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Steering Committee Meeting

SERA-IEG 20

June 24, 2002
Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center
Auburn, AL

Welcome

Dr. D. Wayne Reeves, USDA-ARS Nat. Soil Dynamics Lab, Auburn, AL

Introductions

Approval of Minutes of the last meeting (July 9, 2001, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

Last year's Minutes were submitted to Washington, D.C. but were unavailable at this meeting. They were approved unread.

SERA-IEG 20 Advisors Report

Greg Weideman, the SERA-IEG 20 Administrator, mentioned that the Project expires in 2004. The group should begin discussions to decide if we want to apply again. We do not need to take action until next year, but should be thinking about it.

Upcoming Conferences

Travis Miller and John Matocha presented an invitation to meet next year (2003) in College Station, Texas. The dates will be June 16-18. The SCTCSA Steering Committee will meet on June 16. June 17 will feature an annual field day and some special stops along the way. The academic portion of the Conference will take place on June 18.

There was much discussion on the need to identify future meeting sites with more lead time. This was strongly supported by those who have organized meetings in the past. North Carolina (David Jordan, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC and Bobby G. Brock, USDA-NRCS, Raleigh, NC) is exploring the possibility of hosting the 2004 meetings, with backup from South Carolina (Phil Bauer and Warren J. Busscher, USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Res. Ctr., Florence, SC).

Proceedings

Wayne Reeves thanked Edzard van Santen for taking on the task of editing and publishing this years Proceedings. Authors were encouraged this year to submit full papers, but interpretive summaries and extended abstracts were also accepted. The Proceedings were published as hard copies, in accord with suggestions from recent years' steering committee suggestions. They were also included on the 25 Years CD and will be posted on the SCTCSA 2002 web site.

Kirk Iversen was thanked for producing the 25 Years CD, as was Kenya Lee, who helped with scanning and editing.

Web Site

Past attempts to set up a permanent web site for the Conference have failed. Randy Raper mentioned that the USDA-NRCS Soil Quality Institute has volunteered to put the Proceedings from the first 25 years on their site. Discussion suggested we explore using the SQI site as a permanent site to provide continuity for the Conference.

Southern Conservation Tillage Conference Service Award

Normie Buehring discussed the development of the award and the committee structure. The award was started by Terry Keisling; the committee currently consists of Normie Buehring, John Hodges III, and Ray Gallaher. They are looking for more members. John Matocha and Phil Bauer volunteered to join the committee and were appointed. Normie reiterated (with accord and discussion from others) that the focus of the award is to honor person's who have contributed specifically to the SCTCSA conferences, not generic to conservation tillage accomplishments.

There were six nominees submitted this year, the highest ever. The committee is hoping for even more in the future.

Other Business

There was discussion about using English units vs. metric units in the Proceedings. The consensus was that the Conference was intended to include participation by farmers and others more comfortable with traditional units; so English units would be appropriate in most cases. The meeting agreed, however, that there are a number of disciplines in which metric units are more appropriate. Authors and editors should use common sense to decide which units are applicable.

 

Steering Committee Members Present

Richard C. Aycock (richard.aycock@la.usda.gov) USDA-NRCS, Alexandria, LA
Phil Bauer (bauer@florence.ars.usda.gov) USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Res. Ctr, Florence, SC
R. Louis Baumhardt (rlbaumhardt@cprl.ars.usda.gov), USDA-ARS-CPRL, Bushland, TX
Pat Bollich (pbollich@agctr.lsu.edu), Rice Research Station, Crowley, LA
Bobby G. Brock (bobby.brock@nc.usda.gov), USDA-NRCS, Raleigh, NC
Normie Buehring (buehring@ra.msstate.edu), NMREC, Verona, MS
Warren J. Busscher (busscher@florence.ars.usda.gov), USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Res. Ctr., Florence, SC
James E. Dean (james.dean@ga.usda.gov), USDA-NRCS, Athens, GA
Paul Denton (pdenton@utk.edu), Tennessee Ag. Ext. Service, Knoxville, TN
Ray N. Gallaher (rngallaher@mail.ifas.ufl.edu), Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL
John Hodges III (hodgesj@utk.edu), Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Mike Hubbs (mhubbs@eng.auburn.edu), USDA-NRCS SQI, Auburn, AL
Kirk V. Iversen (kiversen@acesag.auburn.edu), Auburn Univ. and USDA-ARS, Auburn, AL
Joe Johnson (jjohnson@ra.msstate.edu), Miss. State Univ, Holly Springs, MS
David Jordan (david_jordan@ncsu.edu), North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
John E. Matocha (j-matocha@tamu.edu), Texas A&M Ag. Expt. Station., Corpus Christi, TX
Robert McSorley (rmcs@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Travis D. Miller (td-miller@tamu.edu), Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX
C. Dale Monks (cmonks@acesag.auburn.edu), Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL
Ben Moore (bennie.moore@al.usda.gov), USDA-NRCS, Luverne, AL
Randy L. Raper (rlraper@eng.auburn.edu), USDA-ARS, Auburn, AL
D. Wayne Reeves (wreeves@acesag.auburn.edu), USDA-ARS, Auburn, AL
Harry H. Schomberg (hhs1@arches.uga.edu), USDA-ARS, Athens, GA
Eric Schwab (schwaeb@eng.auburn.edu), USDA-ARS, Auburn, AL
Jim Stiegler (jhs@mail.pss.okstate.edu), Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK
Glover Triplett (gtriplett@pss.msstate.edu), Mississippi State Univ., MS
Don Tyler (dtyler@utk.edu), Univ. of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
Jeffrey Walker (jwalker@acesag.auburn.edu), USDA-ARS, Auburn, AL
Greg Weideman (gweidema@uark.edu), Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
David Wright (dlw@mail.ifas.ufl.edu), Univ. of Florida, Quincy, FL

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