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Well, since none of you appear to have this wonderful benefit, I am going to start trumping it up in our recruiting efforts!! Ha ha! To be honest, I think the major use of this bucket of leave comes from the parental involvement activities (P-T conferences, etc.), and some of the elections or blood drives kinds of activities. Since there is a designated bucket - that, btw, does NOT roll over each year; use it or lose it - and the balance is NOT paid out ever, and we track it on our automated/web-based leave system, it has been pretty easily and successfully used by those who do use it. The biggest questions come from determining if the requested volunteer opportunity fits in the proper 501(c)3 designation or like program. But, those questions are pretty easily resolved. If it doesn't meet the program requirements for CSL, the employee always retains the options of utilizing their paid Annual Leave bucket. So, we really haven't had any problems with it. Take care, Sheri >>> Donna Rothberg <[log in to unmask]> 10/31/2011 12:12 PM >>> Thanks, Herb. From: Extension Service Personnel Officers in the Southern Region [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Byrd III, William H (Herb) Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:05 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Question: Official Time for Volunteering? Hi Donna, The University of Tennessee does not. Herb Dr. Herb Byrd, III Director, Eval & Staff Dev UT Extension, UTIA HR 2621 Morgan Circle 212-D Morgan Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-4525 Office (865) 974-7245 Mobile (865) 386-5656 Fax (865) 974-0882 [log in to unmask] http://www.utextension.utk.edu/Employment/ http://agweb.ag.utk.edu/eesd/EESD.nsf From: Extension Service Personnel Officers in the Southern Region [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Donna Rothberg Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 11:47 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Question: Official Time for Volunteering? Friends – Wasn’t the Oklahoma City conference fabulous? Big cowboy boots to fill for future host institutions! Nevertheless, Arkansas Extension is accepting the challenge and looking forward to hosting the 2012 Southern Region Conference in Little Rock. We hope to have dates and hotel information for you soon. The Southern Region Conference is such a good opportunity to share information, network, and experience the best the host state has to offer… And speaking of host states, we’re still looking for a Southern Region institution willing to host the 2013 National Extension and Research Administrative Officers’ Conference (NERAOC). The 2012 NERAOC is in Morgantown, West Virginia, in May and the folks there have developed some very specific conference planning tools to guide future NERAOC hosting institutions. West Virginia will also be forwarding seed money to help the next host institution with 2013 conference preparations. I do hope you’ll talk to your administration about this opportunity to showcase your state in Spring 2013. Now for my question: Does your institution/Extension Service have a program that allows employees to perform volunteer community service during working hours without using annual leave (e.g., volunteering in the public schools or at local food banks)? Thanks in advance for your response. Happy Halloween! See you next year in Arkansas! Donna Rothberg Director of Human Resources UA Cooperative Extension Service 2301 S. University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72204 [log in to unmask] www.uaex.edu phone (501) 671-2219 fax (501) 671-2251 NOTICE: This email may contain confidential or proprietary information and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). Any unauthorized review, use, copy, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.