Staff development activities are offered in-house to Center staff and to Extension personnel. The use of TTVN to handle administrative duties remained fairly stable. The fourth category represents outreach efforts of the Extension Service including 4-H, Master Gardener, and the Una Vida Mejor programs. A 1993 began in May and therefore does not represent a complete year. Perhaps the area that generated the greatest concern at the Center was scheduling.
Scheduling is a problem, especially with multi-site transmissions.
I had to find what sites were available and that also determined who would participate. She also reflected on using the same system as the university and the tenuous feeling of never really knowing whether one's plans are secure or whether she could be bumped at a very late moment. It is this reported unreliability and the conflicts which have arisen that has resulted in the decline in usage of the TTVN for continuing education and staff development purposes. Meanwhile, university course delivery has proliferated. However, for many of the Extension agents and the rural clientele of many Extension programs, the closest facility is inconveniently located.