Agricultural Development in the American Pacific (ADAP) Project

Coordinator's Handbook

On the web at www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/adap2

Table of Contents

Board of Directors:  Land Grant Deans/Directors

The Directors of the five Pacific Land Grant programs serve as the Board of Directors.  As a decision-making body, directors:

	Develop ADAP policy and program direction.
	Suggests, reviews, elicits ideas, and selects activities for funding.
	Promote ADAP activities to the institutions, communities, collaborators, and other stakeholders.
	Enter into collaborative agreements and memoranda of understanding with collaborators.
	Monitor and approve ADAP activities at his/her own institution, including ensuring compliance with sub-grant agreement with CTAHR, RCUH and USDA.
	Meet with the project manager and USDA officer in the summer (June/July) and winter (January/February) board of directors’ meetings to discuss formal business matters.  The winter meeting will include the coordinators.
	Any or all acts reasonably necessary to carry out the mission and goals of the ADAP project at his/her institution.
	Consider for approval budget changes requested by project PI’s.
	Communicate regularly with the ADAP Home Office and each other throughout the year.
	Cannot be a PI or Co-PI on any ADAP project.

Current ADAP Directors are:

Daniel Aga, Dean/Director, Land Grant Program, American Samoa Community College (current Chairman)

Singeru Singeo, Dean/Director, Land Grant Program, College of Micronesia

Lee Yudin, Dean/Director, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Guam

Ross Manglona, Dean/Director, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Northern Marianas College

Andrew Hashimoto, Dean, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai'i

    The Board of Directors elects a Chairman to serve a two-year term.  As needed, the Chairman represents the Directors in communications with the US Department of Agriculture, other agencies/institutions, and individuals.  The Chairman conducts meetings, approves the agenda, finalizes meeting location and meeting materials.

ADAP Home Office

University of Hawaii

CTAHR

3050 Maile Way

Gilmore 112

Honolulu, Hawaii  96822

Phone (808) 956-8140

Fax (808) 956-6967

All or part of this publication may be reproduced for educational purposes.  When doing so, please credit the Land Grant Institutions and the ADAP Project.  Publication made possible by USDA Grant #2004-38826-02201, Agricultural Development in the American Pacific (ADAP), Year 19.