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1. JN-NCPN management: Looking for diversity of sources of support or long-term planning for how the centers will be funded. What resources do you have already in place and what resources do you need to achieve those goals.

2. GV (CA) Identify needs of centers then a longer-term proposal can be prepared. Encourage centers to set short, medium, long-term targets, for example reducing the time of introduction or increase the automation of reporting.

3. Identifying bottlenecks in procedures. Resources & efforts are being placed to open up those bottlenecks.

4. Encourage small centers to ask for:

1. An enclosed structure, they should work in the next 5 years to have an enclosed structure.

2. If they don't have diagnostics in place they can plan accordingly and set their system for next generation or after retirements.

5.  Minimize scientific methodology as per GB & AdHoc committee request.

6. GA situation

7. If there is a consensus on a common request, then effort to bring a group together to begin the planning process.

8. Consider Funding for structural and equipment maintenance for NCPN-Citrus centers

9. When writing proposals always link the topic to the discussions in tier 2; for example, referencing Tier two governing body discussions, I need to get a training on a specific procedure and travel to an NCPN center in another state as emphasized in the Tier 2 discussion.

As an important function of the network that we cross reference and cross train and interact.

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Proposed system wide shared activities to include in the proposals-

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Proposed system wide shared activities to include in the proposals-

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How can we improve the way we share information among centers / how do we improve inter center communications? What do we need? More events? More funding? Share technical information among centers!

1. Sharing of operational protocols & procedures on Diagnostics, Therapy & Distribution, Timeline, collecting, reviewing, validating and harmonization of Protocols/Procedures

Collect - 1 st Year

Validate (via ring test) 2 nd - 3 rd year

Review 3 rd - 4th year

Harmonize (approved format)

2. Positive Control list

3. Travel among centers, to improve a much-needed procedure in their own center. e.g., Improve diagnostics or quality of diagnostics.

4. Cross training and organized workshops: Therapy, Distribution, Budwood intro/electronic systems...etc.

5. Program review-Possible add in the harmonized proposal a review section.

Texas:  It has been very beneficial to visit other labs (CA and Florida) to design and set up our program. We incorporated so many of your SOPs and modeled our program after much of what your programs have. Possibility of visiting TX location to see the progress and also provide recommendations.

GV – Reviews can be captured in the proposal that we are all doing procedures in the same way and capture that through these visits and SOP/document sharing (eg therapy, testing) will help leave knowledge to the next generation as well as network members start retiring.

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Tier 2 (2021) recap: On Protocols/Procedures

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Tier 2 (2021) recap: On Protocols/Procedures

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Centers expressed willingness to share protocols. Florida+ Texas+ CA.
GW (Arizona):   importance of harmonized protocols

Lends a degree of organization to the group.

Customers can have confidence that protocols are nationwide.

GV (CA):

Citrus National protocols standards are a good idea, but it's important not to restrict a lab to a specific protocol.

BR (Florida):
Just because there is a standard protocol in place, it doesn’t ease requirements for material exchange between States. For e.g., movement of material from CA to Florida, there are some requirements from the USDA that needs to be met, Florida still requires to put it through the program.

GV (CA):
Two phase process: therapy is done in one program and testing in another. If we are able to satisfy the rules of material moving within the network. This is also tied with the interstate movement of germplasm.

- NCPN Protocols will not have a downstream regulatory action, the results will not generate a broader quarantine action, unlike the USDA.

Do we want to focus on that or trying to streamline the introduction process?
Interest from Arizona, CA & Florida in streamlining introduction.
MS (Texas):  Whatever harmonization we plan, we need to incorporate State departments of agriculture, so we know what their requirements are before harmonizing the information.

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Requests of AdHoc committee from Centers   

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Requests of AdHoc committee from Centers   

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GV – NCPN-Citrus centers' directors need to reach out to tier II & industry shareholders to discuss their pre-proposals prior to submission to AdHoc for prioritization & harmonization.
- Reach out to industry and partners and have the information you need to support your requests.

Ad-hoc committee Want for us to keep track on what has been given as funding and how it was used and what was the result.

In the deliberation process Center's directors will be asked to deliver a 5 min presentation to include;

What are the needs are and justification.

What will be done if the needs are addressed, money allocated & how will the money be used operationally.

What the results are based on the money allocated

Minimize scientific methodology.

Keep track on what has been funded, how was the money allocated in previous years used & what was the measurable impact/result.

Show progress if the same item has been funded in consecutive years.

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1. Correspondence with all NCPN-Centers centers to start collecting Protocols (Diagnostics +Therapy)- Done

2. Creating an Excel google sheet to share protocols. (show excel)- Done.

3. Constant Updates via FO & ILC as Quality initiative leads.

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Tier 2-2022-Progress on Collection of NCPN-Citrus protocols & Procedures

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Tier 2-2022-Progress on Collection of NCPN-Citrus protocols & Procedures

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1. Show progress in collecting protocols (Excell sheet)-https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_5SqOn-gLtExDXggXUXqO_FBDz4NDyVe?usp=sharing

2. check concerns among centers directors (e.g. sharing assays ..).

3. Discuss the process of review and validation (via blind test)

4. Discuss whether this task can be included in the harmonized proposal

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1. Create a list for positive controls of all pathogen's used by all centers in NCPN-Citrus.

2. Ask centers to specify what they have as positive control and whether the source is in Planta or nucleic acid.

3. Cross reference with NCPN-Maryland.

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Tier 2-Progress on positive control list

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Tier 2-Progress on positive control list

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1. Excel sheet list created.

2. Interactive google excel of centers that specified what positive controls they have. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_5SqOn-gLtExDXggXUXqO_FBDz4NDyVe?usp=sharing

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Request of AdHoc committee from NCPN-Citrus coordinators &management

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Request of AdHoc committee from NCPN-Citrus coordinators &management

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create an excel sheet to compare funding in last few years-Done

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NCPN-Citrus Budget spreadsheet comparison FY 2020 2021 2022 & 2023-to AdHoc

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Arizona-NCPN-Citrus Center's report-8-31-22 (002)-example for a center's report

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Tier 2 (2021) recap: Question for the group: Does NCPN-Citrus want to start drafting citrus standards now, as the National standards are finalized? 	

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Tier 2 (2021) recap: Question for the group: Does NCPN-Citrus want to start drafting citrus standards now, as the National standards are finalized? 	

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GW (Arizona)– Yes, I was part of the strategic planning committee, and these were important aspects of the plan.

GV (CA): The federal government cannot impose on States what to do with a specific commodity and what rules to have. When moving material between two programs, it is done by permits.
If we do have NCPN standards and are faced with materials therapied in Florida and tested in CA would satisfy the rules, then we have moved forward effectively and efficiently. The State dept of Agriculture will be involved.  We have a matrix of the regulations of all the states.

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Communication Initiative (currently not funded)

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Communication Initiative (currently not funded)

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1-List of Nurseries
2-Reach out to Extensionists in all 9 States
a) Identify the audiences
b) Create a message
c) Reach out.

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2013: NCPN-Citrus Nursery Certification Project

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2013: NCPN-Citrus Nursery Certification Project

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https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dVEtmrfOSkUfMMzDNV72cb8oEUnLJW4M?usp=share_link

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extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.fdacs.gov/content/download/108719/file/2021-2022-citrus-budwood-annual-report.pdf

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Citrus_NCPN_Comms_State_Regulators_List.xlsx - Google Sheets

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Example of the new format for the NCPN-Citrus proposal

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Example of the new format for the NCPN-Citrus proposal