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August 15, 2002
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THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
In the last issue of Dean’s Notes, we announced that the Manufacturing Extension Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce has joined CTAHR as one of the services in a program we are calling the Business Development Partnership. In the following paragraphs, I want to give you the broad vision of the Partnership.

The vision of CTAHR is to "actively help Hawaii diversify its economy, ensure a sustainable environment, and strengthen its communities." The Business Development Partnership is a conceptual framework to allow us to achieve aspects of all three of these goals.

Agribusiness in Hawaii is a $2.4 billion industry that employs over 38,000 people. The state has 100,000 acres of agricultural land that could be put to profitable use to double the economic impact to the state’s economy. The key to achieving this goal is to help existing agribusinesses become more profitable and develop new, economically viable agribusinesses. Ways must be found to help agricultural entrepreneurs identify opportunity and build businesses that make enough money to sustain their families and those of their employees, allow for expansion, pay for their land, and contribute significantly to the economy of the state. CTAHR has a vital partnership role to play in this process.

We already have in place several programs that can be seen as part of the partnership: cost of production analyses, industry analyses, leadership development, merchandising, family resources, food safety, pesticide application training, waste management, agricultural diagnostics. Add to those the new Manufacturing Extension Program that has recently been added to our services, in which we cooperate with the College of Business Administration, and the agribusiness incubators we proposed to the last legislature and will propose again in 2003. The Manufacturing Extension Program will be used to improve existing businesses. The incubators will be used to encourage the successful development of new businesses.

The Business Development Partnership would group all these service programs and make it easier to channel the proper type of assistance to existing and aspiring businesses. The idea is to make CTAHR as responsive as possible, not only in the scope of service we provide but also in the speed with which we provide it, to the needs of the agribusiness community. We also envision developing stronger partnerships with agribusinesses, other colleges, state and federal agencies, landowners, financial institutions and other entities, and individuals who share the vision of strengthening agriculture.

Our goal under the Business Development Partnership is to double the value of agribusiness in Hawaii. The college and the agricultural industry have traditionally placed more emphasis on agricultural production (with some attention to post-harvest issues). Such focus has stood the state in good stead: virtually all diversified agriculture in Hawaii springs from research conducted by CTAHR over the years. Our focus must now expand to include value-added processing, marketing, market research, agribusiness incubation and development, etc.

The underlying aim of the Business Development Partnership is to coordinate our efforts on behalf of Hawaii agribusiness so as to demonstrate to government, business, and community leaders the extent to which CTAHR and its partners are helping not only agriculture but also the state of Hawaii.


MEETING TO CREATE THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
In what I have just said, I have presented the conceptual framework for the Business Development Partnership. What now must be done is to create the structure of the Partnership, to determine what it’s form and substance will be, to decide how it will work within CTAHR. We must all work together to create that structure. I am inviting anyone who is interested in helping to create this new program and becoming an active participant in it to attend a meeting to be held all day Thursday, September 5, in the Campus Center Ballroom. The Business Development Partnership is an exciting change in focus and direction for CTAHR. I hope that many of you will want to take advantage of this opportunity to shape the future of the college and become active participants in that future.

Details of the September 5 meeting are still being worked out. More information will be sent to you as plans are put in place.


MOLOKAI FISHPONDS TO BE FOCUS OF THAI VISIT
In January 2002, EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman shared with the king of Thailand examples of Hawaiian fishpond restoration on Molokai that incorporates traditional methods with current scientific technology. As an outcome of their visit, a high-level delegation of U.S. and Thai government officials and community representatives will come to Oahu and Molokai to study the methods. A ceremonial welcoming will be held at Kulana ‘Oiwi on Molokai August 27 between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. A meeting-end wrap up and future planning session is planned for August 30, 8:30 a.m. until noon. CTAHR agents have been intimately involved in the fishpond restoration project and will play an important part in the meetings with the Thai delegation.


MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES CES FOR ITS EFFORTS
In late June, the Maui County Council passed a resolution congratulating the University of Hawaii Cooperative Extension Service-CTAHR along with the Maui Association of Landscape Professionals and the Community Workday Program for their joint efforts in the Kalana O Maui Building Landscape Revitalization Project.

It’s gratifying when our work is formally recognized by community leaders. Thanks, Maui County CES for representing CTAHR so well.


