Staffing and administration

The Rice CRC is a geographically distributed organisation with researchers located with the core and associated partners. The administration office is at Yanco Agricultural Institute and is provided by NSW Agriculture.

There was an adjustment to some of the leadership positions during the year.

Dr Keith Hutton was appointed as the Board representative for Ricegrowers' Co-operative Limited following the resignation of Mr Richard Day. Dr Yunus Khatri took up the position of leader of Program 4 (Product and Process Development) and as a member of the Management Committee, following Mr Graeme Marteene's resignation from Ricegrowers' Co-operative Limited. Following a restructure within CSIRO Land and Water, Dr Liz Humphreys was appointed as leader of Program 1 (Sustainability of Natural Resources) and as a member of the Management Committee. This position was previously held by Mr John Blackwell.

Other key appointments during the year included:-

• Dr Shahbaz Khan (CSIRO Land and Water) who replaced Mr Charles Demetriou as leader of Sub-Program 1.4;
• Dr Kaye Spark (CSIRO Land and Water) who replaced Mr Leigh Gray as leader of Sub-Program 1.3;
• Dr Peter Hughes who is working at CSIRO Entomology on Project 3203;
• Mr David Robinson (CSIRO Land and Water) who replaced Mr John Madden in Project 1201; and
• Mrs Robyn Troldahl (Murrumbidgee College of Agriculture) who was appointed as Education Officer.

The roles and commitments of the specified personnel as at 30 June 2000 are:-

Specified Personnel
Name	Participant	% Time	Role
Dr L Lewin	NSW Agriculture	100	Director, researcher Program 3
Mr J Blackwell	CSIRO Land and Water	30	Leader, Program 1 (to Jul '99)
Dr E Humphreys	CSIRO Land and Water	50	Leader, Program 1 (from Jul '99)
Dr G Batten	NSW Agriculture	30	Leader, Program 2
Dr E Dennis	CSIRO Plant Industry	20	Leader, Program 3
Mr G Marteene	Ricegrowers' Co-operative Ltd	5	Leader, Program 4 (to Sept '99)
Dr Y Khatri	Ricegrowers' Co-operative Ltd	30	Leader, Program 4 (from Sept `99)
Dr P Eberbach	Charles Sturt University	40	Leader, Program 5
Assoc Prof S Black	Charles Sturt University	30	Key researcher, Programs 2 and 5
Mr A Dunn	Charles Sturt University	20	Key researcher, Program 5
Dr N Darvey	University of Sydney	20	Key researcher, Program 3
Dr B Sutton	University of Sydney	30	Key researcher, Program 2
Dr B Jacobs	University of Sydney	40	Key researcher, Programs 2 and 5
Dr S Khan	CSIRO -Land and Water	50	Key researcher, Program 1
Mr HG Beecher	NSW Agriculture	30/45	Key researcher, Programs 1 and 2
Mr P Williams	Ricegrowers' Co-operative Ltd	90	Key researcher, Programs 2 and 4
Mr P Klatt	Ricegrowers' Co-operative Ltd	30	Key researcher, Program 4