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Affiliate Council Minutes IAFP 2008 – August 3–6, 2008 Held at the Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus, Ohio Affiliates Present: north America Alabama Alberta Associated Illinois British Columbia California Capital Area Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Michigan New York Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania Southern California Texas United Kingdom Upper Midwest Washington Wisconsin International Australia Brazil Korea New Zealand Tom McCaskey Gary Gensler Dennis Gaalswyk Terry Peters John Bruhn Carl Custer Peter Hibbard Sid Camp Denis Gaalswyk Helene Uhlman Gene Paez Steve Murphy Gloria Swick-Brown Joseph Odumeru Eugene Frey Margaret Burton Fred Reimers David Lloyd Dan Erickson Stephanie Olmsted Kathy Glass Report from Affiliate Council Chairperson: Carl Custer announced and acknowledged the 2008 Affiliate Award winners and announced new international Affiliates from Turkey, Spain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He noted the receipt of more Affiliate Annual Reports for 2007 than previously, and congratulated Affiliates for their pleasing and innovative membership recruitment activities. He thanked Leilani McDonald, Affiliate Staff Liaison, for her exceptional work with the Affiliate Report and administration over the year. report from IAFP President: Gary Acuff presented the 2008 President’s report and asked that Affiliates encourage participation of students in their activities. Report from the IAFP Office: David Tharp, Executive Director, presented the 2008 office report. Report from the IAFP Affilate Liaison Staff: Leilani McDonald also thanked Affiliates for their Annual Reports, noting that she had received 33 for 43 Affiliates. She apologized for adding Delegates to the mailing list instead of just the President, but noted that this had improved communication. Election of the Affiliate Council Secretary: Carl Custer announced that Dan Erickson of the Upper Midwest Dairy Industry Association received the sole nomination for Affiliate Council Secretary (Indiana, Washington). Dan Erickson was voted by acclamation. Unfinished Business: There was no unfinished business. new Business: educational Session: Unfortunately, Don Schaffner’s flight to Columbus was cancelled and he was unable to present his Educational Session on development of Affiliate Web sites. Leilani was requested to post Don’s presentation including PowerPoint slides to the IAFP Web site. Instead, Delegates described their experiences with Web site development. Points of interest included: • Commercial prohibitively expensive, but relatively easy to do oneself after completing online continuing education courses (9 weeks) using programs such as Front Page or Dream Weaver, or with help from students, kids or other volunteers with Web page development abilities. Might cost less than a meal or two. A platform called “Common Spot” should be avoided. Deon Mahoney Maria Teresa Destro Ki-jae Cho Roger Cook Board Members and Staff Present: Gary Acuff, Stan Bailey, Vickie Lewandowski, Lee-Ann Jaykus, Isabel Walls, Jeffrey Farber, David Tharp, Lisa Hovey and Leilani McDonald. Guests: Ian Jensen, Australia; Christina Wilson, Ohio; Judy Greig, Ontario and Thilde Peterson, California (SCAFP). Meeting Called to Order: 7:06 a.m. recording Secretary of Minutes: Roger Cook. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:06 a.m. by Affiliate Council Chair Carl Custer. There were 30 members and guests present. The agenda was approved with two items added to new business (Indiana/Ontario). The minutes of the 2007 Affiliate Council Meeting were reviewed and approved with one amendment: correction of “Murhpy” to “Murphy” (Texas, Georgia). 856 FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS | NOVEMBER 2008

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