Food Protection Trends - October 2008 - (Page 701)

serving on the IAFP Executive Board is the membership of IAFP. Most of my professional and many of my personal friends are members of IAFP. In my adult and professional life, I have had the honor and pleasure of working with several professional and non-profit organizations. I have never known a more dedicated and dynamic group of individuals than the members of IAFP. Our membership is always willing to step up and do whatever they can to help the organization. One of the most difficult jobs the President-Elect has is making appointments to committees b a l a n c e d b e t we e n i n d u s t r y, academia and government. This is hard because so many people volunteer for these positions that someone will always be disappointed when they are not appointed. The IAFP Executive Board understands that the members are the lifeblood of any organization. After two years of surveys and discussions and responding to the requests of the membership, the Executive Board made the decision in January of 2007 to change membership from an all inclusive membership to a menu driven membership whereby each member can choose what membership options fit them best. The full array of available types of membership can be seen at www. foodprotection.org/membership/ types.asp. A basic membership with access to a monthly electronic newsletter is available for only $50 per year. Membership with access to all journals range from $200 for US members to $280 for members from outside of North America. You can pick and choose the plan that best fits your needs and interest. In addition to basic individual memberships, I wanted to highlight our sustaining membership options. Sustaining membership provides organizations, corporations and individuals the opportunity to ally themselves with IAFP in support of Advancing Food Safety Worldwide. It is through this partnership that the IAFP Foundation is able to support various educational efforts including student travel scholarships. There are three levels of sustaining membership: Gold – $5,000, Silver – $2,500 and Sustaining – $750. IAFP currently has 15 Gold, 9 Silver and 73 sustaining members. I would encourage you or your company to become a sustaining member or if you are already a member to increase your level of membership. Benefits of each membership level can be seen at the food protection Web site. IAFP began a membership drive in July of this year and on August 1, 2008 there were a little over 3,200 members of IAFP, about 8% higher than the same time last year. This is good but not as good as we can do. At the Awards Banquet, I challenged each of the 600 or so people in the room to reach out to their food safety friends and find at least one new member to join IAFP before the end of the year. I now extend this challenge to the full membership. If each of you accept this challenge, we could double our membership. Why would we work so hard to increase the number of members of IAFP? First, we do not want any food safety professionals to miss out on the fun we are having. Most important of all, we want to share the opportunities to network and learn from each other as we strive to promote food safety worldwide. OCTOBER 2008 | FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS 701 http://www.foodprotection.org/membership/types.asp http://www.foodprotection.org/membership/types.asp http://www.foodprotection.org/membership/types.asp

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Food Protection Trends - October 2008 Contents Sustaining Members Perspectives from Your President Commentary from the Executive Director Employee Motivators for Following Food Safety Practices: Pivotal Role of Supervision Knife Sanitizing in Abattoirs: The Effectiveness of Current and Alternative Practices Call for Nominations – 2009 Secretary Call for Awards – IAFP 2009 New Members Updates Industry Products Coming Events Advertising Index Journal of Food Protection Table of Contents Audiovisual Library Order Form Booklet Order Form Membership Application

Food Protection Trends - October 2008

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