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National Association of FSA County Office Employees
December 2018
NASCOE Makes an Impact If you read the
NASCOE NEWS
FLASH sent out a
few weeks ago, you
know that NASCOE
has been following
up on a few items
that membership
asked management during the questions
and answer session of the National
Convention recently held in Sioux Falls,
SD. One of the items that membership
was passionate about was the November
15th acreage reporting date for perennial
forages. Changing the date has also been
a NASCOE negotiation item in recent years
submitted by membership through the
negotiation process.
If you were at the convention, you know
that Administrator Fordyce stated that he
believed that the date should be
reverted back to July 15 and that he
had been in discussions with the
other agencies involved. As you are all
aware, the recent release of Notice
CP-748 changed the acreage reporting
date for perennial forages back to
July 15. I want to thank membership for
keeping this topic in front of FSA
leadership through the negotiation
process and at the national convention.
I want to especially thank FSA
Administrator Fordyce and his team for
listening to the NASCOE membership and
making the change happen.
Included in this Newsletter is
information about the NASCOE
leadership team. Please take a few
minutes to review and learn about
these volunteers. Each of them
contributes significant amounts of
personal time, resources and work
on your behalf. Please know that you
can contact any of us at any time if you
have issues.
I want to also take this time to
promote the 2019 National Convention
which will be held in Manhattan,
Kansas July 31 through August 3,
2019. KASCOE is working diligently
to prepare and provide an excellent
experience. As mentioned earlier,
membership had the opportunity to
express their concerns about important
issues directly to management and
we have seen direct results. The
National Convention is a unique
opportunity for membership in interact
directly with our FSA leaders. If you have
never attended, I hope that you will
begin planning now to be in Kansas next
year.
NASCOE President Dennis Ray
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Happy Fall Ya’ll! It’s hard to believe that
the NASCOE National convention was
over three months ago. South Dakota
did an amazing job this year and we are
looking forward to seeing what Kansas
has in store for us in 2019. Some of the
highlights to look forward to in Kansas
are the following:
• Tall Grass Prairie Reserve Tour
• Golf at Colbert Hills
• Historical Abilene Tour
• Local Dairy and Milford Lake Tour
• Taste of Home Denim Night
• Kansas Night
• Diamond Night Banquet
For those of you that have never helped put on a National
Convention or even a Rally they are a lot of work. Thankless hours of
details are put together to make sure this family we call NASCOE has
a great business meeting as well as family reunion. Please be sure if
you have never attended one that you put it on your bucket list
before you retire to attend at least one rally and one National
Convention. I promise you will be hooked and have something to
look forward to when you retire and become a member of RASCOE.
The holidays are upon us and what that means to NASCOE is the
deadline to submit items for negotiation. The deadline to submit
items for the 2019 negotiations is December 1, 2018. You can
either click on the following link https://nascoe.org/negotiations/
negotiations-submission/ or go to the NASCOE.org page and click on
Forms & Downloads and scroll to negotiation and click on the link
there for new submissions. Negotiation is a time for NASCOE to
work with the folks in Washington to fix things that cannot be
corrected through the regular program submission process.
If you have ideas on how to improve things or if you become of aware
of benefits that our members could utilize please submit them
through the negotiations process. NASCOE has built a great working
relationship with the folks in DC and this process helps them
become aware of how they can improve morale in the field and how
the folks in the field can be part of a positive impact on the Agency. If
you have an item and you are not sure whether it would be a
program submission, or a negotiation item please feel free to
contact myself or Michelle Stahl and we will be happy to assist you.
I would like to wish each and every one of you a very happy holiday
season. In light of everything that has happened this year, please
take time out of your busy schedule and spend it with your loved
ones.
Official Publication of the National
Association of FSA County Office
Employees (NASCOE)
Officers, Executives and
National Committee Chairs
President Dennis Ray, Missouri
Vice President Brandon Wilson, Kansas
Secretary Marcinda Kester, Florida
Treasurer Curt Houk, Iowa
Midwest Area Executive Jackson Jones, Missouri
Alt Executive Mary Roberts, Iowa
Northeast Area Executive Lawrence Parker, Vermont
Alt Executive Annette Hyman, New York
Northwest Area Executive Jessi Colgrove, Nebraska
Alt Executive Joel Foster, South Dakota
Southeast Area Executive Mike Mayfield, Tennessee
Alt Executive Beth Farmer, Alabama
Southwest Area Executive Jay Goff, Oklahoma
Alt Executive Kristal Jackson, Texas
Awards and Scholarships Samantha Garrison, Indiana
Benefits and Emblems Christy Wallace, Idaho
Legislative Donny Green, Tennessee
Neil Burnette, North Carolina
Membership Lynsey Brooks, Oklahoma
NAFEC Carla Spencer, Texas
Programs Michelle Stahl, Ohio
Publicity / Webmaster Teresa Holmquist, Minnesota
NASCOE Website
www.nascoe.org
NASCOE Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/NASCOENews/
Make Plans for Kansas!
NASCOE Secretary
Marcinda Kester
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Visit the NASCOE website to keep up-to-date with the 60th Annual NASCOE
Convention planning. Watch for Registration information coming soon!
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Application submission deadline is January 15.
Traditional Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a graduating high school senior or first-year college freshman enrolled as a full time student with a minimum of 12 hours at an accredited college, university or trade school. Applicants must be a NASCOE member’s child, or a member’s legal dependent.
