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from the executive director re you planning your trip to IAFP 2009 in Grapevine, Texas? If yes, we look forward to seeing you there! If no, we realize the economy has affected a number of companies and organizations this year, so we hope you will be back with us next year for IAFP 2010! Let’s look ahead to July and the Annual Meeting – this issue of Food Protection Trends is the Annual Meeting issue, after all! Three IAFP Workshops will start off this year’s meeting on Friday and Saturday. Detailed descriptions on the Workshops start on page 400. Titles include: 1. Your Toolkit for Cleaning by Design…What Can Go Right, 2. Microbiological Sampling and Testing in Food Safety Management, and 3. Beyond Food Safety Management – How to Create a Food Safety Culture. Many attendees enjoy the more in-depth look at subject matter allowed in a workshop setting – you may want to consider signing up for one this year! Either way, you will want to be sure to plan in advance so that you arrive in time for the Saturday afternoon Welcome Reception. It starts at 5:00 p.m.! You can meet new friends and re-establish old acquaintances – all while enjoying food and beverages at the Welcome Reception! Also on Saturday, we begin with a few specialized Committee meetings and one PDG meeting. The Membership Committee, Past President’s Committee and the International Food Protection Issues PDG all meet on Saturday. In fact, the International Food Protection Issues PDG planned a few timely presentations for their meeting that takes place from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. If you are more in the mood for fun on Saturday, we have two options for you to consider. You “COMMENTARY” A By DAVID W. THARp, CAE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR “Attend our Committee and PDG meetings and become active in your Association” can take the JFK and Dallas City Tour to visit downtown Dallas and the Book Depository Museum to learn more about this historic city and the assassination of President Kennedy in November of 1963. You might want to consider the IAFP best-ball golf tournament that tees off Saturday morning. The course, Tour 18-Dallas, has recreated golf holes that mimic some of the greatest holes in golf! Courses represented include Sawgrass (#17), Crooked Stick (#15), Doral (#18 “The Blue Monster”), and three holes from Augusta that make up Amen Corner (#11, #12 and #13). What better way to start off IAFP 2009? Why not begin with a little fun! During the day Sunday, we have our full line-up of Committee and PDG meetings. Twenty-five meetings will take place with topics of interest to all attendees. If you have not attended these meetings in the past, we invite you to participate this year. By attending PDG and Committee meetings, you can meet new experts, share your knowledge with others, and become active in the Association! Many times through participation in PDG meetings, members are asked to present in symposia at the following year’s meeting. We hope you consider this invitation, to attend our Committee and PDG meetings and become active in your Association! Sunday evening begins with the Opening Session which includes the Ivan Parkin Lecture. Paul Hall, with AIV Microbiology and Food Safety Consultants, will present the lecture titled: “Navigating Food Safety through Times of Economic Chaos: A Call to Action.” Following this, the Exhibit Hall opens up for the Opening Reception – a fitting way to end the day. On Monday, we begin three days of sessions. The preliminary program is shown on page 393 with additional detail available at the IAFP Web site. We decided with recent cost savings measures, it was not cost effective to print the preliminary program in Food Protection Trends as it covers nearly 30 pages. By accessing it on IAFP’s Web site, you now have the most current information at your disposal rather than reviewing a 330 FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS | JUNE 2009

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