The suggestion to "Eat a Bug on Giving Tuesday" was enough to get me to open the email. Now I'm trying to figure out how I will work a 'BugFest' into my afternoon next Wednesday. Jim Farrar has agreed to eat a pest if at least 20 people make a donation of $10 or more to UC IPM.
Yesterday I took a flight south and sat next to a young man who grew up in Butte County. In total, 5 dwellings have been lost in his family. His sister, two aunts, 1 cousin, and his grandmother each lost a house in the Camp Fire.
Last week I mentioned that I am spending my long weekend attending a conference in New Orleans. The theme of the meeting is Resilience: Turning Challenges into Opportunities. Rebecca Blank, Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Madison, gave the keynote address.
Program Council had further discussion about the proposed positions. We discussed what worked well with this year's process and what didn't. We plan to solicit feedback across the division in order to improve the process the next time.
