COMMISSION ON OUTREACH
MINUTES
November 9, 2000


Attendance:  Irene Leech, Susan Sumner, John Arbogast, David Travis for Dave
Barrett, Della Baker, Greg Boardman, Sarah Burkett, Mike Bertelsen for S. K.
De Datta, Jim Johnson, Clark Jones (telecon), James Littlefield, Nancy Metz,
Eric Pappas, Jim Parkhurst, Janet Prillaman (telecon), Andy Swiger, Dee
Whittier, Tom Wilkinson, Deb Williams

Absence: Joe Marcy, Doug McAlister, Marie Paget, Ted Settle, Dylan Eastman

1.      Welcome and Introductions
                Irene Leech welcomed everyone to the meeting.  Clark Jones
and Janet Prillaman participated by phone.

2.      Agenda Approval
        The agenda was approved as presented.

3.      Approval of Minutes, October 12, 2000
The October 12, 2000 minutes were approved as presented.

4.      Continuing Business

                        *       Outreach Strategic Action Plan Resolution
                                At the request of Jim Bohland, Irene Leech
drafted an outreach vision statement and strategic action steps resolution
for University Council approval.  One change has been made in the fifth
paragraph correcting a typographical error from "TO" to "to".

                        *       Awards Letter
                                Nancy Metz reported that the call for the
Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence was sent out early in November with a
nomination deadline of January 17, 2001.   This award is sent out at
approximately the same time as the Virginia Cooperative Extension Alumni
Association for Extension Excellence Award.   Recipients of these awards
will be inducted into the Academy of Outreach Excellence.

                                The call for the Alumni Award for Outreach
Excellence was sent to  Deans, Directors and Department Heads.  Deb Williams
asked that the call be sent electronically to the presidents of the Staff
and Faculty Senates, for a broader university distribution.

                        *       Symposium Committee
                                The function of this committee is to help
showcase outreach efforts by  individual colleges to all interested faculty,
especially for faculty who are coming up for tenure. Suggestions included
trade fairs with booths where faculty can make presentations, or all day
functions with a guest speaker for a luncheon.  Costs for this type of
function were discussed with suggestions that individual colleges may be
asked to assist.  Advertising through the Virginia Tech web page was
suggested.

                        *       Southside Project
                                Two job announcements are being advertised
at this time to begin staffing a new higher education center in Danville, to
be built within the next two years.  The director of university outreach
programs will report to Clark Jones, and the director of economic
development, knowledge based economy will report to John Phillips.
Screening of applications will begin this month.  More than twelve
applications have been received for the director's position and at least
five for the economic development position.  More applications are
anticipated to follow.  These positions will be filled between January and
March, 2001.

5.      New Business

                *       Southwest Outreach and Economic Council
                                This is the first council to be used as a
pilot project to assist Virginia Tech west of the New River Valley.  There
are plans to have 5 or 6 councils in place.  Twenty people have been invited
to serve on this council to define needs, one-half from the private sector
and one-half  from the public sector.  Public Service Programs will manage
this council.

                *       Meeting with Outreach Council
                Clark Jones will invite the Outreach Council, consisting of
associate
                                deans from each college, to attend the
December Commission on Outreach meeting to help  the commission with
outreach planning.  Presentations will be given by Mr. Earving L. Blythe,
Vice President for Information Systems,  "Enhancing Regional Competitiveness
through Early Access to Advanced network Technology," and Dr. Leonard A.
Ferrari, Vice Provost for Special Initiatives, "Institute for Information
Technology in Northern Virginia and Virginia Tech."  Dr. Ferrari is shaping
this concept now.  Both projects are high outreach initiatives.

6.      Presentation

                        Della Baker presented "The Entrepreneurial
Institution an as an Engaged Institution:  Meeting the Seven-Part Test."

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Price
Recording Secretary