Getting Involved

Are you interested in helping to steer the development of this online resource site? We are looking for 2-3 volunteers who can join our core team of Extension Master Gardener Coordinators. As part of the team, you can help us:

• 1. Manage resource reviews,

  2. Expand and improve this resource site,

  3. Recruit peer reviewers,

  4. Identify stellar resources in volunteer program management and administration,

  5. Support Extension Master Gardener Coordinators across the United States and beyond.

You should be prepared to dedicate an average of 5 hours per month to this project. We ask that you commit to a 12-month term on the leadership team.

Questions? Feel free to ask us, by leaving a comment below.

• Join the Resource Team Application

Are you be willing to serve as a peer-reviewer of 2-3 resources? The reviews are submitted online, and should take about 1 hour per resource ~ including time to read or view the resource. The online survey has been structured to make the process clear and easy. Once you finish reviewing 2-3 resources, you do not have to do any more!

The benefits you’ll get from serving as a reviewer include:

• 1. Professional service at the national level (if up for promotion/tenure ~ this may be helpful).

  2. A chance to learn more about various aspects of volunteer management and program administration (through the act of reading and reviewing posted materials).

  3. Contributing to the development of a site that will support you and your fellow EMG Coordinators.

In order to ensure a rigorous review process, we ask that peer reviewers:

• 1. Have at least 2 years' professional experience as a Master Gardener coordinator (at the state or county level),

  2. Follow through in a timely fashion, in completing all assigned reviews,

  3. Be fair and objective in a critical and thorough review of resources

• Become a Peer Reviewer Application

We welcome suggestions for additional resources that can support the work of Extension Mater Gardener Coordinators.

When considering potential resources, please nominate those that:

• 1. are nationally relevant, or could be adapted for national use.

  2. are transferable, so that someone else could easily understand how to apply the resource to their own EMG program.

  3. are research-based, or else represents a best practice in volunteer management.

  4. are a unique contribution to this online resource repository, above and beyond what has already been posted.

  5. adhere to the EMG standards and missions.

Once you nominate a resource, it will be routed to at least three peer reviewers. We will carefully consider your submission over the next 3-4 months, and will let you know the outcome of the review process.

You may nominate a resource using the form, below, or by sharing a comment on any resource page (e.g. programming planning, engaging & teaching adults, etc.). If you are nominating a resource via comment, please make sure to include enough information, so that we can find and access the resource.

• Nominate a Resource Application

We thank the following EMG Coordinators for serving as peer reviewers of resources posted on this website.

• Ariel Agenbroad, University of Idaho

• Leslie Alexander, University of Connecticut

• A. Bachtel-Bodkins, University of Maryland

• Sarah Bailey, University of Connecticut

• Susan Barton, University of Delaware

• Pam Bennett, Ohio State University

• B. Black, University of Illinois

• Ashley Bodkins, University of Maryland

• Natalie Bumgarner, University of Tennessee

• Joel Burnsed, University of Georgia

• Monica David, University of Illinois

• Deborah Dillion, Virginia Tech

• Sheri Dorn, University of Georgia (Site Co-Coordinator)

• Brooke Edmunds, Oregon State University

• John Freeborn, Virginia Tech

• Jayla Fry, Texas A&M University

• Kate Garland, University of Maine

• Charlotte Glen, North Carolina State University

• Chris Hilgert, University of Wyoming

• Terri James, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• B. Keller, Texas A&M

• Lelia Kelley, Mississippi State University

• Gail Langellotto, Oregon State University (Site Coordinator)

• Cyndi Lauderdale, North Carolina State University

• Esther McGinnis, North Dakota State University

• Esther Mitchell, University of Maryland

• James Morgan, University of Georgia

• John Murray, West Virginia University

• Cynthia Nazario-Leary, University of Hawaiʻi

• Angela O'Callaghan, University of Nevada

• Pami Opfer, Oregon State University

• John Orick, Purdue University

• Nicole Pinson, University of Florida

• Elizabeth Records, Oregon State University

• Gail Reynolds, University of Connecticut

• Norma Samuel, University of Florida

• Nicole Sanchez, Oregon State University

• Carrie Shimada, Colorado State University

• Kerry Smith, Auburn University

• Heather Stoven, Oregon State University

• Terry Straub, University of Minnesota

• Scott Thiemann, Oregon State University

• Jon Traunfeld, University of Maryland

• Vanessa Venturini, University of Rhode Island

• Pat Williams, University of Florida