University of California, Davis
June 9-13, 2002
WHAT WERE THE STRENGTHS OF THIS COURSE? WHAT DID YOU VALUE MOST?
 | Thanks to all who put this together. It was educational and fun and I hope to be part of it again. |
| Last two days - field trip and state problems/interactions. |
| The organization of the course was excellent! The flow worked perfectly! I valued the organized PowerPoint. |
| Overview of registration process was excellent. |
| The interaction between the different state/EPA representatives. |
| Excellent course. |
| Another GREAT program. Very well organized! A lot was accomplished in the way of communication with the EPA. It was good to meet questions from EPA (Jack Neylan, etc.) whose names I have heard many times. It is always good to meet representatives from other states and hear their perspectives on common issues. All the topics and presentations were pertinent and useful. The meals/menus were great as usual! This was a very enjoyable and useful experience. |
| It helped me as a new registration specialist to see others have the same concerns and may have some assistance with solutions. |
| Most useful. |
| Excellent forum for communication and education. |
| Great town, enjoyed meeting EPA people, I feel no longer intimidated. |
| The networking was great. I walked away with much better understanding of EPA processes and difficulties in meeting everyone's needs. Good facility and meals. Wonderful job as always. |
| Talking to other state agency and their program. |
| Organized! Speakers were excellent, very good detail. |
| This course was excellent, although I cannot express how disappointed I was in the teleconference. |
| Thank you Suzanne and Jennifer, excellent job! Very well thought out, planned meeting very informative, relaxed meetings. |
HOW COULD THIS COURSE BE IMPROVED?
| Spend less time on RED's, more time on issues of real mutual interest. |
| Rework the video teleconference! |
| SLA - mechanisms to process registration at SLA |
| Font size on PowerPoint needs to be larger. |
| Don Stubbs gave more info and knowledge in back row than in presentation. I would have probably increased his rating had I not turned the evaluation in. Very knowledgeable individual! |
| Pocket agenda had a different location "University Club", not "Silo". I enjoyed the University Club and Putah Creek conference center… better facilities, the acoustics were better; the walk through the Arboretum was more enjoyable than walk through the campus buildings to get to Silo. |
| Don't have same speaker back to back. Continuity of the program should be maintained but use different speakers and mixed agenda. |
| Great food. Do not like Silo meeting room. Move to previous PREP locations. |
| Often hard to hear. Fewer side conversations. |
| Spend more time on roundtable discussions and state issues and less time trying to sell EPA. |
| A little free time built into the program would be nice, maybe a 1/2 day trip somewhere fun just to break things up. |
| The coffee provided was pretty awful. |
| This course has the potential to really be helpful for the states if we can get past OPP 101 and more on to real issues. |
| Food was good. |
| I would like to see more activities/opportunities for participation by the state reps, more than just listening and asking questions. |
| Would be good if all headquarters folks showed up. |
| Include a Northern California map. |
| To cover this much information, time is right. It would have been nice had it been shorter. |
| Rename teleconference or redo format. |
| Don't start Sunday (or at least Sunday a.m.). |
| Start little earlier, stay later, end sooner. |
| Have field trip in morning and then teleconference next day, that way we do not stay sitting for days. |
| Venus, Linda, Dennis, Diana are all excellent presenters. |
| Background rules: cell phone on silent. |
| Start earlier, stay later, shorten program, don't start Sunday morning, start at 8 and go until 5.30 or so |
| Great job! Very well organized. Enjoyable, hassle free meeting! |
| More tables back away from screen. |
| Suggestion from Texas: please put a map of California in blue packets. |
HOW WILL YOU APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED?
| Use in my training of inspectors and extension. |
| SLA panel, how do states deal with this. Software comparisons. |
| New state contacts that I can network with. |
| In every way I can. |
| I will begin working with and having my staff work with the tools discussed in this course. (PFR, NPSIRS, etc). |
| To state program. |
OTHER COURSES/TOPIC YOU'D LIKE TO SEE US OFFER?
| Very good course. |
| Presentation on enforceable label language. NPTN (or whatever it is now called). |
| Basic registration 101; progressive registration course. |
| Suggested classes: Basic 101: registration, EPA, GLP regulation overview; PREP Registration - progressive course; States - what works, problems, enforcement; For those of us who are not well versed of: basic label review, EPA label requirements, hand held review of section 3 product registration, acceptable vs. not acceptable label language, what to do/how to proceed label problems; Referrals: where to go for enforcement issues. |
| How enforcement issues are handled. |
| Maybe, actual exercise label review. |
| EPA region map with contacts regionally, nationally. |