How would you like to serve on the University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension Council?

Good afternoon,

I want to invite you to consider being a part of the University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension Council.  You may be aware of the many services and activities your local MU Extension office provides to the residents of Cape Girardeau County like community economic planning, agricultural services, livestock advice, 4H programming and grandparent and family programming to help strengthen the family unit along with nutrition programming in the local schools.

As a member of this council, you have input on the programming the local specialists, like me, do in the county. You actually get to help decide what happens in the county from programming, events or help plan new activities never done in the county before. Your ideas are listened to and encouraged.  This year, the council decided to be the host of the Triad County Picnic (an event between the counties of Perry, Cape and Bollinger), hosted an educational wine tasting event at Apple Creek Winery and brought the state specialist on wine and grapes to talk and faced some hard decisions regarding budget.

The council meets an average of 9 months out of the year with two meetings being our annual meeting and our picnic. All meetings are held here at the Extension Center in Jackson, MO.  They start at 7pm and are usually done by 9pm with a few exceptions depending on the agenda that evening. So time wise, the commitment is not significant but the input you provide is significant to us.

If you have benefited in some way from our work here in Extension, I encourage you to consider nominating yourself for one of the eight open positions on the council. It is a competitive decision as there are usually more people running than we have positions. That alone shows you that residents consider this council to be pretty important to the community. So if you decide to run for the council, it is suggested you do some kind of campaigning like posting on  Facebook or Tweeting or at least encouraging your family and friends to vote for you.  If you have any concerns, please talk to Erin Larimore at 573-0243-3581. She is our

Nominations Committee Extension Resource person.

If you decide to put your name in the hat, please reply to this email and I will give it to our Nominations Committee.  They will contact you with the information they will need to place your name on the ballot in January.

So give it some thought and if you have any questions, just let me know.  I will be glad to discuss them with you. 

Richard D. Proffer

MBA, EDFP

Community Economic Development Field Specialist

Southeast Missouri Region

University of Missouri Cape Girardeau County Extension

684 W Jackson Trail

Jackson, MO 63755

Phone # 573.243.3581

Mobile # 417.300.3185