Duties 

• Participate in monthly conference planning team meetings 
• Actively engage in committee work to plan the conference
• Represent ESP members’ interests in the conference planning process
• Stipend provided (eligibility criteria below)

Process/Timeline

• 2-year term
• Application is posted in even years to serve as an appointee on odd-year conferences for JCEP.
• Solicit applications from membership with July 1 deadline 

Application 

• Name, chapter, email, phone
• Include ELC and PILD duties (see above)
• I can meet monthly for planning meetings
• Describe how your experiences and skills will contribute to the planning and implementation of the PILD / ELC conference? 

Stipends

ESP will provide a $200 stipend for each ESP member-at-large (non-board member) representative to the JCEP planning committees for the ELC and PILD Conferences (two total stipends available annually). 

To be eligible for the stipend, the member-at-large must attend at least 75% of the relevant planning committee meetings (and/or work with the planning committee chair to assist asynchronously with duties, if meeting schedule conflicts occur) for their assigned conference planning committee and must register and attend the relevant conference. Must also attend the ESP session at the relevant conference. (Approved May 2026)

ELC and PILD Board representation 

• The incoming President-elect shall serve a one-year term on the JCEP Extension Leadership Conference Planning Committee for the ELC conference that will be held while they are serving as President-elect and Chair of the national Chapter Relations Committee.
• The incoming 2nd Vice President shall serve a one-year term on the JCEP Public Issues Leadership Development Conference Planning Committee, for the conference that will be held while they are serving as 2nd VP. There is no requirement that this board member attend the PILD conference, and there is no implied commitment of national board funding for them to do so, should they choose to. (Approved July 2024)

Duties 

Role and Responsibilities (updating and editing a version approved Nov 2017)

The Epsilon Sigma Phi representative on the JOE Board agrees to:

• Be familiar with http://www.joe.org, especially the Board of Directors, Board Bylaws, and National Job Bank 
• Attend and participate in all JOE Board meetings
• Participate on at least one JOE Board subcommittee
• Read JOE Board minutes and handouts prior to meetings and come to meetings prepared
• Suggest agenda items when appropriate
• Report on activities of ESP at JOE Board meetings. 
• Solicit input from ESP and communicate member and board ideas, concerns and input back to the JOE Board
  • Report quarterly to the ESP Board (through zoom board meetings) plus submit a written monthly report. 
  • Solicit ideas and input regarding JOE and the National Job Bank from the ESP Board and membership
  • Use promotional materials (handouts, display) at organizational conferences or meetings
  • Look for opportunities for JOE presentations at ESP organizational conferences or meetings
  • Look for opportunities to include JOE and Job Bank information in conference or meeting packets
  • Prepare written JOE representative annual full and summary reports for ESP annual conference
  • Submit articles on JOE and the National Job Bank to the ESP Connection Newsletter (when appropriate)
  • Remind ESP members how they can sign up to automatically receive each issue of JOE
• Recruit ESP members to be considered for appointment as peer reviewers of JOE articles.

• Serve a three (3) year term on the JOE Board of Directors

Process/Timeline 

• 3-year term
• Board solicits applications from membership with October 1 deadline 
• Service would start in January (calendar year terms)

Application 

ESP is looking for a member that would have interest in serving on the JOE Board representing the interest of ESP members. The Board sets policy for JOE and appoints Associate Editors, subject experts in the varied fields of Extension education, who ensure that JOE publishes only high-impact scholarship while maintaining a long-standing commitment to author development. The term would run from January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2026, with the opportunity for one reappointment for another 3 years (2027-2030). Expectations of the ESP Representative include quarterly reports to the National Board on JOE activities, attend monthly virtual meetings of the JOE Board, and attend 2 in-person meetings of JOE Board annually. If you have interest in being our representative to the JOE, complete the form below 

1. Years of service as an Extension professionalââââ 
2. Does your extension position require that you publish in journals? Please describe your institution’s support/ expectations for publishing.
3. Describe your publishing accomplishments (Core dossier is acceptable as well to show success in publishing)
4. Do you have monetary travel support from your institution for traveling to the two in-person Journal of Extension meetings annually? (Please attach a letter from your extension administrator indicating their support for travel funds to allow you to serve on the JOE Board)

Stipend

ESP will provide a $200 stipend for JOE Board representative (available annually). To be eligible for the stipend, the representative must attend 75% of board meetings annually, including attending at minimum one in-person JOE Board meeting.