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co-sponsored symposium Food Safety within the Horticultural
Sector in Africa, which had to be canceled after
speakers had visa issues. CCFI would like to work with
that symposium's convenors and speakers to see if
there would be interest in proposing it as a webinar.
The committee discussed developing proposals for
IAFP 2024 and identified a number of potential topics.
Further discussion will occur over IAFP Connect.
The committee discussed the CCFI meeting format.
There was agreement that CCFI meetings should
change to be more similar in format to most PDG
meetings at IAFP. Specifically, the meeting should
be welcome to people that are not on the committee,
should be no longer than two hours long, should have
a laptop and projector, and should include a short talk
or presentation when possible. There may be a need
for an additional working session for collaboration on
the manuals, but this might need to be scheduled on
Saturday when there aren't conflicting PDG meetings.
On a related point, the committee discussed and
agreed to hold quarterly virtual meetings in addition to
the in-person meeting at the IAFP Annual Meeting.
The committee discussed revising the current
mission statement. At the Chairs' meeting on Saturday,
someone asked why there wasn't a PDG for foodborne
epidemiology and related public health work; CCFI is
the natural home for foodborne epidemiology within
IAFP, but too few epidemiologists and public health
professionals attend our meetings or are members of
CCFI. The committee decided to revise the mission
statement to both better reflect the current activities of
the committee and help to communicate to potential
members the content of our discussions.
After an open call for nominees, the committee
elected Laura Gieraltowski as Vice-Chair.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. CCFI recommends Laura Gieraltowski be
named Vice-Chair.
2. CCFI respectfully recommends improving
the webinar submission tracking through the
online website. Submitters should receive a
confirmation, possibly automated, that the
submission was received so it can be referenced
in future follow up discussion.
3. CCFI recommends revising the mission
statement of the committee in the bylaws to better
reflect the goals and current activities of the
committee. The committee will provide suggested
revised text prior to the Board's fall meeting.
4. CCFI recommends revising the criteria
for the Ewen C.D. Todd Award to better reflect
its original intent to primarily recognize major
accomplishments in the field of foodborne
disease epidemiology, outbreak investigation,
and related public health work. The committee
will provide the Board with suggested revised
text prior to the Board's fall meeting.
Next Meeting Date: Saturday, July 14, 2024, Long
Beach, California.
Meeting Adjourned: 10:08 a.m., Saturday, July 16,
2023.
Chairperson: Michael Batz.
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
Members Present: Donald Schaffner (Chair), Nathan
Anderson, Zeb Blanton, Faith Critzer, Kathleen Glass,
William Huntley, Bobby Krishna, Steven Murphy, Jenny
Scott, Laura Strawn.
Board/Staff Present: Lisa Hovey.
Number of Attendees: 11.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, 9:02 a.m., July
16, 2023.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Don Schaffner.
Old Business: Review 2022 Board response: The
committee recommends that the Executive Board
discuss the status of Honorary Life Members versus
Retired Members and their ability to hold Executive
Board office, and if they see fit direct the Constitution
and Bylaws Committee appropriately.
Board response: The Board discussed the differing
treatment of Honorary Life Members and Retired Members
and felt the Bylaws were appropriately written.
Several Members of the committee still felt strongly
that Honorary Life Members are prohibited from
serving on the Board and were disappointed with the
Board's response and thought that the Board should
have provided a rationale for this decision.
New Business: IAFP Members who do not fit within
the 3 constituencies: Some Members feel they do not
belong in one of the three IAFP " buckets " of education,
government, or industry.
One solution is to create a 4th category.
Committee Members felt that there are not enough
IAFP Members to form a viable 4th category. After a
spirited discussion, Faith Critzer made a motion to
form a subcommittee to recommend changes to the
Constitution and Bylaws to address this concern. The
motion was seconded by Jenny Scott. The motion
passed unanimously.
The following Members agreed to serve on the
subcommittee: Faith Critzer, Steve Murphy, Jenny Scott,
and Nate Anderson. Don Schaffner agreed to attend
subcommittee meetings pending his availability. Further
discussions included the importance of liaising with the
Membership Committee (i.e., Leon Gorris, or designee).
Don Schaffner will also extend the invitation to serve
on the subcommittee to anyone who is interested when
he makes his remarks at the business meeting.
JFP EIC: Currently the Bylaws state that the
Executive Board will appoint Scientific Editors for Food
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