Dane County

Minutes - Final Unless Amended by

Committee

UW Extension Committee

Consider:

Who benefits? Who is burdened?

Who does not have a voice at the table?

How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?

This meeting is being conducted on land now known and recognized as Dane County, Wisconsin. We

acknowledge that this land is at the same time the ancestral, traditional, & contemporary land of the

Ho-Chunk, Sauk & Kickapoo nations.

Monday, March 24, 2025

A. Call To Order

Present:

5:00 PM

Hybrid meeting - 5201 Fen Oak Dr. Madison, WI -

Moraine Conference Room and Zoom

Call To Order at 5 pm by Chair Yang.

5 -

MICHELE DOOLAN, MICHELE RITT, JEFFREY KRONING, TOMMY RYLANDER

and BRENDA YANG

1 - SARAH SMITH

Excused:

Absent:

1 - ANTHONY GRAY

Others present: Arya Sengelmann, YGP Representative, Sarah Janes Ugoretz, Claire

Strader, Aaron Collins and Carrie Edgar

B. Public Comment on Items not on the Agenda

None

C. Consideration of Minutes

UW Extension Committee Minutes 2025.02.24

2024

MIN-550

Attachments: 2024 MIN-550

Motion to approve by Kroning. Motion carried. (5-0)

D. Presentations

Janes Ugoretz provided an overview of her programming efforts over the past year

including the Organic Vegetable Production Conference (OVPC), Becoming the

Employee of the Choice (BTEC), Training & Education for Aspiring Managers (TEAMS),

and Free School for Farmworkers sessions.

Extension Committee Presentation_SJU March 2025 attachment

2024

PRES-207

Attachments: 2024 PRES-207

E. Reports to Committee

YGP representative Report – Arya Sengelmann

Arya provided an update on the YGP group project, Take over the Zoo event scheduled

for May 28th from 9:30 am – 1:30 pm.

YGP Project Summary attachment

2024

PRES-208

Attachments: 2024 PRES-208

Director Report – Carrie Edgar

Edgar provided an update on staffing and funding. The Department will complete an

Administrative Review for the IRS grant that funds the VITA site on Wednesday of this

week. Will Fulwider, Crops & Soils Educator, has been awarded a 2 year SARE grant for

cover crop work. Sarah Janes Ugoretz continues to work on a variety of grant and

contract funded projects. The VITA site appointments have all been booked at this point.

Callers will be encouraged to contact one of the other free sites. There are four

departments (LWRD, Executive, Library, and the Zoo) participating in the summer Career

Pathways program internship program. There is funding for 7 positions across these

departments and to date, 17 applications have been received. The application period

closes on March 31. The monthly program summary was shared with all committee

members.

Dane UW-Extension Report February 2025

2024

RPT-622

Attachments: 2024 RPT-622

F. Announcements/Discussion

Next meeting – April 28, 2025 at 5 pm - BYFY Awards Ceremony invite

Edgar shared that the BYFY Awards Ceremony will be happening here at Fen Oak during

the same time as this meeting. The County Executive, Madison Mayor, and others will be

speaking at the event and the youth will present the grant awards. The committee

decided to meet briefly if there are any action items and then attend the awards

ceremony.

G. Such Other Business as Allowed by Law

None

H. Adjourn

Motion to adjourn by Rylander. Motion carried.(5-0)