Agenda Item

Action Items

1.0

ESS Business Meeting – Call to order, Clarence Watson, Chair

• Approval of the Agenda - Approved
• Approval of the ESS Meeting Minutes on September 15, 2009 held in Oklahoma City, OK - Approved
• Approval of Interim Actions - Approved
  

4.0

Communication and Marketing Committee Actions:

Recommendation to approve assessment of $300,000 per year for three years to continue the ESCOP System Communication and Marketing effort with Podesta Group and Cornerstone.  Assessment will be included in APLU assessment invoice and prorated based on Hatch and Evans-Allen allocations to 1862 and 1890 institutions – Approved (46 for, 1 against, 5 abstain)

5.0

NRSP Review Committee Actions:

NRSP-1:

Recommendation to approve one year no cost extension - Approved (43 for, 0 against)

NRSP-3:

$50,000 FY’11 budget recommendation - Approved (40 for, 3 against)

NRSP-4:

Recommendation to renew project proposal from 2010 to 2015 - Approved (42 for, 1 against)

$481,182 FY'11 budget recommendation - Approved (41 for, 1 against)

NRSP-6:

Recommendation to renew project proposal from 2010 to 2015 – Approved (36 for, 7 against)

 $150,000 FY'11 budget recommendation - Approved (35 for, 7 against)

NRSP-7:

$325,000 FY'11 budget recommendation - Approved (40 for, 3 against)  -  If funds equal to or less than this amount become available to NRSP-7 through a Congressional special grant or equivalent funding mechanism during FY2010-11, that amount will not be distributed to NRSP-7 from Hatch MRF.

 NRSP-8:

$500,000 FY'11 budget recommendation - Approved (37 for, 6 against)

 NRSP 9 formerly NRSP_temp161:

Recommendation to approve new project proposal from 2010 to 2015 - Approved (33 for, 10 against)

Recommendation to approve $175,000 FY’11 budget from Hatch MRF off-the-top funds, with the expectation that at least $175,000 is raised from other sources during the 2010/11 fiscal year - Approved (32 for, 11 against)

 Excellence in Multistate Research Award Funds

Recommendation to approve FY'11 budget of $15,000 - Approved (38 for, 4 against)  

11.0

Approved the Nomination Committees recommendation for Lee Sommers to be the 2010/11 Chair-Elect and 2011/12 Chair for ESCOP.

12.0

Approved all resolutions