SPACE COMMITTEE WORKING ON GUIDELINES AND POLICIES
With Marlene Hapai as the administration liaison, an ad hoc faculty committee is working on establishing guidelines and policies for CTAHR space allocation on the Manoa campus. It is hoped that the outcome of their efforts will be a comprehensive, consistent, fair program that will cover most space allocation issues within the college. The group (Catherine Cavaletto, Carl Evensen, Barbara Harger, Steven Spielman, Winston Su, and Mark Wright) is building on work done in 1996 by Cavaletto, David Christopher, Samir El-Swaify, Kenneth Grace, Bradley LeaMaster, Qingxiao Li, and Brent Sipes. Draft guidelines, draft policies, and proposed forms to facilitate the process have been created and will be shared with department chairs for their input before they are adopted as college policy.


EVENT REMINDERS FROM OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS
*Recruiting Workshop (invitational)
An invitational recruiting workshop will be held next week, August 22, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Gilmore 212. Extension agents who have contact with intermediate and high school students, undergraduate and graduate academic advisors, department chairs, and anyone else with a high interest in student recruitment is invited. If you wish to be invited to attend the workshop, contact Marlene Hapai at 808-956-6997, hapai@hawaii.edu.

*Welcome Back Potluck
Be sure to notify Gloria Wong (956-6997, acadaff@ctahr.hawaii.edu) by August 19 if you will attend the third annual Welcome Back Potluck lunch for faculty and staff (August 23, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Gilmore 212). Past experience is that this is one of the best-attended events of the year, and the food is abundant and excellent. We will welcome everyone back, greet new faculty and staff, and congratulate those who have been promoted. I hope to see all of you there.


A CALL FOR CREATIVE IDEAS
The Office of Academic and Student Affairs plans a major open house October 25, 9:00 a.m.-noon, to interest high school students in enrolling in CTAHR when they enter college. An invitation is being sent to every high school in the state. High school students (grades 9-12), teachers, and counselors will be invited to experience some of the exciting activities CTAHR students are involved in. Registration will be open to the first 500 applicants. We hope to provide about four stations per department to show students a sampling of the kind of work that is done at CTAHR. Allene Chun is soliciting ideas from all departments of the kind of interactive demonstrations or displays that can be set up that will grab the imagination of high school students. Please put on your thinking caps and let her know of any ideas you have that will make your research or area of expertise accessible (chuna@ctahr.hawaii.edu, 956-6733).


FARM MANAGERS TO MEET FOR TWO DAY WORKSHOP
A two-day workshop for CTAHR farm managers is planned for September 16-17 in Kahului. It will cover such topics as site security, fiscal and personnel matters, disposition of farm/station produce, and the online plot allocation system. Attendees will also tour a model farm in Kula and work together on creation of an action plan. If you have questions about the meeting, contact Catherine Chan-Halbrendt (chanhalb@hawaii.edu) or Barry Brennan (barryb@hawaii.edu).


ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PLANS DINNER
The CTAHR Alumni Association will hold its annual dinner Friday, September 20, at 6:00 p.m. in the Manoa Grand Ballroom of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii at 2454 S. Beretania Street. Incoming officers and board members will be installed and awards will be presented. This year’s Hoa Kako’o Award, given to an outstanding supporter of CTAHR, will go to Dr. Lyle Wong, plant industry administrator of the state Department of Agriculture, who will deliver the evening’s keynote address. Cost is $25/person or tables of ten for $20/person. For more information, contact Steve at 395-6447 or Freda at 484-3721 or e-mail Wendy Abe at wabe@bbh.org.


BIOTECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAD COME
I want to extend my thanks to Dr. Ania Wieczorek and her able assistant, Dr. Mark Wright, for the excellent work they did organizing and managing the all-day biotechnology workshop that was held August 5. It was a full day, beginning promptly at 8:30 a.m. and ending after 4:00 p.m., with presentations planned at 20-minute intervals almost throughout the day. More than 40 people attended (only 15 or so were originally expected). There clearly is a need for this kind of dialogue, and more such events will be held in the future. I think everyone who attended that day learned something and gained a greater appreciation for the complexity of the issues that surround the use of biotechnology.


TRAINING FOR REMOTE ACCESS TO LIBRARY TO BE OFFERED
Twelve people who sign up quickly will be fortunate enough to have a two-hour training session with Eileen Herring, Hamilton Library science reference librarian, on remote access to the UH Manoa libraries. The date is August 22, 10:00 a.m.-noon, Room 156, Hamilton Library. Barry Brennan and Marlene Hapai suggest that if you are coming from a Neighbor Island for the student recruiting workshop to be held that afternoon, you can double up and attend the remote access training in the morning. To sign up for the remote access training or get more information, contact Stephanie Cadelinia (956-8139).


CTAHR CALENDAR
Please remember to send your calendar items to Dean's Notes.

