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With the release of the National IPM Roadmap and increased funding for the Center, these are exciting times for IPM in our region. The article at right tells how greater support and fresh ideas will help us do an even better job of enhancing IPM development and adoption.
Our Advisory Council played a key role in generating ideas that will be carried out over the next four years, sharing insights that will keep the Center linked to stakeholder concerns. At its most recent meeting, the group engaged in a SWOT analysis, a planning exercise that identifies organizational strengths (S) and weaknesses (W) and examines external opportunities (O) and threats (T). This process has helped us to focus our activities in areas where we are strong, to recognize and address weaknesses, and to take the greatest possible advantage of opportunities.
Several of the strengths we identified are tied to the diversity and multidisciplinary makeup of Center participants. Our wide spectrum of interests gives us numerous opportunities for creative collaboration and leadership. An assessment of weaknesses prompted us to provide greater support for Working Groups in the coming years, and to offer support for other worthwhile projects through competitive funding.
A new format for this newsletter reflects some of the changes at the Center. We’ve joined In the Center with Northeast IPM News to provide regional news in a single source. Our web sites, NortheastIPM.org and NEPMC.org, will also be consolidated over the next few months. We’ll continue to provide news about the Center as well as regional events, research developments, and other useful information.
This is the last newsletter in which I’ll write as the Center’s coordinator. Beginning in September, John Ayers and I will serve as co-directors of the NE IPMC.
– Jim VanKirk
Your Gardening Questions Answered by Experts
Expanded Funding and New Plans for the NE PMC
Northeastern Groups Make Headway on IPM Strategic Planning
Highlights from the Northeastern States
List of State IPM Coordinators
New York Publishes IPM Guidelines on the Web
For more information on IPM in the Northeast or for printed copies of this newsletter, contact Jim VanKirk (315.787.2378; jrv1@cornell.edu) or information specialist Liz Thomas (315.787.2626; egt3@cornell.edu), NYS IPM Program Office, NYSAES, 630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456. Writing and design by Elizabeth Myers (315-251-0713; ebm24@cornell.edu).
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Contents for Northeast IPM News, July 2003