Family & Consumer Science Committee Officers and Key Contacts
September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018
Committee Name / Family and Consumer Sciences / Submission Contact Name: / Debbie Murray (GA)Chair / Debbie Murray (GA) / Submission Contact E-mail /
Vice-Chair / Jacquelyn White (TX) / Submission Contact Phone / 706-612-5238
Secretary / Michael Gutter (FL) / Date of Submission / August 25, 2017
PLC Representative 1862 / Laura Stephenson (TN) / PLC Representative 1890 / Jacquelyn White (TX)
1862 Advisor / Richard Bonanno (NC) / 1890 Advisor / Dr. Rosalind Dale (NC)
Annual Plan of Work
September 1, 2017 – August 31, 2018
Item to Accomplish / Responsibility(Names of people assigned to item) / Key Contact
(Person who will serve as a key contact for item) / Goal Date
(Anticipated completion date) / Completion Date
(to be filled in when completed)
Foster and strengthen Extension education programming throughout the Southern region by promoting multi-state cooperation.
Facilitate FCS Spring meeting in Biloxi, MS during the CAFCS meeting to discuss progress and issues / Chair and Vice-Chair / Murray/Bankston / 2/2018
Develop FCS Messaging Initiative - survey / Elizabeth North/ All / Atiles/ Stephenson / 8/2018
Develop and implement FCS Capacity Mapping Project (Appendix A) / White/Gutter / White / 8/2018
States submit annual reports to SR-FCS -PLN
Convene quarterly FCS conference calls to discuss progress on action items and program issues and needs / FCS State Program Leaders
Chair and Vice-Chair
Committee members / Murray/Gutter / 7/15/2018
Anticipate and act cooperatively on emerging program issues and needs.
Continue to explore RWJF and other grant funded opportunities / Committee members / Murray/Yoder / 8/2018
Continue FCS representation on the Local Food Systems SERA 47 / Committee members / Speller-Henderson, Zoumenou, Worthen / 8/2018
Seek opportunities to join steering and review panels for grant proposals related to FCS initiatives by submitting credentials and areas of expertise into the NIFA Peer Review System (PRS). / Committee members and faculty / Sylvia Montgomery (NIFA) / 8/2018
Submit monthly themed blog posts and/or Share Your Sciences success stories to NIFA with FCS examples from Southern Region according to distributed schedule. / Committee members / Smith, Murray and
Samuel (NIFA) / On-going
Administrative/procedures for PLN
Update SR-FCS-PLN webpage / Secretary and Chair / Gutter and Murray / On-going
Forward minutes to SRCD Office / Secretary / Gutter / On-going
Plan/Conduct 2018 meeting / Chair and Vice-Chair and Officers / Gutter/Murray/White / 8/2018
Quarterly Conference Call/Meeting Schedule: (Dates/Times – Please indicate time zone)
Thursday, November 9, 2017Conference call 9:00 am CST/10:00 am EST
Thursday,February 14-16, 2018Meet in conjunction with CAFCS in Biloxi, MS
Thursday, May 10, 2018Conference call 9:00 am CST/10:00 am EST
August, 20-24, 2018SRPLN Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL