The
NACAA board of directors has approved the renewal special assignment position to
work with our friends at the Outstanding Young Farmer Fraternity. This
prestigious award program provides recognition to the very best of America’s
young farmers. NACAA has partnered with the OYF to help provide nominees for the
program for several years. In an effort to provide more assistance to this
program, NACAA is seeking a person to work with OYF in securing more nominees
and coordinate publicity for the event. A more complete listing of the duties
and expectations is listed below.
Please
feel free to contact me or Wes Smith, Current OYF Liaison for more information
or if you have questions. Wes Smith’s
email address is swsmith@uga.edu.
To
be considered for the position, send your name, title, history of NACAA
committee work and qualifications that make you uniquely qualified for the
position to Cynthia
L. Gregg, NACAA President at clgregg@vt.edu. The deadline
for applying for the position is September 1, 2015.
Sincerely,
Cynthia
L. Gregg
NACAA
President
The
NACAA Special Assignment will work with directly with the Outstanding Young
Farmers Fraternity in securing nominees for the Outstanding Young Farmer Award
from every state. This can be done by working with the regional directors and
state presidents to help insure proper publicity of the award and the
application deadline. OYF has developed a brochure that gives an overview of
the program. This brochure should be made available to the regional directors
for distribution as they visit the state meetings each
year.
The
NACAA Special Assignment will be responsible for coordinating publicity at the
OYF annual meeting each year. To insure that the annual meeting is given media
coverage each year the special assignment shall work with the local extension
office and affiliated Land Grant Institution(s) to help publicize the annual
meeting. Television, Radio, and local print media should be
involved.
The
NACAA Special Assignment shall attend the National OYF conference with expenses
being paid by NACAA. The OYF Liaison is responsible for insuring that NACAA
involvement is continual and of the highest level possible at the NOYF
conference. In the event that the NACAA Past President is not asked to serve as
a judge of the National finalists, the special assignment chair shall continue
to attend and conduct their duties. The NACAA Special Assignment shall also
attend the NACAA AM/PIC and have registration/travel costs covered by NACAA per
NACAA policy.
A
critical service this designee shall fulfill is continuity of programming and
enhanced communication between the NACAA Board of Directors, the AI&PR
Committee and the OYF. The designee of the NACAA Special Assignment, before
final confirmation, shall have written approval from their respective extension
administration to allow them to carry out the required functions of this
assignment for the duration of the term as determined by the NACAA Board of
Directors. The OYF Liaison will report
to the NACAA Board to present the Annual OFY Report and in addition will give a
brief annual summary during Regional Meetings at the NACAA AMPIC. There will need to be sent periodic updates
via email to the Board members and membership pertaining to but not limited to,
submission of nominees by members, number of finalists NACAA members nominated,
etc.
Job description of NACAA OYF Liaison
Duties
· Secure
nominees for the Outstanding Young Farmer Award from every
state
· Notify any agent who has a National OYF Winner (top 4)
that their NACAA AM/PIC Registration Fee will be reimbursed to the next NACAA
meeting.
· Be the contact person for agents that have National
finalist attending OYF Congress, sharing pertinent information about Congress
and what they need to do.
Duties at OYF Congress & NACAA AM/PIC
· Make initial contact with local media of host city in
October/November. Follow up two weeks
out and again during the Congress week. (OYF
Congress)
· Make report to the board at pre- or post-board meeting
about the progress on the program. For example: how the liaison has had contact
with membership, how many times, and what national media has covered the program
due to the liaison’s efforts. The liaison also needs to report how many
applications the previous year were from NACAA and take recommendations from the
OYF board to the NACAA board. (NACAA AM/PIC)
· Meet with each region during region meeting to update
on the program and make final push for applicants for that year as our national
meeting is around 2 weeks before the deadline.
(NACAA AM/PIC)
· Try to include OYF personnel at their state’s Night
Out to help foster relationship between the two organizations. (NACAA AM/PIC)
· Help OYF with booth on our trade show floor as schedule
permits. (NACAA
AM/PIC)
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