*August 17: 'Awa in 2002: a research update, Komohana Ag Complex, Hilo, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., (contact: Ed Johnston, aliaawa@msn.com, H.C. Bittenbender, hcbitt@hawaii.edu, Scot Nelson, snelson@hawaii.edu)

*August 19: Research colloquium, Kerry Kriener-Althen, The relationships among foster care situation, foster parents’ perceptions of satisfaction, available resources, and stress in Caucasian foster families, sponsored by Center on the Family, 9:00-10:00 a.m., Miller Hall 101 (contact: Barbara DeBaryshe, babara@hawaii.edu, 956-4140)

*August 22: Recruiting workshop (invitational), 1:00-4:30 p.m., Gilmore 212 (contact: Marlene Hapai, hapai@hawaii.edu, 956-6997)

*August 22: Research colloquium, Lloyd Pickering, Is family important as a deterrent for adolescent risky behaviors: a structural equations model in a longitudinal sample of inner-city African American adolescents, sponsored by Center on the Family, 9:00-10:00 a.m., Miller Hall 103 (contact: Barbara DeBaryshe, babara@hawaii.edu, 956-4140)

*August 22: Training session on remote access to UH Manoa libraries, 10:00 a.m.-noon, Hamilton Library Room 156 (registration open to first 12 applicants only) (contact: Stephanie Cadelinia, 956-8139)

*August 23: Welcome back potluck, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Gilmore 212, RSVP to Gloria Wong (956-6997, acadaff@cthar.hawaii.edu) by August 19 (Marlene Hapai, hapai@hawaii.edu, 956-6997)

*August 29: Research colloquium, Su Yeong Kim, Acculturation, parent-child relationships and adolescent adjustment in immigrant Chinese families, sponsored by Center on the Family, 9:00-10:00 a.m., Campus Center 307 (contact: Barbara DeBaryshe, babara@hawaii.edu, 956-4140)

*August 29-September 1: Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair, Lihue (contact: Terry Sekioka, terry@hawaii.edu, 808-274-3471)

*September 5: Planning meeting for the Business Development Partnership, Campus Center Ballroom, all day, further details to be announced (contact: Barry Brennan, barryb@hawaii.edu, 956-8397)

*September 16: "Production and Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculum," Sherman Laboratory, room 103, 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. $12 fee for lunch. For nursery operators, organic farmers, and foresters working in habitat restoration and native plant species propagation. Attendance limited. (contact: Mitiku Habte, mitiku@hawaii.edu, or Carl Evensen, evensen@hawaii.edu; include letter indicating current use of and future intent to use AMF technology)

*September 16-17: Farm managers’ meeting, Kahului, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., September 16, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., September 17 (contacts: Barry Brennan, barryb@hawaii.edu, 956-8397; Catherine Chan-Halbrendt, chanhalb@hawaii.edu, 956-8131)

*September 20: CTAHR Alumni Association annual dinner, 6:00 p.m. buffet dinner, Manoa Grand Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2454 S. Beretania Street (contacts: Steve, 395-6447; Freda, 484-3721; Wendy Abe, wabe@bbh.org)

*September 21: Corn Field Day, Waimanalo Field Station, 9:00 a.m.-noon (contact: Jim Brewbaker, brewbake@hawaii.edu, 956-7985)

*September 27: 4-H Keiki Water Fest, Pokai Bay-Waianae, collaborative effort among 4-H, NREM, and Waianae Coast (contact: Maryknoll Spotkaeff, maryknol@hawaii.edu, 808-

*September 27: 2002 Autumn Festival, Urban Garden Center, enrollment filled (contact: Steve Nagano, snagano@hawaii.edu, 453-6054)

*October 14-16: Short course: Pesticide Risk Reduction Education, Lihue, Kauai; fee: $100; registration deadline: September 20; registration form at http://pestworld.stjohn.hawaii.edu/studypackets/ordrfrm2.html (contact: Charles Nagamine, charlie@hpirs.stjohn.hawaii.edu, phone 808-956-6007, fax 808-956-9675)

*October 24: First Annual Agricultural Conference, all day, Sheraton Waikiki (contact: Alan Tin, tin@verizon.net, 808-732-2294).

*October 25-26: Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting and farm tour, Sheraton Waikiki (contact: HFBF, hfbf@hfbf.org, 808-848-2074)

*October 26-27: Hawaii Noni Conference, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Hilo, Hawaii (contact: S. C. Nelson, noni@hawaii.edu, 808-959-9155; details, registration form
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/commodities/noni/2002conference.asp)


The next issue of Dean's Notes will appear August 30, 2002.

Enjoy your long weekend. I hope the beginning of the semester goes well for everyone.

Aloha,
Andy Hashimoto
deansnotes@ctahr.hawaii.edu
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Last updated on 12/10/02