Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin

Education Committee Meeting

June 8, 2004

Stevens Point, WI

Present: 

Rolf Utegaard, IPAW Board; Amy Staffen, WI-DNR;  David Bayer, UW Extension; Lauren Ebbecke, Interim Education Chair; and Jerry Doll, UW-Agronomy- Madison.

Define Outcomes:

Review Agenda

Identify chairperson(s)

Identify priority items

Develop action plan with timeframe for priority items

1.  The Minutes from the February meeting were reviewed and approved.

2.  Amy Staffen offered to help co-chair the Education committee.

3.  A representative is needed for the Governor’s Council in Madison.  Rolf lives too far away, but has considered it.  He would be willing to be an interim rep and communicate via e-mails since it is only 4 times a year.  However, to date no one has volunteered for this position.

4.  Rolf stated that he would pass on the display to Kelly to take  to the Invasive Plant Symposium in Chicago on October 16 as part of the Natural Areas Conference. 

5.  The Minnesota “Invasive Species Awareness” Month was discussed.  Jerry Doll suggested we start out with an “Invasive Weed Awareness Week” in Wisconsin in 2005.  The committee agreed to address this item again at the next meeting.  Lauren will get information from Minnesota on their Awareness month including press releases, workshops, field days, etc…

6.  David Bayer is interested in working on a short one page summary for legislators on Invasive weeds and Amy Staffen volunteered to help with the Legislative Field Day.

7.  David Bayer reported updating his CD presentation.  He also stated he is still working on the Speaker’s Bureau and has contacted Lisa Johnson in Dane County.  He requested that Lauren to post an his e-mail regarding the speaker’s bureau on the IPAW listserve.

8.  Amy reported that the education committee has indeed identified targeted audiences and she would forward that information to Kelly.

Meeting Adjourned at 5:45 p.m.