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from the executive director

“COMMENTARY”

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ast month I told about IAFP 2010 and our expectations for a magnificent meeting and turnout. We are pleased to report that there were more than 2,170 people in attendance along with 154 booths in the Exhibit Hall this year in Anaheim. In addition, the program content was outstanding as is supported by our survey comments. We were truly surprised by the overall, up-swing in attendance over one year ago in Texas. An increase of more than 400, accounting for more than a 23% gain in attendance is simply incredible. We had expected to exceed 1,900 and hoped to reach 2,000; but to blow past those numbers to a new record high was never anticipated. Well, I should say it was never expected until oneweek prior to the commencement of the meeting. At that time, we had close to 2,000 already registered and many times we have more than 200 people register onsite. With the unexpected increase in attendance, we experienced more than our share of challenging situations. There were a number of issues I want to report on, but I do so not to dwell on the negative, but to let you know that we are fully aware such complications existed. The registration system used for IAFP 2010 was new to our staff and as is the case with anything new, there are always obstacles to overcome. We had problems when printing badges and with our onsite pick up of materials for those preregistered; therefore, our lines grew much too long for what we normally like to see. As many people pointed out, the name and information on the badges were printed in too small of font to be easily read. To be truthful, we were happy to have the information printed on a badge

By DAVID W. THARP, CAE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

“Our goal is to make the IAFP Annual Meeting the best organized meeting you’ll ever attend”

for all the challenges we had prior to arriving in Anaheim! But, we do understand this concern and will have everything in better shape for next year. The new registration system also required entry of each attendee’s first name and last name; exactly as it was entered in the registration system. This means “Mike Smith” would not be found if the registration was completed for

“Michael Smith.” This complication helped lead to our long lines at registration. Of course, this is a ridiculous requirement as a search of either a first or last name should be possible. Because of the unexpected increase in attendance, we even ran out of bags containing our registration materials before we ran out of attendees. As I mentioned, we expected between 1,900 and 2,000 people to attend and actually had 200 in excess of this number. Our orders for program materials must be placed two months in advance of the meeting and at that time our numbers were tracking with our expectations. In the end, we did have enough program books for everyone, but not the bags to carry them in. For that, we apologize to those who did not receive a complete package of materials including the conference bag. There were a number of times when coffee was served during the conference and it was difficult (or impossible) for attendees to get a cup of coffee. A few things contributed to this problem: (1) more attendees than anticipated, (2) fewer coffee stations than were needed, (3) a misunderstanding by the convention center on our coffee order for breaks. The first two are evident as to how to “fix” for next year. Number three can use some additional description. We instructed the convention center to put out a certain amount of coffee to start the break and to add to the initial quantity through a certain, specified time when the coffee break would then end. They misunderstood the “refill” instruction to mean they had to have approval before refilling the coffee. Then, to further complicate the issue, the coffee had to come from the other end of the convention center and took between 30 and 45

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Food Protection Trends - October 2010

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food Protection Trends - October 2010

Food Protection Trends - October 2010
Contents
Sustaining Members
Reflections of Your President
Commentary from the Executive Director
The Role of Pallets in Microbial Food Safety
Safe Endpoint Temperature for Cooking Whole Raw Poultry: Health Canada Recommendation
Dry Heat Thermal Inactivation of Listeria innocua on Deli Slicer Components
New Members
What’s Happening in Food Safety
Industry Products
Coming Events
Advertising Index
Journal of Food Protection Table of Contents
Audiovisual Library Order Form
Booklet Order Form
Membership Application
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Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - Cover2
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Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - Contents
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Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - Sustaining Members
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - 570
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - 571
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - Reflections of Your President
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - 573
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - Commentary from the Executive Director
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - 575
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - The Role of Pallets in Microbial Food Safety
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - 577
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - 578
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - 579
Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - Safe Endpoint Temperature for Cooking Whole Raw Poultry: Health Canada Recommendation
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Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - Dry Heat Thermal Inactivation of Listeria innocua on Deli Slicer Components
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Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - New Members
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Food Protection Trends - October 2010 - What’s Happening in Food Safety
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