The meeting is designed to provide an understanding of the MIDAS project goals, strategy and approach to USDA senior level management, agency management, contract partners and FSA employees. The kick-off meeting, which is open to the public on the first day, will be in the Jefferson Auditorium in the USDA South Building, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, starting on June 29 at 8:30 a.m., continuing through July 1.
Some off-the-cuff reactions:
- if I were a committed blogger, I'd rouse myself and get my rear down to USDA and try to blog the meeting, at least the first day which is the only one open to the public. (Why is that, I wonder? Isn't the public, in the form of farmers the ones who will benefit by this project and in the form of taxpayers the ones who will fund the project? Are we saying the second and third days will have proprietary secrets? Does President Obama know his stimulus package is spending $40 million on stuff and his executive branch is closing 2/3 of the meeting? [ed--you've got your tongue in your cheek, right? ]
- I'm interested there's no mention of sister agencies. So much for the service center concept, I guess.
- Back again to farmers--maybe they have plans to take their plans to the field to get farmer input.
- I'm hoping they have an audio feed, at least, because I'm too lazy to attend in person. And, to be honest, I've made a point of staying away from the South Building since I retired: nothing more strange in my opinion than some old-timer wandering the halls saying "when I was young..."
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