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Minutes of the International Association for Food Protection 2009 Annual Business Meeting President-Elect Vickie Lewandowski welcomed attendees to the Annual Business Meeting. Moment of Silence President Stan Bailey asked those present to observe a moment of silence in memory of departed colleagues. Call to Order The Annual Business Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection was called to order at 12:21 p.m. at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. A quorum was present as defined by the IAFP Constitution. With the approval of the Executive Board, President Bailey appointed Michael Brodsky as Parliamentarian for the Business Meeting. Minutes Minutes from the 2008 Annual Business Meeting which were published in the November 2008 issue of Food Protection Trends were approved after a motion from Bob Sanders and a second from Gary Acuff. President’s Report President Bailey reported programs and activities of IAFP over the past year. He reported IAFP is in good shape despite the losses to investments due to the global economic downturn, the new Web site was launched with positive feedback, new program materials were developed and are in use, and that IAFP will have close to 3,500 Members by the end of July. International membership (outside North America) has grown to 13% which is up over the last year. President Bailey reported that Annual Meeting attendance is projected to be close to last year’s attendance numbers although the final tally will not be available until after the meeting. He noted this is a very good sign when compared to other group’s meeting attendance during these hard economic times. He emphasized that overall the organization is very healthy and strong due to high participation from members. He commended David Tharp and the entire IAFP staff for all their hard work at the meeting and throughout the year. President Bailey presented five Presidential Recognition Awards. The first was to Fred Reimers for his excellent work with the Local Arrangements Committee. Fred recruited over 80 volunteers to assist with this year’s meeting. The next award was presented to Randy Daggs for all of his work in food safety and his support of the organization over many years. The final three awards were presented to IAFP staff members Tamara Ford, Leilani McDonald and Trinette Worthington for their efforts on behalf of the organization. Tellers Committee Report Larry Cohen, Teller, reported there were 692 ballots cast, down slightly from last year. Katherine M.J. Swanson was elected as Secretary for the 2009-2010 year. A motion by Paul Hall and seconded by Kathy Glass to accept the report and destroy the ballots was approved. Stan Bailey congratulated Katie on her success and thanked Mark Moorman for standing for election. JFP Management Committee Report Scientific Editor Joseph Frank provided the report on behalf of Chairperson Mark Harrison. He indicated recommendations were made to reappoint himself for another four-year term as Scientific Editor, allow open access to articles 6 months after their publication in JFP, appoint a subcommittee to survey members on their attitudes about modifying subscription rates, page charges, and studying the feasibility of making JFP completely online while investigating the feasibility of distributing accepted JFP papers and/or the monthly table of contents to all IAFP members. Joe also indicated a policy on plagiarism previously reviewed by the committee will be circulated again so it can be incorporated into the Instructions for Authors. The Instructions for Authors will be modified to address deposition of microarray data and gene sequences into appropriate database catalogs and will include accession numbers in the materials and methods of submitted manuscripts. Authors will be encouraged to make available and share microorganisms in their studies to requesting parties. FPT Management Committee Report Michelle Danyluk provided the report on behalf of Chairperson Julian Cox. She reported manuscript submissions had increased from 13 to 20, she had been elected as Vice Chair, and a subcommittee was formed to develop a member survey pertaining to a revitalization of FPT. In addition, recommendations were made to the 708 FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS | OCTOBER 2009

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