peak" at what is being planned - http://www.ncacaa.org/2008ampic/
NACAA has offered an incentive plan to members who bring in new sponsors. The program is as follows:
| Sponsor Level | Incentive |
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| $2,000 - $4,999 | AM/PIC registration fee reimbursed |
| $5,000 - $9,999 | AM/PIC registration fee reimbursed and $500 travel voucher to attend the AM/PIC |
| $10,000 - up | AM/PIC registration fee reimbursed and $1,000 travel voucher to attend the AM/PIC |
If you have a local/regional/national sponsor that you think would be a good fit for NACAA - contact Rick Gibson at gibsonrd@Ag.arizona.edu or Scott Hawbaker - nacaaemail@aol.com and we'll be glad to assist you in preparing a donor/sponsor proposal that can be presented.
Annually, NACAA counts on over $100,000 in donor/sponsor support to help defray the costs associated with the Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference. This support helps NACAA keep registration fees lower than most other conferences and allows NACAA to continue to offer a wide variety of Award Programs.