Open Continuing Education Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a 2nd, 3rd, 4th year, or graduate student continuing their education at an accredited college, university or trade school while carrying 6 or more credit hours per semester. Applicants must be a NASCOE member, member’s spouse, member’s child, member’s legal dependent, or member's grandchild.
Member Continuing Education
The applicants must be a NASCOE member continuing their education at an accredited college,
university or trade school.
Continuing Education for Adult Children of Members
This award may only be used to defray expenses for a Member’s adult child continuing their education as required or encouraged through their employer for 5 or less credit hours a semester. Applicants must be a member’s child, member’s legal dependent, or member's grandchild.
Grandchildren Scholarship
This award may be used to defray expenses for a student continuing their education enrolled at an accredited college, university or trade school while carrying 12 or more credit hours per semester. Applicants must be a member's grandchild.
Associate Member Scholarship
This award may only be used to defray expenses for an associate member, an associate member’s spouse, an associate member’s child, grandchild or legal dependent enrolled as a student with a minimum of 6 hours of enrollment at an accredited college, university or trade school.
Please see 2019 Scholarship and Awards Handbook for complete
eligibility requirements.
All applications are submitted online at www.NASCOE.org under Awards - Scholarships.
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Application submission deadline is January 15.
Distinguished Service Awards This Program encourages recognition of NASCOE members who make outstanding contributions in the Areas of:
Service to NASCOE
Service to FSA-Agriculture
Service to Community Nominations for these awards are competitive.
• State winners are eligible to be considered for Area winners. Area winners are eligible to be considered for the National winner in each category.
• Any member of the Association may make a nomination.
• A State approving official of the State Association (which may be the State Awards Chairperson) is required to certify to the eligibility of the person being nominated.
• Members of the association in good standing, members serving under a permanent appointment, and members voluntarily retired during the current year are eligible to receive these awards.
• Only members of a State Association which is affiliated with the National association can be considered eligible at the Area and National levels.
• National officers, Area Executives, Alternate Area Executives, National Committee Chairpersons are ineligible for consideration of a Distinguished Service Award while serving in any of these capacities.
• No Member shall be awarded more than one Distinguished Service Award for the same action on the same level. This does not disqualify a Member from receiving multiple Distinguished Service Award in one or more categories with different nominations, but rather prevents winning two or more awards with the same nomination on the same level.
Sick Leave Awards
• Certificates and plaques shall be requested through the Area Awards Chairperson 60 days prior to the Area Rally or National Convention.
• Certificates obtained, at no charge, from the NASCOE Area Awards Chairperson are awarded for accumulated sick leave of 1000, 1500, and 2000 hours. These are to be presented at the Area Rally or National Convention.
• Plaques are awarded to permanent employees who are NASCOE members in good standing that accumulate 2500, 3000, and 3500 hours and above of unused sick leave. The State Awards Chairperson should contact the Area Awards Chairperson, who will forward this information to the National Awards Chairperson to order the necessary plaques. Plaques should be presented at the Area Rally or National Convention.
All applications are submitted online at https://nascoe.org/awards-scholarships/
Please see 2019 Scholarship and Awards Handbook for
complete list of eligibility requirements.
NASCOE can take your
directly to the National Specialists!
Have a solution to a program or software
problem or inefficiency?
Visit nascoe.org and submit your idea
through the Program Efficiency
Submission Form.
A state, area, or national programs
chairperson may contact you for
further clarification of the problem/
solution, and will keep you informed
of their communication with WDC!
Once the National Programs chair has consulted with the
National Office, the response will be shared on the
NASCOE website.
Programs suggestions can be submitted on work time
and NASCOE has the ability to work on these ideas year-
round, not just at negotiation time. Send in your ideas as
soon as you think of them. NASCOE wants to see prompt
results when it comes to your ideas for how we can
improve the way we do business!
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December 1, 2018 NASCOE Negotiations Submission Deadline
January 15, 2019 Distinguished Service Award Deadline
NASCOE Scholarship Applications Deadline
January 10, 2019 2nd Quarter NASCOE Dues Transmission
Deadline
March 14 - 16, 2019 Midwest Area Rally Champaign, Illinois
April 1, 2019 NASCOE Convention Cash Club Contest
Deadline
April 10, 2019 3rd Quarter NASCOE Dues Transmission
Deadline
April 10 - 13, 2019 All South Rally
Nashville, Tennessee
April 25 - 27, 2019 Northwest Area Rally
Idaho Falls, Idaho
May 15, 2019 NASCOE Candidacy Announcement
Deadline
May 16 - 18, 2019 Northeast Area Rally
Dowell, Maryland
June 15, 2019 NASCOE Membership Awards Deadline
June 30, 2019 4th Quarter NASCOE Dues Submission
Deadline
July 1, 2019 NASCOE Memorial Submissions Due
July 17 - 20, 2019 Texas - TASCOE Convention
Allen, Texas
July 30 - August 3, 2019 NASCOE Convention in
Manhattan, Kansas
October 10, 2019 1st Quarter NASCOE Dues Submission
Deadline
Contact NASCOE Vice-President, Brandon Wilson to add State
Convention and Area Rally dates to the NASCOE Event Calendar
NASCOE Calendar