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He reported the past year ending August 31, 2016
provided an addition to our General Fund balance. The
Fund Balance grew to over $2.5 million, most of which
derived from Annual Meeting. Revenues increased and
expenses for FY2016 remain similar to those of FY2015.
We continue to watch our spending closely in every
way possible, while making sure that our services to
Members continue at the highest level. David thanked the
IAFP Staff, the Executive Board and all IAFP Members
for their efforts this past year with growing the organization.
Tellers Committee Report
Manan Sharma reported on the Secretary election.
There were 951 votes cast with Roger Cook from the
New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries elected as
Secretary for the 2017-2018 year. A motion to accept
the report and destroy the ballots was made by Jack
Guzewich. It was seconded by Gary Acuff and was
approved.
JFP Management Committee Report
Vijay Juneja reported that the Scientific Editors' Report
had been presented by new Scientific Co-Editor Panos
Skandamis. There was discussion regarding the table
of contents in the journal's print issues with a consensus reached that the order should be changed to match
to order of the online journal. In 2016, there were 159
members of the Editorial Board with 51% from outside
North America. The committee will recommend to the
Executive Board that we continue to work with consultant
Judy Luther to correlate article downloads with citations
for a better understanding of our metrics and readership
and run a distribution curve in conjunction with our Impact
Factor. He also indicated a search would be conducted to
replace Joe Frank who will be retiring as Scientific Editor
at the end of December.
FPT Management Committee Report
Faith Critzer thanked Andy Hwang for his efforts as
Chair over the last 2 years and reported that Matt Taylor
was elected as the new Vice Chair. She commended
Cathy Cutter and Donna Bahun for their excellent work
at increasing submissions, with an increase this year of
seven manuscripts over 2016.

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Two awards will be presented to authors with the Most
Viewed Publication and the Most Downloaded Publication.
The Committee decided to recommend awarding three
additional awards next year for a total of five. The awards
will be the most cited peer-reviewed publication, most
viewed peer-reviewed publication, most viewed general
interest publication, most downloaded peer-reviewed
publication, and the most downloaded general interest
publication.
The Committee is also recommending that IAFP
Members be surveyed with the goal of obtaining feedback
with regard to FPT and that a new online viewing platform
be investigated.
Foundation Report
Vickie Lewandowski announced the IAFP Foundation
balance reached $1.5 million as of August 31, 2016. Funds
continue to be increased and are used for travel awards.
She indicated last year $23,000 was raised in response
to Fred Weber's challenge match. So far this year, Fred's
challenge match of $20,000 has been achieved with donations now totaling $24,500. The silent auction was going
well and she reminded members that it would end at 3:15
p.m. on Tuesday.
The meeting was interrupted for a nutty presentation by the Florida Association for Food Protection. Linda
Harris was accused and tried on the charge of being
unkind to nuts of all kinds. Her trial ended with the presentation of a $1,000 donation check to the Foundation.
Unfinished Business
There was no unfinished business.
New Business
There was no new business.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 p.m. by President
Linda Harris.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kali Kniel, Secretary

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