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COMMITTEE AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT GROUP MINUTES
members and through multi-year membership options at reduced rates.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
1. It is recommended that the Board considers an additional sustaining
member category for public and not-for-profit entities, such as
universities and research institutes, government bodies and other
relevant organizations, that is tailored in terms of investment and
benefit options. Eligibility criteria and benefits for this new sustaining
member category as well as possible risks will need to be worked out.
2. The committee recommends a) that the Board increases its support
to regional meetings and interaction with universities, for instance
through offering a number of free membership vouchers or support
to travel to Annual Meeting that can be used as awards; b) that the
registration fee for members that are speakers/panelists at regional
meetings are waved or significantly reduced (they are currently waved
for non-members).
3. It is recommended that a) new ways are explored to visibly recognize
long-term membership, for instance through providing certificates
(e.g. for 5, 10, and 20 years) or even plaques (for 30, 40, 50y), mention
in Food Protection Trends and on the IAFP website; b) that the Board
considers introducing multi-year membership options (e.g. 3 or 5
years as the lower end and lifetime as the upper end).
Next Meeting Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025, Cleveland, Ohio.
Meeting Adjourned: 2:15 p.m. Pacific Time.
Chairperson: Leon Gorris
Nominating Committee
Attendees: Laura Strawn (Chair).
Board/Staff Present: Lisa Garcia.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, July 14, 2024.
Old Business: None.
New Business: Confidential consideration of candidates for Secretary
of IAFP.
Recommendations to the Executive Board: None.
Next Meeting Date: Teleconference to be scheduled for further
deliberation in October.
Chairperson Name: Laura Strawn
Past Presidents' Committee
Members Present: Katie Swanson, Bob Brackett, Stan Bailey, Gale
Prince, Don Schaffner, Jeff Farber, Roger Cook, Ruth Petran, Tim
Jackson, Vicki Lewandowski, Kathy Glass, Linda Harris, Michelle
Danyluk, Isabel Walls.
Apologies: Alejandro Mazzotta, Mickey Parish, Bob Gravani, Kali Kniel.
Board/Staff Present: Lisa Garcia.
Number of Attendees: 15.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, 1:01 p.m. July 14, 2024.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Ruth Petran.
Approval of Minutes from the 2023 Meeting: Katie Swanson moved to
approve the minutes as read and Stan Bailey seconded it. Motion passed.
Old Business: Reviewed 2023 recommendations to the Board and the
Board's responses.
New Business: Executive Board Update for IAFP 2024 for PDG Chairs
and Vice Chairs.
* For IAFP 2024, more than 3,300 attendees have registered to attend.
And IAFP membership is at its highest level ever at 4,577 members.
* Please visit the Exhibit floor and talk to the exhibitors. Please learn
from them and share your needs with them.
* PDGs are essential to the success of IAFP. Last year, the acceptance
rate for submitted session was less than 50%. As you develop
symposia and roundtable, please prioritize the quality and
information rather quantity of session submitted from your PDG.
* Please consider a Webinar as a deliverable for your PDG. Often,
the numbers of views of a webinar exceed the typical numbers of
attendees at a live session.
* Free webinars were again offered in June in celebration of Food
Safety Month, which led to 4,000 views of these IAFP webinars.
* Want to be more involved and join a committee or sign up for a
volunteer opportunity? Go to the IAFP website, foodprotection.org,
and click on " Get Involved " and then select Committees or Volunteer
Opportunities. Standing Committees of IAFP include Program
Committee, Membership, Journal of Food Protection Management,
and others.
* Download the meeting App if you haven't already and please re-sync
it when prompted to ensure everything is current. This will have the
most current agenda and you can find fellow attendees on the App.
* This year at IAFP there is a Welcome Committee booth to provide
information to new and first-time attendees about IAFP 2024. There
is also a Quiet Room next to Room 104A for those members who
would like to utilize it.
* We would like to thank the California Affiliate and the Local
Arrangements Committee for their hard work in advance of this
meeting!
* Please note that IAFP sends out important information frequently. If
you are not getting these, please check with an IAFP Staff member.
* Past President's Dinner is expensive. We agreed to plan to partially
cover next year, with each person covering their own alcoholic drinks.
Moved by Katie, 2nd by Stan. Motion passed. Consider - Is there an
option for sponsorship for this?
1. Executive Director Lisa Garcia Update:
b. Up to 3,400 attendees at this meeting. The membership pipeline is
building with 600 student members.
c. Reality = Expenses are up a Lot!
i. This year is the biggest food bill for IAFP to date = more than
$1M. We will come out even though, but it's not going to
generate as much excess revenue for the balance of the year as
has been raised in the past.
ii. Registration rates will have to go up. Stan recommended
trending these up slowly over time.
iii. Need to explain to the membership about these financial
realities.
c. Dues are going up Sept 1.
iv. 94% of membership in high income countries, $80 per person
v. Low income countries rates - from $10 to $40 per person.
vi. Student and retiree rates are half these.
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